Kingdom Hearts...the Darkness of Decade.
Chapter 2: Organization Member i. Roxas's Reason for Leaving.
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On an island in the middle of the ocean, two friends were just enjoying the sunset.
"Nothing's gonna change, right?" the brown-haired one asked his friend.
"Nope," the silver-haired one replied. "Nothing will."
Then the brown-haired one brought up a question.
"Hey, Riku," he said, "what exactly was it? The Door to Light, I mean."
Riku smirked and pointed at his friend's heart.
"It's always where you least expect it."
"And what's that supposed to mean?"
Sure enough, their old lifestyle was back to normal.
That was, until...
"Sora! Riku!" a female voice said, walking up to them.
"What's that, Kairi?" Sora asked the red-head.
"Take a look," she replied.
It seemed like a message, but they easily recognized the symbol on it.
"It's from the king!?!" Sora asked her.
The royal symbol was that of a mouse with familiar ears.
Although it may have seemed impossible, its said that one small butterfly can set the stage for a big tornado.
"What's it say?" Riku asked him.
Dear Sora, Riku, and Kairi,
I'm sorry that I cut your vacation short, but if this message was intercepted by the Heartless, I couldn't risk spewing a lot of details. However, let's just say that someone else has control of them and want to eliminate as many worlds that threaten them alone...and certain stars are going out with it.
The only hint I can give you is search for the Decade. Good luck you three...
King Mickey Mouse the first.
That was not really a good hint.
"I'm not exactly a major on this stuff," Sora replied, "but did he get that sentence wrong?"
"Not from what I see," Riku said. "Keep in mind that he's not referring to a span of time, but rather...something similar to the Keyblade."
"But why is it called Decade?" Kairi asked them.
"I'm more concerned at who's controlling the Heartless, to be honest. If it's going after certain worlds, what are the odds that ours is involved with it?"
That was true. Then again, they're the only ones that actually POSE a threat to them. Even Kairi, who didn't exactly fight as well as they did, was a threat because of her status as a Princess of Heart.
However, this brings up another question...which stars were going out?
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In a small studio...
"You're thinking about leaving Old Man Hikari behind?" a male voice asked them.
"That's what the dream told me to do, Yuusuke," Tsukasa replied. "For some odd reason, there was distrust among him and Narutaki...like it had dealt with them before."
The other guy, Yuusuke, was a guy around his age that had a small symbol on his shirt in honor of his predecessor.
"I doubt it was your imagination," Natsumi replied. "I think I had a similar dream...and he's been gone for a while."
"Maybe he's been eaten by wild Kaijin," a small bat-like thing said. "Kind of like I almost was..."
There was a scoff coming from a table. "We haven't even landed in another world yet," the man said, counting the few times he's been with them. "I doubt he's eaten, but it's in a similar time-span..."
"Daiki's right, Kivaala," Yuusuke replied to the bat. "If Narutaki would have sent someone to kill him, it would have been someone who tried to kill Tsukasa-san."
Kivaala gave off a small sigh. "Right...but who's going to run the Mural?"
"I've got this one," Natsumi replied, walking over to it. "I've seen Grandpa do it enough times."
"Alright," Tsukasa said, "but I'm hoping we don't end up in a void...or the World of the Net. I felt like I was seeing double with Narutaki, too..."
To their surprise, when the mural was dropped...boy, were THEY surprised.
"Is that...a chain of islands?" Daiki asked them.
Yuusuke was surprised. "I doubt I'm the only one seeing this," he said, "but it feels...small."
"Forget that," Kivaala said, observing a certain someone. "What's with the excess zippers on Kadoya!?! He looks like some sort of RPG character..."
Tsukasa was surprised...if anything, his appearance was like his original uniform, only...excess zippers much? There was even some on his shoes...
"Oh my..." Yuusuke said.
There was a small snicker from Daiki and a few groans from Natsumi.
"You look ridiculous," the teen said, laughing his head off.
Tsukasa groaned. "Laugh it up," he said. "I really hate the 'World Theme' factor, too..."
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Around the same time, the young man known as Sora had just returned home.
'The King was rather brief about it, too...' he thought. 'Still, we've only heard of the legends involving the Keyblade, and almost NONE of the worlds we've been to mention this...Decade. Well...King Triton might know, but he's distrusting of those outside his own.'
