Kingdom Heartless [Begins]

[Samchu]

Gavin
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“I’m sorry, you did what now?” I asked, half groaning with the pain that was coursing through my shoulder and abdomen.

“Before…I killed you. I remember killing you Gavin.” He repeated distantly, as though questioning the truth of his own memories.

“Yeah well I don’t remember dying,” I spat angrily. I cringed at a sudden rush of pain and dropped to my knees. Within an instant Dawn was at my side, overlooking my injuries.

“Why did you fight him?” she scolded, though there was concern in her voice.

“Dawn, what are you doing?” This new wielder seemed almost hurt that she’d rushed to help me.

“Rain, I…”

“It’s what you do for people you love,” I told Rain. “You care for them.”

“Oh boy,” Silver mumbled.

“Love? You think that she could possibly love you? She was destined for me Gavin. She promised her heart to me.” He looked to Dawn and smiled. A twisted, ugly thing it was. “And she knows it. That’s why she kissed me.”

I glared at Rain and all the anger, all the hatred I’d felt for Silver cam rushing back to me. Only this time, it was stronger. I summoned my keyblade to my hand and charged at him. With every thundering step I took towards him I felt the pain in my gut subside. How dare he say such things! After everything I’d done for Dawn, everything I’d sacrificed, who was he to come and say that she should be with him?

I swung my keyblade at his head and he moved the side easily. “You liar! Dawn would never kiss someone like you!”

“You are so clueless. Don’t you see? You were just the bit of company she needed until I came back. Your purpose has been filled.”

“Liar!” I swung at him again but he merely knocked it to the side. He wasn’t even attacking me, the bastard, just redirecting my moves. He was stronger than Silver. I hated that. “I’ve known her since she was a child! I grew up with her!”

“All that is irrelevant now. Dawn’s destiny is to be with me.” He ducked under my attack and plunged his keyblade into my stomach, forcing cries from all those watching. “Your destiny is to die.”

He pulled his keyblade out slowly and I felt my knees buckle. I crashed backwards onto the pavement. There was…nothing. I couldn’t feel anything. It was just like before…when that monster got me. I was dying again…I could have laughed at the sadness of it all. What was this? The third time today? The fourth time in two days? Maybe Rain was right. Maybe I was destined to die.

“Gavin!” I sensed Dawn at my side. Even though I couldn’t see her I knew she was trying to heal me, trying to save me again.

“Let him go Dawn,” Rain…you bastard…

“No! I love him Rain! I won’t let you do this!”

I sought out her hand and grabbed it. I wouldn’t let her heal me, not until I knew the truth about them. “Did you kiss him?”

“Gavin…”

“Did you!?”

A bitter silence fell over us but at last she spoke. How I had dreaded those words. “…Yes Gavin, I did.” I felt fresh tears splash against my hand. “I’m so sorry.”

I let go of her hand and let my head relax against the concrete. “Me too…” I closed my eyes, feeling the darkness rush over my body. “Don’t overdo it, there’s still a lot of heartless for you to fight…”

[Mystic_clown]

Ok, um, I'd like to post, but I really have no idea what's going on, or how to bring Sorrow into all this.

[Samchu]

Everyone not involved with this is still fighting the Heartless. That would be Sheena, Sorrow, Milo and our new friend Scieszca. If you want in you could just have someone shout that they could use some help with the battle, seeing as how the opening on the door owuld have caused a hell of a lot more Heartless to escape.

[EVme15]

... 8D I have no idea what's going on!
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Sheena Misagura

The moment everyone else charged the group, I knew I shouldn't have come back. I tried to back away. This wasn't my fight. I didn't have a weapon, I was useless, I couldn't help...

But before I could leave, their attention was drawn to us. And to me. No amount of fading into the background could have made them leave me be; I was the only one without a weapon to speak of. As they swarmed towards us, I felt panic clawing at me. I was going to die. I was going to die. I was going to die!

I don't want to die!

One of the shadows leapt at me, and I instictively raised my arms to block. There was the sound of something hard clashing against metal, and when I opened my eyes, I was holding... something. A weapon? It looked like it. Like everyone else's...

"Please don't let me die," I whispered to it, doing my best to take up a stance. Looks like I'd have to start fighting these this as well.
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A little iffy, but yays Sheena has her keyblade! (Better late than never *cough*)

[Hyperness is a Good Thing]

Short post. Gotta go for tuition. ^^

Kimi Michiko Gin ~ F

[color=#cc99cc]Rain….

Kimi wasn’t so sure if she wanted him back. Sure, he had been a nice kid and all(she had always thought of him as a kid, he being a year younger than she was), a little wimpy, rather emo, but still an ok kid. Kimi’s eyes narrowed. Rain had changed, hardened and tempered by his experiences behind that door. The old Rain had been gentle, a pushover if you wanted to say that, but now…

She was still holding onto Silver gently, who was watching the exchange between Rain and Gavin with a certain amount of amusement. He hadn’t been badly hurt, Rain had meant to bruise, not main. She sighed.

There was an odd humming in the air, she could hear it, and was pretty sure Silver could too, but he pretty much ignored it. She turned, just in time to see one of the newbies, Sheena, if she wasn’t mistaken, pull out a oddly shaped blue keyblade. She held it uncomfortably, obviously not very familiar with weaponry. Swinging it, she pretty much left her defences wide open.

Kimi pulled away from Silver, whose grip on her arm tightened, without his eyes been taken off the scene before him, Dawn holding Gavin before Rain. “Don’t go,” Silver said in a deadpan.

“Babysitting,” she said, gently disengaging his hand. “I’ll be back.” She leapt off towards where the others where fighting, slashing rapidly, covering their backs for them.

[Mystic_clown]

Sorrow
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They were everywhere. Each one that dove at him, he sliced in two. With every one he killed, a tear poured down his cheek. He didn't want to kill, especially creatures with such sadness. His keyblade gracefully sliced through the air as it cut through their black bodies,his eyes becoming blurry with tears. There seemed a never ending torrent of them, just like his sadness.

