Four's Castle
-War Room-
Four and her top generals were standing around a giant table that had the entire map of the Land of Mountains on it. There were several figurines placed in different regions on the map, each representing a different player at hand. "Zero is a tough opponent and she won't be giving up the demon slayer without a fight." Four used a plotting rod to move a figurine of Zero down the board. "This will be the path she takes to reach me, but along the way, I've set up a few decoy locations in order to stall her."
She moved two figurines to their respective locations. "General Beatrix will serve as the first line of defense at the underground base, followed by General Steiner who will be stationed at my castle. Your objective all remains the same; to apprehend the demon slayer unharmed and end Zero. Is that clear?"
"Yes, Commander Four!"
"—Mmm did I hear 'Commander'?" Much to Four's annoyance, Five barged inside and squeezed her from behind. "Someone likes powerplay, I did always take you for being the more dominant one! Oh and thanks for fixing my arm last night, I had so much fun with it!"
"Five! Don't tell me Decadus let you in!"
"Once my sweet little Dito threatened him, he was pretty much on his hands and knees before I even had the chance to seduce him!"
Four shot daggers at Dito who shrugged in response. "Don't blame me. That guy doesn't even know what a spine is."
"Just explain to me why you two are here when I specifically told you not to bother me during the war meeting?"
"I don't understand how you can live in this castle, it's so terribly boring! Even the erotica books you have were a total bore," Five said.
"D-Don't say that out loud! And how did you even find those I- actually nevermind. I think it's time for you to leave, little sister. You're being a distraction right now."
Four's pleas went in one ear and out the next as Five's attention was drawn to the strategy table. "Oooh what game are you playing in here? It looks like fun~"
"This isn't a game. I'm determining the fate of the Land of Mountains by using strategic planning, something you clearly know nothing of."
"Looks like a dumb board game to me. Of course, you'd waste your time on something stupid like this," Dito said.
'I'm this close to hanging that little freak if he says one more wrong thing to me.' "Actually Dito, strategic planning is why I still have my sovereignty intact. It's no wonder why the Land of Seas fell so easily, in fact, I'm surprised it didn't happen sooner with such improper leadership running it."
"Ouch. Someone's in a grouchy mood today," Five said.
"Maybe because you barged inside while I was in the middle of a war meeting!"
"Aww, just forget the war meeting!" Five put her hands on her shoulders. "You need to loosen up a little dear sister, I mean when was the last time you didn't look so mildly annoyed at everything?"
"Before you arrived," She muttered.
"Hmm, what was that?"
"Nothing... listen to me. I promise that I'll spend time with you Five, but this is really important to me so I ask that you leave."
"But I could help you out with whatever board game you're playing! Or better yet, this table's large enough for me to lie you on your back and-"
"Absolutely not! See, this is your problem Five, all you ever do is flaunt your body around and say these nasty things because you have nothing else to offer! You're overwhelmingly incompetent, bothersome, and worst of all you mess everything up! I don't need you messing up my country too so get out of my face or I'll have my guards escort you out."
Five looked like she was about to cry, but Four didn't care, not in the slightest. After all the times Five relentlessly teased her for every little thing and made her feel like shit without a hint of remorse, she sure as hell wasn't going to feel sorry for her or her crocodile tears now that the shoe was on the other foot. Just to further cement her stance, Four turned her back to Five, making no effort to reach out to her as she walked out with Dito who now had the biggest shit-eating grin on his face.
"Ahem! I apologize for that brief distraction, now let's get back to business, shall we?"
The generals exchanged worried glances. "Uhh...yes Commander Four," They both said.
"So as I was saying..." She grabbed her plotting rod. "General Beatrix, I need you and your forces to set out for this location at once. General Steiner, you will remain here. This strategy is how we'll be able to both secure the demon slayer and eliminate Zero."
