(BGM: Kingdom Hearts – Dive into the Heart)
The two of them were suspended in air, bound by glowing chains of nothingness. Arms stuck above their heads, they could move only the lower parts of their bodies…and the dark skinned man was smart enough to stay out of the range of their legs.
"It was an accident." The man had claimed. The red haired girl had begged for a reason as to why he destroyed her home, and thus was his answer. "It wasn't my intention to blow your world to hell…it just…happened. I didn't realize just how powerful Mansex's existence was."
Kairi asked where they were now. "A world created from the link of my mind to yours. I would assume that the lovely starry sky above us is your influence…and the symbol on this unusual stained glass floor is mine."
When her blonde haired nobody asked how that's possible…that is when they found themselves bound by nothing.
"A temporary world, created from our link…as such it can be warped, and manipulated by us as we see fit. However…you lack the knowledge or training to do so…"
Kairi struggled to get free from her bindings. Naminé, who was opposite of her, did the same. But Zero had other plans. He intended to show them just how deeply this link could be manipulated. He slowly walked over to Naminé, gently caressing her cheek.
"Let us see…how this works…"
His mind focused on a single spell. An illusion, that shows the target something that lies in the depths of their heart. The spell is wild however, not being specific, therefore the image projected into the mind could be of fear, sorrow, or even joy. Kairi watched as Naminé squirmed. Her anger increased as the girl twisted and shuddered, flailing back and forth, her eyes squeezed shut.
Pain then?
Naminé's back arced as a heavy blush appeared on her face. Kairi wrenched herself free after the blonde tilted her head back and let loose what the red-head thought was a scream of agony. Zero blinked as he watched the girl fall limp, panting. He whirled around, a small flare of light appearing in his hands, and knocked Kairi off balance. The girl had tried to attack him while he was distracted…but completely forgot that in this world, what lies in the mind of one, will lie in the minds of both.
She tried to strike in an overhead swing, but Zero deflected her blade back into the air. The combined forces knocked her arms over her head…and everything seemed to slow.
"You've gotten better…had it not been for this link you'd have had me…however…"
He raised his free hand, pointing two fingers and placing them on Kairi's chest, right between her breasts.
"You're still just a little girl compared to me…"
A black pulse slammed into Kairi, point blank. The girl rocketed backward as her Keyblade dropped from her hand. She slammed into the ground heavily, bouncing once and being flipped over from the momentum. She landed face down on the ground. A few moments later, the girl tried to get up, only to cough heavily, spitting out a small amount of blood. She looked up at Zero with watery, fearful eyes.
"Waste of time…come back…when you feel like listening."
His form faded into nothing. Kairi struggled to her feet as Naminé dropped to the ground. The blonde stood on wobbly legs, only for them to give out beneath her. Kairi managed to stumble over to the blonde, catching her just before the girl hit the ground…but the movement caused both of them to fall.
"Hey…are you alright?"
The blonde nodded shyly. "What was that? What did he do to you?"
The blush immediately returned and her eyes lost focus for a moment. She blinked, blushed deeper and looked away. "Ahh…umm…I'd rather…not say…"
Kairi just nodded. "God that hurt…"
"It looked like it did…"
"I think he might have broken a rib."
"Let's hope that doesn't carry over…"
Zero awoke to see a beautiful pale blonde haired girl standing over him. Alicia pulled back as he sat up, holding his head.
"Oh good you're awake. The thing was beeping and woke me up."
"We must be there then…"
She shrugged. "I wouldn't know…I've never seen something like this before."
"I'll give you a crash course in the basics in a bit…just gimme a few minutes to wake up ne?"
"Sure, I'll be in the…uhh…"
"Cockpit?"
A faint blush showed on her cheeks. "Yeah, that."
"I don't know why they call it that either."
"It sounds rather…rude…"
"Probably the idea behind it. You should see some of the robot's I've seen…"
The blush deepened. She seemed to turn her nose at that and looked away. "I think I'll pass…hurry up ok? I want to see this place!"
"Yeah yeah…" The girl ran off. Damn…that didn't go at all how I wanted it…but still…I wonder…what did she see? Whatever it was…it must have been good…
He stood up and stretched. Leaving the room he had one last thought.
It had to be…to give her an orgasm like that…
The Thirteenth Order
Chapter V: Making Plans
"So…what is that thing?"
"That, is a world."
"That's a world?! But it looks so…"
"Strange? Yeah. They tend to look odd from up here."
"What is it?"
"The World that Never Was."
"What?"
"It's a border world. A world that lay on the boundary between Darkness and Light. There are a few of these around, but they tend to be hard to reach…this particular one…was the base of operations for the Order. Xemnas ruled this place, and it was here that a gateway to Kingdom Hearts resided."
"His goal…right?"
