Eve: Hey guys. Sorry for the long hiatus! I've been so busy with life and yeah.. I promised myself, and you guys, that I'll finish this story and I will! So let's just get straight to the story. I think I've improved the last time I posted anything.. So tell me if I did! Please don't forget to review. Oh, and I don't own any of the Kingdom Hearts characters. Only Kizu. Thanks for sticking with me! I WILL finish this series!
Also! Alert for writers! I'm looking for someone to write with for my series "Light's Edge Academy." All of my friends bailed on me :(! Just message me and tell me what you're like and show me piece of writing. I need someone that can take over Hibiki and a few other characters along the way. Thanks a bunch! Now onto the story!
Kizu's Point of View
Down dimly lit corridors, I ran for my life. They had found me out. The hacking, the contact with Riku. Everything. They were reading my journal entries and I should have known better. Why else would they give members of a Nobody organization journals?
Dusks were slithering towards me and Berserkers were hovering closer. I could only run so far before they cornered me. Turning around, I threw my fan in a circular motion, but I barely destroyed a few Nobodies before I had to start running again. On the way down the hall, I noticed that I passed Roxas' room and stopped.
"I should warn him too," I thought as I reached my right hand out for his doorknob. Then, a Dusk grabbed my arm. "Darn it!" I exclaimed trying to shake it off. I sliced it through with my left hand's fan and jumped back, facing the Nobodies once again. "How can I get to Roxas with them around!"
A Berserker then launched one of its claymore at me as I was thinking and pounded in my stomach, slamming me against the wall. I started coughing up some blood and rolled away, both winded and wounded. I slowly stood up, coated one of my fans with ice and threw toward the ceiling. As it circled above the Nobodies, icicles rained down and destroyed some Berserkers and Dusks, but holding them off would only last so long and I knew it.
Part of me wanted to yell out Roxas' or Axel's name, but other members might wake up. I needed help but couldn't risk being found out. I ran father down the hallway. Before getting far, more dusks appeared in front of me. After I abruptly stopped, another claymore struck my back, knocking me onto all fours.
"I can't get captured…"
More Dusks started grabbing my limbs, but I struggled free and sliced them each in half. I held out my hand, opened a Corridor of Darkness, and jumped in.
-What should have been done-
I fell into all fours, out of breath and coughing up more blood. "Dang it.. I need to find her.. Find.." And I blanked out.
-What should have been done-
As I slowly opened my eyes, there was a brown blur around peach colored skin. I bolted up and nearly drew my weapons, but as my vision cleared, I saw that it was the same brunette that wore an orange tank-top and capris the first day I walked into Twilight town. Further down, I saw the shorter and chubbier boy with brown eyes and black hair. He wore the same black headband, which kept his hair up, a printed jersey over a white long sleeved shirt, and baggy jeans. Next to him was a taller and thinner teenager who wore a short, light green vest over a black, sleeveless shirt and baggy camo pants.
"A-are you okay?" the girl asked, concerned.
"Where… where am I?" I replied, looking around more thoroughly. I was sitting on a ragged couch and I was facing a wall where tan and brown were seen. The room was really cluttered with boxes and pipes. I turned my head and saw a rag draped over an opening in the wall.
"This is Twilight Town. I'm Olette. This is Hayner and Pence. We found you lying on the ground in Back Alley really hurt," she explained while gesturing to the two boys.
I stared at them for a second, recalling what had happened.
"Thanks but I have to go," I stated, stepping off the bed. But my legs couldn't hold me up and Hayner caught me before I fell.
"Woah. Take it easy."
"Yeah, I don't think you should be moving much," Pence added.
I shook my head, "I'll be fine. Thanks for the help."
Carefully steadying myself, I started walking outside. I noticed that I was at a corner in a back alleyway. A dim greenish lamp was lit where the two walkways intersected and tan buildings with rectangular windows lined the road. I decided to turn right, and stepped into an empty, open lot.
"If I remember correctly.. The entrance is on Market Street. And if the maps at the castle are accurate, I should reach there if I walk straight through this lot.."
Suddenly, I felt the presence of Nobodies. Two Dragoons appeared out of nothing in front of me. Each had a thin, human dragon-like structure, with both silver and purple skin and sharp white and purple tipped wings. There was a Nobody symbol on its left thigh and they wielded a long, thin white and purple lance.