LordNoobReview: Four and Five are great, love that complete opposite dynamics. Riku's arm was the price of his heroism, guess he'll just have to wield left handed (ツ)_/¯ Yeah Four just straight up fed them to heartless and only ended up making more, whoops
Anon: One's currently trying to figure out where they even came from. Kinda knew that Four couldn't stand Dito since he's a lot like her in a way. Four's human sacrifice was for the greater good ofc, nothing messed up there. Lmao so Riku's Keyblade grants him the ability to last long in bed, holy shit XD. I like that cooking theory, Sora out here cooking like Gordon Ramsay and Riku's like "yes I finally learned how to boil rice". Gotta love that kh dialogue in comparison to half the edgy shit D3 characters say. Yeah the battleship and air pirates are both from kh1
Zetia: Nothing like getting your arm injured in a dramatic fashion, now Riku can join the club. Riku's like the dad and mom at this point.
Keybladelight: he probably knows Curaza, but you'll see how that plays out. Bringing back the hearts of dead orphans is a pretty big taboo that I doubt Riku would risk it all for, but I already got a few ideas on what to do with Two. I hope I remember to write that...
"A Heart Full of Holes"
Zero stayed up the rest of the night, sharpening her swords while she watched over Riku. Aside from Mikhail's snoring and the sharp cry her blades emitted as she ground a stone across it, it was a relatively quiet night. Zero had no interest in making conversation with Riku, and she assumed he didn't either since he'd been keeping to himself for the better part of the night.
Still, she had her thoughts to keep herself busy amidst the silence of the night. 'Damn I never left a man I didn't even get a chance to fuck, but I have to do this. It's better off this way.'
"—Hey, Zero," Riku said.
Not expecting him to talk to her, she took a few seconds to respond back. "...What do you want?"
"I know this is probably coming out of nowhere, but why is there a flower in your eye?"
"That is coming out of nowhere."
"Guess I just never thought to ask. Never seen anything like it."
"I was cursed."
"Must be a pretty tame curse if it's just the flower."
"Yeah, I fucking wish it was just that. What do you know about curses anyway?"
"I've had my fair share of experience."
"Huh, then you really were a bad kid. What's your deal? Had a fucked up childhood or something?"
"No, nothing like that. I was reckless and took my friends for granted, heh, although the reckless part of me hasn't changed much as you can see..."
"So you're telling me you have a stick up your ass for fun? How am I not surprised."
"Well, I had a rough last couple of years, but all the pain I've experienced made me who I am today so I don't regret it."
"...Of course you'd say some happy bullshit like that."
"Maybe you should listen to it so you can stop moping about me already."
"I don't know what you're talking about."
He spoke in a more serious tone. "Zero. You know, I don't blame you for what happened to me. I use the strength that I have to protect what matters."
No matter how were sincere his words were, Zero couldn't accept them. She couldn't be so foolish as to trust another person, not even him.
"...Then you're a bigger idiot than I gave you credit for."
"Whatever, guess there's no getting through to you. Thanks for taking care of my arm by the way..." With his eyelids growing heavy, he finally dozed off to sleep.
That's when Zero packed up her swords and other belonging. She gave Riku one last look, then tore her gaze away from him. 'If I don't leave now, then I'll never be able to. This is the only way we both survive...'
The next morning, Riku woke up to a completely deserted campsite. Both Zero and Mikhail were nowhere to be seen. "They're...gone?" It didn't take long for him to realize what was happening and suddenly his arm wasn't the only thing that was stinging, but he brushed it off like it was nothing. He couldn't wear his heart on his sleeve when the world needed him to be its savior. "I still need to find Four with or without them. I can't let anything stop me."
So with one debilitated arm, Riku left the campsite and faced the dangers of the mountains alone. Eventually, he came across a military base camp that was painted in blood and decorated with dead bodies. 'Looks like she took no prisoners.' It was a morbid sight for sure, but he was all but desensitized to the gore at this point and was just waiting for the heartless to inevitably come. Which they did, and for the rare occasion, he had to summon his keyblade in his left hand rather than his right.
Riku swung at the heartless, but miscalculated their position by a wide margin, leaving him open for attack. He swiftly employed Dark Barrier to guard against the heartless then readjusted himself. 'Damn, this one arm is gonna make things difficult. I'll just have to use magic for now until I get used to this.' However, when he went in to cast Thundaga, that too had no effect, neither did any of his other defensive spells. 'I can't use any magic? But I couldn't have run out already, and if I did it would've recharged by now.'