Then he felt it, a surge deep inside him. It felt like, something familier had appeared. But he didn't know anybody, what could it possibly be.

He hadn't noticed that he'd stopped fighting. He was standing in the middle of a swarm of heartless. The small creatures now had him surrounded, preparing to strike.

"Sorrow!"

Sorrow snapped out of it just as three small heartless dived at him. He prepared to strike and something appeared in front of him.

"Sheena!"

To Sorrow's surprise, the heartless exploded into black mist. He noticed the keyblade in the girl's hand. She gave a small smile.

"I guess I'm one of you now."

She was sure she could see a small smile on Sorrow's pale lips. Or maybe it was just her imagination.

[ChobiChibi]

Warning: This post took so long that most of it probably sucks... >_>;
~Dawn~
~Call me when you’re sober/Forgive Me- Evanescence~

Dawn trembled as she cradled Gavin in her arms, his skin turning paler and colder as she continued to recall memories that couldn’t possibly be hers. It wasn’t just Rain she remembered; Silver, Kimi, Sorrow and even Gavin were part of her past as well as many others. She held him closer to her as she watched him die in her memory. She wouldn’t let him share the same fate again, not to the hands of Rain, nor anybody else.

Her Keyblade glowed softly as it grew into its full size. “I don’t care about the Heartless, Gavin. Your life is more important to me than anything…” She whispered, casting her healing spell. She watched silently as the wound on his stomach faded.

“I wouldn’t go any further…”

Dawn frowned; why should she trust this voice? It was the girl’s voice from before. Yes, she had given her good advice before, but the last time she listened to any kind of suggestion in her head, she had ended up causing this whole mess. Why? What will happen?

“You feel the wound on his back?” Dawn nodded, feeling the blood soak through his shirt. “Heal him any more and that will be transferred to you.”

I don’t care. She told it, continuing the spell. It won’t kill me, but it could kill him…

Her eyes watered as what felt like the teeth of a Keyblade sunk deep into her back one by one, the final one causing her to cry out in pain. She placed her Keyblade on the floor, so she could bring her hand up and place it gently on his cheek. “You’ll be okay now…”

“Dawn? What did you do that for?” Rain questioned, drawing closer to her. “He’s supposed to die; he was always supposed to die.”

“Not this time, Rain.” She stated, looking straight into his deep blue eyes. “Not whilst I’m still alive.”

“You’re supposed to be with me! You always were!” He gripped his Keyblade tighter as he grew angrier.

Dawn laid Gavin gently on the ground, smiling as he opened his eyes and gazed up at her weakly. “Just rest…” She whispered before picking up her own Keyblade and standing up. “I’m not the Dawn you think I am. She is long gone. I may look like her, talk like her and maybe act like her sometimes, but I’m not your Dawn!”

“Yes! You are my Dawn! Nothing has changed!” He yelled, watching her as she leaned back down towards Gavin. “You wouldn’t dare…”

“Wouldn’t I?” She questioned before gently placing her lips on Gavin’s. Before she could say any more, the back of Rain’s Keyblade slammed into her shoulder, sending her tumbling away. Dawn rose to her feet slowly, making her way towards Rain. “We are not the same people…”

“Prove it.”

He brought his Keyblade down upon her again, but this time she was ready. A spark of electricity jolted down his Keyblade as it came in contact with hers causing him to flinch. Dawn figured that it was partly a good thing that she had this other person’s memories; she could now remember all the abilities of her Keyblade and how to use them.

She expected some kind of response from Rain; after all, she was proving her point. This other person would never have retaliated like that. He simply came back at her again, overwhelming her with his strength and speed. Her Keyblade reached its breaking point as she was pushed down to the floor and it returned to its smaller size. She stared up at him; his eyes full of anger as he raised his Keyblade above his head. She stared back at him with pure terror in her eyes. She felt attached to him again which made her come to realise that she really was this other person.

“Then you look at me… You’re not shouting anymore; you’re silently broken…” He muttered, his muscles relaxing slightly before he brought down his Keyblade swiftly and lodged it in the concrete next to Dawn’s head.

Those words… Dawn recalled, memories flashing back into her mind. You sang that song…

Rain’s face was turned away from her when she looked at him. “Can you forgive me again? I never meant to hurt you…”

Dawn pulled his Keyblade out of the ground as she returned to her feet. She handed it to him, a stern expression on her face. “Just remember that I’m not her… I could never live up to her…” She fell to her knees in exhaustion as well as attempting to concentrate on what she was supposed to be doing rather than recalling memories: defeating the Heartless she had set free.

[Erandi Brazul]

--Milo Tisevich--
Gettin' it on!

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The attack happened so fast, and yet the group was so not ready for it.

"Oh yay, more of 'em," Milo muttered as the first wave of Heartless practically rose from the ground. His keyblade flashed to his hand, the red and green strings of magic lacing up the black blade, the hammer-like pummeler erupting from the end. Bring it on...

The heartless were fast. Too fast for him. From the moment he held his blade, he could feel the intense weight of it pulling on his small body. Why was his so heavy? he wondered. But wasn't any time to fuss. The creatures were moving in and out, swiping at him with quick jabs that felt like needles digging into his skin.

But he wouldn't let his friends down. With a roar, he swung the keyblade in an arc, amazed at his newfound strength. The heartless that were caught off-guard were swept up and swung with the blade, and were sent careening into several others. The attack left him completely unguarded, and several Heartless jumped at the opportunity to slash at his body some more.

Bleeding from multiple areas, he cursed and tried to search for the others. Kimi, it seemed, was helping Sheena, who somehow got her own Keyblade. Oooo...how exciting. He was actually quite happy for her, to see that she was "one of them." Sorrow was helping out as well, and it looked like he knew what he was doing.

