Riku Replica sat on the bed next to Katie. "Katie, wake up." He whispered as he shook her shoulder. He smiled when he heard a soft moan come from Katie and her right hand twitched. She slowly opened her eyes, but something was wrong. He didn't remember Katie's blue irises fade to gold as the color got closer to her pupil. "Katie…?" Katie opened her eyes fully to the call of her name; she looked at Riku Replica and made a weak smile. "Hey…you okay?" Riku Replica asked.
Katie pressed the palm of her hand on her forehead, "I feel like an elephant sat on me but other than that, I'm good." She slowly sat up and looked around. "Um…where are we?" she asked hesitantly.
"You're at the Radiant Garden Restoration Committee HQ!" chirped Yuffie.
"So, you're Katie." Leon concluded. "Are you two brother and sister or something? What's his name?" He pointed at Riku Replica.
"I don't—"
Katie covered Riku Replica's mouth before he could finish his sentence. "His name is… Repliku! Yeah, Repliku!" Katie answered over muffled protests. "No, we aren't brother and sister. Just friends! OW!" Katie pulled her hand away from the newly named Repliku's mouth. "You bit me!"
"Yeah, and whose fault is that?" Repliku sneered.
"Um…YOURS?! You're lucky that wasn't my Materia hand, bucko!" Katie growled.
Yuffie laughed at the two bickering teenagers. "The way you two are arguing, it sure sounds like your brother and sister!"
Both Katie and Repliku shot their heads towards Yuffie. "We do NOT!" they yelled unison.
"My point exactly!" Yuffie giggled.
Leon gave Yuffie a look that made Yuffie shut up. He sighed and turned to Katie and Repliku, "Sorry about that. I'm going to the Marketplace to get more Potions. It'd be smart if you come along also, Katie. Your clothes are basically ruined from losing so much blood."
Katie groaned. "Not shopping…I hate shopping…especially clothes shopping." She looked down at her torn and stained clothes. "…But I guess it wouldn't hurt." Slowly, she stood up. Repliku sprang up and took her arm, helping her stay on her feet and walk outside.
Sora was basically jumping up and down from excitement. Radiant Garden! He couldn't wait to see Leon and the gang again.
"Sora, stop it. You look like you have to use the bathroom…" Riku grumbled.
"I'm just excited! You'll love Radiant Garden! It's a pretty awesome place!" Sora grinned. He turned a corner and almost fell over from amazement. Radiant Garden was almost to its former glory, but the Marketplace looked like it hadn't changed much since Sora's last visit.
"So this is Radiant Garden…" Riku scanned the area. Just a bunch of civilians walking around, buying and selling items or working on some of the buildings. Nothing seemed wrong, so why did King Mickey sent them here? Riku started to follow Sora through the crowd until two teenagers caught his eye. He sensed a powerful darkness from both of them; he has encountered these to dark auras before but couldn't remember who they belonged to. One of teenagers was obviously one with the darkness because he wore a black coat similar to Organization XIII's. The other teen, Riku wasn't quite sure about her but something about her made him very suspicious. "Sora, I'll catch up with you later." Riku told his friend as he walked towards the two teens.
"Uh? Where you going?" asked Sora.
"I just need to check something." Riku answered.
"Oh, okay. I'll be at Merlin's! It's just outside of the Marketplace." said Sora. He waved 'good-bye' and continued through the crowd.
Riku turned back around to face the teenagers, but they were no longer at the booth they were standing at. Confused, he walked up to the booth. "Excuse me?" he called to the girl in the booth.
The booth owner turned around and smiled, "Hi! How may I help you?" she asked kindly.
"There were two teenagers just here a moment ago, one male and one female. You know where they went?"
"Oh, those two? They're really kind, especially the young lady. I think they went to the alley towards the wizard's house." Answered the booth owner. "They'll be easy to find, that young man was wearing a strange looking coat. Find him, I bet you'll find the girl somewhere nearby. It seems he won't let her out of his sight!" she added.
"Alright, thanks." Riku turned away from the booth and went down a dark alley, hoping he'll run into the two mysterious people. He saw a teenaged girl walking out in the open with her hands stuffed in her pockets; Riku didn't see the boy anywhere, unlike the booth owner said. He walked up behind the girl and was about to tap her shoulder, that was a mistake.
The girl spun around and punched Riku in the stomach, making him fall to his knees. Before the girl had a chance to run off, Riku grabbed her ankle, making her fall to the ground. She spun on her back and round-housed kick him in the face as she spun off the ground. Riku grunted in pain. "Hey, wait a second!" he yelled as he scrambled to his feet to run after the girl. He almost caught up the girl until she jumped towards the wall, rebounded and pushed her foot forcefully into Riku's gut and did an upper cut. She quickly turned on her heel and continued to run away from Riku. Riku grabbed his jaw and moved it around; glad she didn't break his jaw. He continued to go after the girl; he wielded his Keyblade as he got closer. "Blizzard!" Riku yelled. He shot a Blizzaga spell under the girl's feet, freezing the ground. The girl almost did the splits when her foot landed on the ice patch and fell hard on her butt. She scrambled to get back up, but kept on falling over. Riku heard a low growl come from the girl and watch her raise her left hand, which was oddly glowing green. Its color turned to red and flames started to curl off of her hand. She aimed her hand at the ground and suddenly, a large fireball launched from the palm of her hand and melted the ice. This amazed Riku, the only way to use magic was to own a Keyblade, there was no Keyblade in this girl's possession. Just before the girl could run off again, he grabbed her shoulder and spun her around. He punched her in the face and sent her flying. She hit a wall hardy and didn't get up. Riku dismissed his Keyblade and walked towards the girl.