Riku was so taken aback by his apparent loss of magic that he didn't even notice the heartless were ganging up on him and had to roll back again to avoid their attacks. 'This is bad, but nothing I can't handle.' He ran down to the side of the mountain where he jumped against the wall and tapped into his flowmotion powers.
Fortunately, those abilities still worked, so he kicked off the wall and slammed his keyblade down at the center of the heartless, generating a shockwave that knocked them all out.
'If my magic isn't working, that probably explains why I couldn't heal my arm earlier.' He released his keyblade. 'But what could've caused this? Is this like a status effect or something? Well, whatever it is, I'm stuck with it, too bad I don't have any items on me.'
"—Excuse me, sir!" A soldier crawled out beneath a pile of corpses and limped over to him. "You...must be the demon slayer, right? I saw you take out those monsters."
"And what if I am?"
He looked around. "Are...Are you still traveling with the Intoner Zero?"
"No, I'm on my own. Let me guess, you want me to go to Four? Lucky for you I was already on my way to her."
"Oh, how fortunate! Then I know a shortcut we can use to get to her castle quickly, it's an old route we soldiers used to take to get from base to base. Although it's a highly dangerous path so most stray from taking it."
"Let's go," He said without hesitation.
"Heh, then we'll make haste! And before I forget, name's Zidane! What's yours, demon slayer?"
"Riku."
"Well Riku, now we set off on our most daring mission yet!" Zidane showed Riku to a narrow, wooden plank path along the cliffside of a steep mountain. However, it was barely held together and looked like it would give way at any moment. "Hope you're not afraid of heights."
"Can't say that I am." He stepped forward, following behind Zidane.
"Ah, you're a brave young man, aren't you? Meanwhile, I'm nothing more than a coward. I should've died alongside the rest of my brothers."
"You're not a coward for trying to survive."
"I disagree. A soldier should fight and die honorably, not cower under a pile of corpses. That Intoner though, she just radiated evil, not at all like Lady Four. She's as kind and generous as they come."
'He's brainwashed so I should take whatever he says with a grain of salt.'
"That being said, I can see why you decided to travel with Zero for so long."
"Why's that?"
"She's hot," He said matter-of-factly. "Don't get me wrong, Four's cute and everything, but Zero's got that womanly charm to her and she's packing it in all the right places!"
Riku pressed his face into his hands, sighing. "You can't be serious. Didn't you just say she radiated evil?!"
"Hey, I know a hot girl when I see it. So is that why your right arm is broken? I get it, just couldn't help yourself, huh."
"What? No, it got completely shredded by a heartless."
"Heartless...heartless, what an unsettling name. I take that's what you call those demons you slay."
"Yep. In fact, here they are now-" Riku summoned his keyblade as multiple Earth Core heartless emerged from the side of the mountain. Having limited space to fight on the wooden path, he ran up alongside the wall where managed to defeat most of the heartless, already learning a great deal from his previous fight. However, one of them slipped away from his blade and tackled into Zidane, causing him to crash straight through the planks.
"Zidane!" Jumping off the wall, Riku not only defeated the last heartless, but grabbed onto Zidane and airstepped the two of them back to safety. "Hah...you okay?"
"Yeah, I should be-AH!" He hunched over. "I- I apologize...that heartless must've done more damage to me than I thought. Just go on without me. Four's castle isn't much further."
"Forget it, I'm not leaving you behind." With one arm, he slung Zidane over his back and kept running up the mountain. Just as he was reaching the summit, another Earth Core heartless tunneled out from the wall, but this time it was massive in size, easily dwarfing the others.
"You've gotta be kidding me!" All he could do was try his best to evade its attacks and hope the end was in sight. Sure enough, the pathway did lead him into the courtyard of a gigantic castle, but the Earth Core heartless followed him and began wreaking havoc.
"Hey, you over there-" Riku handed Zidane to one of the nearby soldiers. "See to it that he gets medical attention and get the rest of the soldiers out of here while you're at it. This heartless is mine."
