Fan Fiction / Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ Remorse ❯ Those Without Hearts ( Chapter 3 )

DXP: Thanks again to Amber Komsaki! Disclaimer on first chapter.

Remorse

“Remorse is impotence, it will sin again. Only repentance is strong, it can end everything.”
--Henry Miller

 

The three began walking towards the dojo, and Riku kept his head down as he stood there. He felt vulnerable, and he definitely needed to figure it all out. What had scared him the most was Ansem, and he hated himself for it.

 

An arm wrapping around his neck broke him from his thoughts. He looked startled as he was greeted with a smiling Yuusuke. “Howdy.” he said. “Ain't ya gonna join us?”

 

Riku glared as he struggled out of Yuusuke's hold. Usually he was the one putting Sora into headlocks and dragging him along. Now it was the other way around, and Riku didn't like it one bit. “Agh…” he growled. Despite the fact it hurt, Riku also gained some entertainment in this and was actually able to throw Yuusuke off.

 

He placed a complacent smile on as he crossed his hands. “I'm not as weak as I look.” he said.

Even still, Shuichi and Kuwabara couldn't hold back their shocked gasps. “Yuusuke…please tell me you let him flip you!” Shuichi begged.

 

Yuusuke cracked a smile, “Of course!” he said. Even still, he couldn't help but grit his teeth. He had never thought that this boy could hold so much power. “It was just a huge test!”

Riku frowned. `I…Something doesn't feel right. This boy…isn't all human.' his head turned sharply. `Shuichi…isn't human. Kazuma is the only human, and even he is on the edge with his abilities…' he thought.

 

“Let's get going, Urameshi!” Kuwabara shouted, already inside. It was obvious he liked Yukina, as he bounced around and offered to help Yukina insider. His voice carried.

 

The rest of the boys walked in and sat in the room that Riku had been staying in. They sat at the table that Riku had examined before and placed the television on.

 

“Come on, Ku--Shuichi!” Yuusuke shouted, “Wrestlemania's on!” The red-head just shook his head. “You know I've been waiting for this gardening show.”

 

Riku watched silently. He wanted to ask questions about the box, but he feared that they would think of him in a more strange manner then before. He heard Yuusuke sigh and look over at him. “Is there something you wanna watch?” he asked, knowing that his fox friend would be polite and allow the channel to change. Anything was better then gardening in Yuusuke's mind.

 

The grease punk's eyes pleaded Wrestlemania, but Riku didn't know what to say or how to respond. He shrugged nonchalantly, wondering how Sora would handle this situation.

 

“And there you have it.” Shuichi replied smugly.

 

Yuusuke sighed in defeat, then turned to Riku once more. He wasn't going to watch gardening. “How old are you, anyways?” he asked.

 

“15.” The silver-haired boy didn't miss a beat in answering the question. Yuusuke raised an eyebrow. “You live around here?”

 

Riku shook his head. “I live…” he looked up with his eyes, as if pretending to remember. He was, in truth, looking towards the sky, despite the fact the ceiling was in his way. “Far, far away.”

 

“Ah. Europe? America? Probably Russia, the way your skin and hair are…” Yuusuke mumbled, all the while confusing Riku even more. “Your Japanese is fluent, though. That's good. Easier to understand you that way, eh?”

 

Riku looked away. “Whatever…” he mumbled.

 

“So…you got a girlfriend?” Yuusuke asked, puckering up his lips in a mock kiss. Shuichi rolled his eyes. “Shush, Yuusuke.” But the teen paid no attention and looked on at Riku, waiting for his answer. The silver-haired teen just sighed, “No. She, ah…was taken from right under my nose… By my best friend.”

 

Yuusuke made a `che' sound. “What a pity. That was pretty heartless of him, huh?”

 

Riku froze, before a small, pitiful smile was placed on his lips. “Heartless…no, that was me, I suppose. Considering he had held her heart from the beginning…and my searching was futile.” he bit his bottom lip before releasing it slowly. “I didn't understand it at first, and I still don't. Not all the way. It was just destiny, I suppose. The reason for a greater good.”

 

Yuusuke frowned, but nodded knowingly. He didn't seem to understand this peer. He was like Shuichi, but there was no demonic aura around Riku to prove that he had lived for hundreds of years. This wisdom was gained by hands-on experience that obviously made a large impact to his life. He was accepting of it, too, meaning he also had patience. “Do you think you'll ever get her back?” he asked as Kuwabara walked into the room, setting down the tray of green tea and cups.

