Ok everyone so sorry this is late but my weekend was SUPER busy! (Yes I do have a life you guys) But since today was the first day of Thanksgiving break…or it was thirty minutes ago… (Yay eating lots of food and gaining five pounds…oh I'm such a girl) I spent a lot of my time focused on this chapter. It was 11 pages on my Word '07 so a bit longer than usual (we'll say it's my thanksgiving treat to you guys). Oh and not to brag but the first six and a half pages are pure gold (ok so maybe they aren't THAT great) but I've never had that much fun writing EVER. Ok go read it! I'll try to update before break is over but no promises. Oh and this is part two of what is know a three part section of the story so we are right in the middle!
*Lauren*
I slowly opened my eyes and stretched out my limbs, struggling to wake up after a nice, dreamless sleep. I snuggled back under my sheets and decided I would try to get in a few mores minutes of sleep before someone woke me up and made me explain my life to all my friends. Naturally once I decided to try and sleep some more I was jolted awake.
I had just settled back into my bed when I heard someone behind me groan and the arms around my waist shift slightly. As to when someone put their arms around my waist I had no idea. That's why I was freaking out.
"Riku what the hell?!" I shrieked rolling over and shoving him out of my bed.
He did you…we…I know it was Riku?
Because You We I could smell him.
Seriously You We I could?!
No that was a joke.
I was just wondering why you could smell him and I couldn't. And I'm the scary looking creature!
Oh I am quite terrifying.
No your not.
Am too!
No.
"Riku where did you come from?!" I asked him, propping my head up with my hand. Riku looked up at me from the ground and sighed
"I was trying to rape you. I may have forgotten to mention this but I'm a sexual offender." He shrugged "What can I say?"
"And I'm an assassin" At least one of us is telling the truth.
"That's awesome. Soooo…can I get the shower first?" He gave me a faint smile. I smiled back warmly before jumping out of bed, landing on his back, jumping onto his bed, off his bed, and then running into the bathroom.
"That's for trying to rape me!" I shouted before slamming the door. Two seconds later Riku was pounding on the bathroom door.
"I was joking!" he yelled at the door.
"I wasn't!" I sang before turning on the shower water. While I was waiting for said shower water to warm up I tried to enter Riku's mind, seeing if maybe I could see/hear his reaction.
I'm dating an assassin. Hmm that will make things interesting.
What things?
I thought/asked curiously. I heard another one of Riku's fists punch the door and I laughed softly before stepping into the shower.
Stay out of my head!
I was just curious! It's not everyday your girlfriends an ex-assassin!
I'm very glad for the 'ex' part.
You should be! So what things Riku?
I don't know.
Come on Riku I know it's definitely something! That much I can tell
Well like when you come back to the islands with us and meet everyone. Especially my parents. "Hey mom, hey dad.... Yes I know I've been gone for a few months…. I understand I once again failed to tell you…. I figured I was going to be grounded…three months?! You're joking right?!... No? Ok then well that is a big time downer…why you ask? Because I met this hot blond girl on my adventure and now she's my girlfriend…yes she's here with me. She's right outside actually…no dad I'm pretty sure she doesn't have AIDs. Why are you even asking me that?! Wait strike that-I don't wanna know…Oh she used to be an assassin…her names Lauren…mom why are you calling the police…and reporting my girlfriend…you can't arrest my girlfriend…Awww dammit too late.
By now I was leaning against the side of the shower laughing my head off.
And that's why my parents can't know you're an ex-assassin. And that's what I meant when I said that makes things interesting.
Well I definitely don't what your parents to arrest me…I can't even say that with a straight face!
You shouldn't want to be arrested. Some crazy sexual offender could be your cell-mate!
One that isn't my boyfriend?
Exactly!
Awe my boyfriend has a sense of humor. That's cute.
You didn't just call me cute.
Nope I didn't. I called your sense of humor cute!
No! No part of me is cute!
