Sorry to double post guys but I just had to get that last post out of my system. As I promised the next part of my filler is going up today, though I don't know how long it will take to put up the whole thing. *Stupid school moving me from class to class*
Filler
Part 5: Awakening the Deep Darkness
On a far world towards the edge of the Anime System, a dark visitor awoke. He was lying on a mat on a wood floor i a room surrounded by paper doors. To his right was a wooden bucket of cool water with a cloth hanging on it's edge.
He heard a door open adn quickly closed his eyes. Two people walked in and came to stand beside him. he heard the cloth get dipped int he bucket and then rung out. he felt the cool damp cloth get dabbed on his forehead and across his neck.
"Wow this guy is old." said a young boy's voice "What did Kenshin say his name was?"
"Xehanort." answered a feminine voice that was so close he was sure she was the one who was dabbing him with the cloth.
"Well that's a mouthful."
"Yahiko if you're not gonna help then go!"
"Hey, you're the one who dragged me along to help!"
"Well now I've changed my mind. So leave!"
Xehanort heard the boy's footsteps as he left then the opening and closing of the door they had come in from. The girl stayed and continued dabbing Xehanort. She left thirty minutes later after making sure he was okay and having him drink some tea mixed with some bitter medicine.
He waited a few minutes before he opened his eyes again. He tried to sit up but quickly lost the strength to do it. It took him a few minutes to sit up and several more to stand. he discovered he was wearing a white robe.
"What is wrong with me?" Xehanort asked leaning against a wall, breathing hard.
After catching his breath he began heading outside. When he opened a door he was looking at a tranquil scene. The sun shined down on a pond lined with rocks and a tree growing beside it. Laundry was hanging on a line drying and there was a tall wall that he assumed went around the whole building. He walked along the deck that went around the building too. The more he walked though, the more his strenth returned.
He managed to get a corner then the door in front of him opened and he saw another man. He stood tall with big spikey brown hair, a red bandana on his forehead, hard brown eyes, a white open uwagi that showed his chest and white hakama. he stared at Xehanort surprised for a second before yelling out.
"Hey Kaoru! Our guest is up!" he yelled
"What do you mean 'He's up'?" asked the same female voice from before.
"I mean he's standing up and I'm looking at him!"
"Don't joke about that Sanosuke. I just checked up on him a while ago and he was still out co-" the girl stopped talking as she came into view behind Sanosuke and saw Xehanort.
He couldn't guess her age but she was young. She had amber eye's and long black hair tied back in a braid. She wore a tan uwagi, tied on with a white obi, and a pale hakama.
Xehanort's strength gave out and he fell down onto his knees. Kaoru quickly moved oveer to him and put her hand on his back and shoulder to help keep him steady. Xehanort felt a lot more of his strength come back.
"I'm fine." he said moving forward and standing up again "I just need to walk some more."
"Oh no you don't!" Kaoru said sternly "You're still weak."
"Let him go walking.' Sanosuke said "It could be good for him."
"Sanosuke." Kaoru said
"Yeah?"
"Shut up and help me get him back to his room!"
Sanosue walked over and put his arm around Xehanort's shoulders. He helped him stand up and turned him around. Sanosuke took him all the way back to his room and layed him down on the mat.
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A dark portal opened up in a forest at night. Xehanort's apprentice stepped out and looked around. His suit was still ripped and his visor was still cracked. Suddenly there was a rumbling sound and he felt the ground tremble.
"Iron Reaper Soul Stealer!" someone yelled.
There was roar and the sound of something getting cut. The apprentice looked up in the air as the upper half of a demon came falling towards him. It hit the ground and knocked down a few trees as it slid across the ground and come to rest several feet from him.
"D . . .damn you . . . you half-demon." it said as it's red eyes faded.
The apprentice walked up to it and looked at it. There was a rustling sound from the direction the bottom part of the demon's torso was pointing. A young man with long white hair, yellow eye's, and hands like claws jumped out of the trees and landed close to the demons body.
"So what if I'm a half-demon." Inuyasha said "You're the one who's dead."
Inuyasha looked up from the dead body and sniffed the air. he looked around as he sniffed again, and again, and again. Something in the air smelled different. Like it didn't belong, almost . . . dark.
"What the hell?" he asked, not noticing that behind a tree the last wisps of a dark portal faded away.
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"Alright Yahiko. That was good, now let's go again." Kaoru said holding her practice sword.
A boy with black, short spiky hair, dark eyes, wearing a tanned uwagi, white obi, and dark hakama stood a distance away. he rushed at Kaoru and swung his practice sword at her. Kaoru blocked then pushed it back and placed a few good hits on Yahiko.
"Don't let your guard down, even when you move to attack. Get that Yahiko?" she asked
"Yeah yeah yeah." Yahiko grumbled going back into a stance.
Xehanort watched them train from the doorway. Once they began sparring again he left and headed for the entrance. When he got outside he looked to the right and saw a sign that read 'Kamiya Kasshin Ryu' the name of the dojo. Further down the road to his right was a city. Xehanort had discover he was on a world with no connection to the other's and without technology.
"It looks peaceful in the morning doesn't it?" Kenshin asked walking towards Xehanort.
"I suppose." Xehanort answered gruffly
"Are you going for a walk?"
"Yes."
"Be careful. There's been a group of bandits going around and if you don't have anything they want they hurt you."
"I can handle myself." Xehanort said walking away so Kenshin couldn't see his sadistic smile.
He walked down a dirt road away from the city. Kaoru told him it was Toyko hoping he would know where he was. As he walked on question kept popping into his head
'How did I end up here?'. He stopped and closed his eye's as he remembered Kingdom Hearts. He had it in his grasp, he still felt that sensation of limitless power . . . until Terra interrupted.