So Dawn, Silver, Gavin were together, though Milo couldn't see them. And Sorrow, Sheena, and Kimi were together...that left...

The new girl...

She seemed to be having the same trouble he did, though not quite so much. Her blade was lighter, and thus easier to swing around. But her strength in her blows were equally, if not stronger, than his own! Nonetheless, battling alone was rough. He jumped, just as a Heartless knocked the girl to the ground.

"Back off!" he shouted, and the heartless barely had enough time to see Milo swing down and smash it to oblivion. The move was impressive, but once again the Heartless moved in for the attack of opportunity. He braced himself, ready for the hits. None came.

He looked up, to see the girl back on her feet, battling the creatures back. Milo smiled. "Hey, you're pretty good!" he shouted. "Now, let's have some more fun, shall we?"

[Crystal Tears]

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Rain and Silver (Cause I'm Lazy)

It was an outrage, how could she of saved him? Gavin, of all the stupid people in this god forsaken city, why that idiot who spawns copies of himself without even realizing it?
Pure anger rippled through Rain as he sliced away at the Heartless, which were thinning and dispersing. He completely ignored Dawn and Gavin then, and he was sure that if Gavin was in any trouble, he would not be the one to save that piece of crap.

“Angry?”

Rain turned suddenly, Silver was beside him, twirling his keyblade with ease as they began to pick off and kill the slightly larger shadows. Rain growled, destroying another as he and Silver came to have a conversation.

“Of all the people, why Gavin?”

“Maybe its fate for you to hate him...” Silver smirked, bringing his keyblade up as Rain swung his keyblade towards the boy. “Well?”

“She shouldn’t love him.” Rain snarled, as the few remaining heartless were nothing to be worried about, he wandered from the group, taking a seat on the bench located on the other side of the road, Silver joined him.

“Don’t worry about it; Dawn is the only person who even likes that poor excuse for a key wielder.”

Rain frowned as his keyblade dispersed and he was left to just cross his arms and watch the sickening display of care for that man. “I hope he dies.” Rain hissed.

Silver tilted his head. “Horribly?”

“Extremely.”

Silver chuckled, glancing at Kimi. “Ehh..”

“You and her back together?”

“We never broke up.”

“You never acted like a couple either.”

Silver let a sly smile grow on his face. “A lot has happened since you’ve been gone.”

“I’ve hardly noticed.” Rain replied, the sarcastic tone in his voice undeniable.

Silver sighed, watching Kimi destroy a couple more heartless before letting her keyblade vanish. She turned to them then, and wandered over. She leaned against the light pole as all the veterans looked at each other.

“We have six veterans.” Silver sighed.

“Two of them are in love, and are reincarnates... And I don’t know about Sorrow…” Kimi hissed. “So… They don’t count.”

Rain stayed silent, his eyes burning into Gavin as he glared at that… That foul thing. With a nudge from Silver he turned his head, tilting it slightly.

“What?”

“You want to murder him again don’t you?”

“Very much so.”

Kimi smirked, when she smirked, it usually meant she had a rather evil plan. “Well… There are always certain foes you could bring back.”

Rain smiled rather devilishly. “And we wouldn’t have to help them… All I would have to do is keep Dawn away from the battle scene.”

Silver sighed. “We don’t want all the wielders gone, just certain ones.”

“Like?” Kimi questioned.

“Like all of them.” Silver hissed. “All we have to do is get Gavin AWAY from the others, and then Rain can use his hatred to spawn a monster.”

Rain blinked. “How the hell would I do that? I’m not like you Silver; I don’t cause Heartless to pop out of the ground like daisies.”

Silver smiled. “Well, since I hate him as well. I’ll help you.”

The trio smiled, all of them initially hated this pathetic little world, and Rain, who had only one thing to love, had lost it to a man who he had defeated many years ago. Anger surged within the brown haired boy.

‘Your going to die Gavin, one way or another…’

[Samchu]

Gavin
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"Dawn..."

I instantly felt her arm wrap around my back, slowly lifting me from the ground.

"I'm here..." she had such a soft voice. How could I stay mad at her?

"You really should stop saving me."

"Don't say things like that! I won't ever let you die! I love you Gavin!"

I smiled weakly. "I know...but Rain..."

"Don't talk about Rain, not now," she said harshly. I heard her sigh. "I couldn't give you any answers if you wanted them."

Rain...cocky piece of sh*t. Who did he think he was? After everything I'd done, everything I'd sacrificed to make Dawn happy, this b*****d comes along and tries to take her away from me! I wouldn't let him. He didn't deserve Dawn and Dawn sure as hell deserved better than him. A lot better. I'd die before I'd let him take Dawn's heart.

I sighed.

I almost did...

I slowly climbed to my feet and leant my weight on Dawn's shoulder. Milo and the others came over once their battle with the heartless was over.

"Are you okay?" he was always so curious.

"Fine." I looked across and Rain, Silver and Kimi. I didn't trust them. "My ears are burning..." I muttered. I shot a quick glance at our new member then said, "we should get out of the city before more heartless come." The new girl looked slightly bemused. "Don't worry, it'll all be explained soon enough."

We slowly made our way back outside the city. I didn't looked to see if "those three" were following us and nor did I care. They could spend all day on that bench having their stupid conversations, it wasn't like it affected me or anything. I looked across at Dawn, her face low, her eyes distant. "Dawn..."

"I know Gavin." She looked up at me, her face stern. "When we get the chance to rest."

"Dawn...I don't hate you. I could never hate you. I made that promise didn't I? To love you no matter what happens? Nothing in the world can make me break that promise Dawn."

She smiled at me. "Thank you Gavin. Now stop talking, you need to rest."

I nodded and kept staring out of the city. I won't ever hate you. Rain on the otherhand...that's a different matter.

