Kingdom Hearts Fan Fiction ❯ The Next World ❯ broken family ( Chapter 2 )

[ X - Adult: No readers under 18. Contains Graphic Adult Themes/Extreme violence. ]

Disclaimer: Do I own kingdom Hearts? Nope. Do I own Shyra and it's inhabitants? Yup.



I woke up alone in Kage's large bed. I was woken up by a several clanging sounds that seemed to be coming from somewhere in the house. I left the bedroom and followed the sounds.


The seemed to be coming from a room that had two crossed swords on it. I pushed the door open to see Riku and Kage sword fighting with metal swords. I was surprised by the fact that they were using real blades against each other.


I sat quietly and watched. They seemed to be almost even. They were blocking all of the others attacks and about even in the area of strength. It was the same way when me and Riku fought.


Riku would toy with me until he got tired of it and then go in for the finish. He sped up his attacks but Kage was still able to keep up him. The young ninja just laughed and said "I see I'm not the only one who likes to play around in a sparing match."


Riku shook his head and said "No way in hell are you going to beat me."


Kage swung out at Riku's shoulder quickly and was blocked. Kage said "Let me guess. You don't want to lose in front of Sora."


Riku pushed Kage's blade away with his own and said "He's beat me once or twice by getting lucky but I'm the best were we come from."


Kage swung out many times quickly and Riku blocked all of them before striking back even faster. Kage blocked all but one of them and the one that did hit drew a thin red line on Kage's bare right shoulder.

"Nice one Riku." I said.

"I figured you would get tired before me. I didn't think you would ever hit me." Kage said as he ran his finger along the thin cut and brought it to his mouth.


"That's gross. You taste your blood when you get cut?" I asked Kage.


"Yes I do. If you think its gross you can turn away." He said.


Riku laughed and said "Come on Sora. I know you've sucked on your finger after it got cut."


"That was to stop the bleeding though. He's just doing it for the sake of doing it." I said in protest.


"No I have a reason. I'm checking it for to make sure there's nothing inside the cut." Kage said.


Kage suddenly started to head towards the door out of the room and said "I have a visitor. You two can spar if you want but if you guys do you should use a different blade Riku. I have to clean that one from my blood." before he left the room.


Riku just looked at me and smiled. I looked in to his eyes and saw him turn red in the face. "What is it Riku? What had you so bothered last night?"


He sighed and said "I'll tell you when the time is right Sora. I'm not ready to admit it quite yet. At least not to you yet."


I suddenly got angry. "So it's okay for everyone else to know something about you but not me. Me being the guy who's been your best friend. Me being the person who's been through hell and back with you. me who saved you from falling in the darkness forever. It's okay for everyone but me to know?" I asked him feeling myself beginning to get upset at him.


"It's just as much about you then it about me. I just don't know how you'll react to it. I'm slightly afraid to be honest. There’s some things that even scare me Sora and the way you might react to this is one of them." Riku said looking me still in the eyes.


I walked over to him and gave him a hug. "I'll never turn my back on you." I whispered in his ear.


He weakly returned the hug and said "I promise I won't keep it from you forever but the time isn't right now."


I gave a nod and broke the hug. I went to stand by the door and was almost hit when it opened up and Kage walked in.


"Get dressed you guys. Apparently a large group of these heartless creatures has been on the outskirts of the village. We have to observe their activities and eliminate them if the need comes up. I know that we have to kill all of them already but for some reason we have to observe them. I've also been ordered to give you guys these." he said as he held out two paper warped packages to me and Riku.


We opened them up and saw that they were outfits similar to what Kage wore. "I some how forgot the rule that charges must wear the clothing of Shyra as well as the people who live in it."

Riku left the room quickly. I looked after him but my attention was turned back to Kage when he said "I think Riku is gay and doesn't want to change around us were he can be found out. Just give him a bit of space. I was the same way when I first found out I was bi. It's kind of helped on some missions which is probably why I get everything done so easily."


I gave a nod and changed myself, not bothered that Kage was watching. I never cared much about who was looking at me and who wasn't. It just never mattered that way to me.


I saw Riku come in and almost laughed. It seemed they got his sizes wrong. Either that or they intended for his outfit to be really tight. He stared at me and I kept laughing. "Your ass is huge in that Riku."