You're very cute Riku
Riku didn't telepathically communicate with me anymore after that. I couldn't help but wonder if I had somehow offended him by telling him that I thought he was cute. Maybe guys prefer stuff like being called sexy or hot or manly or incredibly strong or stuff like that…naw that couldn't be it! Riku was probably just male PMSing. Yeah that was way more likely.
*One shower later…..*
"Riku where the hell are my clothes?!" God I hate that guy. So I was in the shower when Riku exclaims that he's going to wet himself unless he used the bathroom right then. Not wanting my boyfriend's abilities to be sent back to the time of potty-training I went ahead and told him he could use the bathroom, but if he was the even the slightest bit perverted about me being in the shower I would kill him. So Riku came in, did his business and left. No problems, not perverseness from him, no problem right? Yeah that's what I thought.
I had forgotten to bring a change of clothes with me into the bathroom, which wasn't much of a problem. I could just change into my sleep-clothes, go out and pick out a new pair of clothes, change, and go on with my life right? Well you are sadly mistaken. The clothes I wore into the bathroom are MIA (Missing In Action). Which brings us back to the present.
"How should I know?" Riku called back from the other side of the bathroom door.
"Well they were in here before I got into the shower, considering I wore them into the bathroom." I explained, waiting for him to confess.
"Oh your tank top and shorts?"
"No Riku my ballerina tutu."
"Well I've seen your tank top and shorts but I have yet to see said ballerina tutu"
"It was sarcasm you idiot! Of course I mean my tank top and shorts! Now what the hell did you do with them?!" I screamed stomping my foot on the ground angrily, which caused a small shower of water droplets from my hair to hit the ground. Yes I was still soaking wet.
"Well once I was done using the bathroom I brought them out here and set them on your bed since I figured you were going to change into something else." Riku explained calmly from the room.
"Do you think you could get me some clothes for me to wear today? I'm in a towel so it would be kind of awkward for me to go out now" I asked sweetly with a small laugh. Just a misunderstanding. Nothing to freak out about.
"Well actually I'm pretty comfortable. Why don't you just come out and get them yourself." Riku asked, with a tone in his voice that I was really starting to hate. He used it whenever he had fooled someone into doing his bidding, or whenever someone was about to be embarrassed courtesy of himself. My boyfriend was a badass and I adored that, but seriously, doing something like that to your girlfriend is just begging to get slapped in the face and/or your foot stepped on by deadly three-inch heels. Sadly I didn't own any.
"Riku bring me my clothes now" I snarled through the door, wishing he could see my glare, because that could be enough to make him change his mind.
"….No" Riku replied and I could practically hear him smirking in triumph. It made me sick. Then, in the midst of my rage I had an idea. I shoved half of myself out of my body, hoping I would be right about this. And I was, since I'm always right about everything.
Fury was standing a few feet away from me with a pissed off expression on her face and a fully-clothed body. I am smart.
"Can I help you with something?" Fury asked in a way that told me she didn't plan on helping me. That would change quickly.
"I need you to do something for me" I told her with a knowing smile. She raised an eyebrow
"Does it involve inflicting pain on Silver Haired Bastard…I mean your boyfriend?" She asked, saying boyfriend the same way you would say dog crap.
"It can. I just need you to get some clothes for me out of our room." Her jaw dropped
"I'm the most powerful Dark Being in existence and you have me going on errands to pick out clothes for you?!"
"We share a body"
"Yeah I figured that one out on my own genius" How dare you use my sarcastic personality against me?!
"Do you want Riku to see you without anything spare a towel on?! Because he technically will be if you make me go out there." Fury was silent for a moment before making a sound very similar to growling.
"Fine I'll be right back" She stomped out of the bathroom and I heard a loud shout from Riku, a thump, something that sounded like tape, and then the almost silent sound of the closet being opened…and closed. And then Fury was once again entering the bathroom.
"Thank you" I sang before quickly getting dressed.
"I'm going to go into the Realm of Darkness. I'm bored" Fury said as I was hanging my towel up.