[ChobiChibi]

~Dawn~
~Warning sign- Coldplay~

The whole way back to the field, Dawn was unable to do anything but keep walking. Her mind was far too focused on what she had to explain to Gavin that she occasionally was rather clumsy; she stepped out in front of cars before someone pulled her back, she walked into things and tripped on paving slabs that were poking out only slightly. Each time, Gavin would laugh lightly, telling her she should be more careful next time, despite the frequency in which it was happening and how she was putting him in danger too.

Occasionally, they would come across small heartless, which never seemed to appear in large groups and were quite easily defeated. Dawn decided they were simply finding out where they were going. She didn’t care if they ambushed them again, as long as they were defeated, it was all that mattered.

Finally in the safety of the field, she slowly lowered Gavin to the ground and sat down beside him. She looked up at the others as Milo coughed to get her attention.

“Maybe we should get out of earshot?” He asked, motioning to a point further up the hill.

“I’d really appreciate it… I’ll explain to you guys later… This is something he needs to hear first…” She replied, smiling weakly before they left them alone.

Gavin reached across, wrapping his hand around her own and squeezing it gently. “Whatever you have to tell me… Please, just say it. I may not react in a way that I should, but I want to keep my promise.”

“I guess… I was too scared to tell you before. I wanted everything to be how it used to be, but now that everything has changed, I have to make the most of it.” She began, her gaze set upon the black castle in the sky, only noticeable to her as she had been there. “When Silver told me I wasn’t to open the door, I knew I wouldn’t. It was something that would cause pain and despair, and I didn’t want to be the one who caused it. I dreamt of Rain, but he was younger, more innocent, I thought. He told me I was destined to open the door; that my situation meant I was the one to do it. At first, I couldn’t believe him, but as time passed… I came to accept it. I saw you fighting Silver earlier… I heard Rain calling me. I desperately wished that you would notice me slip away and call me back, but you were too concerned with fighting.”

“If I had known… I would have stopped you.” Gavin muttered, his eyes avoiding hers for a few seconds.

“I know.” She lifted his chin with her free hand. “It’s my fault for not talking to you about it. There’s this voice inside my head, she sounds so similar to me, almost like it’s my own thoughts, but she tells me things that I don’t know.”

“What do you mean?”

“An example? Earlier, she told me to stop healing you because the wound on your back would transfer to mine.” She explained, watching his face become concerned.

His hand drifted slowly to his back before touching Dawn’s. She winced slightly as his hand landed on a particularly tender place. “But you did it anyway?”

“Yes, of course. I love you, Gavin, and I had to prove it to you. I had to prove it to myself too.” She laughed a little as she saw Gavin’s confused expression. “It’s not like that. This voice in my head… I have a theory of who it might be. After I… kissed Rain… I started remembering things that couldn’t possibly have happened. I remember having met Silver, Kimi, Sorrow, Rain and you in situations that I’ve never been in. For instance, I worked in a diner. I’ve never had freedom like that. From memories of her reflection, she looks exactly the same as me, except for little style things. She would braid her bangs as well as the single long braid I have. I remember everything she has ever done and that she is also called Dawn… I think that the Dawn that Rain once knew is a part of me…”

“How is that possible? He said he knew me too, shouldn’t I remember things that I did in the past?” He asked, frowning slightly.

“I’m not sure… We’re both reincarnations, Sorrow is too… But I didn’t remember anything until I… Rain and Dawn were in love. There is no doubt about it. Which I think is why…”

“Why what? Dawn?”

She closed her eyes, removing her hand from Gavin’s. “I think it’s why when I look at Rain, I get the same feeling when I look at you…” Tears streamed down her face as she opened her eyes.

“Dawn…” He began, wiping her tears from her cheeks. She knew he was trying to think of a response, so she waited for him to continue. “I can’t say that I'm thrilled to hear about this but I can't blame you for it either. You love Rain, I understand that, but the feelings you have for him are… someone else’s… it’s crazy, but I believe you.” She tilted her head to one side in confusion, but he simply smiled back, the same smile that made her feel fuzzy inside. “But… Dawn, I'm scared. How can I know that when it comes down to it you won't choose him over me? Another side of you might have feelings for him but if that side wins… then I'll lose you. My heart couldn't take that Dawn. You're all I've got.”

“I wish I knew. I just want to be me, not some person carrying another person inside their head…” She bit her lip, trying not to let the tears flow again. “What if I’m not the same person without her? And why is it me?”

Gavin reached across and gently pulled her into his arms. She felt safe and loved, but at the same time she was longing to be in Rain’s arms. “It doesn’t matter… I’d still love you no matter how you changed…”

“I’ll do whatever I can to get her out of me… I have to…” She rested her head on his chest as he continued to hold her. “And I’ll be my own person again…”

[Samchu]

Gavin
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I held Dawn in my arms as she fought back the tears that threatened to consume her. It wasn't fair, not to either of us. We'd both had hard lives and now, just when it seemed we were finally getting the happiness we deserved, someone was trying to take it away from us. I sighed. I knew how this was destined to end. She would have to pick one of us. Rain or me, one of us was going to keep Dawn and the other was going to lose her. Forever.

I'd do everything I could to make sure that loser wasn't me.

"Dawn?"

She looked up at me. Her eyes were red and puffy from the tears. It tore my heart to see her like this. I leant forward, pressing my nose against hers.

"Don't forget me, okay?"

"Never."

"Promise me," I looked her straight in the eyes.

"Promise."

I kissed her. Her lips were moist from the tears but there was a warmth in them that made me forget about all that. This was my kiss. This feeling, this moment, this was something Rain would never be able to take from me. This was the Dawn that was mine and mine only, the Dawn that I would fight for, would die for. I would never let him take this Dawn away from me.

"Do you remember the first time we met?"

I hadn't even realised we'd stopped kissing until her voice pulled me from my fantasy. "Of course."

"You were so grateful to me for finding Aaron that you insisted on walking me back home. I always thought that was so sweet. I remember, Aaron was exhausted and you had to carry him on your back."

I laughed. "Yeah..."

