Sorry for the wait, and if you've been wondering why it suddenly switches in ths fan fiction-well it deletes the stuff I put there to sperate it-srry guys, but I do promise this gets better as you get deeper into it-Especailly 13-24!

Chapter Eight: Heartless in Traverse Town

"Mickey said that Donald shouldn't reveal anything about the Organization and that-" Riku was cut off by the train abruptly stopping. Everyone was suddenly thrown forward, the breath taken from them.

Sora was the first to stand, "What was that for?" he growled, looking up at the engineer's small compartment. When he got no respond, he pulled back the door to reveal that the train had no driver and a sword was smashed into the controls.

"What the-" Sora was about to finish his statement when the train gave another huge lurch and he was thrown to his knees. A loud scraping noise filled the air and Sora quickly reached to cover his ears.

"Sora! Kairi! Uhhhh…." Riku gasped as his head banged into one of the poles on the train. Sora heard a groan come from Riku as his friend blacked out.

"Riku!" Kairi yelled over the scraping noise. She quickly made her way towards her fallen friend. Sora was just about to close his eyes when he saw Kairi was looking at the pole. He could make out a small, thin slash going all the way through the pole, making it go off-balance. He blinked with surprise, where had that come from? The pole's edge, where Riku had hit it, was jutting out with a sharp end.

The train rocked again, making Sora roll from where he was kneeling. He fell over and crashed into a row of seats. He grunted as he heaved himself to his knees, not wanting to stand.

Sora looked up from where he was and saw that Kairi was still bent over Riku. There was blood matting his silver hair. Sora made a face that said that-had-to-hurt! Suddenly he heard a rustle from another compartment in the train. There was a clash of metal somewhere.

Then came a loud yell from somewhere in the train before everything grew silent. Sora's eyes grew wide as he saw a shadow appear in front of the door's glass that was cracks and splintered.

"Kairi!" he warned, "Some one is outside!" Sora made his words quiet, but Kairi had heard him over the bone-chilling silence.

Before Sora could even blink, the door gave a loud CRACK! before slamming into the other side of the train, bent and twisted. "Whoa!" came a voice from all the dust. "Nice one,"

"Hush," ordered a second voice.

Sora blinked as the dust cleared, he could make out two figures. One was wearing a black robe just like the ones the Organization XIII had worn and had gloved hands. His hood was pulled back to reveal cold, icy blue eyes. The man had dark sandy hair that went to his shoulder. He had a scar on his face, running from the edge of his eye to the corner of his mouth. Sora knew who the second person was and was very surprised to see him.

"Leon…why are you with Scalvatrx?" Sora managed to ask as he looked at his friend and enemy, the shock on his face was clear.

"You still think of me as an enemy? Well you should at the moment. You have failed what must be stopped. It is not your fault though, Sora, a dark force entered you and powered the strain of steadily growing darkness in your heart. In doing so, it has destroyed half of the light in your heart and the darkness took a form. That is your dark form, similar to your Anti Form, but it looks exactly like you, but it evil. And you know who caused this. It was your friend Riku," Scalvatrx told him, his voice held a strange calmness that was hiding the rage that flooded his eyes. "Now you must learn how to fight the darkness in your heart, or be destroyed."

Sora just glared at Scalvatrx. He could never trust this man because he acted like an enemy. "How do you know all of this?"

"That is a story for another day." Scalvatrx responded

"Why don't you trust Scalvatrx, Sora? He hasn't done anything to you, has he?" Leon spoke up from the sidelines.

"He is with the darkness!" Sora grumbled.

"Well so is Riku, do you not trust him either?" Leon asked, glancing down at the spot where Riku was. Kairi was beside Riku any more, instead she was glaring at Scalvatrx.

Sora trusted Riku, yes, but not in the way that he had use to trust him. He wouldn't let anyone know that though, "Of course I trust him!"

"I can see it in your eyes, Sora. You are lying to us." Scalvatrx said coolly. "I don't like liars."

Sora was getting mad. He didn't have to answer to someone he didn't trust, or even consider in any point of view, an ally! He had every reason to just plain out hit the guy with his Keyblade! His eyes flashed, "You think you know everything about a person do you?" he growled.

"No, just you and Riku." Scalvatrx replied, his voice glazed with agitation.

"Well I'm afraid you can't know everything about someone, because you can never know something that I do know." Sora smarted off.

"Ah well, there are things that I do not know, I will admit, but I know your future, or some of it, and I know your past."