She had light brown hair that had a giant piece of silvery hair in her platinum blond overgrown bangs. She wore a blood red vest with one large pocket on each side of the zipper, had two thick flaps covering her shoulders, as if it was armor, and had a high collar. Under the vest was a long-sleeved black shirt and had on black fingerless gloves that had a medal plates covering her knuckles. She wore ripped up dark navy blue jeans and had them stuffed into black combat boots with red laces. An orange charm made of glass and medal that looked like a paupo fruit dangled from her hip. She was holding her torso and made low hisses of pain with her head down. "Who are you?" Riku asked. The girl slowly looked up at him, revealing her face that was hidden from her hair. Riku was shocked to see her wearing a black ribbon over her eyes, like he did long ago when he spied on Organization XIII. Even though her eyes were covered, he could feel her eyes pierce through him like a spear.
The girl didn't answer him. Before Riku could asked her again, he felt a fist go into his gut, making him to fall over. "Take one more step towards Katie, I'll kill you…" Riku looked at the owner of the voice and gasped. This boy looked just like him!
"Repliku! Wait!" the girl got up and put her hand on the Repliku's shoulder. "He's fine! It was just a big misunderstanding!"
"Katie, you shouldn't have been fighting him. You're not in proper health to fight." Repliku wielded a sword that looked just like Soul Eater and pointed it at Riku. "He tried to kill you."
"For God's sake, Repliku! Would you just listen to me?!" Katie yelled. Repliku looked at her, not lowering his weapon. "He only attacked me because I attacked him! He scared me and I just overreacted, that's all!" She shoulder past Repliku and held her hand out to Riku, "Sorry that I attacked you…" she mumbled sheepishly.
Riku took Katie's hand and Katie heaved him up to his feet. "It's alright. I would probably do the same thing…" He shook her hand. "I'm Riku."
"Name's Katie, that's Repliku." Katie let go of Riku's hand and smacked Repliku on the back of the head with her glowing hand. "Say your 'sorry'!" Katie snarled.
Repliku growled and dismissed his sword, he didn't look at Riku. "Sorry…" he grumbled.
Katie elbowed him in the ribs. "Say it like you mean it!"
"Alright, alright!" Repliku looked up at Riku and kicked the dirt. "I'm sorry." He grumbled.
"Wow. That was so heartfelt, Repliku." Katie said sarcastically. "We're heading to Merlin's House. Wanna come?"
"I'm supposed to meet my friend there so sure!" Riku followed Katie and Repliku to Merlin's.
As soon as they walked in, Sora greeted Riku and asked who Katie and Repliku were. After proper introductions, Katie told Sora, Riku, Leon and the gang how she and Repliku got to Radiant Garden. Riku and Leon were skeptical with the story but believed it, Yuffie and Sora listened to the story like a bunch of little kids and interrupted every once and awhile until Riku and Leon gave them the look.
"Wow! Sounded like a big roller coaster ride for you Katie!" commented Yuffie.
"Yeah, almost getting killed and taken over by an old man is so much fun…" Katie mumbled sarcastically.
" 'Taken over'?" asked Sora.
Katie sighed, "Weren't you listening, Sora? Why do you think I have a giant chunk of silver hair and wear this ribbon? Cuz I feel like it?"
Sora laughed nervously and put his hands behind his head. "Sorry, I missed that part…" He answered sheepishly.
"But you weren't very specific, who exactly tried to take you over?" asked Riku. Katie looked at the floor and grumbled a name under her breath, she looked very uncomfortable. "Huh?"
"Master Xe—OW!" Repliku answered for Katie but got smacked on the back of the head by Katie before he could finish his sentence.
"Can either of you two wield a Keyblade?" asked Leon.
"I can only summon my sword, Soul Eater." answered Repliku.
"I've never tried. I only use this Materia a friend of mine gave me." Katie answered as she pulled a green orb out of her arm.
"Maybe you should try!" said Sora with a grin.
Katie looked at him for a few seconds then shrugged. "Worth a shot, I guess." Katie held out her hand in front of her and pictured a Keyblade in her hand. For a long time nothing happened. As Katie sighed and began to lower her hand, she felt a cold breeze in both of her hands. With a flash of dark electricity and flames, her hands grasped onto something heavy. Everyone looked at her in amazement. She just wielded two Keyblades! Katie looked down at her hands and almost dropped them in terror. In her hands were two of the most sinister Keyblades in Kingdom Hearts history: Void Gear and…Master Xehanort's Keyblade?!
In case if you were wondering, I kinda based Katie's new outfit from Kakashi Hatake from Naruto. xD
Did I do a good job on choosing Katie's Keyblades? (She has to wield MX's Keyblade, but I'm not telling you how or why!) Let me know! ^-^