"You haven't given up on him have you Gavin? You're still looking for him aren't you?"

"I am and I will find him. With your help?"

"Of course." She took my hand and squeezed it tightly. "You can't find him without me."

I smiled back at her. "That's unfortunately true." I looked up the hill where the others were congregating, anxiously glancing in our direction. "We should tell them what's going on. They're confused enough as it is."

[Erandi Brazul]

Milo Tisevich
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Finally, it was over. The last of the Heartless disappeared in a flash, and Milo slumped to the ground, exhausted.

"Tired already?" came a voice, and he turned to see the new girl standing over him, a smile plastered on her face. Even though she was smug, he could see her breathing hard.

Milo put on his pouty face. "As a matter of fact, I am!" he said, and accepted the hand she extended to him. The ground was freakishly fine, as if a battle of epic porportions didn't just happen. After all they went through, it seemed as though the past few minutes hadn't even happened.

He took a deep breath, and put on a smile, the adrenaline completely gone from his system. "Well, that was fun, if you ask me!" he said, spying Sorrow and jogging over to him. His tired-ness seemed to have left his small body. "Hey, why are you crying?" he asked, once he reached Sorrow, who was helping Sheena up from the ground. Sorrows eyes were red, and trails of tears were streamed on his face.

"I always weep for them," he replied solemly. "I try to take away their sorrow by crying out with them."

Milo raised an eyebrow. "Ooookay..." he said, and spotted Gavin.

They look hurt...I'm surprised none of us got hurt...

"Are you okay?" he called over to Gavin, who gave a wave in his direction.

"Fine," he responded, then took a glance at the new girl. "We should get out of the city before more heartless come," he continued. Ah, the ever-fearless leader... "Don't worry, it'll all be explained soon enough."

The treck out of the city was simple enough. Minus the few spatterings of battles, there wasn't much to do. Of course, Milo didn't want to just do nothing. There was a brand new girl to chat with! But the safety of everyone kept most of them silent. Dawn and Gavin were chatting, but heck, they always did that. Finally, the edge of the city was left behind once more.

Back in the open area, Milo breathed deeply. "Well, at least the food is secure," he stated, patting his back. A finger nudged him, and he turned to see Sheena. "Huh? What's up?"

"Maybe we should leave for a moment," she whispered, and nodded her head toward Gavin and Dawn.
"You think?" he whispered back.
"Yes."

"Uh..." Milo said, and coughed for Dawn's attention. She looked up and smiled. Clearly she was tired. “Maybe we should get out of earshot?” he asked.

The smile broadened a bit. “I’d really appreciate it… I’ll explain to you guys later… This is something he needs to hear first…” she replied to him, and he nodded.

Sheena, Milo, Sorrow, and the new wielder moved to an area farther up, leaving Dawn and Gavin to themselves, and the other three strangers--Kimi, Rain, and Silver--to their own. He still didn't trust Silver.

"You've got some pretty good moves," he said to the girl, once they were situated. "I'm Milo. Milo Tisevich. What's your name?"

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A bit long...sorry if I screwed anything up!

[Crystal Tears]

This post is rated M for mature. XP Not much to it but meh.

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Rain

He didn’t exactly know what to think, Kimi and Silver had wandered off to god knows where, and only he was left. Him, Rain, the original Key wielder, the one who had saved the world once, but instead of being appreciated and loved by the girl who had given him the strength to withstand the awful temptation that the heartless had posed, he was alone. Alone with his hatred for the man who had stolen her… In his anger he clenched the small orb, a red heart with thorns circling it was trapped inside the glass, and carefully, Rain slipped it into his pocket.

“This is how I am thanked…” Rain thought cruelly, putting his hands behind his head as he trotted alone, following a small creek that ran through the open wilderness. “I’m left alone.. And that sick bastard who was responsible for almost killing her multiple ti-“

Suddenly a thought hit him. He could us the past to his advantage, surely the mention of soul, near rape, and various other dangerous occasions would get her to change her mind about Gavin. It was a given! Practically a promise!

Snapping his fingers, larger shadows appeared around him. Heartless were such simple things, following whoever was the strongest, and him, being half heartless, only made this trick all the more easier. Unlike Silver’s heartless state, his was a bit more secure, it was a small price to pay for a picture of her… To keep him sane behind that door, and give him hope.

“Keep an eye on the rest of the group, if they try to help Gavin in his little… Task, then don’t hesitate to attack.” He paused, grimacing at what he had just said. “But uh… don’t kill them…”

The heartless vanished, and Rain was again alone.

“Alrighty…” He frowned, closing his eyes as he concentrated. “Always hated this trick, but it never gets old either.”

His body slipped into the ground, the darkness soon followed, leaving the streamside all together…

When he reappeared, he appeared about six feet behind the two lovebirds. He nearly threw up as he watched Gavin shove his tongue down Dawn’s throat. He growled, whipping his keyblade forward so that is slammed into the ground right behind them. Dawn yelped, and slid back, and Gavin shot Rain a dirty look.

“Slipping off for a secret snogging session?” Rain chuckled; Dawn blushed slightly and turned away, while Gavin just glared. “Relax lover-boy; I just need to talk to Dawn.”

“Then talk.” He growled.

“Private conversation.” Rain smirked, trotting over to Dawn.

“Well I’m not leaving.” Gavin snarled.

“Oh that’s quite alright.” Rain grinned, as darkness appeared below him and Dawn, who was utterly confused. “We will then.” Dawn slipped in first, and Rain hovered there for a moment, a sick grin on his face. “Have fun.” He smirked, the keyblade in the ground vanishing.

He didn’t hear Gavin’s words as he slipped into the comforting darkness, nor did he care much. Instead, He appears beside a bewildered Dawn, who was looking around.

“Where are we?”

“On the other side of the valley.”

“Rain, what did you want to talk to me about?”

Despite having the entire plan worked out in his hand, when she looked at him with slight curiosity and overwhelming annoyance, his evil plan melted away. She looked so much like his Dawn, the girl who was in the picture; Rain bit his lip, unable to say a thing.

