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Dark Hearts Reign

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Chapter ONE: The One, The Only, Keyblade Master

Riku stood, wearing a dark and mysterious cloak. Two keyblades appeared in his hands. A voice rang out all around him. "To truly be a hero, you must sense the heartless. You shall be blinded until you defeat them." He stole two quick glances at the keyblades in his hands. The Oblivion, and the Kingdom Key. He listened carefully as the heartless surrounded him. Suddenly, he swung the blades, amazingly, destroying all of the heartless. But they reappeared.

He sensed the tall buildings around him. He decided to quickly jump up the front of one. Even though he was still fighting the evil heartless, he couldn't help but have a little smile on his face. But Riku never wore that smile, it was claimed by Sora. He stood atop the building. What was this place? Why was he here? Then he sensed Sora inside of him. His figure changed.

"What?" He saw Sora run up the side of the building. Riku's keyblades were gone. Sora was running. He had Oblivion in his left hand, and Oathkeeper in his right. He was running, faster, and faster, knocking heartless out of the way with unreal ease and precision. He threw a keyblade to Riku.

Riku could feel it. He dove off of the building and caught Oblivion in his hand. He wisped past Sora. It was so unreal. What was happening? "Sora!" Riku shouted. Sora kept rising into the endless black sky. But Riku was falling...

He rested gently on the ground and stared at the night sky. What a horrible time to see Sora. In the rain, at night, in the cold. But still, Riku had to marvel at Sora's new immense power. To be able to sense him that far away, it was incredible, if not a little disturbing. Riku realized that Sora had surpassed him. Had maybe even shown up the King.

Sora stood overlooking the black ocean. This was the world in which he was meant to be, The World That Never Was. A world between worlds. Sora continued to stare at the ocean. He wasn't happy anymore. His world, his Kairi, they were gone. His friends were nowhere to be found.

Finally, he stood. The dark black cloak he wore stirred, even though there was no wind. Sora started walking down the beach, gazing aimlessly at the horizon. His hair was swept backwards, but again there was no breeze.

Sora could feel it, though. The light breeze from the Destiny Islands. He missed it so much. Suddenly, he couldn't take it anymore. The clouds darkened even more. The black ocean's surface was unearthly calm. The air around him was stagnant, and everything was so depressing. Tears threatened his eyes, but he never let them fall. He wasn't weak. He wouldn't cry for her. He wouldn't cry for anyone...

Rain filled the sky again. Sora sighed. This wasn't helping his mood. He tried desperately to ignore it, but the cold drops kept hitting him in the face. Sighing heavily, he pulled up his hood.

"Stupid rain." he mumbled, keeping his pace. Then he saw her. Naminé. She waved and smiled at him, like always. Sora would ignore her, as always. This was the extent of their relationship.

"Sora! Sora wait!" she called after him. Naminé had never spoken to him before, but her voice seemed so familiar... He decided to ignore her still. Acting like she hadn't noticed, she sped up, silently falling into step with him. "Hi Sora..." she said solemnly.

"Hey..." he replied, covering his eyes from the rain.

"Um... There's something Luka wanted me to tell you... But..." she started. He glanced at her as she continued gazing straight ahead. Sora admired her for this. Her ability to hide her emotions so boldly.

"Go on." he said impatiently.

"Well, this is hard but... Riku only has one more day to save you. If he fails, you'll be stuck here forever. And since we're talking about saving people, if Riku does make it... Will you take me with you..." she asked.

"Why?" he asked, giving her a quick sideways glance. She was still staring into the horizon. "I always thought you liked it here... What's with the sudden change of... heart?"

"I hate it here." she said, smiling at him. Sora sighed, and nodded. He knew she was right. Things could get very boring around here, with no one else to talk to.

"Promise?" her gaze left the horizon and lingered on the side of his face.

"Promise..." he said.

"Thank you." she let out a long held breath. Sora's lips twitched upward, but he forced himself to keep a straight face. He wouldn't smile. He couldn't smile. She turned around and waved at him as she disappeared through the ever-thickening fog.

Sighing again, he went back to walking across the beach.

There you go! First chapter's up! Now be good kiddies and tell me exactly what you think!