Universe
A Kingdom Hearts fanfic
By:
Chison
"Your other half?" Rizu questioned, but Roxas did not move at all, only glared at him with his piercing blue eyes. Liquid darkness started flowing onto Rizu's right arm, solidifying into a black keyblade, "then lets see if you are as good as the original…" Rizu smirked, however a second later he shouted in pain, as his left arm fell from his torso. "I wouldn't take me lightly…" Roxas simply said, turning to see his blow. "Wha…what happened?" Iris whispered to Marlena, but she slowly shook her head, "I don't know…I saw Roxas there, then behind Rizu…" The dismembered arm slowly crawled up Rizu's leg and reattached itself. "What?" Rizu wondered to himself, "How is he able to wield both Darkness and Light?" With that, Roxas again attacked, but it was blocked by Rizu who retaliated with his own blows, however Roxas easily blocked them. Suddenly, Rizu began laughing, it echoed throughout the ruins of the large castle, "oh I cant believe I have to use this already…this is you doom." With those words, everything went black, darkness spanned as far as the eye could see. "This is the realm of Darkness…and a special person is here as well…" Marlena repeated those words and a female laughter echoed from seemingly everywhere. "Rizu, I see you have managed to retrieve the other half, this will surely lead to his destruction."
"That voice…" Marlena whispered to herself, with a bead of sweat rolling down the side of her face, "Who is it Marlena?" Iris whispered, quivering beside her, "its Melantha…" Suddenly a part of the darkness around them started to form into a humanoid form, fingers as sharp knives, grin bearing razor sharp teeth, and a pair of red glowing eyes. Suddenly a light shone in Marlena's hands, which surprised her, and quickly turned back to Melantha, "Rizu, you have done better than expected…not only have you brought the 'other' but the ones who stand in our way…" "How…" Marlena started, her voice shaking, "how did you survive?" Melantha laughed loudly, "you know there is darkness in every heart, I simply took residence in another being." Iris suddenly stepped forward, "in another person…like Zashi?" Melantha was surprised for a moment, "you are a quick thinker, but you do not know the full extent of what has happened." Marlena suddenly pointed her keyblade to Melantha, "well then why don't you tell us…" she said, but Melantha pointed to Iris, "you know the darkness, feel what it tells you…" Iris slowly stretched out her hand, feeling the darkness flow between her fingers and around her hand when she suddenly gasped, "I know this feeling! It's Zashi! But how?"
Iris turned to Marlena, "you are not going to believe this…" she turned, "what?" Iris closed her eyes for a moment, "we are inside Zashi's heart." Marlena's eyes went wide, "what…what do you mean?" Melantha smiled, "let me break it down for you: when we fought, I opened a portal in Zashi's heart, to the 'sealed' darkness and gathered my power here." Marlena pointed the keyblade towards the ground, "I am going to make sure you never get inside Zashi's heart ever again!" With that, she plunged the weapon into the ground, causing light flow from the broken section of the floor, then Marlena grabbed the handle of the keyblade turned the weapon left, causing the light to shine from the ground, illuminating the darkness. When the light receded, both Melantha and Rizu had disappeared; a brilliant glass floor with various pictures of Marlena and Iris covered the floor. "Well…I would have never thought of that…" Iris said, flopping to her hands and knees, "I have never felt darkness like hers…its scary." Marlena stood tall, looking over the floor, "I'm just glad that we got Zashi back." Iris took a few more breaths and looked around, "uh Marlena…. how do we get out of here?" She turned to her, with a smile on her face, "don't worry, we will kind of wake up like it's a dream. Its really kind of weird…" Suddenly, a brilliant light came from above, enveloping both of them; they closed their eyes and began to float towards the light.