“Well?”

“Here.” Rain gulped, offering a folded up piece of paper in his hand. “Whether you’re her or not, it’s yours.”

She took it from him, and opened it. To her surprise, the picture revealed her, standing in front of an old diner in the city. She was smiling, her air was lightly blowing in the breeze, and even though the picture was perfect and looked so real. That diner, it didn’t exist, and she never would have ever worked there.

“What… Is this?”

“It’s you.” Rain shrugged. “I think.”

She stood there, her face softening from anger to confusion, and then it went totally blank. Rain felt like he was standing on glass, waiting g for her to do anything.

“Rain...” Her voice sounded, off, different, something in it rung every bell inside his head. Cautiously he neared her, she looked up, and her eyes seemed to swirl with ever emotion known to man until they settled. “Rain..?”

He nodded, taken back as she suddenly bounded forward, wrapping her arms around him and hugging him tightly. He could barely react, wrapping his own around her frame as she looked up, resting her chin on his chest.

“Why am- Your back.” She smiled, tears pouring down her cheeks as her hand wrapped around his neck and pulled in for a kiss. He couldn’t react, so shocked by the suddenness that it didn’t seem to sink in. Even when she leaned away, and touched his cheek with her soft hands, it wasn’t setting; he was in a constant state of shock. “What’s wrong?”

“N-nothing.” Rain stuttered, snapping out of his awestruck moment to pull her in for another kiss. Deeper then the last, he couldn’t believe his Dawn was with him, her arms were wrapped around him and she wasn’t going to leave him alone this time. Secretly he managed to pull the orb out of his pocket, and drop it onto the ground.
Slowly it sunk, but he never saw that. Instead, his entire attention was focused on Dawn.

“Dawn..” He whispered, memories flooded back to his mind as he lifted her right off the ground and held her there.

“What took you so long to come back?” She smiled, Rain shrugged.

“Well, that door you know. Refused to budge.”

She smiled, and leaned down to kiss him. It was amazing to him, each flick of her tongue sent bolts of what felt like lightning down his spine. Their pace quickened, and safely behind the large tree by the river, Rain finally got the nerve, mind set, and time, to experience Dawn in a way he had longed for, for a very long time…

Trick and Wish

Two dark shadows appeared on the empty field, one had hair up in a wild ponytail with braids and beads strung about in her hair, and the other simple wore her hair down. The one who wore her hair down was about 3 inches taller then the other, and had a larger bust size. Though her body, like her shorter partners, was shadowy like a heartless, you could see she was wearing a shirt and pants, and was looked like combat boots. On her shoulders though, were Heartless Hearts, and on her back, a larger one was seen. Her shorter partner, at a quick glance, looked like she wore nothing, but in actual fact, she was wearing a bikini top, and hot pants. Her body was also shadowy like her sisters, and a thorn heart was clearly shown on her front, taking up her abdomen and chest.

“He he he!” The smaller girl giggled. “We have more people to play with!”

“Shut up Wish.” The older girl snarled, looking about until she stopped Gavin. “There he is.”

“Hey Gavin!” Wish yelped happily, bouncing up and down as he turned, slightly taken back by the display. “Come on Trick! We have to have some fun!”

Trick grumbled, her yellow eyes glaring at Wish, and then turned to quickly bring up her arm and easily block Gavin’s keyblade. He blinked in confusion, but Trick didn’t waste time, her fist shot out faster then anyone could see, and the next thing anyone could see is Gavin flying back.

“Ready?” Trick questioned to Wish, who smiled evilly.

“Yep!”

Dark portals opened up beneath Gavin, and to the surprise of everyone else, every single key wielder except Rain and Dawn. They were all teleported.

“Welcome!” Wish cheered, as everyone looked around in amazement as they were in a large stadium, shadows and various other heartless were seated, and all the ‘contestants’ were standing on floating square panels, about 2 feet both length wise and width wise. Underneath the hundreds of floating panels, all varying in speed and width, was a slanted wall pit that lead to large cylinder grinders that had spikes jutting out of them.

“Where are we?” Milo demanded to know. “And where is Rain and Dawn?”

“Oh, we’ll take care of them, once we’re done with you!” Trick snarled, snapping her fingers to summon what seemed like boss theme music was.

“Welcome to Trick and Wish Arena! The music determines the speed of the platforms! To win, you have to defeat us. If you lose…” Wish pointed to the grinder. “Well, to bad so sad.”

A screen appeared about them, and in green letters it read.

TRICK AND WISH ARENA
MUSIC
Mortal Combat Theme

On cue, the platforms lurched, almost sending everyone off, they moved quite fast, going in every direction, some ever flipped, testing their riders skill…

[color=white]
Righty.
Official Boss fight thing… Trick and Wish. Here’s some tips.

Trick is the fighter, you won’t see her back down from anymore, she’s physically stronger then anyone, and can go extremely fast. (As seen when she punched Gavin), to beat her, you have to try and knock her off her platform. But remember, this is her arena, it’s not likely the platforms are going to allow her to fall in.

Wish is the defensive one, who a Keyblade will hurt her, her magic and teleporting move might make it difficult to reach her. Plus, Trick is always ready to bound back and defend her little sister.

[Samchu]

Gavin
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I glared at the strangers before us, angrily tightening my grip on my keyblade. I didn’t know what I hated more, the fact that we were here, or the fact that Dawn and Rain weren’t.

“Gavin, what do we do?”

Trick…she was the more offensive one…so the other girl would be more likely to defend…I think… “You guys take the smaller one! Leave Trick to me.”

“You think you can handle me big boy?” she taunted.

“Just worry about yourself.”

“Gavin is that a good idea?” Milo called.