"Y-Yes sir! Roger that!"
It just so happened Four was present at the courtyard as well, trying her best to remain calm while everything she worked hard for dissented into chaos. "...First my sister and now this mess. Come Decadus, this is a job for an Intoner."
"I'm by your side always, Lady Four!"
While Four made her way over to the Earth Core heartless, Riku was already engaged in battle, getting a few slashes in before having to retreat behind some rubble when it retaliated. 'It would've been defeated by now if I had my powers back. I just have to hit and run until it's down.' He stood up to fight back when he saw Four and Decadus trying their hand at slaying the beast. "What the- who the heck are those guys?!"
"Hey! You two need to get out of here!" He yelled out, running towards them.
Four turned around sharply to face him. "Excuse me, but who are you to decide whether or-" She choked on her words when she got a good look at his face. "Who...who are you? I don't believe I've seen you around here before."
"Is now really the time to be asking that?!"
"Uh...I-I'm sorry! You're right," She said quickly, blushing.
Giant chunks of rock flew past them, ending their short exchange and the Earth Core heartless had more of that attack where it came from. While Riku smashed the rocks hurled at him, Four hardly paid attention to the battle at hand because she could not take her eyes off him.
"Lady Four! Watch out!" Decadus took a rock in the chest for Four that knocked the wind out of him, and in return, stepped over him to keep her gaze fixated on Riku.
"Unnngh...not only do I suffer the writhing pain from the blow I just took...but you go as far as to show a complete and utter lack of concern for me... It's so oooohh~"
"Decadus if you don't collect yourself right now I'm going to pun- actually, hee hee, I'm going to treat you very kindly and with the utmost respect!"
"No a-anything but that! Or is denying me the rightful punishment I deserve another form of torture? Oooh, how you toy with my feelings is just so unghhhh!"
"What's wrong with that guy? Did he get hit in the head?" Riku asked.
"No, he's just deranged. You can ignore him."
"Please...I would want, ungh, nothing more than for my existence to be ignored," He groaned.
"Look, I think both of you need to leave! I can handle this!"
"I-I can't do that. No way I'm letting you do this alone!" Finding the heartless a formidable enough foe, Four went into Intoner mode.
Verse 1-4
I must always kill my wandering heart.
For all it brings me is shame.
I must hide myself from the world,
Until the day I disappear.
Once a dull, green glow radiated from Four, she left Riku's side to scale up one of the castle watchtowers in order to reach the top of the Earth Core, then began clawing at its face. Riku followed suit, also using the watchtower to kick dive off of it and bash his keyblade on its head. When the Earth Core started to snap at them, Four jumped back and sung an incantation.
"Shield of the ancients! Armaros!" A giant force field manifested in front of them that deflected the Earth Core's attacks. The protection it granted allowed for Riku to deal out a devastating final blow with Zantetsuken, slicing the enemy in an impossibly fast sword strike that freed its heart. Four watched it all play out in real-time, amazed not only by Riku but of the strange sword he wielded that had the power to fell such a beast. 'I've never seen anyone destroy those demons like that, could he be the demon slayer?'
Four ran over to Riku, then bowed her head down. "Excuse me, I ...I wanted to thank you for vanquishing that demon and...apologize for my rudeness earlier."
"No problem. It's my job to defeat the heartless."
"So it's true. You are the so-called 'demon slayer' I keep hearing about."
"That's what they've been calling me."
She clasped her hands together. "This is perfect! It's a pleasure to meet you, I'm Four, the ruler of the Land of Mountains!"
"Wait- you're Four?!" His expression dropped down almost immediately from the revelation. "So you're one of the sisters Zero wants to kill- but you're not at all the sleazy person I imagined you to be."
"I'm sorry, sleazy?! Is that what my big sister really thinks of me!"
"Well it doesn't matter what you look like." He turned his keyblade to her. "You're still brainwashing your soldiers and having them die on your behalf!"
She crossed her arms. "I- I do no such things! My soldiers die for me because they believe in me as their ruler. Besides, Zero is the one who's killing them, not me, so really you should be placing the blame on her for their deaths."