However, his thoughts were interrupted by a certain someone.
"Sora, can I talk to you for a minute?" another male voice said.
'What is it, Roxas?' he mentally asked his friend, who had appeared in a spectral form next to him. 'I'm still wondering who this Decade guy looks like.'
"That's actually what I was trying to input, but if anything we have all night."
Yeah, it WAS getting late.
As he fell asleep, he found himself inside the station talking with a blond-haired teen with a white coat.
"I take it you know something about this Decade guy?" he asked him.
"No, but I remember a method Vexen taught me when it comes to observation," Roxas replied. "Although it's mainly for worlds...let's just say that's how Xaldin found out about Beast."
Sora was surprised. He remembered Xaldin in Beast's Castle, but... "Vexen's an Organization Member, isn't he?"
"Was, but that's another story. Keep in mind that even Nobodies have a past life...but the memories are starting to re-develop in my head."
Sora sighed. "Then...why did you call me in here?"
"You're about to see why I left the Organization..."
That was surprising. He knew that Roxas left because he wanted to see him, but the reason hasn't exactly been explained.
"What do you mean?"
"I think it's best if I showed you, because words couldn't explain the anger I felt at the time...just remember that things aren't always what they seem."
Sure enough, there was a flash of light...and Sora found himself in Twilight Town.
"That was rather...odd..." he muttered. "Why bring me here, Roxas?" No response. "Roxas?"
Apparently, he wasn't behind him.
"That's just freaky...and I'm on the Clock Tower..."
However, what caught his attention was the being that was in front of him.
"WHAT THE!?!" he yelled. "Is that...ME!?! As a full-sized NOBODY!?!"
Apparently, it was a cross between BOTH him and a Nobody...and as the darkness had gathered, he was flinching at the intensity...
...and found himself in the lobby outside Wonderland's Entrance.
"Freaky," he muttered, taking out the Keyblade. He then saw what was on the table...and was surprised that the Nobody that had his shape was drawing power from it. "Okay, if Nobodies had humor, I'd say this is twisted..."
Twisted is right, because the form it took held a sword that looked like a weird Keyblade and it had wings similar to that of a deity's own.
(Battle Playlist: Kakusei by RIDER CHIPS.)
As the Keyblade was drawn and it landed on the floor, Sora had attacked it, but not without playing keep-away.
However, the combat was given when it soared high into the room and tried to strike.
"UGH!" he yelled. "Oh man, this guy's using a basic tactic..."
Blades clashed as Sora and the being went up against each other...and if it wasn't weird enough, he had went up to the chair and onto the table, while striking the thing at once.
It was angry, but it was relentless as well. It can also do a variable to Omnislash.
"This had better not be Sephiroth's Nobody," he muttered.
As a semi-final strike was given, it had fallen next to the chair. However, it looked up above and used another Burst of Darkness to send them both...to a cave-like area.
"Where am I!?!" he yelled. However, the thing that was giving it power...changed its weapon to something with a little extra grip.
However, when a small whirlwind was in his area, the being was about to strike.
"NOT TODAY!!!" he yelled, dodging it. He then was able to strike as it was doing so.
However, sometime around that, it was charging up.
"Uh-oh," he muttered. As it let go, small particles were chasing him as he started gliding around.
However, when he got in close, he felt the damage...but was able to do something.
"YOU ROTTEN..." he said, slashing the being repeatedly to its edge. As if his life depended on it, he managed to slash against the thing with all his might...and the weapon faded from its hand.
However, seizing an opportunity, the being then charged and punched the ground in an attempt to escape...
...and Sora found himself in someplace slightly familiar.
"Wha...what am I doing in Agrabah!?!" he yelled. His attention was THEN turned back to the being...who managed to use the staff to change into a different form...one that had four Scimitars as weapons. "That doesn't exactly look fair..."
Keep in mind that this is an opponent that he hasn't faced before...but Roxas has, for some odd reason.
As the being jumped, it then struck the ground.
"I need to go on the defensive," he muttered. However, it then appeared right in front of him and almost cut him to ribbons if a strike wasn't made. "On second thought, I hope I make it out of this alive..."
It then used the wind and slice tactic, but Sora had to do something about this one...if he didn't move quickly, he would have been in pieces.