“Don’t worry about me! Just cover each other! No one dies today, you got it?” Geez what did these guys want from me? They always expected me to come up with the answers and when I tell them what to do, they question it. Can’t they take my damn word for it already? Or better yet, can’t they make up their own damn minds? Didn’t I have enough to deal with already without having to carry them as well?

Taking a running start I bounded easily across the platforms towards my target. She just stood there, perfectly content to wait for me, that twisted smiled plastered flat across her face. I stepped onto the platform before hers and threw my weight on my front foot as I drove the keyblade towards her head. She just stood there until the last possible moment and then stepped straight off the platform into the empty space below. I just stood there blinking. It couldn’t be that easy…could it…?

I peered over the edge. Nothing. She was probably scrap by now. I smirked and straightened up. “Kinda easy.”

A tap on my shoulder sent shivers down my spine. I turned slowly to see her standing there behind me on a platform that I could have sworn wasn’t there five minutes ago. “Nice try.”

I whipped my keyblade round to connect with her head but she dodged it. I aimed for her chest but she ducked under it with such grace it were as if I was moving in slow motion. I couldn’t hit her! I jumped back, panting heavily as sweat poured down my brow. She couldn’t be this fast. No one could be this fast. She was faster than Silver, than Rain even. No…I just wasn’t trying hard enough.

“Oh dear, you’re not nearly as good as I expected you to be,” she stepped forward casually and the platforms moved to create a pathway for her feet. I should have known she’d have something up her sleeve. “But then…your other half was always so much better at things…”

I forced myself upright, taking my keyblade in both hands. “I am so f*cking sick of everybody telling me how great I used to be and how everything I do now is so God damn pointless!” I swung my keyblade as if I was going to hit her but ducked at the last minute and shoulder-barged her off the platform. I couldn’t shake the feeling of twisted pleasure and regret that I felt as I watched her tumble into that grinder. “One down…” I looked over to where the others were attempting to take care of our smaller enemy. She didn’t seem that tough at a glance but she was teleporting all over the bloody place and that was really starting to piss a few people off.

Watching the platforms carefully, I made my way over to their part of the battlefield. If I could just get her off guard then we could get the hell out of here. Who knew what Rain was doing to Dawn now that he’d finally managed to get her alone – I shook my head as I almost miss-timed the platform in front of me. Don’t think about it, keep focused, you’re no good to Dawn dead.

“Hehehe! I’m over here!”

She taunted them from the safety of her platform. She was so close. All I had to do was just swing this keyblade and – what the f*ck!? I looked down to see what had stopped my keyblade and to my horror I saw an arm sticking up out of the platform. I stepped back as it began to rise, revealing a head and a pair of well-defined shoulders. I pulled my keyblade away as I stared in awe at the figure of Trick before me. She just smirked in that sick way that gave me chills. “How…?”

“There’s always a catch. You’ll have to kill both of us Gavin or we’ll just keep coming back.” She leant forward, her nose almost touching mine. “But neither you nor your little friends have the strength to do it.”

A moment later there was this searing pain in my gut and I felt myself flying across the arena. With some fortune I managed to hit one of the platforms but the force of the impact was so strong that I almost flew back off it, saved for a last minute grab for the edge that saved my life – yet again. I swung my keyblade onto the platform and hoisted my body back up slowly for dragging myself to my feet.

“That was a bit close Gavin. You almost took a nasty fall.”

I glared at her, a small growl escaping my lips. I didn’t have time for this horse sh*t!

“Gavin what do we do!?”

“We kill them both. Not like we have much of a choice.”

[Mystic_clown]

Sorrow
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Trick...Wish...

A searing pain shot though Sorrow's mind. Images flashed through his mind. Memories. Memories of Trick, of Wish, of the rest. Memories of who he was.

Of who he is.

The white haired youth fell to his knees, clutching his head in pain. Sheena noticed.

"Sorrow!" she cried, running to his side, "What's wrong?"

Upon hearing his name, Trick stopped, looking over in Sorrow's direction.

"Sorrow?" She took a few steps closer, squinting her eyes. Her eyes widened in recognition and a big smile appeared on her face.

"Hey, it's you!" she yelled out happily, "hey sis! It's Sorrow!"

Trick stopped her assault on Gavin and turned to look at Sorrow. A small smirk appeared on her lips.

"Well, what do you know," she chuckled, "It's been a long time. We didn't recognise you."

All eyes fell on Sorrow as he rose to his feet, his pain subsiding.

"Trick..." he spoke softly, "Wish..."

"Friends of yours?" Milo asked.

Sorrow looked at the heartless hearts on their bodies.

"It's quite ironic actually, that the pair of you have become heartless," sorrow said. Trick cocked an eyebrow.

"Oh?"

"Yes. I can remember a time when one almost ate you Trick."

Trick's eyes twitched as Wish giggled.

"Well anyway," Trick brushed it off, "It's great being a heartless. Why don't you join us."

"Yeah!" Wish piped up, "It'll be like old times again, only without the hearts!"

Sorrow was silent for a moment. A number of his allies actually thought he might consider actually going along with it.

Sorrow's keyblade appeared in his hand.

"I'm sorry," he said softly, "but I cannot. There are still things I need to do."

A dissappointed look appeared on the girl's faces. A grave expression appeared on Trick's face.

"I'm sorry Sorrow," she said, "But we don't have a choice. It's for your own good."

"I don't have a choice either," A tear flowed from Sorrow's eye as he pointed his keyblade at them, "I will mourn your passing."

[Erandi Brazul]

Milo Tisevich

I apologize, but it's extremely short. Someone pick up the fighting once more...
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Sorrow knows these girls?

The intial shock of "Oh my god we've been transported into a new dimension!" had passed quickly. Heck, after what he had been through these past several hours, was there anything that could surprise this group?

"Heh, good one, Sorrow," Milo chuckled. "I will mourn your passing..." he imitated Sorrow's voice, and summoned his own keyblade.

Wish rolled her eyes. "Well, that wasn't childish," she said sarcastically. "Now, do you mind? I haven't got all day to kill you."