"You know you shouldn't go there now. I'm sure some Demons will be…there" I turned around just as Fury vanished through a portal. I stomped my foot and groaned
"Why doesn't anyone ever listen to me?!" I ranted as I came back into Riku and my room…then proceeded to laugh until my sides hurt.
Riku was tapped, and I do mean quite literally taped, to the wall of our room. And not with like Scotch tape or anything like that. No this was duct tape, the serious stuff that's next to impossible to remove and always leaves a sticky line behind it if you do manage to remove it.
"I really hate your other half" Riku said and I walked up closer so I could better observe the damage. The right side of Riku's face was smashed into the side of the wall and his wrists and ankles were taped to the wall with at large pieces of tape on each wrist/ankle. There was also a large piece of tape the kept Riku's middle right up against the wall. I could see him straining to get out and wondered if Fury had magical tape stored somewhere.
"She put a freaking Gravity charm on the tape" Riku snarled, trying and failing to turn towards me. Well that explains quite a bit.
"That's what your get for being a pervert!" I teased before experimentally tugging at the tape.
"Did you even know Fury could use the Keyblade?" Riku asked and I paused. Gravity was a spell that the Keyblade possessed, so Fury must be able to use it… I shrugged
"I can summon up her sword so I suppose it makes sense that she can summon the Keyblade" I said before trying to pull a piece of tape off Riku's wrist.
"Oh that's just perfect. A Keyblade bearer with an attitude who has a dark half with an even worse attitude!" He exclaimed.
"Excuse me?!" I yelled, ripping the tape off his wrist, which left behind an angry red rash and made Riku groan. "I do not have an attitude!" I declared and Riku let out a small pained laugh.
"Because yelling at your boyfriend and leaving abuse-marks on him doesn't spell attitude" he joked and I looked at his wrist that had been pinned to the wall. I gently placed my hands on his wrist, which was a deep red and was probably throbbing.
"I'm sorry" I told Riku sadly
"Your hands feel really good" Riku said with a relaxed sigh and I assumed it was because my hands were cold. We both stayed like that for a moment (not that Riku had much of a choice), me gently holding his wrist, wishing the marks would go away. I squeezed his wrist gently for a moment before releasing it and going over to his other arm which was still taped to the wall.
"On three" I offered, realizing this one would be worse because he was facing me. Even though Riku and I still had a bit of a rivalry I hated the thought of intentionally causing him pain. He nodded
"One…" I pulled the tape off and Riku gasped.
"You said three!"
"Well I changed my mind" I said and he frowned at me. I gently ran my fingers over his now injured left wrist before bending down. Hopefully since the tape was only touching his jeans these two wouldn't hurt him so much. Fortunately they didn't.
They were both off in about a minute, whereas the tape across the middle of Riku's back took a lot more effort to remove. It didn't hurt him though so that was much easier. Now we were both in the bathroom and I was in the middle of putting cold wash cloths on Riku's bright red wrists.
"Aaaah that feels so much better." Riku said with a smile. Not able to help myself, I smiled back at him. He looked down at his wrist and messed with the wash cloth for a moment before glancing up at me.
"Yes?" I asked him, seeing as there was something he was trying to say. He pulled the wash clothes off his wrists and I smiled to see the rashes were fading. When I looked up I had maybe half a second to take a breath before his lips were pressed against mine. It was like our first kiss only things happened faster. I almost immediately wrapped my arms around his neck and his hands traveled up my back, firmly holding me against him. As the intensity grew I had maybe one coherent thought before drowning in pleasure which was: Thank God Fury isn't here right now.
As quickly as we broke apart my lips were back against Riku's and I felt him back up for a fraction of a second before leaning back in to kiss me. For how long we kept kissing each other I don't know but I suppose what happened next was probably for the best, considering I was risking a heart attack by then.