"Not fair. Yours is hella baggy and mine is too small." Riku said glaring at me.


Kage started laughing and we both looked at him. "I gave you guys the wrong outfits." He said with an amused look on his face


I just laughed harder and Riku glared at Kage. "I said it last night to Sora and I'll say it again to you. You're fucking evil." He said.


Kage just closed his eyes and said "I know this. It's not easy to live with but at the same time I couldn't live without it. It comes from livening as a Shyran." with a sad look in his eyes.


"So then I guess we should switch." Riku said looking at me. I gave a nod and undressed. I watched Riku's face as I pulled the shirt over my head. His eyes grew wide. I dropped my pants and was left in my boxers in front of him and Kage. He blushed as I handed him the outfit.


"I'm going to change in the hall." He said as he went out the door.

As soon as he left Kage smiled at me and said "You're such a tease Sora."


I was confused. "What do you mean by that?" I asked him.


"I bet he's got the horn for you." He said with a smirk.


"I don't get it." I said, even more confused.


"You sure are innocent for your age." He said as Riku walked in and handed me the outfit. His was still tight on him but no as bad as it was.

I put mine on and Kage smiled and said "I know you guys have magic weapons but I'm not so lucky. I have to carry mine. Come with me to the armory and help me arm myself for dealing with these things."


We nodded and followed him to were he kept his weapons. He looked over them and said "I know I'm going to carry my twin swords. They're my favorites." as he put the swords he was wearing the first time we saw him on his back.


"I would say bring something you can use to distance yourself in case we have to make a retreat." Riku said as he eyed a case full of throwing knives


Kage gave a nod and pulled out what seemed to be a belt with throwing stars on of one side of it. He put it over one shoulder. He also grabbed two pairs of throwing knives with hip sheaths and fastened them around his legs. He looked over the room and said "I think this will be enough. If it's not and this is my last fight then so be it."


Riku put a hand on Kage's shoulder and said "Don't be so welcoming of a bad thing or it may come to you."


The young ninja just smiled up at Riku and said "Here I was thinking you hated me."


Riku looked down at him and said "I don't."


"Guys we should go now." I said. They both nodded.


We headed outside of the house and when we went through the door to the outside we saw a guard with three large horses waiting for us. I looked up at the horses nervously as Kage got on the largest one.


"Can't you guys ride horses?" He asked us.


"No we can't." I said.


The guard looked amused. "What kind of man can't ride a horse?" He asked with a laugh.


Kage glared at him and said "Don't insult them. They're probably your better in many ways. Remove this one's saddle and they can ride with me."


The guard laughed and said "You expect to be able to control a horse with two men bigger then you holding on to you?"


Kage jumped down from the horse and said "I've rode for a day and a half holding on to a dying man. I think two lively men holding on to me will be easier. Unsaddle the horse."


The guard gave a nod and took the saddle off the horse. Kage climbed on to it's back and offered his hand to Riku. "You're the biggest so you should be in the middle." He said. Riku gave a nod and climbed on the horse's back. Riku them helped me on to it.


"Riku put your arms around my waist and Sora you do the same to him." Kage said looking back as us. I put my arms around Riku's waist quickly but noticed he was slow to do the same to Kage. "Now hold on for your lives." He said as he kicked the horse's sides.


The horse quickly galloped out of the village and in to the woods. I could hardly see the forest as fast as it went by. I heard Riku moan as if he were sick.


"You're going to be fine." I whispered in his ear. He gave a nod and we continued to ride for a few minutes more until Kage stopped the horse.


"Time to get off. We're walking the rest of the way." He said as he jumped from the horse. I slid off and jumped to the ground next to him and looked up at Riku.


He nervously slid off and looked around him as if he were dazed. "Don't get sick." Kage said looking at Riku. Riku took a few deep breathes in and gave a nod.


Kage led us through the woods behind bushes and trees until we saw heartless in a clearing. There were two men standing in the middle of the group of heartless. One of them was Ansem and one was wearing a black outfit similar to Kage's but we couldn't see his face because of the fact that he was wearing a mask


"Yes you can join me. I'll save you after this world is buried in the darkness and you shall have your revenge on your brother's killer. I'll let you watch me kill him slowly." Ansem said to the masked man.