However, another burst of energy was enough to actually get him to get it going...and it was enough to use its light tendency...and it froze...again.
(End song.)
He then found himself in Darkness again...noticing the being in the hood.
"Roxas, this isn't funny!" he yelled. "Just what exactly are you trying to show me?"
What he saw wasn't Roxas, but rather a girl with black hair...that looked like Kairi!?!
"Wait, wha..." Before he could inquire any further, he found himself back in Twilight Town. "Okay, that DEFINITELY wasn't Roxas." He then realized something. "Wait, am I...okay, this is weirder than when Riku and I fought Xemna...and now that thing's behind me."
Sure enough, this was a different form...and as he looked at himself and the being, he knew that there was a reason WHY he was wearing the clothes.
"Oh man...for some odd reason, I feel like I'm facing myself...but I'm not..." He then took out the Keyblade again. "But I'm not backing down now!"
(Battle Playlist: Fate of the Unknown by Yoko Shimomura.)
Just how was he going to defeat a being the size of a Darkside, though!?!
As he attacked the chest area, he had to block the strikes because they seemed impossible to dodge.
As it charged for an attack, Sora had felt himself take it, but did an aerial recovery.
He was then slashing the chest while trying to AVOID being slashed. Sometimes it would put its blades in an X and try to push them towards itself.
"Never seen THAT tactic..." he muttered, groaning. "HEAL!" A green light was on his person.
As they went on, he was using every reaction possible in order to defeat it...and managed to guard against a few of them.
"For something big, you'd think that you'd use a special by now," he muttered. "And shooting light from the two antennae?"
Apparently, he should have kept his mouth shut because it revised the tactic involving the whirlwind/black hole and shot beams of light onto random areas near it.
"Sorry I asked..."
As he got closer to beating it, he then noticed a newer tactic involved...as the black hole...or white hole...got bigger, it then used light to cover up the area...AND SORA HAD TO DODGE!!!
"That's it," he muttered. "YOU'RE GOING DOWN!!!"
He then put in a flurry of slashes in order to defeat that thing for good...
(End music...)
And that's when it happened. As the thing grabbed its head, it then shrunk down to the ground, striking a bit of memory in Sora's head.
"What was...ugh, my HEAD!!!" he yelled. However, the glass...was cracking.
Wait, glass?
"Oh boy," he muttered.
As it shattered, he then fell towards the ground.
What shocked him was...
"K...KAIRI!?! Oh God, what have I..."
"That's not Kairi," a familiar voice said.
Roxas then entered the area.
"What do you mean...don't tell me that's..."
"No, that's not Namine, either," he replied. "That's...why I left the Organization."
"What do you mean?"
Roxas sighed. "That was the product of Vexen's Research on the Replica Project. Number i. The first result of the Imaginary Organization Project...Xion."
"Then why...why did she..."
"I don't know the full details, but to me and Axel, she looked like Kairi. To others...I don't know the full details, but Xigbar said she looked like a guy named Ven. The Appearance differed to others' point of view."
Sure enough, the memory was going through...and they both saw Roxas and Xion having a final conversation.
"It's just painful to look at," Sora replied. "Despite being a Nobody...Replica...whatever, it feels like I'm losing a best friend."
Roxas sighed. "She was also an attempt for Xemnas to use a mindless Keyblade Master," he said. "Cloned off you...and me, in a way."
Sora was surprised. "Why didn't you tell me?" He was a little angry at Roxas for keeping it a secret, but keep in mind that Roxas had a bit of rage as well.
"I didn't remember at the time! If anything, she was also a representation of your memories! OUR memories! That's why it took Six Days for us to recover them all!"
"I'm not exactly good with this kind of stuff...but if anything, the likeness...good thing I already defeated Xemnas..."
"That...I agree on. But right now, all we can do is watch. It's one of the reasons why it said 'Thank Namine' in the Journal...I really didn't want to remember this, either..."
Sora sighed. "I don't blame you," he said. "But...losing a friend is still painful."
Roxas was shedding a tear. "It always is," he said. "But...I promised not to forget...and..."
"...we also fulfilled her last request. We didn't let Xemnas get Kingdom Hearts for himself. That's what's important."
They both had a moment of silence for the fallen one...however, the memory was being warped.
"What's going on!?!" Sora yelled.