"So why is she after you and the rest of your sisters? There must be a reason why she wants you all dead."
"Trust me, I've wondered that myself for the longest, but the Zero I knew wasn't always this cruel. She was once a kind, gentle woman who dearly loved her sisters and it's silly but... I believe that Zero is still alive in there somewhere."
He scoffed. "You're wrong about her...she has a heart full of holes and I'm starting to see the family resemblance."
"Ugh, and what's that supposed to mean? You know nothing of me!"
"I can sense all the darkness inside your heart and the heart never lies. There's no way I'm helping another one of you Intoners again." Then he walked away.
"No, wait, please! Please don't go!" She put her hand over her chest. "I promise that despite whatever preconceived notions you have of me, my intentions are true and just! I want nothing more than to bring peace to these lands by destroying those demons. They've terrorized my people for so long and all I want is to see to their safety! But the only way for that to happen is if you help me!"
Pausing, he looked back at her and her pleading eyes that were on the cusp of tears. He sighed then rubbed the back of his head. "...I'll probably regret this but I will help you defeat the heartless because of my duty as a keyblade wielder, nothing more. And when they're gone, I'm gone too."
"Thank you, truly. I'm indebted to your kindness, demon slayer."
"You can just call me Riku."
"As you wish Riku. Now, please follow me to my castle and we can get everything situated there." 'I won't lie, this Riku guy is cute, but he has an attitude and is so disrespectful! Apart of me just wants to put him in his place, but apart of me feels different? Practically everything about Decadus turned me off, but he on the other hand...' She shook her head. 'Honestly, who am I even kidding? Riku may look like a charming prince, but once he sees Five, he won't even think twice about me. Not that I care, as if I want to be taken advantage of!'
As they went inside the castle and walked down the entrance halls, it wasn't long before a giant mess made itself apparent. "Ugh, look at this! Decadus can you— oh right he's still pathetically lying outside. Looks like I have to do everything myself around here!" Four grumbled as she picked up the empty food canisters left discarded on the ground. "I apologize, my castle is usually in a presentable condition, but my company doesn't know how to clean up after herself!"
The trail of food containers led them inside the kitchen where Five was in the middle of cooking something that both looked and smelled like death. "Why hellooo Four, I've been expecting you!" She cooed before catching sight of Riku. "Mmm, who's that handsome young man you brought with you? He's quite the catch for someone of your league."
Not appreciating the backhanded compliment, Four stomped over to her. "Shut up! And what're you doing?! Why are you making such a mess?!"
"Aw, I just wanted to make an apology dinner since I made you really upset at the war meeting!"
'She hardly looks apologetic, just seems like some sorry excuse to mess everything up again.' But Four kept her negative thoughts to herself, choosing instead to cut her sister some slack just so she wouldn't cause a scene in front of Riku. "...While I appreciate the gesture, the ingredients you're mixing together are bonafide poison. You're going to make us all extremely sick or worse!
"Oh nonsense big sis, you simply have no taste! I guess your sex life isn't the only thing you're not adventurous about."
"That's it!" Four shoved Five out of the way and took control of the cooking. "I'll prepare dinner myself so you don't kill us all!"
"No way! This is my apology dinner, I even made all of your favorite foods!"
"None of these are my favorite foods! How many times do I have to tell you I don't like fattening things!"
"I don't know sis, maybe if you ate more fattenings things, you'd have a body worth bragging about."
Either Five didn't know how to be apologetic or she was being passive-aggressive on purpose just to get back at her. Whatever the reason, Four disregarded her attempt to save face in front of Riku and started arguing with her. Their argument soon erupted into an all-out war with the kitchen becoming a battlefield where pots and pans were getting thrown at each other like ammunition and grenades of glass plates were shattering on the ground.
The dining table remained a grey zone as the two sisters battled it out, Dito enjoyed every last bit of the action while Riku was growing more concerned.
"Are they okay? Should I step in?" Riku asked. "They're throwing knives at each other now..."
"Yeah, they're fine, this is pretty normal behavior for siblings and those two fight like this a lot." Dito rocked back in his chair. "But man is it great watching them go at each other's throats! I'd enjoy it while it last, this is free entertainment right here!"
