Stranger

I watch as Sora stomps off to his house with each shoe prints going in deeper than his natural weight. Once he slams the door behind himself and locks it, the brunette turns around and lies down on the bed with his hands behind his head then turns around and screams into his pillow. He was happy, at least, feeling a familiar soft comfort on the pillow.

You are upset, aren't you?

"Like I should answer to you. How long were you watching?" He mumbles angrily into his pillow.

I chuckle. The whole thing. It appears to me Fate has always been against you. If so, then why don't you give in to those emotions and take it out against light and the universe?

He lifts his head. "No, that would mean my..."

Weren't they the one who betrayed you?

He jumps out of his bed and summons Kingdom Key to his hand. "You just want me to succumb to darkness!"

Maybe, maybe not.

"Come out and show yourself!" He shouts angrily at the ceiling.

A door opens to reveal his mother sticking her head in the doorway it is no wonder where he gets those sparkling blue eyes. "Is everything alright honey? You have been talking to yourself." He grins sheepishly. "Yeah, I'm fine mom." She smiles warmly back at him then closes the door behind herself.

I couldn't hold it in any longer and laughs aloud while revealing myself in front of Sora. "Sora, Sora, Sora. When will you learn closing the lid isn't good for you? If the water overflows, then the flood is out of control with nothing standing in its way." He blinks his eyes repeatedly in confusion.

"I don't get it."

My sapphire eyes rolls in annoyance. How much more of an idiot can he be? "If you don't release it, meaning your emotions, now, it will be easier for the darkness to drown you into the dark depths of the ocean. Do you get it now?" Using it in a language which he understands, he gulps and nervously nods his head.

"Come now Sora," both of us search for the new voice, "are you going to believe another Ansem the Wise? The question is more like," he, or it, appears right before us, "what are you going to do with that negativity?"

"Aros!" Sora shouts angrily. Aros is a strange being it has to be the first Keyblade Master who has a Heartless look like him and that foul creature. I remember another person that turns into a Heartless but...

It laughs hysterically. "That's right. More anger means the rate has quickened, devouring its way at your heart." The brunette narrows his eyes.

"Shut up!" It stops and smirks, showing its fangs.

"Make me." It challenges.

Before he can get any closer, I grab for its throat. "Quite chatty about darkness, aren't you? Have you lost your pride? You should know your place, Heartless." The prey and the predator knew what the feline is purring about to the annoying parrot while the caged mouse watches the scene from a third party.

"Da-damn you!" Aros curses at me then I drop it on the floor.

"Since that is settled, we have to discuss future plans now."

Sora raises an eyebrow. "What future plans?"

"Sora?" His mother calls again. Aros and I turn to face him. "It is quite simple, you stay inside the house at all times and live normally." "Tell your parents not to let your friends in, whatever the cost." The Heartless added. "Of course we let you roam freely when we think you are ready." Sora understands and runs to tell his mother.

Once he left, leaving me with Aros, I ask, "How long did you figure out?" It shrugs.

".35 seconds."

"Do you hate it?"

"More or less." Its yellow eyes turn to face me. "I scream 'Heartless' all over in my appearance huh?" I close my eyes and nods.

"Yep."