"That's right. Xemnas wanted to use Kingdom Hearts' power to create a new world, specific to the Nobody's, where they could regain their lost hearts."
"Much like Lezard…"
"And Van Grants as well…he wanted to make a world free of a powerful prophetic force known as the 'Score'."
"Prophetic force?"
"Future Sight. LONG before his generation came around, a being called Yulia read an object known as a Fon Stone and created the Score. The Score was a powerful prophetic object that mapped out the future in great detail. Everyone had come to rely on the Score for even menial tasks like what socks to put on in the morning."
"That's horrible!"
"More like pathetic. Though there was one person who made a good point. 'If your Score says: to the east you will find untold riches; and you go east and find untold riches, you're going to want to go back and find out more.' It's true, but see there's a problem, the world is round. Eventually, if you keep going east in a straight line, you'll end up right back where you started. So in actuality, you could head east for a long time, end up right back in your home town and find out an investment you made got you rich while you were gone. People are stupid enough to believe it was the Score that lead to such events. Eventually, there was an abnormality in the Score; it foretold something that ended up splitting in twain. Van wanted to wipe out humanity, and then recreate it with clones. Almost succeeded too, much like your Lezard."
Alicia nodded her head, completely engrossed with what Zero was saying.
"Anyway, Xemnas failed when he was defeated by the Keybearers; and then erased by me. But this world was around before he was. It's funny too; he helped the inhabitants leave this world when the Heartless began invading."
"Wait what? Why would he do that? He was after hearts right? So wouldn't he get more by turning the people of the world into Heartless?"
"While that's true, some worlds are more seeped in darkness than others, border worlds especially. The inhabitants of this world were far too resistant to the Darkness, because they lived right next to it. So they wouldn't have become Heartless, they'd have just died. So he opened Dark Corridors to random worlds before the massive invasion of Heartless appeared, and set the worlds people loose. Honestly I wouldn't be surprised if he knew he fucked up royally, and just wanted to fix his mistake, but went about it the wrong way."
"That…makes some sense…but, why are we here of all places?"
"Well for one I want a place to crash when I'm tired. The ship's nice, but I like having a home to return to ne?"
Alicia nodded her agreement.
"And also, I've got some of his memories, so these things that are popping up seem familiar to me, but he had notes on them in his room in the Castle That Never Was. Plus, it's full of Heartless and rogue Nobodies, so I can start teaching you a few more things."
"Sounds good. Let's go then!"
She tried to activate the teleporter…but it wouldn't work.
"Huh? Why isn't this working?"
"I thought that would happen."
She looked over to him, confused.
"It's a fail-safe. The world's innate protection. Seeing as it's a Border world, controlling it would be a very useful thing. So, it has a protection. It can only be accessed by the outside by means of a specific gateway, or a Dark Corridor. The protection can be bypassed from outside if you've been to the world before, because it recognizes you as an inhabitant, but otherwise, you need to go in through one of those two ways."
"But…don't you have the powers of the Thirteen? Can't you get in?"
"I only have their powers, I'm not them. Buuuut…I can try something…"
"What?"
"I'm going to pull the ship into a Dark Corridor. Normally you have to take a specific Corridor called Betwixt and Between. It's a specialized gateway created by the Order to reach this world. However…since I do have the powers of the Thirteenth Order, a normal Corridor should trigger the recognition factor of the Bind Field."
"And if it doesn't work?"
"We'll have to blow our way out of the Corridor and get to Twilight Town…and since they are at Twilight Town, and it's unlikely my little gift swayed them much, we'd have to fight…"
"And I haven't gotten used to this weapon yet, so I'd only slow you down."
"Exactly. It's easy to pick up, it's not much different from your old sword, but there's a few tricks to it."
Suddenly a thought came to Alicia's mind. "Wait, couldn't you just use your sight to pierce the protection around the World?"
"Oh good, you were paying attention. Yes, I could, but then I'd shatter it and leave the world open for anyone to access. By leaving the protection up, I give US a bit of a defense against anyone who tries to take the World over. We don't know where these things are coming from, just that somehow I released them."
"Oh I get it now…if you did that, it's possible those things could show up…"
"As it is now, I don't think anything other than Heartless and Nobodies can enter this world. Those things haven't been here as far as I know, so the world's natural protection should keep them away for now."
"Alright…well, I'm ready."
Zero nodded and focused his thoughts. A shimmering sphere of dark energy surrounded the violet ship, then vanished. Elsewhere, on Disney Castle, Kairi awoke.
He knows so much…and that Girl…could that be…Alicia? Why would he go so far to bring her of all people back to the living?
(Disney Castle)
Kairi awoke suddenly. Birds were chirping outside the window of the room she was resting in. The smell of food slowly wafted up to her nose as she groggily wiped the sleep from her eyes. What…did I dream about last night?