"Are you their younger brother?"
"God no, I'd fuckin' hang myself if I were related to those two. I'm just Five's disciple, unfortunately. Can't get any worse than this."
"Wait- Five?! So that blonde girl over there is the ruler of the Land of Seas?!"
"Yep. Why, got some business with her?"
Ever since his departure from the Land of Seas, Riku's resentment for Five only grew more intense and deep-seated. Now that he finally stood before the woman he vowed to defeat, that resentment grappled his heart and wouldn't let go. He rose from the table, a dark aura surrounding him that drastically changed the atmosphere of the room. Dragging his keyblade against the floor, he slowly approached them, his unsettling presence alone was enough to make Four and Five stop fighting with each other.
Incapable of reading the room, Five licked her lips in delight. "You just couldn't wait, now could you? Neither could I. I've been eyeing you the whole time you know, just the thought of all the back-breaking fun we're going to have together makes my thighs ache~"
Riku squeezed the handle of his keyblade. "So you're the person who destroyed the Land of Seas...and you don't even care, do you?"
Even though he looked dead serious, Five still played it off. "Sorry, but I haven't the slightest clue what you're talking about. Now let's get back to what we were talking about before, hm?"
"The heartless- so many people died because of them...because of you! Doesn't that matter to you?!"
"Right... and the heartless are?"
"Those creatures you call demons. I saw what you did to your soldiers and it was sick! Don't you have anything to say for yourself?!"
"Ooh right, those naughty little demons! I lost control of them a while ago so it's not my problem with what they're doing anymore."
"...Wrong answer." In a fit of rage, he swung his keyblade at her.
Surprisingly, the one who intercepted the attack was Four, who held her claw over the blade. "Stop it Riku! You don't know what you're doing! She's a rotten sister, but she's still my family!
"I know exactly what I'm doing! I'll defeat Five and make sure she never uses the heartless to hurt people again!"
—
Meanwhile, Zero was deep within enemy territory, throwing herself at hordes of soldiers and cutting them down one after the other. Which she enjoyed since it was the only thing to keep her mind from wandering back to Riku, but Mikhail certainly wasn't any help in that regard.
"Wow, Riku's super bad at this game! He hasn't even caught up to us yet! You think he got lost or something?" Mikhail asked, flying above Zero.
"That's the idea."
"Well I miss Riku, it's not the same without him..."
"What, am I not good enough?"
"No-No I didn't say that! He just brought a different dynamic to the group, that's all."
"Look at you saying big words."
"Ha! Thanks, I learned it from Riku!"
"Of course you did. Well I say to hell with him, I don't need that chickenshit nagging in my ear all the time." She kept on slashing through soldiers until she encountered a Gigas that stomped through a giant wooden gate. "Great, this guy again? They must be getting lazy if they keep reusing this same fucking enemy type."
"Don't worry Zero, I'll back you up!"
"You shouldn't have to tell me, just do it you shit-for-brains!"
While this Gigas was fortified with bulkier armor and even had a metal club to swing around, it was still slow and stupid just like any other Gigas so Zero had no trouble getting plenty of hits in on the beast. Even Mikhail was contributing, firing an onslaught of fireballs that occasionally hit its target. However, his aim seemed to be getting sloppier as the battle progressed because he nearly hit Zero by accident. "Damn it, how the hell are you not landing every hit?! This thing is barely moving an inch!"
"Sorry, I'm trying really hard to, but I can't concentrate!"
"I can't concentrate either if I have to worry about getting burnt to a crisp!" Growing frustrated, Zero suddenly got the idea to just chop off the Gigas' legs altogether, making it fall flat on the ground. She then carved her sword through its thick flesh until it stopped flailing its body around.
Figuring its lack of body movements meant it had to be dead, she turned to leave, but just like before, the heartless held the Gigas' heart hostage. While the darkness didn't make it grow bigger, it did drastically increase its fighting capabilities to truly turn it into a demon.
