"How can I decide what's right
When you're clouding up my mind
I can't win this loosing fight
all the time..."
When the light faded, the girl found herself on a platform with golden emblems on it. Across from her stood the boy who had brought her here. He stared at her, and their eyes connected. Why do I feel like I know him from somewhere?
"Welcome, Kirameki." She jumped again, and broke eye contact to look around for the source of the voice. "Do not bother, I am not there. Welcome to my tower."
"Y-You're tower?" She almost whispered. Kira looked over her shoulder, but found the door had dissapeared. She shook her head, so confused. "Who are you?" There was a chuckle from the disembodied voice, and Kira found herself becoming quickly annoyed with it. "Cut it out! Where am I? Who is," she pointed at the boy, "that? Why did the door dissapear, and why did you call me--"
"--'Kirameki'? Because it is your name, child. Of course you were also called 'Kira'. Would you prefer that?" She was at a loss. This...voice, knew who she was.
"...Sure." Kira said, uncertainly. "What else do you know about me?" The voice laughed again.
"A great deal more than you do. But that must wait for another time. Now," The voice suddenly took on a serious tone, and Kira could almost feel the power behind it, "let us get down to buisiness, shall we? Diez." The boy's posture straightened slightly. "Demonstrate to Kira how to summon a Keyblade." Diez nodded, and reached his hand out in front of him.
"Keyblade?" Kira asked. "What's a--" But she swallowed her words, as something began to materialize in Diez's outstretched hand. In retrospect, Kira really shouldn't have been surprised. Her mouth dropped open, however, at the shining weapon now held in his hand.
The Keyblade's Handle gaurd was a circle, with roman numerals on it, the twelve of which was level with the blade. That part looked like a giant black clock hand, with half a sun and extremely sharp looking rays coming off the end. On the end was a keychain of a sun. Diez brought it up, and then whipped it through the air.
"It's called HighNoon." He said, not breaking eye contact with Kira. She could only stare, transfixed. There was silence for a moment, and then the voice returned.
"Your turn, Kira. Summon your Keyblade." Kira blilnked.
"Uh....sure..." She said, and, timidly, held her hand out in front of her, mimickign what Diez had done moments before. She felt extremely selfconcious, (as Diez was still glaring at her, jerk), but closed her eyes and tried to focus.
Keyblade...Keyblade...Keyblade...She chanted in her head. Inside her, she felt like something was awakening, bubbling up from the pit of her stomach. It traveled suddenly up, through her heart and out her fingertips. She grasped the handle as it materialized.
Kira opened an eye, and then gasped, eyes wide open in surprise. Kira's Keyblade began as black at the base of the gaurd, and as it reached the end, became a light blue. The points were of a golden star, shining mightily. The gaurd was in a pointed star shape as well, also golden. Her keychain was a blue and gold star. Kira brought her own weapon up, and down again, just as Diez had.
"Excellent." The voice congratulated her. "Can you tell me it's name, now?" Kira stared at it for a moment, before smiling.
"It's called...StarLight." She looked up at Diez, thinking his face would be in as much awe as her's was when he'd summoned HighNoon. Her smile fell. He hadn't even moved.
"Good, good. Now, why not a little test run?" Kira looked up, confused. Test run? What does he mean--Her eyes went wide as it dawned on her.
"Oh no. I'm not fighting him!" She practically screeched, gesturing towards Diez. "I've only just summoned this thing," she flailed the Keyblade about, going in a circle, "and now I have to actually use it?! You haven't even ansered any of my questions yet!" The voice chuckled.
"All in good time, child. Now, are we ready?" Across from her, Diez straightened.
"Three..."
Kira sighed, resigning herself. At least I may be able to block some of his attacks...
"Two..."
She braced herself, seeing Diez preparing to run towards her.
"One..."
Here we go.
"Go!"
Diez sprang towards her, bringing his Keyblade back to strike at her. Kira ran forward as well. They met in the middle, and she brought StarLight up to block him. Diez seemed surprise, indigo eyes widening, but it quickly passed as he pushed her back.
Kira fell with a gasp, not fully recovered when Diez came running at her again. She blocked him, and kicked up with her legs, throwing him off balance over her head. Kira sprang up and turned, running at him with all her might. If he wanted a fight, he was getting a fight.
