Kingdom Hearts Fan Fiction ❯ Discord ❯ Chapter I: Death of Sky ( Chapter 1 )

[ T - Teen: Not suitable for readers under 13 ]
The world swirled around them in streaks of light and dark. Riku and Sora stood there, panting, their backs together as they looked around for Xemnas, who seemed to have disappeared. Riku was shaking all over- he was exhausted and knows that Sora won't be able to hold on for much longer either. You don't come out of blocking half-a-million little lasers unscathed. Even though he was close to collapsing, he kept his weapon high, looking around for a sign of Xemnas. Sora suddenly let out a surprised cry. Riku turned around, just in time to see Xemnas with his wicked smile, drawing his glowing sword right out of Sora's chest. Sora collapsed, without another sound. Riku quickly turned around and started to go to the keyblade master's aid, but Xemnas stepped in front of him and blocked his way.

"Son of Darkness. Why do you oppose me so? If you are the darkness, then why do you side with the light, to go against those caught in the middle?" Xemnas said in his deep, slow, calm voice.

"Shut up!" Riku snarled angrily. Sora... he needed to help him, Sora might be in danger, he might not make it. Riku lashed his weapon out at the nobody, attempting to injure him in any possible way, but Xemnas merely teleported out of the way.

"Riku. You must know of all people that what want is not unreasonable. A heart...is it really too much to ask for? To be whole again..." Xemnas seemed to be taunting him, and that set Riku's temper on edge. Riku was getting sick of how calm he sounded when his best friend was lying on the ground, maybe dead...Riku shook his head and forced himself to not think about it.

"If you do get a heart, then you'll just corrupt it! So better not having one at all, cause your not deserving of one!" Riku yelled out of anger, getting Way to Dawn in a ready position. When Xemnas spoke again, there was an edge of anger that had never been present before. Not like he could feel anger.

"You do not understand of what you speak of. Everyone- even those in darkness- have hearts. Are nothings really so different?" Riku shook his head.

"You're just not getting the concept are you? You-weren't-meant-to-exist, so get the hell out of our worlds." Riku said through clenched teeth. Sora was lying next to him, and he bent down to pick up The Kingdom Key that Sora had dropped. He risked a moment to take a look at Sora. His chest was rising up and down, that was a good thing. Sora's still breathing, still alive.

Riku then looked away from Sora, knowing that he had to finish the battle. Chaos would be wrought if he didn't stop the Nobody. Everything they did these days seemed to have the fate of the world on their shoulders he thought bitterly. And to think he used to live a normal life, wishing for excitement. He sure has got his share of excitement, enough to last him several lifetimes.

He ran at Xemnas both weapons ready. He wasn't much of a duel-wielder, but two keyblade did offer a chance for quicker strikes and defending positions. The two met, the sound of metal striking metal ran in the air. Odd, Riku didn't know that Xemnas's sword could produce such a sound.

The two exchanged strikes, though Riku found that he was parrying more then attacking, and he was slowly being pushed back. This aggravated him, he had to beat Xemnas and tend to Sora's wounds quickly.

As Xemnas brought down his sword down at Riku, the teenage boy crossed the two keyblades together, blocking the attack. Xemnas's sword was stuck between the V on top of the X formed by Riku's two weapons. Xemnas moved back, attempting to wrench his weapon free. But Riku was a step ahead of him. He slid Kingdom key from the formation, and quickly twirled Way to dawn in a way that it caught Xemnas's sword. The move flung the sword out of reach, though Riku's own Way to Dawn was also thrown away. He had only the Kingdom Key left.

"This is for everything you've done to me and my friends!" Riku whispered, grabbing Kingdom Key with both Hands. Before Xemnas could get his weapon back, Riku thrusted the keyblade into the Nobody's body, putting all his weight behind his attack. It went through, and Xemnas disappeared in tendrils of black mist. He didn't have any final words, just stared at Riku with no expression. Well, he was a nobody, and that's what you expect from them right?

Riku almost collapsed as Xemnas disappeared, as he was putting his whole weight behind the keyblade. Riku quickly dropped kingdom Key, and it lay there forgotten as Riku ran to sora's side. Riku held Soraby the shoulders and shook him. He didn't care where he was now, he didn't care about the man he had just killed. The only thing that mattered was Sora. If he died, then...he didn't want to think about it.

"Sora! Wake up! Please! You can't scare me like this!" Riku was fighting his rising emotions and dread. He almost cried out in relief when Sora slowly opened his eyes.

"R-Riku?" Sora said in a weak voice, so unlike himself, so unlike the words he always speaks with conviction, so unlike the words that he always spoke that could warm one's heart, to chase away fears. Riku looked at Sora with a worried expression. That wound...would Sora be able to make it through?

"Riku...I'm so sorry...I can't go back to the Islands...please let Kairi understand...and don't let her forget me...like before" Wincing, Sora closed his eyes. Sora sounded so defeated...it was painful to hear him say anything in this tone, not from Sora, who was always so optimistic. Hearing him give up is something that's a shock, something that can break the willpower of others. And it seemed to have broken something within Riku.

"Don't say things like that. You'll make it, no one will forget you." Sora didn't reply.

In a few tense moments, Riku almost expected Sora to wake up, yawn as if he had just had a nice dream, smile at him with his happy-go-luck grin, with his innocent baby-blue eyes...but he didn't stir. After what felt like an eternity, though it couldn't have been more then a few minutes, Sora still didn't stir. Riku suddenly understood what had happened and -for one of the first times in his life- started crying.

There would be one less resident of Destiny Islands.

"When you walk away, you don't hear me say, please don't go baby..."-Lyrics from Simple and clean, KHI intro
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Hiya! I'm Cherry! This is the beginning of my fanfiction, and as you can see, I just killed Sora. Now, if you'll excuse me, i have some Sora fan girls to hide from...

Meh, this is a short chapter. Next chapter will be longer, I promise.

Oh, and um...Xemnas's light-saber thingy, I'll just call it a sword alright?

Oh, I know it sounds yaoi-ish, but that was not my intent. But interpret it however you like. I won't stop ya.

Oh, and I will be adding a quote at the end of all my chapters. It will all be random ones I find around the internet, ones from my favourite games/anime/books and ones that me and my friends say. Don't worry, they won't be too random. They'll all have something to do with the chapter.