Riku wasn't happy. Nor did anyone expect him to be. You see, Riku is a very, very proud person, and this whole… being dragged through the halls of a very large and creepy castle was… kind of a pride killer. Sora was a humble kind of guy and was simply struggling against it; while Riku decided not to embarrass him self any further and simply sulked. Right now he wanted to run and hide in a dark corner form all the embarrassment he was going through. Kairi was a different story. She was so caught up in the fact that this was one of the most exiting things to ever happen to her that the mortification didn't have time to settle in.
"Hey!" Riku said craning his neck backwards to look at the man in the black cloak that was following them. "When do we get off? All this is hard on a guys' arms." He stated and the man ignored him. "Let… me…. go!" Sora yelled from the front as they passed through a large door way. Riku scoffed. "Oh yeah, like they're really gonna let you go when you ask…" Riku trailed off as the large silver clad figures released Sora and sent him hurtling to the ground. Riku whistled, "Ooh. Do me next!" He said with a hint of sarcasm in his voice as the white figures released hold of his arms.
"Shut up Riku!" Sora said into the ground.
"Welcome, Key Bearer!" A voice yelled from the darkness. Sora ignored it and stood up and shoved a finger in Riku's face. "Once again, I blame you for getting caught!"
Riku scoffed. "Hmm that's funny, because if I recall correctly… hm… you got caught first! AGAIN!"
"Me? No, no, no, no! YOU got caught first this time!"
"I did not!"
"Did too!"
"Did not!"
"Did too!"
"Did not!"
"Did too!"
Kairi shoved her way in between the two and pushed the fuming warriors apart. "You were both caught at the same time!" She said.
"WHAT? No way! HE was caught first!" They both screamed pointing at the other one.
"Ok, ok! I was caught first! Make you happy? Now will both of you stop fighting?" Kairi asked pushing the two away.
"Yes, please do." The voice said again.
"Fine…" Sora said panting.
"I'm being ignored." The voice was starting to sound upset.
"But I still say it's his fault."
"It wasn't my fault! It was yours! I saw you get caught fir-"
"I THOUGHT WE'VE BEEN OVER THIS!" Kairi screamed again. "Can we please just… find out where we are?"
"I can explain-" The voice tried again,
"Fine! But only if he admits to being caught before me!" Sora yelled pointing.
"Well, if you would all stop talking I'm sure Superior could tell you…" a different voice tried to intervene into the conversation.
"For the last time Sora! I was NOT caught before you!" Riku yelled.
Obviously the "Superior" was getting angry at this point. "SAIX! Will you please put an end to this pointless arguing?"
The man in the black hood that stood behind them nodded and snapped his fingers. The large figures raised their hammers and brought them down on the children's heads. They all fell to the ground with a thud.
"Thank you Saix! Now! Welcome, Key Bearer!"
"…"
"…"
"…"
"They're… out cold sir." The cloaked man called Demyx said. The cloaked man who stood at the head of the group swore loudly. "So close…" He said.
Another cloaked man stepped forward. "Ahem… Superior? If I may… why would you have them brought here in the first place?"
"Listen, Marluxia. I may not have explained the powers of the Key Blade yet, but whenever it destroys a heartless. It frees its heart."
"And the freed hearts come together to form Kingdom Hearts… yes, yes I know! But why bring him here? Why not just throw him into a pit filled with heartless and make him fight?" Marluxia asked.
"Because! There would be no suspense if we did that!"
"Yeah and its all about suspense isn't it?" The man called Axel said leaning against the wall.
"Quiet!"
"Whatever."
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"Sora? Riku? Where the hell are you?" Leon's calls echoed through the large castle. He swore under his breath. "I'll kill him… I swear I will!" He said running into the castle in search of his apprentice. The castle was big enough… but he had seen bigger, and he'd turn the whole place upside down if he had too. He came to a large doorway with voices coming from the other side. He heard the words "Key Bearer" and "Key Blade" and his heart sank. That wasn't good. That meant they had most likely found Sora and knew he was the Key blade Bearer. Which was bad, because even Sora didn't know he was the key blade bearer! Yet… He pushed the doors open to reveal about 12 people dressed in black hoods and three large demented looking silver figures that stood in a circle around an unconscious Sora, Riku and Kairi. Leon scowled at the sight and brandished his gun blade.
"Ah. The Key Bearer's teacher. Its an honor." One of the men in a black hood said bowing steeply.
"Shut up." Leon said readying his blade.
"I suppose you've come for your student?" The man asked motioning to Sora's lifeless body. Leon narrowed his eyes and held the blade over his head.
"Now, must we resort to violence?" The head cloaked figure asked in a mocking voice.
Leon leapt at one of the creatures that stood around Sora and his friends and brought his blade down on its head. It let out a horrified moan and disappears. Leon readied his blade for another attack.
"I suppose there's no avoiding it." The man snapped his fingers and another hoard of the creatures appeared. Leon snarled and proceeded to destroy them. Then out of the corner of his eye he saw a hammer come flying at his face. He knew he couldn't dodge in time. He closed his eyes and waited for the pain but it never came. Instead there was a loud clash and Leon turned his head. There stood Cloud, his sword positioned at the hammer fending it off rather easily.
"You didn't need to do that." Leon said fending off another creature.
"What're you complaining about?" Cloud grunted, he retracted his blade causing the creature to loose its balance.
"Why'd you come?" Leon asked. Cloud looked over at him then at Riku with an annoyed scowl on his face. "Taking care of my problem." As Cloud swung his blade, a figure leapt in front and kicked it to the other side of the room. Cloud glared at the ninja as she put her hands up in defense. "What? We can't fight too?" She asked. Leon sighed and shook his head. He raised his gun blade and prepared to swing when the enemy in front of him was destroyed by a fiery blast. Aerith stood there along with Donald and Goofy.
"Like she said: cant we fight too?" The fight raged on with every one trying to help. Finally after all the enemies were cleared they turned they're attention to the men in black cloaks.
"Impressive." One said.
"Indeed."
"Remarkable."
"Ok let's step away from the one worders." Another spoke up.
"Extraordinary."
"Demyx? What did I just say?"
"I'm just trying to fit in!"
Leon arched an eyebrow. He turned to Cloud who shook his head in disapproval. Leon shifted his gun blade towards his enemies. He opened his mouth to say something but didn't quite get there.
"We'd love to stay and talk but we just don't have that kind of time." One said shrugging. The man in the center raised his hands and all of the men disappeared into dark portals. Except one.
"Oh! Was that our cue to leave?" The man also disappeared.
"HEY Wait!" Yuffie yelled. She began to run towards them but Leon held his arm out to stop her.
"No let them go." He said turning his attention back to the children on the floor. "Lets get them back first."
Cloud nodded in agreement and walked over to the kids. He hoisted Riku over his shoulder and Leon hoisted Sora over his. Yuffie picked up Kairi's limp body and all the adults headed for the door of the castle.
"Leon?" Aerith asked following behind. "Are you… Going to… stop teaching Sora… because of this?"
Leon didn't answer.
A/N: Yes I know its bad… feel free to flame me. I consider flamers the protectors of the cannon-verse. Unless their flaming me because I don't have any yaoi. Don't flame me about that, please. Constructive criticism would be better if you can.