She slowly got out of the bed, blinking rapidly as the sun's light reflected off of the bright blue walls. Well…I saw Zero and he-hey! I know where he is! I have to tell the others!
Racing down to where the Queen showed them was the dining hall, she burst through the doors, startling those already eating. Immediately her brain forgot everything she meant to say and focused on one thing. PANCAKES!
Eyes wide like a child's, she slowly stalked over to the table, almost in awe of the large amount of foods that were there. Like a zombie, she reached for a plate and grabbed a large stack of pancakes before smothering them in syrup and gobbling them up. She didn't notice the surprised stares of the others at the table as the usually well-mannered and tidy girl tore into her food like a rabid boar. Sora, ever the joyous fool, tried to interrupt the girl.
"Uhh…Kai?"
Her head snapped up, bits of pancakes dotting her mouth, hair matted to her forehead and eyes glaring at him for interrupting her meal. The world around him seemed to turn black and white as he felt an unusually fearsome pressure emanating from her, directed solely at him. The young warrior's eyes picked up on how her muscles seemed to tense. Her hands clenched her knife and fork, as if preparing to skewer the poor fool who stood between her and her meal. Unconsciously his body shuddered as a low growl emitted from her throat. Scared shitless, the young Keybearer shook his head and raised his hands in a non-threatening manner.
"Gah, uhh…forget I said anything…just…uhh…keep going…"
The pressure faded as the focused killing intent vanished when the girl returned to devouring her meal. A minute or two later, the girl's head shot up, eyes narrowed. She swiveled her head back and forth, as if searching for something. After a few moments of that, she seemed to glare at thin air and reach for more food, before tearing into that as well.
Unknown to them, a voice had interrupted her meal.
"Hungry aren't we?"
Her head snapped up at the sound of the voice. The voice chuckled when she looked around and saw nothing.
"Keep eating kit. You won't find me because I'm not here."
She glared at the air, and returned to her food.
"Right now I'm at The World that Never Was. Alicia and I are doing some training, then we're going to storm that castle. There's information there that I need."
Why are you telling me this?
"Your friends want to find me. They want to fight me. Well, I'm extending an invitation for them. And after I kick their asses, I'll probably have a task for you three."
And why should we help you?
"Oh I'm just assuming you don't want anything like Destiny Islands to happen to other places."
Immediately she froze. You would…
"Not me. But these things I keep running into. I still don't know what they are, but Mansex's memories say he's got information on them. That's why I want you guys to get here, so I can give you that information."
Why help us? What do you get out of it?
"Penance, maybe. Who knows? I didn't mean to blow that world to hell, and I'd rather not have anything like that happen again. Besides, I still need to train you."
What did you do to Naminé?
"She didn't tell you? Ahh…well, it's her choice, but I'll tell you how it works. I used a spell that shows the target something deep within their heart. Mostly it's something horrid or scary in some way, something that will paralyze them with fear or pain…"
So it's a torture spell.
"Yes and no, it can be used on someone to show them what lies within their heart to make them see a point or something. It's a wild spell really."
I see…so what do you want me to do?
"Just let them know you know where I am. Once you do that, they'll probably bolt out to get to me, then I can school them and get down to business."
Alright…I'll have to fight you too wont I?
"Perhaps. We'll see how it goes. Anyway, I have to go. Alicia's trying to cast Judgment, and she's about to blow off about half a building in the process. Girl's damn good at swordplay…but she still has a bit to learn in casting…no matter, I'll fix that soon. I expect to see you in about a day's time kit. Before I send you guys off on your missions, I'll be training you."
Alone with two beautiful girls? You pervert.
"Oi oi! I'm not treadin on that spiky hared brat's turf dammit! I could kick his ass, but it'd be too troublesome. Besides, you're good looking, but you're a bit young for me."
Oh shut up. She wiped her face with the provided tools and sighed in pleasure.
"Hmph, I could make you do that louder if I felt like it."
Immediately the others noticed a fierce blush on her cheeks.
I'd rather you not right now thank you. "Not right now? Oho, so you want it later then?"
Gah you…get the HELL outta my head!
With a loud laugh of joy the voice vanished. In the back of her mind however she heard something that actually made her feel…good.
"Thanks kit…not much reason to laugh for me anymore…I needed that…"
Alright, originally I'd planned a nice battle for you here…but I kinda lost the thought of how it'd go in my head. So, it'll be next time. Also, next chapter will feature how I portray the links between elements. You'll understand later.
D&S Master: A lot went on before this chapter started. It won't be now, but it will be very soon that he shows her a few tricks. Although remember this. She is a Princess of Heart. What that means for her…you'll have to wait and see.
RCRS: Indeed, and Art is a Bang. Fine, don't play it. But you won't get some of the things that happen…bwahahahahaha.