"Fuck this! Let's go, dragon!" Cutting her losses, Zero made a mad dash to the bridge connecting the other half of the fortress, but an impassable barricade stood in her way. She whipped her head back and the Gigas heartless was already hot on her trail. "Fuck, a barricade! Well, if this is how it ends...then it was a shitty life anyways."
"Zero! Don't give up on life just yet! Let me help out!"
"Go for it."
Mikhail shot a charged up fireball at the barricade, but ended up destroying the entire bridge making Zero fall to her death anyways.
"YOU DUMBAAAAAS!"
"Aaah! Zero!" Mikhail flew down to catch her and she 'thanked' him by sticking her sword right in his head.
"Ow-ow-ow-ow! You stabbed me! It hurts! Get it out! Get it ouuuuut!"
As if the situation wasn't bad enough, the Gigas heartless landed on Mikhail too and now everyone was falling down.
And so, the Intoner and her dragon fell to their death
But, in the Intoner's own words 'it was a shitty life anyways'
Flowers for the Dead
Story End
"I'M NOT FUCKING DEAD YET!" Zero unstuck her sword from Mikhail's head and tried stabbing the everloving shit out of the Gigas heartless, but since her regular attacks weren't working, she went into Intoner mode.
Verse 4
The black flower blah blah blah
Is the forbidden voice of death or whatever.
Come on let's just get on with it already!
With the power she gained through song, Zero overpowered the Gigas heartless, shoving it off into the river just in time for Mikhail to rebound and fly back up into the air.
"Whew, that was a close one, huh?"
"It didn't have to be if you weren't such a fucking idiot!"
"Hmph! You don't have to be so mean about it! I tried my best!"
"Stop using the same goddamn excuse for everything." Zero hopped off his back and finally landed on the other side of the bridge.
"You know if Riku were here, none of that would've happened! Now that I'm thinking about it, playing hide n seek with him was a really bad idea, I think we should just go back and try to find him instead."
"Forget about him, we need to keep going, Four's waiting."
"What- but why? Riku's our friend and he could be in a lotta trouble right now, we can't just abandon him!"
"I don't care. He was never my friend in the first place."
"That's not true, you really liked him!"
"Not for the reasons you're thinking of. Besides... I'm the last person he wants to see. Trust me."
"But why? Riku liked you a lot too, he saved you all those times, remember? So we should do the same for him!"
"No. That was then and this is now. And now, all I care about is killing Four, nothing more. So drop it."
"Well if you wanna be a grouchy pants about everything then fine, I'm just gonna look for Riku by myself! He might be around these mountains somewhere."
"Whatever, just don't wander off. I'm going into this underground base and I better see you on the other side by the time I get out or I'm stabbing you again, got it?"
"Yeah, yeah."
She glared at him. "Try that again."
"Er- uh, yes ma'am!"
"Better."
Zero stormed inside the grimy underground base and unleashed hell through the blade of her sword. 'Damn that dragon. I don't know why he thinks that I ever liked that asshole or thought of him as a friend. All he did was just get in the way and cause more shit than fix them!'
["Zero. You know, I don't blame you for what happened to me. I use the strength that I have to protect what matters."]
"No, you don't! I don't fucking matter, you're fucking lying to me! You're a fucking... liar." Without being aware of it, Zero killed every last soldier in the underground base and was just hacking her sword away at an already dead corpse. Even though she tried her best to detach herself from Riku, it didn't matter, she wasn't going to forget him anytime soon like she did with so many others and it sucked because now he was just another thing for her to constantly feel shitty about.
"...fuck." Zero sat down on the ground, it was still warm from the soldier's blood and sticking to her legs, but she didn't care. As filthy as it was, at that moment, she thought of only one thing and wanted only one thing. She started feeling up her body, her hand stroking past her breasts, then she moved her hand down further to inbetween her legs.
Now that the Intoner and Keyblade wielder were separated,
They no longer had each other to rely on.
One sunk further into despair as they battled alone in the mountains
While the other sunk further into darkness, pursuing the Fifth Intoner out of revenge
But neither would find what they were truly looking for...
Flowers for the Dead
A/N: Zero sings each verse of the song so I promise I'm not being lazy for this one.