 

Riku shook his head. “I tried to save her heart.” he admitted, not caring for letting it slip. They wouldn't know what he was talking about, anyways. “But I was looking in all the wrong places. And when I did get an opportunity--” he froze. His heart began to beat fast, and he stood up. He sensed them--the Heartless!

 

“Dammit!” he shouted. The Heartless weren't suppose to have followed him! Hell, they weren't even suppose to know where he was! Why would they follow him? Why did Maleficent and Ansem and the Heartless follow him! He let his body stay still for a moment, trying to sense it. Apparently the other three could sense it, too, and they also leaped up.

 

“I've never sensed that type of aura before!” Kuwabara shouted. Riku made a break for the screen and shoved it open. He saw a black blur moving everyway, trying to take down a Darkside within the middle of the woods. Riku cursed under his breath before taking off in a run towards it.

 

He hopped along the trees at speed that only Shuichi could rival at the moment. His jumps were long and high, and definitely not human.

 

They small rushed journey took only a couple of minutes, but that was enough for the black blur to be on his knees in exhaustion. Shuichi ran towards him, shouting, “Hiei!”

 

“I can't touch him.” Hiei explained. “My sword does not work.”

 

Riku stepped up, noticing this. “Of course…only the weapons that have obtained the power of the Heartless…no--of Kingdom Hearts--can touch the Darkside.” he replied. He felt his Keychain and drew some of his energy at it, and the Soul Eater formed in his hand.

 

Riku leapt onto the Darkside, scratching it with his Soul Eater. “You're not so tough as what I've fought.” he said smugly. “even Kairi would be able to take you down.”

 

The taunt fell upon deaf ears, but Riku didn't mind. He continued to hack and slash, not caring for his audience.

 

The Darkside fell to its knees, allowing energy to go into his stomach before he shot balls of energy out. Riku smirked, prepared as he made a dash around the area. Hiei and Shuichi managed to run around the attacks as well. Yuusuke, however, allowed himself to back up towards the forest, taking Kuwabara with him. They didn't know that the energy would follow them until it hit the ground. They didn't know that this Darkside's energy wouldn't go out until it hit at least one person.

 

Only Riku knew, and he also knew that he was going to have to sacrifice himself to make the Darkside go away. Its limit was reached, but it still had to hit one of them. Taking a deep breath, Riku ran towards Yuusuke and Kuwabara and braced himself for the energy ball. It hit him square in the chest and Riku was thrown back right into Yuusuke.

 

The silver-haired teen slowly got up, stumbling a bit before regaining his senses. “Damn…” he mumbled. A smirk appeared on his face, and he steadied himself before running back at the Darkside. He jumped onto his arm and ran up it, getting to the Darkside's head before he began to slice and dice once more. He saw the Green balls sail out of the Darkside and fall around it's body, but Riku didn't bother to go down and collect them. He gave one final swing.

 

Finally the Darkside sank back to the ground in it's own lake of darkness before it all evaporated.

Riku stared at the spot the Darkside had shrunk into before he felt the tip of a sword on his neck. “Who are you, and how did you kill that monster?” the voice asked, dripping with venom.

 

“That monster is a by-product of the Heartless.” Riku explained, his eyes shutting. He let his Soul Eater weapon return to it's Keychain form. “I don't know why they're here, and why now…” he began to ramble to himself, “The King and I shut Kingdom Hearts. All the Heartless were inside it…is there a Keyhole in this world as well? That would mean we would need Sora here to seal it. It could be that someone opened Kingdom Hearts again…but then where did the King go…and what world am I on? Can I get off using a Gummi Ship? Do they even have those here?” he sighed, “Dammit…”

 

“Whoa, kid, backup.” Yuusuke said. “I don't know what kind of trick this is, but it isn't very funny. Where are you really from?”

 

“Destiny Island.” Riku said. “I mean…that's the closet place I can remember for being considered a home.” he smiled mentally at the thoughts of Kairi and Sora and himself drawing in the cave. “I'm from a different world.”

 

“And what was that thing you just killed?” Shuichi asked. Riku studied him, “That was called Darkside. It's one of the…larger Heartless.”

 

“And the Heartless?” Hiei asked.

 

“Those without hearts.”