Abyss of Time
Chapter 4 – Destiny's Heirs
Matsu stared down at his hand. Earlier, he had touched Haseo's wound and it ended up healing. No one had an explanation for Haseo's recovery. He was even at the point of walking, with help of course. Matsu told no one about the glow, he was too afraid to tell, and didn't fully understand it himself so he couldn't answer the questions that were bound to come up.
"Hey, what are you doing up so early?" said a voice.
Matsu turned to see Haseo, still bandaged up, slowly walking along, with Katsuki's help.
"Heh. Shouldn't I be asking you that? Aren't you supposed to be in bed, regaining your strength?"
"You know I can never sit still for long, especially if it involves a doctor." smirked Haseo.
"Hahaha, that's true. I forgot about that." smiled Matsu. He liked it when Haseo loosened up, it fit him better than when he appeared emotionless. Matsu looked over at Katsuki who was underneath one of Haseo's arms. She trying to help Haseo balance himself, and it was working. Matsu smirked at this sight. "Well it's good to see that your okay. And by the looks of it, I'd say someone else here is overjoyed, right Kat?"
Katsuki jumped the little at the sound of her nickname, she hadn't been paying attention much. She stared blankly at Matsu and then looked up to Haseo. She quickly turned her head away as she turned several shades of red. Haseo slightly turned red, but it wasn't very noticeable.
"Hahahaha! Whatever, I guess I'll see you guys later." Matsu walked away as he headed towards another room. Matsu walked along and turned to enter the room that he thought Sora and the others were in. But, as Matsu opened the door and walked in, he quickly walked out. Why? When Matsu entered the room, he had entered a smaller room and Midori and Riku were making out there. Luckily, the two didn't notice Matsu so he got off easy, but still, Matsu's face was a slight shade of red.
Matsu walked along and found the correct room this time. He entered with a somewhat serious face on. He looked to Sora, Kairi, Roxas, and Naminé. "Everyone, I need to discuss something with you."
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"Ugh, my head..." said a voice. A teen stood up, shaking his head, and looked around. The teen was tall, and his spiky, red hair swayed in the wind. He wore a dark blue vest/hoodie and underneath it was a long sleeve shirt, or what used to be a long sleeve shirt. The right sleeve was cut off at the armpit, and the left sleeve covered about three-fourths of the upper arm, even though it was tattered and ripped. On his right arm was a black tattoo of a fire. He had leather straps around his wrists to act as wristbands and his right index finger and thumb had silver rings on them. The teen also wore dark blueish-gray pants. He looked around and noticed all of the tall skyscrapers in the area, even though it was hard to see because of the darkness. The teen slightly recognized the place. "Isn't this...the place where my dad finally found my mom, and where my uncle was while he was evil?"
The teen walked around for a while and ran into the white castle that hovered in the sky. He aimed his palm at the air between the ground and the castle, making a limpid bridge appear. He walked across the bridge, but as he reached the entrance to the castle, a burst of green flame appeared on the platform above him. Out of the fire stepped a old witch that no one could forget, Maleficent.
"Who dares to trespass in my castle?" the witch called.
"Heh, so you're still out and about are ya, you old hag." replied the teen.
"How dare you speak to me like that, you insolent child!" roared the witch.
"Yeah, yeah. Why don't you go crawl back into some hole or something?"
That was the last straw. Maleficent waved her staff outwards and a large amount of Heartless appeared. The teen scanned the area, there appeared to be five Fat Bodies, twenty Neoshadows, and thirty Shadows. "Heh, that's all you brought out to stop me? Wow, you must have forgotten my family's power; but I guess it's expected, seeing as how slow you are in the head." taunted the teen. He reached outwards with his hand and a flash of light appeared in it. The weapon that appeared in the boy's hands made Maleficent do a double-take. At first glance, the keyblade looked like the Kingdom Key, but there were slight modifications that made it different. The color and shape were the same, but the framework of the blade was more...spiky, for a lack of words.
"How do you have the Kingdom Key?" cried a baffled Maleficent.