"If you're so smart, tell me what's about to happen within mere minutes?" Sora spat.

"That is one that I do not know."

"Sora, stop toying with him. I came to ask you something very important." Leon stepped up. He had a stern look on his face.

Before Sora could do anything, a pool of darkness washed through the whole train and devoured everyone in it. When Sora opened his eyes, he would he was no longer in the train, but in a moonlit town. He knew where he was, but he was to angry to even glance around. His eyes were on Scalvatrx alone. The man who he knew to be an enemy, had a hand held up. Sora knew that Scalvatrx had called forth the darkness.

That darkness was gone now, but Riku was awake and standing, looking around him. Sora didn't even notice as he rushed Scalvatrx with inhuman speed. Leon had just turned to see Sora rush at Scalvatrx, a trail of darkness flew through the air where Sora was running.

"Damn it!" he snapped at no one in particular. Sora's Dark Form was taking over, willing Sora to attack the man in which he hated so much. Leon took out his sword and was prepared to stop Sora, when Scalvatrx vanished into a portal of darkness just moments before Sora struck him.

Sora saw him vanish and bent over in rage. His eyes were flashing from an extremely dark blue to a light blue. "Sora, fight it! He provoked you, but remember what happened last time you did this?" Riku shouted.

Sora's head lifted. His eyes weren't blue, but a strange swirling blackness. "Riku…" his voice was hollow and full of rage.

Riku blinked, his eyes flashing. There was challenge and the need to fight in the Dark Form of Sora's voice. "Great! Why are you always after me?" Riku groaned, "Why don't you go after Leon for once?"

Leon shot Riku a dangerous glare. Riku noticed and shook his hand, "Only kidding," he promised.

Sora's Keyblade appeared in hand, but instead of the Kingdom Key, it was a strange black Keyblade. It looked sort of like a mix between Riku's Dark Keyblade and the Oblivion.

Dark Sora looked at Riku with a smirk as Riku's Dark Keyblade appeared in his hand. "Could've killed you last time, but that would take the fun out of a decent fight, now wouldn't it?"

"How can a fight be decent?" Riku jabbed. He rushed Dark Sora with his Keyblade thrown out in front of him. The blades clashed within mere seconds. Both fighters jumped back from one another and rushed again.

"That's just it, they can't be decent until the opponent, becomes the victim." Dark Sora's blade clashed against Riku's. He put force behind it, shoving Riku forward, but Riku leapt into the air and over Dark Sora and hit him from behind. Dark Sora didn't even flinch, instead, he whirled around, the dark Keyblade swinging low to the ground, and tripped Riku. "Too easy."

Then, out of no where, a blade crashed into the side of Dark Sora's head, throwing him to the ground and knocking him unconscious.

"Damn! He looked like he really wanted to kill me just then!" Riku breathed.

"I think he might have, but not Sora himself. Remember, darkness is always controlled by someone, but this isn't Sora's doing." Leon informed Riku, raising his sword above his head. Maybe he had hit Sora a little too hard…or maybe not.

"Why were you with Scalvatrx?" Kairi asked Leon, coming up to them.

"I'll tell you when Sora wakes up. I know he wants to know why. Scalvatrx isn't really a bad guy; he just loves to mess with people. That's what triggered Sora's Dark Form. Anger and deep mistrust, at least that's my opinion." Leon explained.

"I can see that. Why did Sora want to attack me the most, and not you guys at all?" Riku asked, his voice light.

"I can't answer that. You'd have to ask Sora if he'd know." Leon responded, looking at the spot where Sora was lying. He was waking up already.

"I won't be able to ask him anything…"

"Why?"

"Cause I'm going to kill him!" Riku spat grudgingly.

"Somebody's angry!" Kairi said with a teasing voice.

Leon sighed and sat down on a ledge of one of the railings for the stairs. This was not going the way he had planned it. If Scalvatrx hadn't sat there and picked at Sora the way he had, maybe, just maybe, he would have gotten the help he needed. He was sure the others would have helped him anyway, but Scalvatrx was needed for this too. And now he had just hit one of his best friends, just the same way he had when they had met.

"They'll keep coming after you…as long as you wield the Keyblade. I'm sorry but…I'm going to have to ask you to take a little nap."

That was what he had first said to Sora before hitting him in the head. But this time it was for a friend's safety, unlike last time.

Sora groaned. There was pain in his back and head. He didn't want to move from where he was because of the pain that seared through him. Sora felt so weak and tired. His eyes opened just as slits, he could see Riku glaring at him, but nothing else. What had he done this time? All he remembered was trying to attack Scalvatrx…and…and then threaten Riku. Everything else was blank. Why had he threatened Riku?