"It's not Namine, that's for sure," Roxas said, growling. "Something's entered our minds!!!"
"Correct," an elderly voice said.
Next thing they knew, they were in the middle of a white-ish room.
"Who the heck are you!?!" Roxas yelled.
The man was surprised. "Two minds?" he asked himself. "Never mind...I am known as Narutaki, and I come with a warning."
Sora growled. "Not a good time to interrupt a memorial," he said.
"Wait," Roxas replied. "What warning are you talking about?"
"You both must destroy someone who will erase your world," Narutaki said. "All those who you hold dear to heart...they will be destroyed by Decade!"
That shocked them both. Didn't the King mention something about...
"Once he enters your world, he will eliminate this world as well as all the others...and you two have to kill him."
However...the response was NOT something he expected.
"There's two things wrong with your statement," Roxas replied, surprising him. "One, you've got a suspicious tone concerning this Decade guy, and two...this world CAN'T be destroyed again."
Sora matched the tone of his Nobody. "That's right," he said. "Why would he destroy a world that's fallen already?!? I'd say you're after something else, because if you say this guy's about to destroy us all, why didn't you stop him yourself when he FIRST appeared!?!"
Narutaki was shocked. He then growled at them because they saw through his ruse...but if anything, if he couldn't convince the heroes to convert, he was going to have to eliminate them.
"I didn't think you two would notice," he muttered. He then took out a tuning fork, much to their surprise, and struck it. "Looks like you'll be the first to die..."
Sure enough, in a flash of black fire, Narutaki had changed.
"Oh, man!" Sora yelled. "Not ANOTHER armored guy!!!"
Roxas got into a battle position and brought out Oathkeeper and Oblivion...while Sora got out the Kingdom Key.
In the old man's place...was some kind of demonic-esque drummer with a brown and blue designed helmet.
"Your refusal will cost you your lives!!!"
To be continued...
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Journal Entries:
Nobodies:
Xion.
First Appearance: Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days (2009).
The mysterious Fourteenth Member of Organization XIII. Because of her outlook, it's unknown WHAT her true form may be, but she's said to take certain forms to other people, like Kairi to Roxas/Sora. However, she was a prototype Replica of Sora's for an attempt to use a mindless Keyblade Master known as Number i, and because of that, her monster forms tend to resemble Sora and a strong Nobody. Also, she was Roxas and Axel's best friend...and the reason why Roxas wields two Keyblades.
Riders:
Narutaki.
First Appearance: Kamen Rider Decade (2009).
A mysterious prophet who warns otherworld heroes of a threat known as Decade. Equipped with a Tuning Fork and the ability to appear in others' dreams, he's basically vague on doing so. Question is...what is he REALLY after?
Characters:
Yuusuke Onadera.
First Appearance: Kamen Rider Decade (2009).
One of the only Alternative Riders to actually surpass his predecessor, Yuusuke Godai, and the current incarnation of Kamen Rider Kuuga. Because of his brash nature, he is usually gullible in some aspects, but stuck with Tsukasa because he felt he could become stronger. His Rider System, Kuuga, is the only incarnation to bypass Ultimate into Rising Ultimate.
Daiki Kaito.
First Appearance: Kamen Rider Decade (2009).
Considered an anti-thesis to Decade, Kaito is the only rider to have his own world (DiEnd no Sekai) that was overrun with beings known as Roaches. A Treasure Hunter and sniper, he's very good at what he does, but he happens to be in trouble with the law and his own Brother (Kamen Rider Glaive) when dealing with Fourteen of the Undead.
Natsumi Hikari.
First Appearance: Kamen Rider Decade (2009).
Basically the stereotypical damsel, but has a technique that forces people (living or otherwise) to laugh. It wasn't until AFTER the Rider War that she discovered that she had the ability to become a Kamen Rider herself...along with the help of Kivala, to form Kamen Rider Kivala. It's unknown whether she has Fangire Blood or not, though...
Sora.
First Appearance: Kingdom Hearts (2002).
The Chosen Hero of the Keyblade, Sora traveled through different worlds slaying Heartless while defeating Organization XIII after a year of sleep. While befriending others and keeping the Worlds safe, he went through many hardships in order to make sure he found his friends and they got home safely. However, neither he nor anyone else thought to wonder what ELSE could be causing trouble out there...
