3rd Person POV
They were falling into a routine where they went to a world DiZ assigned them and got the layout of the world along with keeping tabs on how frequent the heartless or nobodies would show up. Kit would talk to Namine in the morning while the blonde brushed her hair, but as of late Namine hadn't been able to draw any of Sora's memories which was becoming a concern. Riku would visit Sora daily with or without Kit present and she couldn't understand the bond that was there.
She had asked Namine and even tried to get DiZ to tell her what the bond between Riku and Sora was, but they only answered her with a single word that she didn't know the meaning of; friendship. Kit still followed Riku around in her fox form much to her distain, and DiZ told her daily not to get attached to Namine or Riku.
She had gotten use to all of these things over the past two weeks and fell into the routine as if it were second nature. This morning was no different with DiZ's warning and Riku entering the room shortly after only to have the small silver fox follow him as if she were actually his shadow. She silently followed Riku through a corridor and walked out onto the slanted roof of the castle they had gone to just two weeks earlier.
She already knew to go check for nobodies and was gone before Riku said a word. She used the same entrance and snuck through the halls with more ease than the first time. Her feet automatically carried her to the west part of the castle and she found the same type of nobody guarding a door at the far end of the hall that was being guarded by two suits of armor. The scent of the man who was dressed like Riku was a few days old, but the scent of the girl was faint and she knew she was somewhere on the premises.
She avoided the Dragoon nobodies and found a new pathway in the wall which she checked out due to curiosity. She found a winding hallway that lead to a dungeon and another that lead back to the hallway that was being guarded. She snuck back down the hallway and back to the center platform of the three stair cases that rested above the foyer.
The marks from her encounter with the Dragoon nobody were gone and the floor looked as if it had never had a blade stuck into it. She stuck her head into the ballroom which was empty before she walked down the stairs to the foyer and checked each individual room without so much as a sound.
'Where is everybody? This place can't be this empty.' Kit thought to herself as she used a tendril of darkness to open one of the large double doors that led to a small courtyard.
The instant her feet touched the cobblestone of the courtyard she was surrounded by Dragoon nobodies. She hissed lightly as she looked for a way out of this situation, but found none as the nobodies attacked in unison. She jumped and landed on one of the nobodies as they attacked the spot she had been standing in.
She cursed internally before shifting to her human form in a small burst of black light. She summoned her keyblade which she held in an odd way compared to many who used swords. Her wrist was bent away from her body as the dull side of the keyblade laid against the outside of her arm. The black and white blade glinted as each of the seven hollowed hearts filled with a black and purple liquid.
Darkness was easier to use in this place because it was so dark and she just went with it as the nobodies all shifted themselves into their spear slash lance forms. One slashed at her and she dodged it before striking out as if to punch the nobody. Her fist passed just centimeters from the nobody, but that had been her intention. Her blade cut across the nobody and sent it back into its allies.
She didn't wait for them to regroup before she summoned a ball of dark energy and sent it at them. It hit its mark and destroyed all the nobodies, but another nobody now stood in front of her. This nobody she wasn't familiar with. DiZ had explained all of the types of nobodies they had encountered to her and even some she had never seen before.
"What type of nobody was it that carried those big paddle weapons?" Kit inquired of herself as the nobody charged forward and swung that very weapon at her.
She ducked low and swung out with her leg sweeping the nobody off of its feet and causing it to hit the ground hard. The black and purple liquid like substance that had filled the hearts of her keyblade now had white mixing in with it. She waited for the nobody to get up for she was eager to see just what this one could do. It took the nobody a bit of time to get up due to its big bulky build.
As soon as the nobody was up it went berserk on her and started swinging it large paddle like weapon at her in rapid sessions. Kit was shocked at how fast it moved and was hit several times by the nobody while blocking a few swings. She flipped backwards and away from the nobody as blood tickled down her arm from a small gash in her bicep.
She hissed at the nobody before charging at it as it had exhausted itself from its rampage. Kit swung her whole body around as she slashed the nobody from one shoulder to the opposite hip. She flipped her keyblade around to where she was holding is as a normal sword wielder would and slashed the nobody in the same fashion just from the opposite side. The nobody twitched uncontrollably before falling to the ground and fading away.
"A Berserker!" Kit chirped while pointing to the sky as she recalled just what type of nobody it was that she had been fighting.
She turned yet again to leave the court yard and again was surrounded by nobodies, only these were some of the higher ranking ones. Three assassin nobodies, two dragoons, a few dusks and even some of the creepers surrounded her much to her distain. Kit hissed at them as the assassin dove into the ground, the dragoons changed shape and the rest just charged at her.
She bounced from foot to foot as she evaded the assassins and the dragoons, but sustained a few scratches from the dusks and creepers as she took them out. The dusks and creepers were her first targets, but she found it a hassle with only one blade. She channeled her energy into her keyblade as she continued to bounce around like an erratic five year old hyped up on sugar.