"Hey are you two ever going to…um never mind" Riku and I broke apart and, seeing as I was not facing door, I spun around angrily, ready to kill whoever had interrupted us…had it been someone other than innocent little Namine. Riku turned a deep shade of red and I slowly began to do the same as the situation clarified. I had just made out with Riku…in a freaking bathroom of all places…and Namine had seen us doing it. Why oh why God do you hate me so much?
"! Sorryfordisturbingyouguys!" Namine exclaimed before running out of room, probably vowing to never come back again. I summoned up my courage before turning to Riku, my eyes wide and my face red.
He stared at the door Namine had left through for a moment before looking down at me, a smirk slowly taking residence on his face.
"Well that didn't end well did it? Although the beginning and the middle were pretty nice" I guess teenage guys are required by law to always add something to embarrass their girlfriends into every statement that leaves their mouths.
"Yeah…" I agreed awkwardly, meaning the first thing he said but he took it to mean I was agreeing with everything he had just said. Grinning, he sauntered out of the bathroom and I collapsed to my knees, shaking with humiliation from Namine and Riku. But, being the incredible person that I was, it took me maybe two seconds to regain my composure, and boy did Riku have it coming.
"Let's go Boyfriend" I said, grabbing his hand as I entered our room and pulling him out the door. "Oh and don't count on that happening very often I added as we headed down the hallway. So maybe 'Riku had it coming' wasn't true but I was not going to let him think that he owned me.
*Fury*
Behemoth I shall kill you with two slashes of my sword. I silently promised my quickly approaching enemy. The way to get better was to challenge yourself right? Well that's what I was doing…like I needed to get better. As the behemoth approached I shot a large wave of black energy out of my sword which hit the behemoth's legs, causing it to falter, but it kept coming. That was one attack…now one more. Gripping my sword tightly in my right hand I charged the Heartless, preparing to deal the finishing blow. When the disgrace to Heartless was maybe ten feet away I leaped into the air, flipping a few times before beginning my descent. If I had timed this right and my aim was as good as I thought I would slice this things horn in half in three…two…my black sword came down on the deadly horn and there was a splitting sound accompanied with a flash light, followed by a roar as the behemoth died, releasing a captive heart into the air.
"Well that was so easy it was almost sad" I said to myself with a sigh.
Fury I need you! Its time to finish our explanation.
Well you have fun with that.
Well I wanted you to do it, since you know Demons much better than I do.
I'm busy. I'm sure you can handle it.
But Fury you spent most of your life with them!
It's not called 'life' when you're in a realm that can't support living.
Whatever you know what I mean! Just come back for a while then you can leave again.
Fine!
I sighed again as I opened a portal and, out of a sudden mass of paranoia; I turned around as I stepped through it. Just as the blackness covered my vision I saw a certain Demon assassin appear in the realm. She winked at me and then my vision faded as the dark abyss claimed me.
Naturally though my vision came back before I could count to five, and I was in the control room of the stupid gummi ship my blond half had wasted her munny on.
"Alright everyone I was busy when Lauren called me so here's how this is going to work" My voice commanded immediate and undivided attention, which is of course exactly what I got. "I shall talk, you shall listen, and any violators of these rules shall be killed" I said before taking a place at the head of the table. I slid into the chair and put my chin in my palm before proceeding to explain the mystery that was Demon.
"Now Demons are very complicated creatures so I need all of you to put your think caps on and listen closely…anyone who has gone and lost their thinking cap, Tidus, will just have to try their hardest to keep up.
Nobody knows exactly how Demons were created, because nobody knows how or when they got here. One day they just showed up. Over a century ago people were being killed by Demons left and right and there was a huge war that was fought in order to stop them. The 'good side's' army was a collection of heroes from all over the universe, and the leader of the army was a Keyblade bearer. The war was named The Keyblade Wars. Now the war was won by the 'heroes' and the Demons disappeared for a long time…until just recently. Now the reason the Demons disappeared is not because they were defeated, for Demons never give up. They went back to their safe haven, in another dimension which can just be called the Demon Realm, because that's what it is.
