Yay! Second chapter up already! Sorry, it was kind of rushed. I had golf practice, and I wanted to upload another chapter before I left. Anyway, please please review at the end~!
I don't own any of the characters. Square Enix does, though! But Alex is mine.
It had been a couple of days, or so it seemed in the castle, since Riku had last seen the intruder. He silently roamed the corridor, as he thought about his last battles. He was hurt, and he knew it. He didn't know what would happen to him if he got into another battle. Bruises were visible under his cloak, and scars were probably forming due to all the cut wounds. He was out of breath from just walking. Then he flinched and grabbed his side.
'Great…my ribs are cracked.' He muttered a string of curse words. He didn't think that last battle would do much to him, but battle on top of battle had cost him. As he opened the next door, someone was waiting for him.
"Ah!! Riku! Welcome! I didn't get to properly invite you to the castle since you took the liberty of inviting yourself." The man in black walked slowly into the light, then pulled off his hood as flower petals flowed around his face.
"Marluxia…ngh!" Riku felt his rib sting painfully, and grabbed his side and fell on his knee.
"Oh…your hurt! Then this will be easier for me." Marluxia called out his weapon. The large pink scythe appeared, and Marluxia proceeded to attack.
Riku was still on the ground when he called out Way to the Dawn. He watched as Marluxia brought down the scythe, and he attempted to block it. He knew it was futile, but he had to try. The pain was increasing with every minute. He squeezed his eyes shut before the impact.
"No!!"
A large black portal formed and a figure in black appeared. He rolled below the scythe and kneeled in front of Riku blocking him from the attack. The figure held his arm in front of himself and Riku, receiving the full impact of the blow.
"Che…!" The impact was stronger than it looked. The scythe was lodged deep into his arm, and blood started to form through the black cloak. His face was still hidden from view. Riku sat speechless.
"Another intruder?!" Marluxia pulled his scythe out of his arm, blood dripped from the end. "I didn't know of this…" He scoffed and retreated into his black hole.
Riku stared at the back of his savior. Why did such a person do something like this for him? Wait, was this the intruder from before?
"Damn, he got in real deep…." Riku was startled by the voice. It didn't sound like a man's voice, but it was too hard to sound like woman's.
"Who…who are you? Why did you do that?" Riku finally found his voice. Then, as if realizing for the first time that the fallen boy was behind him, the intruder turned.
"You, you…baka!"
"Wha…huh?" Riku's jaw slacked.
"What the hell were you thinking? Were you just going to give up? Let all your efforts be put to waste? Huh?!" The intruder stood tall and shouted accusingly to the silver haired boy.
"Who the hell are you to say that? You don't even know me! Who are you?!" Riku stood and shouted back angrily. Then feeling the pain of his ribs, he fell once more to the ground. "Damn it all! Why am I so fucking weak! Dammit…" The pain was intensifying and he didn't know what to do.
A sigh was heard from above. He looked at the intruder and watched as he bent down to him. "Here, let me have a look at that…" he said. The cloaked man laid Riku down on the floor gently. Riku hissed in pain as the mysterious man slowly touched his chest. He watched as the stranger seemed to know where all his injuries were. He still couldn't see his face. He was going to ask him again, when he felt a tingling sensation over his heart. He watched as the intruder's hands started to emanate a blue glow, and he watched as it was placed over his injuries. The pain was subsiding, and he started to feel better. The stranger did this with all his injuries, and Riku felt his strength returning.
"There, that should do it." The stranger stood and watched as Riku slowly stood.
"What did you…? Um…thank…you." Riku stuttered. "Wait, what about your wound?"
"Oh…right." The stranger held up a glowing hand and quickly healed the deep wound. The would closed, but the blood was still there, along with the sting of the wound.
"Che…whatever." The stranger turned his back and started walking away when he heard Riku call for him.
"Wait! Who are you? Why did you save me? And how did you heal me? And yourself?" the questions just fell from his mouth.
"How troublesome…." The stranger quietly said to himself. 'Damn, how did I get stuck in this position…I was supposed to protect and watch this kid from afar. Now he already knows my position. I'm really going to get it from the higher-ups…'
"Alex." The stranger said and turned back.
"…huh?"
"Che! That's my name, baka. Alex." The stranger pulled back his hood, pulling out the long black hair from under the cloak.
"A…you…you're a girl?!" Riku fell back startled.
"Che…is it really that surprising?"
Riku looked at the girl. She must have been around the same age as him. This explained why she was so small and lithe. Her fingers looked delicate, too, now that he thought about it. Her slender face, however, was masked by a blindfold, successfully covering her eyes from view.
"Why do you wear a blindfold?" he asked quietly. She looked at him, and released a sigh, but it was different from the others, full of annoyance. This sigh was full of despair, as if she had dealt with a lifetime of pain and suffering.
"So nothing gets out…" she whispered. Then she paled. 'Why did I say that? I promised myself that I would never say or do anything to remind me of… But what is it about this boy that reminds me so much of…myself?'
Riku watched her as she dropped her head and looked to the floor. What was it about this girl? How was she so strong? And why did it look like she suffered so much? He walked towards her, when she jerked up suddenly. He took stepped back and looked at her.
"Listen, little boy. Don't ask me stupid questions. I am here because I chose to be. Now, Don't. Follow. Me." Her voice was hard and cold, dripping with venom. "It is my duty to protect you to make sure you follow the path given to you. I will be back when the time calls for it. If I am needed for anything, simply call my name. I will come." With that, she disappeared in a black portal, leaving Riku in the empty corridor.
"What?! What do you mean there are two intruders?!" The loud roaring could be heard throughout the castle.
"I…it is precisely so…s…Superior…" Marluxia cowered at the rage coming from the leader of their organization. Zexion stood off to the side, but the fear on his face was apparent.
"Well, what are you waiting for?! Dispose of both of them, immediately!" With that, the two members were sent away, in search of the silver haired boy and the man in the black cloak.
A sighed erupted from the lips of Xemnas. "No one shall stand in the way of my kingdom. No one…"
Next chapter should be up soon. Thanks for reading!