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Sorry about the confusion for that part in the last chapter, I fixed it.
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Riku laughed, he couldn't help it. It was just so funny that the man responsible for the darkness befalling the worlds is terrified of a young girl. What would have made the moment even better was if Sora let go of his throat.
In this whole state of confusion, Sora-Xehanort had kept his fingers locked around Riku's neck, but stared at the black hooded girl with comprehensive eyes. He didn't trust her, Riku could tell.
Xehanort looked at the girl as if she were the grim reaper, and all she did was grin some more. She obviously thought that she was superior.
But then she looked at Sora, then her snarky look turned into one of seething rage. She whirled back around to talk to the old man, who in turn wriggled in discomfort.
She glared at him, "Xehanort, you cold murderer, what have you done to that poor boy?!"
Xehanort quickly regained his composure, and responded in kind, "This isn't your place Watcher."
"Actually, it is if you change the course of all the worlds. So tell me, WHAT DID YOU DO?!"
Riku was surprised that Xehanort was so intimidated by this girl. He faced death by numerous keyblade wielders, so why did this one scare him?
It was actually Mickey who answered her.
"He turned Sora into a Replica of Darkness."
Shock registered on the girl's face, and then quickly leaped from pillar to pillar up until she reached the leader of the New Organization. Riku was actually surprised about how fast she reacted to the old man. But then, the silver-haired teen sputtered as the iron grip on his neck was squeezing even harder. Black spots appeared on the sides of his vision, but he saw Sora-Xehanort's cold, merciless eyes peer down on him.
"So…ra.. please… stop." Riku gasped with his last resource of air.
"That's my name, Sora?" Sora-Xehanort asked in a flat tone, releasing some of the pressure on his throat. Riku gulped in air greedily, as the black spots across his vision receded.
Sora's question confused his friend. Sora can't remember anything? Riku thought in concern. Not again, please not again. Bad memories of Castle Oblivion surged into his mind, threatening to overwhelm him. He forgot about all about the crisis of Sora as Riku was lost in his mind.
"XEHANORT!"
Both Riku and his possessed friend looked up at the girl, who Riku forgot about along with Sora momentarily. He was grateful that the girl saved him from the memories, just like Namine did for Sora all that time ago.
He continued to listen to the girl's conversation.
"We told you that this was never aloud to happen, that boy is the protector of the light. He doesn't belong in darkness!"
Xehanort's eyes gleamed, "And that's why I needed him. He's a keyblade wielder so unlike any I've seen before.
The girl turned away, shameful. "I should've ended you all those years ago. That way the worlds wouldn't have been in distress."
Xehanort had a smirk on his face, "Ah, but then neither would Sora be the Protector of Light, so this issue was all of your doing Watcher."
Fire was in the black hooded girl's eyes, and Riku could tell that Xehanort had gone too far. She whipped around and brought out her own keyblade, which was unlike any, Riku had ever seen.
The hilt of the blade was a deep black, with it shimmering like it was full of tiny, blinking stars. The handle and hilt looked like they were old and cracking, and a small, red jewel where the key and handle met. Wrapped around the blade were white sashes, though Riku had no idea what purpose they served. The actual blade was blue, with three large spikes curved like claws to look like the "key part". There were multiple spikes along the other side of the blade, and at the tip of the blade there was another red jewel.
She held the keyblade in front of her as if she was about to stab him.
"Get out, this isn't your place." Her anger filled remark left Riku in shudders.
"Not without Number 13" The old man replied, finally able to shield his discomfort from sight.
"Do you see his eyes? If at least one of them is the original color, he still has partial control of himself; therefore, he isn't a full replica."
Xehanort gave a look that showed his rage at her loophole, but to Riku's surprise, he complied to leave.
"But just remember this Watcher, I will have my 13th member soon enough. Then the New Keyblade War may begin anew!" He sounded prideful, which was sickening enough.
"Yeah, and I'll give up my keyblade. Forget it Madman, he doesn't belong to you, and he won't be a member of your group of black hooded freaks."
Xehanort flared, and turned to Sora-Xehanort. He spoke with a tone filled with false promises.
"If you ever decide to join the winning side, take this."
The old man threw a black robe toward him and Sora-Xehanort grabbed it without a second thought.
With that, Xehanort and his twelve disciples departed.
The girl relaxed, then her keyblade vanished.
She jumped down to meet the king.
She bowed to him, "It's been to long, King Mickey."
Mickey smiled "Too long old friend."
"Ugh, hate to interrupt, but I'm still being choked to death up here!" Riku shouted to his friend, since Lea had vanished to who-knows-where.
Before Mickey could respond, the girl had jumped up next to the two teen boys and slapped Sora-Xehanort's hand off of the silver-haired keyblade wielder.
The gold and blue eyed teen backed away holding his hand, cursing under his breath. Riku was just giving the girl his annoyance.
"Why did you do that?" he asked her about the slapping of his friend.
She stared at Riku incredibly "Well excuse me. I thought you wanted to see another day, so I gave you more time to live. How about a thank you?"
Riku then turned to Mickey, ignoring the girl completely.
"Who is this?" Riku asked gesturing towards the black hooded girl.
Mickey started, "She's…"
"I can answer for myself if you don't mind Riku." The girl interrupted. She started again before Riku could ask how she knew his name. "My full name is the One Who Watches and Intervenes. But for future reference, just call me One."
Mickey asked the girl, One, how she knew Riku and how she knew that they were there in the first place. One just laughed like it was an old inside joke.
"Mickey, you know that since I'm a Watcher, I know about everything that has, is, and will ever happen."
Riku was furious; One could have stopped Xehanort before all this happened.
"Why didn't you stop Xehanort then, you could've saved Sora yet you didn't!"
One looked at the floor, ashamed. Mickey was the one that answered him.
"Riku, the only thing about One's seeing the future, is that she can only see what's supposed to happen. This thing with Sora, it wasn't " Mickey stopped. But Riku knew what he was going to say. This wasn't supposed to happen.
"Well then how did it happen, since it wasn't supposed to" Riku said doubtfully.
"My guess is that Xehanort went back in time, like you and Sora did, and changed what was going to happen." One tried to convince him.
"Well, what do we do?" Mickey asked her.
"I need to take Sora back to Watcher Tower. Then I could probably find his own heart and drive Xehanort's out." One said.
"No! Mickey, I don't trust her. I think she might be working for the old man." Riku pleaded with the mouse.
But the king just shook his head. "If One said it is the only way, then I'll give her my full support. Besides, we can't do anything about it."
Riku felt even worse. Not only was his best friend possessed, but he had to go with some "watcher" that he didn't even know.
One walked over to Sora-Xehanort, who had been silently watching the entire time from in between the thrones. She told him what she wanted to do with him and to Riku's dismay he nodded.
As One walked past to start another corridor of darkness, Riku whispered into her ear, "I still don't trust you, but I will comply. If Sora ends up worse than before, I place this all on you."
One chuckled and responded in the same hushed whisper Riku did to her.
"Good thing you don't have to trust me, I'll still help Sora. But listen to me, Xehanort has always been enemy Number 1 in my book. What am I in yours?"
With that, One summoned her keyblade, took Sora-Xehanort's hand and left without so much as another whisper.
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