"Hey!" Sheena spoke up. "I wouldn't be so cocky if I were you. You're completely outnumbered. And did you see your sister get her butt kicked by Gavin? This is gonna be easier than we anticipated."

Milo's eyebrows perked up. Since when did Sheena get so bold and brassy?

"Wasn't there two others?" the voice of the new girl was heard, and Milo's brain kicked.

"Oh, crap...Gavin!" Milo called out, "Where's Dawn and that other guy?"

[Samchu]

Well this has sat inactive long enough. *cracks fingers* ow, damn that hurts. Ok let's get this thing over with already.

Gavin
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"You make it sound so easy," said Trick calmly as she walked over to where I stood, panting.

"Everything sounds easy."

"Some things are." She smirked and bent over, her eyes meeting mine. "It's a shame. If I didn't have to kill you, you'd actually turn out to be kinda cute."

"What makes you say that?"

She shrugged. "Because I know. I've seen you." A seductive smile slid across her face. "All of you."

"You're thinking of someone else," I insisted, my grip tightening on my keyblade.

"You're wrong Gavin. I know more about you than you know about yourself. I know how you think, how you feel...what you're going to become."

I slashed at her torso but she jumped back with ease. "You sound like Rain."

“Yes, how is he?”

I made another attempt at her torso. “What do you expect? An annoying b*****d. Thinks he can do with Dawn what he pleases.”

“Ah yes…Dawn…”

“What’s it to you?” My keyblade met her arm but I think I was the one who felt it the most.

“You should give up on chasing Dawn.” She made a swing at me but somehow I managed to dodge it. If you kept your focus you could keep up with her pace. Just about. “She’ll be the end of you.”

Gritting my teeth I made a desperate upward swing for her chin. She just dodged it with as much grace as ever I’d seen from her. “Now you really sound like Rain.”

“You two never get on.”

“Stop talking like you know me!”

“Oh but I do know you Gavin. I know you very well.”

“You knew someone once. He isn’t me.”

“You have no idea how right, and wrong, you really are.”
Our battle only seemed to grow in intensity from then on. Her flesh met the cold steel of my blade again and again but there was no ground lost between us. She was fast – oh God she was fast – and it was taking every ounce of focus I possessed just to keep on her level. To make matters worse, I was the one weakening the fastest. I just needed something, anything to happen to give me an edge over that battle.

That day, at least, I got lucky.

“Trick! TRICK!” We both heard her sister’s screams and turned to watch her fall into the mouth of the vicious contraption below. What came next…I don’t dare describe it in words.

“B*****d!” The next thing I felt was something similar to a solid gold brick smashing into the back of my head. Then came that odd sensation of flying uncontrollably through the air. And then the pain of having the air ripped out of your lungs by crashing face first into a platform several hundred feet away. Like I said before, the girl could really pack a punch.

Wish’s death seemed to have whipped her into the most violent of frenzies. I’d had never seen her move so fast. The others stepped in to give me a chance to recover but they couldn’t meet her speed. I knew I had to get in there fast or one of them was gonna end up hurt.

Breaking through the crowd of keybladers I managed to knock Trick out of reach. This would be easier with enough space to manoeuvre. Not that it was going to be easy by any means.

“Get out of my way,” she growled through gritted teeth.

“No.”

“They killed my sister.”

“She deserved to die.”

“So does your brother.”

I swung my keyblade but she blocked it with ease.

“Hurts, doesn’t it?”

“What do you know about Aaron?”

“There’s no place for him in this world.”

“Where is he!?”

“I don’t know. It doesn’t matter anyway, you won’t see him again.”

I lashed out at her again and again and again, until I was so encapsulated in my rage that I lost all track of thought. There were only the moves – the attacks, the blocks, the parries, the dodges, the dives – no time to dwell on what she might do, driven by the notion that she had to die.

“It hurts doesn’t it?”

“Not to you. You without hearts can feel nothing.”

Our attacks drew us so close I could smell her hair. Part of me wanted to abandon this fight, to go for something…It was a wild, unwanted thought. I wanted nothing to do with it.

“Wait until your heart is stolen Gavin, then tell me how it feels.”

“That’s the problem,” I spun away from her, lifting one arm to distract her defences then thrusting through with the keyblade. This time I caught flesh. “I am nothing,” I twisted the teeth through her stomach, “like you.”

“No…you’re something much…much…worse…”

I yanked my blade from her body and watched as it tumbled to the machine below. It was a death just as gruesome as the first. We all winced at the loud cracking sound that followed but even as the last traces of bone slipped into nothingness the noise continued. The platforms beneath our feet began to shake violently and others began to crumble where they stood.

The stadium beneath us faded into darkness and the next thing we knew we fell, screaming, clawing helplessly at the nothingness around us. I thought we’d die. I thought it would have all been for nothing and we’d awake to find ourselves long gone from this world. Thank God I was wrong. Our bodies hit the hard Earth with a thud and slowly we found ourselves returned just a few feet from where we were taken.

I knew what had to be done first.

“Dawn! Dawn!” Even Rain wouldn’t have taken her from the valley but I couldn’t find her.

“Where do you think they went?” Someone asked, I didn’t pay much attention to whom.

“I don’t know,” I replied, “but I have a bad feeling about it.”

[Mystic_clown]

Sorrow
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Tears blurred Sorrow's vision.

Trick...Wish...

Even though they were his enemies just before, the guilt of what he had just helped do racked through him. He had killed two of his former friends, friends he had known and cared about long before he met Rain and the others.

He fell to his knees and sobbed quietly. His actions however went unnoticed by the others.

However, something caught his attention.

Two small balls of light.

They seemed to go unnoticed by the others as they floated towards Sorrow.

"Wha?"

The orbs seems warm to the touch as they circled him. They finally seemed to melt into Sorrow's chest. The white haired youth's sobbing subsided as two words escape from his lips.

"Trick...Wish..."