They lived there for a long time, under the govern of a new leader, which brings me to a new point-demons are hopeless without some form of leader, especially now that they all have to share a realm. The leader of the Demons back in the time of the Keyblade wars was killed during the war, which is probably why they lost. They need order and command or else they go berserk. There new leader, let me tell you, he is not a force to be reckoned with. But thanks to your blond friend that force has been reckoned with big time. He's a nameless Demon who is the most powerful one in existence. That's how they're leaders our chosen. Demons are the definition of the phrase 'survival of the fittest' the strongest leads, everyone else obeys. If someone challenges authority and kills the previous leader they take over the role, of they fail…well…the rest of their kind tears them to shreds.
Now raise your hand if you have noticed the few Demons you have met were all of the female appearance? And I say appearance because well I'm pretty sure Demons aren't classified as a species…that's right all you science nerds laugh. I'm probably not a member of a species either. (A/N-the official definition of a species is a type of animal that can reproduce…yeah) So all Demons appear to be girls. Why you ask? Because their leader is the only guy Demon in existence. He killed the guy Demons and somehow absorbed their power. I think it was because a Demon can give power to a Dark Being of their 'gender' but they can also take power from a Dark being of their 'gender'. So He (I will capitalize to minimize confusion. He or Him is going to be the Demon leader's name) killed all the guy Demons that way he is the only one who can take or give a male Dark Being power. And he chose to take every single time. So unfortunately only girls have Dark Beings. I mean guys do too but they die within their first day of existence."
"How are Dark Beings created exactly?" Silver Haired Bastard asked timidly, probably fearing I would throw some sharp and deadly object at him. He had a right to be afraid because I was considering it.
"Well let me tell you. Demons are supposed to be powerful creatures so they are created when the light in your heart reaches its peak. I was created when Lauren summoned the Keyblade for the first time, so that means that was when her heart was the strongest."
"How do you know so much about Demons?" Namine asked and I got a strange stray thought from Lauren…her and Riku in the bathroom…doing…wow I'm going to kill her later.
"It's because when Dark Beings are created they somehow end up in the Realm of Demons, and some of them stay there for their entire life while others go out and find their Light Beings and kill them. Because, like the Heartless, Dark Beings seek hearts. And if you kill your Light Being you get their heart. I don't want a heart though so I betrayed the Demons and came to help my Light Being destroy them…which is probably why the Demons want to kill me, Lauren, and now you guys so bad…sorry about that."
"So you lived with the Demons?" Sora asked his eyes wide.
"For thirteen years the Demons influenced me to hate humans. That I was just like them and because they hated Demons I should too, that by killing my Light Being I would become the strongest Dark Being ever. Well they told that to every Dark Being but it was only true in my case."
"So what did that one Demon….Stardust, mean when she said she was going to devour our hearts?" Tidus asked. Leave it to him to ask the stupid question.
"She meant exactly what she said! You see Demons kill people for their hearts, like the Heartless, except Demons eat the person's heart, well their spiritual heart. Not like their physical heart. The little pink heart shape that rises from your body when you die. That's why when I hurt Kairi I sort of got that hungry look in my eye. And why I was attracted to the Heart of Destiny Islands. Because I lived with creatures that eat your spiritual heart.
In a way Demons are necessary for the balance of things. You see, if Demons didn't eat peoples hearts when they were killed, then those people wouldn't become Heartless. They would become a sort of zombie. Like an in-between person because the spirit of their heart is still there while their true heart isn't. So when a person is killed a Demon must devour their heart or they become and In-Between Person. But if they die naturally their spirit dies along with them."
"So what's the problem with Demons?" Selphie asked
"Well other than their wanting to kill us, which by the way is a very bad thing. If a Demon targets you to be killed, you tend to die. Since it's the Lord of all the Demons we are pretty much screwed. But anyways the problem is lately the Demons have been killing on their own, which technically isn't their job. They are upsetting the balance of nature by interfering with humans. When you think about it, they aren't even from this dimension so they probably don't have a role here."