"Kingdom Key?" the teen looked down to his keyblade, "No, no, no, the Kingdom Key was my dad's. This is the Royal Key." with that, the teen ran forward. He slashed at three Heartless that jumped at him and spun around to bring the keyblade up at two more Heartless heading for him. As he slashed through them, he kept the momentum from the swing and spun around, tossing the keyblade. It flew in a circle, slashing through many of the Heartless that surrounded him. When the blade returned to him, the teen jumped into the air, and when he was upside-down, he thrusted the keyblade towards the ground letting it fall. Once the tip of the blade landed, a shock-wave of energy unleashed itself and killed the rest of the remaining Heartless. While still in the air, he flipped once and summoned the keyblade back into his hand. As he ended his flip, he slammed the key into Maleficent's head, making her fall to her knees. As the teen landed, he spun around to his left and slammed the key into Maleficent once more, making her fly into a wall. As the witch gasped for air, she looked to the teen. "Wh-who are you..?!"
"Me?" replied the teen, "Have you really forgotten? Oh well, I'll remind you, you stupid witch. I'm Haru Hikari, prince of Twilight's Destiny."
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A teenage girl walked out of the building, looking around at all of the shops in the busy square, her long brown hair blowing in the wind. She had a white, sleeveless, blouse with a pink ribbon, with red flower designs, sown into it. Her arms were covered by long, black, sleeves that extended from the knuckle of the middle finger to the middle of the upper arm. On her left arm/upper shoulder was a tattoo of a crescent moon. She wore a sky-blue skirt, and had knee-long, brown leather boots. Her cerulean eyes scanned the area, but she didn't really need to. This area was famous, for it was where her father had started his long journey as a boy, and she did just step out of the hotel where he learned about the keyblade for the first time. She brought her hand to her chin as she was confused. "Wh-why am I here? Wasn't I just in my room right now...?"
She walked around trying to find any kind of answers, but had no luck. She decided to go ask any family members, but the closest ones were at Radiant Garden, and her phone wasn't working. She walked into the first district, and looked around. She had gotten lost and ended up in a alley. They she heard laughing coming from behind her.
"Heh heh heh, looks like your lost, girl. Do you need some help?" said one of the five men that showed up, with a wicked smile on his face.
"Uhh..yes, I'm looking for the Gummi shuttles. Do you know where they are?" asked the girl.
"Gummi shuttles? I'm not so sure...maybe you can do something to refresh my memory...hehehehe!" grinned the man.
"Wh-what?!"
"Come on, girlie. Just sit still, and it won't hurt a bit!"
Anger flashed into the eyes of the girl. She raised her hand and smacked the man across the face, enough to make him turn his upper body ninety degrees. "How DARE you speak to me like that!!"
"Y-you hit me...you little BITCH!!!" the man roared as he pounced on the girl. The two fell to the ground, as he tried ripping at the clothes on her body. She struggled, and it was proving successful, but then the remaining four men grabbed her to hold her down. "N-no!" she yelled. "That's it, now you're mine!!" The girl pointed a finger at the air above them, "Magnega!!" A large rotating object appeared in the air above them, on each side was a orb, one orange and the other blue. It pulled energy into it as it pulled all five men into the air towards it. "Wh-what the hell is this?!" screamed one of the men. The girl quickly got up and backed away as the rotating object vanished and the men fell to the ground.
"W-what the hell are you?! L-let's get out of here!!" yelled one of the men as they turned and ran. But the girl wasn't finished, she pointed his palm at the group and yelled, "Graviga!" A large dark orb covered over the men as their weights were increased ten-fold and they slammed into the ground, falling unconscious. The girl walked out of the alley, but as she passed the man who attacked her, she gave him a kick to the head as a act of retribution.
The girl eventually found the Gummi shuttles and got in line to go onto the shuttle to Radiant Garden. When she finally reached the front of the line, she was stopped by the ticket seller.
"Hold on, as a security measure, we need to know your name before purchasing a ticket, we don't want anyone getting lost or anything." said the salesperson.
"My name is Amaya...Amaya Hikari." replied the girl.
"Alright then, Ms. Hikari, enjoy your trip." The salesperson handed Amaya her ticket as she boarded the shuttle.
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"I still don't understand.." said Roxas.