Diez whirled around, and blocked her attack, throwing her back again. Kira was ready, this time, and didn't fall flat on her butt. She ran back at him, swinging StarLight back. Diez, however, jumped up and over her, causing Kira to loose her balance and fall forward. She dropped her Keyblade in the process, and before she could scramble to retrieve it, Diez had a foot on her back. She could feel HighNoon against her neck.
"...Good, very impressive." The voice said. Diez moved away, letting her up. Kira sat up, and the moment her hand reached out, StarLight appeared in a swirl of light. She frowned. That would have been nice to know a few minutes ago...
"Diez, please escort Kira to my study. We have a lot to talk about." Diez nodded, and dropped his hand. HighNoon dissapeared with it. He held out his empty hand for her. Kira stared at it, and took the offered hand, allowing him to pull her to her feet as he had in the alleyway.
With a nod, Diez led the way to where a portal had appeared. Behind him, Kira dispelled her Keyblade with a flick of her hand. She turned her hand over, staring at it in wonderment. Ahead of her, Diez turned back.
"We can't keep Master Yen Sid waiting." He said. Kira looked up and nodded, following him into the portal.
/-/-/-/-/
The pair entered a small, circular study. There were several book cases, all filled with books, and a second door to the right of the desk. Behind the desk sat an aging Wizard, with a long gray beard. He wore blue robes and pointed wizard's hat with stars on it. Diez bowed respectfully to him.
"Master Yen Sid." The faint glimmer of a smile passed his lips, and then his eyes turned to Kira. The girl went ramrod straight, feeling the intensity of his gaze. This man was obviously powerful.
"...Kirameki. It is very nice to finally meet you in person." Kira raised an eyebrow. Yen Sid chuckled lowly. "I understand that you have many questions, though, and I have many answers, so please, ask away." Kira nodded, and gulped a little. Her mind seemed to have suddenly gone blank.
"Er, uhm, well...Where am I?" She stuttered out the first thing she could think of. Yen Sid nodded.
"A reasonable question. You are in my tower." Oh, duh. Diez rolled his eyes. Kira shot him a dirty look.
"Okay, uhm...why am I here?" Yen Sid nodded.
"You are here because the worlds need you." Kira's eyes went wide.
"The...worlds?"
"Yes, Kira. Their are many worlds outside of this one, small one." He turned to the window as Kira opened her mouth to ask the next question. "Why, you ask?" She nodded. "Have you noticed that, lately, the stars are going out? Observe." Kira turned towards the window, as did Diez, and watched as a star, no bigger or smaller than the others, slowly flickered, and then--
...gone. Where a star should have been, there was nothing but darkness. Kira gasped.
"What....What happened to it?" She asked, very quietly. Yen Sid answered just as quietly.
"Its heart was found. Swallowed, by the Heartless." Kira turned towards him.
"Heart...less?" Yen Sid nodded, raising his hand diagonally away from himself. Kira followed where he was motioning to, and saw a black mass of creature form, with yellow glowing eyes. She shivered as it stared at her.
"Yes. Heartless. They are made of hearts corrupted by darkness." Kira nodded, understanding what he was saying, but more wanting the creature to stop staring at her. She moved slightly to the left, and it followed her. Yen Sid waved his hand, and the Heartless dissapeared. Kira breathed a sigh of relief.
"But," she began, turning back to Yen Sid. He had swiveled his chair back to look at her squarely. "What can I do?" Yen Sid nodded.
"Your Keyblade. It can allow you to seal the worlds from being devoured by Heartless. We already have a team working on this, however--"
"Wait wait wait." Kira interupted. Yen Sid raised his eyebrows. "'Team'? You already have a team? Why not use them?" The old wizard sighed.
"Because, we have a new enemy on the rise." Kira blinked. "His name is Terra, a once apprentice of Master Eraqus. Terra fell into darkness, allowing it to consume him many years ago. We had thought he was banished in a seperate world, but his darkness grew, and he broke free years ago. We've been fighting him ever since." There was a silence as he allowed this all to sink in. Kira felt she'd heard the name Terra somewhere before, but could not place it.
"Leaver her alone, Terra!" Kira turned, hearing the voice behind her. She saw no one there, and became puzzled. What was that? She turned as Yen Sid began to speak again.
"Terra controls much more powerful Heartless, more powerful than anyone has ever seen." Kira nodded. "We've only managed to save a small portion of the worlds he's attacked. The rest, including the world from whence you came..." He trailed off, letting Kira finish the sentence for herself.
...have fallen into darkness.
"The truth is hiding in your eyes
and it's hanging on your tongue
just boiling in my blood."