Her keyblade quickly changed shape and in her hands now rested her scythe which she swung her whole body around to throw into the midst of the nobodies. The dusks and creepers were struck down by the scythes blades as she fought with the assassins and dragoons using just dark spheres and light pearls. The assassins were becoming more irritating by the minute for she couldn't hit them after they dove into the ground which made it more difficult.
She caught her scythe only to have it slice her forearm open after it had destroyed all of the smaller nobodies only leaving the dragoons and assassins for her to worry about. She caught the hilts in the center of the scythe and with one fluid motion had two smaller scythe handles pressed against her arms in the same manner as her keyblade had been. She dropped low to the ground before charging forward as the nobodies came around for another swing at her.
The ball of her left foot hit the cobblestones in an odd angle, but she used it to start spinning like no tomorrow. She spun through the nobodies and cut down the dragoons and even one of the assassins before she stopped spinning. She stopped firmly on both of her feet before flinging her body forward at an angle and tackling one of the assassins to the ground.
Her white blade tore through the nobody's body as the last one dove back into the ground. She parried its attacks and her black blade delivered its demise as she panted harshly before looking over her injuries. Small red lines lined her legs and some even went as high as her thighs before they stopped only to start again above her naval and stop under her breast line. The worst of them was the small gash in her arm where the berserker had hit her and the one that her scythe had caused.
"What were they so set on keeping me here for?" Kit inquired airily as she did a three sixty spin and walked to the doors that lead away from the castle and out of the courtyard.
She shifted back to her fox form in a small burst of darkness before summoning a dark corridor and walking through the doors without them having to be opened. The sight that greeted her confused her for there was a small figure in the same coat Riku wore lying on the ground.
Riku's back was turned and he was walking away from the smaller figure with his hood down much to Kit's surprise and confusion as she darted after him. The smaller figure pushed themselves up onto their knees and was holding their stomach while their other arm held them up.
"Why? You're the real sham!" a feminine voice snapped at Riku who stopped giving Kit time to catch up to him.
"Fair enough. You could say I am….the biggest nobody of them all." Riku responded calmly before he started walking in the same direction he had been headed.
He opened a dark corridor which they walked through and came back out of only to be standing on the roof. Kit looked up at him curious as to what had gone on between him and the female organization member when the girls scream cut through the air like a knife. Kit scrubbed her head against Riku's leg trying in vain to block out the sound before she threw her head back and let out a cry of her own.
Riku quickly bent down and clamped his hand over her muzzle while his other hand covered her ears as the girls scream died down as well. He released her muzzle once the girls screaming stopped and she whined lowly as he removed his hand from her ears and picked her up under her front legs. She couldn't see his eyes, but she was sure he was glaring at her through his blindfold and that made her squirm in his grasp.
He sighed before shifting her into one arm before rubbing his fingers across his palm. He used his free hand to lift the edge of his blindfold revealing one of his bright teal eyes as he looked at his palm. Due to the black coloration of his gloves he couldn't tell what sort of thick warm liquid was on it, but there was only one place he could have gotten it from. He turned his attention from his gloved hand to the fox in his arm whose once silvery white fur was now smeared dark red in places.
"You look like you got in a fight with a blender, and the blender won." Riku commented only to have her hiss lightly before laying her head in the bend of his arm.
He moved his blindfold back to its original position before running his hand down Kit's back not that she minded much. It wasn't long after that that Riku opened a corridor that led them back to the mansion, but instead of it leading to the pod room as usual it led straight back to their room. Riku put her down on the pillow he placed her on every night which made her look up at him before he scratched her behind her ears.
She let herself sink into the pillow after Riku quit scratching her ears and didn't care to go after him when he went to report to DiZ. She was half asleep when Riku reentered their room and walked into the bathroom. She heard the water turn on and a small pop that she couldn't identify, but she really didn't care.
She listened with her eyes closed as the water ran and Riku's footsteps seemed to be getting closer to her. She only opened her eyes when Riku scooped her into his arms and she gave him a tired confused look. His blindfold was discarded on the dresser as he carried her into the bathroom. The water in the tub was green and smelled funny which made her look between him and the tub before she tried to push herself away from it.
"Calm down, it's nothing that will hurt you." Riku told her calmly before putting his hand in the water to show her it wasn't dangerous. "See?"
Kit looked between him, his hand and the tub once more before going almost completely limp in his arm. He put her down in the water and watched as the hairs on her back raised from her tail all the way up between her ears and down to her nose before lying back down. The wounds on her legs were closing as the smaller scratches disappeared completely.
She looked back up at him before lying down in the water and ducking her head under the water. Riku watched her as she ducked her head under the water only to bring it back above water a minute later. He grabbed the bottle of shampoo and she sat completely still as he scrubbed some of it into her fur.
Once her fur was back to its normal silvery white sheen he rinsed her off completely before taking her out of the tub. He sat her down on a bathmat and used a towel to scrub away most of the water before wrapping her in a dry towel and carrying her back into their room.
He put her on the spare pillow on the bed where he slept and left her wrapped in the towel as he returned to the bathroom. She heard the tub drain and the water for the shower turn on and she smiled to herself before drifting off into a much needed, deep dreamless sleep.