"But you just said-
"I know what I said. People used to die naturally once upon a time. The Demons tore a huge gash in the fabric of this dimension and entered though it from their old dimension. And they brought the Heartless with them." Everyone's mouths dropped, other than Lauren's, and mine of course.
"As the Heartless seeped into the dimension, darkness in people hearts slowly grew and grew to the point that the Heartless made a permanent residence here. Well that's about it I think…oh wait one more thing. Demons have roles that are given to them upon creation, whenever that is. It is possible that a set of Demons were created along with that dimension and whenever one is killed they just reappear in their realm…although the thought is quite disturbing to think about because that would render them unstoppable." People gaped at me with large eyes and I began to realize that some of them may have previously been under the illusion that I was unintelligent.
"Anyways back to their roles. A Demon can be one of three things-an assassin, a spy, or a trainer. Spies have purple streaks in their hair and it is their job to find and follow whoever they are told to find and follow. They also are responsible for routinely reporting back to their superior about the person. Assassins have red streaks in their hair and well, find and assassinate people. They assassinate who they are told to. They are also given a special weapon called an Assassin's Whip, which is their murdering device. And trainers have blue streaks in their hair and possess the job of training Dark Beings, like me, how to fight and once they are considered 'Demon quality' they are given a certain colored streak in their hair and just like that, the work for the Lord of the Demons. As you can see I was labeled an assassin because of my uncanny ability to kill."
"I just have one question" Sora said and I turned to him.
"If Demon's devour the hearts of those which are killed, therefore preventing them from coming back from their Heartless form, how did I survive to become a human again after I was changed into a Heartless?" I shrugged
"Simple. You must've had someone watching over you to kill the Demon when she tried to devour your heart. That would've made it possible for you to get your heart back. If I had to guess it was probably a traitor Dark Being who killed the Demon that came after your heart. As a matter of fact I know what Dark Being did it, so I suppose I wasn't guessing when I said Dark Being."
"Really?! Who saved me?!"
"I did" I said simply, without blinking. Everyone else gasped thought…except for Lauren.
"What? How? Why were you there?!"
"I can answer that" Lauren said, finally putting some effort into this explanation. "You see, I met all of you a little over two years ago. Back at the start of your first journey!" Lauren said and, once again, everyone gasped. The room was momentarily filled with "Whats?!" "No ways!" and "Hows?!" Lauren waited calmly for the noise to die down before attempting to make everyone remember her.
*Riku*
"I met each of you back right after your island was destroyed, or at least, somewhere close to then." We all stared back at her blankly. I definitely didn't remember a blond angel saving me…wait…there was a memory…just out of reach.
"Think of me a bit younger, fourteen…maybe fifteen at the oldest. And my hair pulled back like this." Lauren pulled her hair back and tied it into a messy ponytail behind her head with a rubber band that had been on her wrist. She seemed vaguely familiar…but I just couldn't recall where I knew her from!
"Ok let me try this-I said the exact same thing when I meet each of you, so I'm just going to try and get you to remember me by saying it." She cleared her throat and thought for a moment before talking again.
"Well it was about time you showed up! I was beginning to think you would never come!" she said with a small smile and suddenly, just like that, I remembered her.
Cliffhanger!!! I've had the next chapter planned for so long and am excited to write it! Unfortunately Namine, Axel, and Roxas aren't in it and there's an over-sized amount of Riku…well I don't consider the latter bad news (I should probably change this story from SoraXKairi to just Riku…) Ok so I know there was a lot in this chapter and if I left something out, you are confused, or there's something extra you would like to know don't hesitate to PM me or just mention it in a review. That being said I shall request that if you liked the chapter please review, and if you didn't like the chapter please tell me what I can do to make it better! Oh and yeah I made up a war called the Keyblade Wars I know. I haven't played that game yet (is it even available in America?) but I just mentioned it because it kind of went along with my story. Not a big deal. Bye guys!