"I told you all that I know," replied Matsu, "Katsuki, Haseo, and I were part of the Twilight Guard, the army of Twilight's Destiny. But Haseo, Kat, and I were part of a more specific group. You see, there are different levels of the army. It starts with the Twilight Guard, but then you can be promoted to the Twilight Knights, a stronger force of the Guard. If you become exceeding strong, you are tested to join the Twilight Warriors, the elite of the Guard. But there's a hidden group in the guard, you see, during some of the tests for the Twilight Warriors, people have obtained keyblades, they are automatically brought into the Twilight Guardians, the direct bodyguards of the king."
"Yes, we understand that." replied Naminé, "But what does that have to do with anything?"
"Well, seeing as how Haseo, Kat, and I have keyblades. We believe that we were going to be part of the Twilight Guardians." replied Matsu.
"Believe that you were going to be part of them? What do you mean?" Kairi asked.
"Well...I...don't remember anything before the day I met Haseo and Katsuki... And Haseo and Katsuki were passing by the training grounds where the tests take place when it exploded."
"Exploded?!" yelled Sora and Roxas in stereo.
"Yes, it appears something went horribly wrong and the grounds exploded. Katsuki and Haseo received their keyblades defending themselves from unidentified beings. Once they got away, they checked the grounds for survivors, and found me, unconscious."
Everyone remained quiet for a while.
Finally, Matsu broke the silence. "Umm..anyways, Kat, Haseo and I eventually found out about who planned the attack. It was Azrael. We followed him around, attempting to stop him many times, but failed. We finally succeeded in stopping his plan to erase all heroes, but as you can see, that ended up with everyone coming here." explained Matsu.
Suddenly, Matsu felt a familiar energy appear near the castle. "Oh, I just remembered, I have to go do something. Can you inform Riku and Midori about this for me? Thanks!" Matsu left and ran down towards the entrance of the castle. "Wh-who the hell are you?!" yelled a guard. Matsu put his hand on the guard's shoulder. "It's best if you leave, I'll handle it."
"Wha--"
"I said I'll handle it, now if you don't want to get hurt, go away from here." replied Matsu.
The guard ran with that. Matsu knew that he was going to tell someone, so he had to try to finish this quick. "So, it seems we meet again... Sumxat, wasn't it?"
" I see you still remember my name..." he replied dully.
"Tell me..." Matsu closed his fist, "Tell me why your energy's so familiar!!" yelled Matsu.
"I can't tell you that..." replied Sumxat, "Unless, you defeat me..." with this, Sumxat held out his hand and in a flash of light, his keyblade appeared. Matsu was taken back by this, but he knew it was the only way. He put his hand in front of him and summoned Glorious Twilight. Matsu rushed forward, bringing down his keyblade on Sumxat, but Sumxat blocked it with his own. Not wasting time, Matsu spun around and went for one of the openings. But Sumxat blocked that as well. This pattern kept going for a while until during one of the blocks, Sumxat actually ended up block Matsu's kick. Matsu grinned as he swung down on Sumxat's head, but he dodged it with a spin. Sumxat faced his palm at the air-born Matsu and fire blasted out of it. Matsu crossed his arms in front of him and casted reflega to block it. Still, the force of the attack caused an explosion; this would surely attract people's attention, Matsu had to end this. When Matsu landed, he pointed his finger at Sumxat, "Thundaga!!" a bolt of lightning shot out at Sumxat who jumped over it. Matsu smiled, this is what he wanted. Matsu threw his keyblade at the air-born Sumxat with all of his strength. Sumxat held up his keyblade and as it connected with Matsu's, he spun it in small circles, making Matsu's keyblade spin around it, making it pick up momentum.
"So it looks like you won't be able to learn about your past from me..." said Sumxat.
Matsu's eyes widened. "What did you jus—GAH!!" Matsu was cut off by his keyblade hitting him in the face. Sumxat had thrown the keyblade back with more force than what Matsu had given it originally. Matsu flew back through the air as Glorious Twilight vanished in a flash of light, and slammed into the gates of the castle, making them fly open. Matsu landed and skidded across the ground and stopped just before the rest of the keybladers that came to the scene. Matsu strained to look up, but only saw Sumxat vanishing in a burst of flames.
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Author's Notes
Well, as you can see, I revealed a small bit about Matsu, and a bit about the mysterious Sumxat. I also finally got to bring in the Hikari's...somewhat...
Anyways, you all should know that I don't own and canon characters, I only own my ideas and OCs.
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