Kairi.
First Appearance: Kingdom Hearts (2002).
One of the seven Princesses of Heart and a resident of Radiant Garden, Kairi was found off the coast of Destiny Islands at a young age, and was quickly befriended by Sora and Riku. Now older after the incident at Hollow Bastion, Kairi found herself in the action, only this time, fighting back with a Keyblade given to her by Riku. This damsel was NOT going to be left behind again, even through another crisis such as this...
Riku.
First Appearance: Kingdom Hearts (2002).
Sora's best friend and Rival, and a Keybearer of Dawn. Once diving into Darkness to find a way to restore Kairi's heart, he then realized his error when he was sent to the Realm of Darkness. However, he had redeemed himself by helping Sora out in ways that would span beyond both worlds...which included fighting Xion, snatching Roxas, and aiding Kairi. Unfortunately, even HE would be disgusted with the events taken for THIS story.
Roxas.
First Appearance: Kingdom Hearts II (2005).
Sora's Nobody, and the only surviving member of Organization XIII. Roxas was basically the only Nobody that could wield a Keyblade, which is why he was integral to Xemnas's plans back then. Although the only friends he made were Axel and Xion, he was basically kidnapped after promising the latter that he'd free Kingdom Hearts...and he did. However, he dislikes being used for others' purposes after that.
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A/n: I hate getting sidetracked in RPs...other than that, here's a bit of trivia involved.
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Trivia:
1. I had to go to Wikipedia for the dates of the Kingdom Hearts games.
2. Narutaki's from Hibiki's World, obviously. The Rider Form should look like something from there...
3. Not only does it have spoilers for Kingdom Hearts, it also has some for the new Kamen Rider movie. That, and Narutaki tried to do the same thing Maleficent did with Riku. Roxas stopped him because he hated being used for someone else's agenda...much like Xemnas did to him and DiZ, only making a life-long friend through DiZ's meddling.
4. I had no idea what I was thinking for the tracks...Awakening was the first thing that came to mind, then I went off with the Fate of the Unknown involved with the three Keybearers; Ven, Aqua, and Terra.
5. No, Narutaki never died. If anything, I wrote this before I found out that Ejiro Hikari was implanted with the Dr. Shinigami Memory.
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A/n: Could use some Riders within Worlds. Here are the Disney-esque worlds:
Wonderland;
Neverland;
The Jungle;
Agrabah;
Halloween Town;
Port Royal;
Land of Dragons;
Beast's Castle;
Timeless River;
Olympus Colosseum;
Space Paranoids.
Then the Originals (minus Destiny Islands):
Hollow Bastion/Radiant Garden;
Traverse Town;
Twilight Town.
And here are the Riders involved:
Riderman;
Kamen Rider Black/Black RX;
Kamen Rider Kuuga (Yuusuke Onadera, obviously);
Kamen Rider Agito;
Kamen Rider G3;
Kamen Rider Gills;
Kamen Rider Ryuki;
Kamen Rider Knight;
Kamen Rider Raia;
Kamen Rider Femme;
Kamen Rider Ryuga;
Kamen Rider Faiz;
Kamen Rider Blade;
Kamen Rider Chalice;
Kamen Rider Leangle;
Kamen Rider Garren;
Kamen Rider Hibiki;
Kamen Rider Kabuto (I'm using Souji Tendou for this guy.);
Kamen Rider Den-O (As well as the Imagin...);
Kamen Rider Kiva (I know he doesn't exactly LIKE Decade, but still, I'd like to see Wataru realize that his destruction is canceled out);
Kamen Rider Dark Kiva (If there's a Negative World...or...);
Kamen Rider IXA (he's just in the Underworld.);
Kamen Rider G; and
Kamen Rider W (Shotaro and Phillip, obviously, and if anything, it would be obvious to use him as Tron's General...I don't know, it's usually fudged).
Also, any Final Fantasy characters can be used...as in those who haven't been used before, like Zidane, Garnet, Freya, Terra, Locke, Celes, Shadow, Vaan, Ashe, Fran, Barret, Vincent, Nanaki/Red XIII, Reno, Riona, Quistis, Cait Sith...not to mention a few others...
If anything, I left it on a cliffhanger because of one reason: I didn't know what to continue it with...battle-wise.