It was the darkness. It had told him Riku was not to be trusted and that he was an enemy that had to be gotten rid of. "Uhhh…" he moaned again as he forced himself to try to sit up, but he just didn't have the strength to.

If this keeps happening as often as it does, I'd die before someone else did! Sora thought, wanting to sleep so badly. He fought the urge and tried to sit up again, but only accomplished in placing his hands on the concrete and that was all. He didn't have the strength to pull himself up yet.

"Huh?" Kairi's voice flooded his ears. "You're awake!"

"I really wish I wasn't…" Sora groaned. His eyes opened all the way and now he could see Leon and Kairi off a little ways. His eyes caught something black. He angled his head and looked to see what it was. Sora's eyes grew wide at what was in his hand. "Ehhhaaa!" he let go of the dark Keyblade that had come from his Dark Form. It vanished as soon as his fingers left it. "What was that?"

"You're damn Keyblade!" Riku spat.

Sora blinked as Kairi helped him sit up on the small wall that Leon was sitting on. He thanked her and turned to Riku, "But that can't be my Keyblade. I don't have a Keyblade that's like th-­" he cut off as he saw something in front of them. Sora knew exactly what it was. It was something he hadn't seen in years. In a flash, his Keyblade appeared. Since he was unable to stand up and fight at the moment, he flung the Keyblade at the black creature in front of him. Everyone turned to see where the Keyblade was headed. They only saw it slam through the Shadow's head, making it vanish on spot. "Man! Just as I was about to go to sleep!" Sora complained.

"I can help you there." Riku said.

"What's your problem? Wait, what'd I do this time?"

"Does, 'Could've killed you last time, but that would take the fun out of a decent fight, now wouldn't it?' ring a bell?" Riku growled.

"I said that?" Sora asked, confused greatly.

"Yes!" Riku grumbled.

"Oh. Well I'm really sorry Riku, but it's nothing that I could have stopped." Sora said bluntly.

"Could have stopped? I could stop it, but I, unlike you, knew more about it. It's not your fault you wanted to kill me, sure." Riku said. He was looking at the ground, a scowl on his face.

"Riku! I'm being serious!" Sora told him, trying to stand, but he fell back. It was a little too far for his liking and he gripped the side, his fingers digging into the cement. He pulled himself forward and looked back at Riku.

"I can't blame you for much, if you've even figured that out." Riku said, looking up and looking at his friends and then his eyes turned to Leon. "You seem quiet, why are you here anyway?"

"For help." Leon stated. "But it'd be futile without Scalvatrx, so I have to wait until he returns."

Sora nodded and yawned, "Leon, do you still have the apartment building over here? I want to go to sleep!" Sora complained.

"Yeah, come on." Leon said.

Kairi helped Sora up and helped him towards the Second District. Leon opened the doors in silence. Riku was following at a distance, ever so often he would look over his shoulder. As Sora was lead into the Second District, he spotted the place where Leon stayed at. There was a light on. "Is Yuffie with you?"

"Nah, she's still in Hollow Bastion helping out there. I just left the light on when I spotted Scalvatrx walking around down here. He reminded me of the Organization XIII, so I went down there." Leon explained.

"What does Hollow Bastion need help with? I thought that it was all fixed down there." Sora pointed out.

"It is, we're just putting up new shops and houses down there." Leon told him.

"Why do you keep looking behind you Riku?" Kairi piped up.

Riku looked at Kairi and shook his head, "It's nothing,"

"Yeah right!" Kairi muttered under her breath. Sora laughed a little. He had been able to hear her only because he was leaning against her for support. "Probably looking to see if a Heartless is following us. That one you destroyed was the first we've seen in three years. It seems like fifty years to me, though."

"Yeah, I wish they were gone." Sora agreed.

They didn't say anything after that. Leon had reached his old apartment. "Hey Leon," Sora began, "why did you rerent this? I thought Hollow Bastion was restored."

"Because I was waiting on you guys." Leon replied, unlocking the door.

Riku stopped where he was. He didn't follow the others into the apartment, instead, his eyes were fixed on the shadows behind him in the furthest part of the alley. "Riku?" Kairi's voice entered his ears. "Are you coming?" she asked.

Riku turned around to look at her and nodded, "Be there in a second." he promised.

Riku swore he had sensed something, something with no heart, but it was not a Heartless. He had sensed a Nobody.