"No. I want to kill him myself for what he did to my brother. Worst of all was he did it to his own father. I want to kill that nephew of mine very slowly. The very fact that he can order me around however he wishes is now even more of a reason to kill him. I could never do it now though. If I did then I would be a rouge and hunted down to my death." The masked man said with a voice I had heard once before but couldn't place.


I looked to see that Kage was shaking and had a tear in his eye. He shook his head and said in a sad, and soft voice that held anger and sadness "Please don't sell your soul for revenge on me. It hurt me as much as it did you uncle."


I looked at him and whispered "What happened?"


Kage looked at me and said "I'll tell you when we're done with this mission." as he stood form his hiding spot whit four ninja stars in each hand. He jumped over the bush and threw them. Each one hit a heartless and killed it.


Ansem and the masked man turned to us. "Well hello again Riku So nice to see you again." Ansem said.


"Cut the crap." Riku said with his soul eater in his hand. I summoned my keyblade and Kage had his swords in his hands.


"If you boys want to fight us then I'm afraid you're time for it isn't this one." Ansem said. The masked man ran at us but Ansem grabbed his shoulder and said "This also isn't the time for your revenge but you'll have it soon enough."


They were both gone in a flash of black light and we were left facing several heartless. We charged in to battle and fought them off. When there were only a few of them left they disappeared.


"Something seems wrong here. Heartless don't just leave. They're mindless." I said. Riku gave a nod.


"That Ansem guy must of called them back." Kage said.


"I'm going to kill him one of these days." Riku said bitterly.


I frowned and said "He's a human being like we are Riku. I doubt you really want to kill another person."


"Sometimes people need to be killed for the better of the world. You may need to kill someone yourself one of these days Sora." Kage said.


I thought hard for a moment before I said "They day I have to kill someone to live will be the day I die."


Kage laughed a hollow laugh and said "I said the same thing the day before I killed my first person. Those words cursed me. I hope they don't do the same for me. Let's head back."


He started to walk back to the village. We followed him in silence until Riku said "That guy was your uncle and he wants to kill you because he blames you for the death of his brother. Did you cause the death of your father?"


Kage shook his head and said "No. It's much worse then that I'm afraid. I was forced to kill my father for me and my uncle to survive. My father betrayed your village on an important mission. My uncle suffered a nearly fatal wound and would of died if it weren't for me doing what I did. He was passed out when most of the important matters took place. When he came to in the recovery room he asked me were his brother was and I told him the full story. He didn't want to believe that his brother was capable of treason so instead he chose to believe his nephew was a cold blooded killer. I may be but I wouldn't kill my own father for no reason."


I stopped walking and began to cry. It's been a long time since I cried but I did. I was crying for Kage.


"Don't waste your tears on me. Save them for someone who deserves them." He said to me.


Riku gave him a sad look and said "That's not right that you were forced to do that. I know what it feels like to be forced in to something that effects you for the rest of your life. It's happened to me many times and it nearly broke me apart. You have a stronger heart then a lot of people."


Kage smiled and said "I've never been told I had a heart, let alone a strong one. Until I met these creatures I thought of myself as a heartless person. I suppose I do have a heart beating in my chest that’s made of something other then ice."


I dried my tears and said "You have a heart and it's a very strong one. I'm sure if you found the right person you could love them a lot. You're a wonderful person even if you have killed someone. I never thought I would say that to anyone who's killed but you're not a murderer. You're a good boy who has done some bad things."


Kage looked me deeply in the eyes and said "Thanks but you got one thing wrong. I'm a man. I've passed the trials and proved it. This is going to be a hard report to deliver but the two of you will have to join me while I deliver it."


I gave a nod and so did Riku. We walked inside the village and Kage stopped when he saw Zoul standing by the gate.


He looked up at the older mans eyes and said "I hope one day you can forgive me. I'll leave out what I have to for the sake of the family only this once. Stop what you're doing because it won't get you anywhere."


Zoul leaned down and whispered in Kage's ear for quite a while. I watched as Kage's expression changed to sadness, to pity, and finally to anger.


He swung up and caught Zoul in the jaw. The older man jerked upwards and Kage said "The family tradition that my father started will end with you. It won't carry over to me."


"You will pay for what you did." Zoul said as he walked away.


"I hate my fucking family." Kage said with a frown.