"Xaldin must've caught onto me.. The Organization must be desperate to send out such high ranking Nobodies," I thought as I took out my fans.
In an instant, one appeared behind me and tried to jab my back. I backflipped and tried to slash at it, but it blocked by holding its spear behind its back. Before I landed, the other Dragoon teleported behind me and slashed upward, cutting my back and left shoulder and making me nearly scream. I fell onto the ground, unable to move for a few seconds due to the flaming wound.
I steadily lifted the closed fan in my right hand and said, "Cura." From the tip of it came a spray of green ribbon-like energy that revitalized me. It closed up the wound on my back, for now.
One Dragoon then appeared above me and tried to slash downward. I rolled away from the hit, but the shockwaves knocked me into a nearby wall, back first. I cringed in pain.
"There's no way I can fight them.. They're on a mission to kill me and I'm still recovering from the fight before… I have to run!"
I strenuously stood up and then heard a yell, "W-What's that!"
Turning my head, I saw Hayner pointing at the Nobodies. Pence and Olette were running after him and stopped when they saw the Nobodies too.
"Hayner! Pence! Olette! Stay away!"
The Dragoons realized that they meant something to me and one of them dove toward them. I quickly coated and threw my fans at it. My fans didn't hit the Nobody, because it stopped before flying into it, and they created a protective barrier of ice. I sighed in relief for a split second, but suddenly felt a slice horizontally across my back. It cut off the majority of my long, black hair. Almost screaming in pain again, I thought about summoning the fans back to me, but they were both busy covering Hayner, Pence, and Olette from the fury of blows from the other Dragoon. In that second of thinking, the Nobody that was behind me appeared from high above and dove down. I crouched slightly and raised both of my hands, creating another ice barrier.
"What am I supposed to do? Keep defending? There's no way I can win!"
"H-Hayner!" I strenuously yelled, "Snap.. out of it! Get Pence and Olette… out of here!"
Hayner looked back and forth between me, the barriers, and the Nobodies. He then grabbed their wrists and ran back toward the Secret Hideout.
I sighed in relief again, but by doing so, my concentration was broken and so did my shields. As the one above me burst, I fell backward and barely dodged the spear, which was just a few centimeters to the right of my face. While that happened, my two fans fell on the ground and the other Dragoon chased after the three teenagers. I grabbed the spear with my left hand, causing it to bleed a little, and tried to freeze it up to the main body. The Nobody quickly reacted by pulling its partially frozen spear away, and cutting my hand even more along the way.
"Dang it! I have to save them..!"
I rolled onto all fours and tried to stand up again, but then felt a hand on my shoulder. Looking up, I saw a glimpse of silver hair.
"Stay down. I'll handle this Dragoon."
"But.. But what about Hayner, Pence, and Olette?"
"That one is already taken care of. Now you heal yourself."
I slowly nodded and held out my good hand. Summoning my fan to me, I grabbed it, held it closed above my head, and faintly said, "Cura.."
Another spray of green ribbons emerged from the tip of my fan, but this time, it didn't have enough power to fully heal me. The wounds were moderately severe and, being more of an offensive fighter, I didn't have enough magic in me. My back and hand were both nearly healed, but still extremely tender. I knew I couldn't hold my second fan, so I would have to make do with my first.
But after I finally stood up, I saw Riku finish the Dragoon off with the final blow, making it disintegrate into black and white ribbons. I carefully walked to him.
"Than—"
"What are you doing here?" he questioned before I could thank him.
Shocked because he interrupted, I paused before I said, "I want to speak with Namine. There's somethi—"
"What do you want with her? Didn't I tell you not to get involved?" Even though he had his blindfold on and wasn't facing me, I could feel intensity radiating from his body.
"I want to save Roxas and Xion! They—"
"If you're going to interfere with Sora's resurrection, then I'll have to put a stop to you."
"Riku! Will you just stop interrupting me and listen!" I nearly yelled.
"Maybe.. I shouldn't have saved you," he stated while positioning himself into a fighting stance, left hand out, palm up, and his right hand holding his sword slightly behind his head and pointing at me.
That hurt. It hurt that he said that. And I knew that I wouldn't be able to win if we fought, not in my condition. But I suppose, I didn't have a choice.