"Hey old man!" someone yelled, breaking Xehanort out of his trance.
Five men came out of the trees by the road and surrounded Xehanort. They were all dirty and wore brown uwagi, obi, and hakama. They also had cloth over their faces so he couldn't see their faces.
"Alright, now hand over everything you got." The same man from before said. All the men grabbed their aikachi at their waists.
"Do I look like I have anything?" Xehanort asked lifting up his arms to show he had nothing.
*Sigh*"Just some broke old man." and they all took their hands off their weapons.
"Actually. I do have something you can have, if you want it."
"Hell yeah! Hand it over!"
Xehanort smiled in a way that made the men who saw it back up a step and put their hands on their aikachi again. Xehanort suddenly spun around and summoned his keyblade. Quicker that any of the men could move he ran forward and cut one across the chest. He grabbed the dead mans aikachi and threw it into the heart of the man on the leaders right. Before ether of them began to fall to the ground he disappeared and reappeared in front of the leader. The other two thieves fell dead as well with slahses across their necks.
"Draw it." Xehanort said to the trembling leader "I dare you!"
The leader hesitated a second then drew his aikachi and moved to stab Xehanort. The blade stopped just as the point touched Xehanort's robe and the leader looked down to see Xehanort's keyblade sticking out through his chest.
"W-who are you?" he asked
Xehanort just smiled and pulled his keyblade from the leader's chest.
"What a mess." Xehanort sighed. He twisted his foot and the bodies disappeared into the ground as it reached up and seemed to swallow them. The area looked like nothing had happened and Xehanort continued with his walk.
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Several Hours Later
Kenshin, Kaoru, Sanosuke, Yahiko, and Xehanort sat around a table eating dinner. They were all talking about what they had done and kept trying to bring Xehanort into the conversation.
"So." Yahiko said putting down his cup of tea "Xehanort "Where are you from?"
"Yahiko!" Kaoru said "Don't bother him with that. He may not even remember."
"Actually I don't mind." Xehanort said "I came from another world."
Everyone stopped eating and just stared at Xehanort. They were trying to decide wether he had taken a serious hit to the head or if he was just crazy. Xehanort noticed the stares but continued eating waiting for another question to come.
"Another world huh?" Yahiko asked not believing the old man "Do you have any proof?"
Xehanort just smiled, put down his bowl of rice, held out his hand, and summoned his keyblade. The instant it came to his hand everyone dropped what ever they had in their hands and scooted back several feet. The common expression on everyone's face was 'Holy Crap!!!' Xehanort just placed it down beside him and picked his rice bowl back up.
Yahiko was the first to snap of of the shock. He crawled closer to Xehanort and poked the keyblade.
"Yahiko don't touch it!" Kaoru yelled
"What is this thing?" Yahiko asked ignoring Kaoru's words and picking up the keyblade.
"It's called a keyblade." Xehanort explained "It's only bestowed upon those who are worthy of it and the power it offers."
"Wow." said Yahiko swing the keyblade around a few times.
Gradually everyone calmed down and moved back to the table, cleaning up what food they had spilled and in Kaoru's case she tried to dry the tea she had dropped. They continued with dinner asking Xehanort all sorts of questions about other worlds and about the keyblade, Yahiko could barely keep his eye's off Xehanort's the whole time.
"If you're from another world, why are you here?" Kenshin asked after dinner had been finished.
"I was in a battle. I don't remember exactly what happened but somehow I ended up here. There's always someone or a group of people from each world who know about everything so I'll have to find them to find out where I am." Xehanort answered. "Now if you'll excuse me, I'd like to be outside for a little while." and he got up and left, leaving the others to talk among themselves.
Once he was outside he closed and the door was closed behind him he took on a look of utter disdain. These people were getting on his nerves. Their constant questions and senseless babbling. He looked to the stars and tried what he had been trying unsuccessfully for the past two days to do, call the darkness to himself. Whenever he tried he felt this barrier between him and the deep darkness. He had the power of his own heart but that only gave him so much, if he didn't find a way to connect to the darkness again he would be stuck on this world with these worthless people and their worthless lives.
Suddenly he felt a pulse. It was strong and he could tell where the pulse had come from. He looked behind him and heard Kenshin and his group still talking so he decided to leave. He quickly left through the front entrance and made his way to a large hill. There was no direct path to the top so he eventually had to leave the dirt road and go through the woods. He eventually came to a small clearing. There were fewer trees all around and there was a place where he could see the entire city of Tokyo and all the lights coming from it.
Suddenly he felt an immensely dark presence from behind and when he turned around Nefero and South Light were standing in the middle of the clearing, looking right at him.
"Pffft, you're the dark presence I felt?" Nefero said with look of disappointment and boredom "You're just some old guy, you'd probably die if I breathed on you."
"Ughh, I hate old people." South Light said raising her shoulders and shivering slightly.
"Old? You damned beast!" Xehanort said yelled summoning his keyblade and sending a Dark Firaga* and Dark Thundaga* spell at the two dark entities. He smiled maliciously as the spells hit but when the dust settled they were just standing there like a small breeze had just blown by.
South Light yawned and held out her hand. She closed it and made a fist. Xehanort felt a crushing force come at him from all sides and take hold of him. He was lifted into the air as South Light raised her hand slightly then she moved it to the right. Xehanort flew to his left and smashed through a tree, he was thrown to his right and broke through another tree. Without his dark powers he felt the full force of the trees like any old man. South Light brought her fist back in front of her and Xehanort returned to his original spot. She opened her hand and he flew back breaking though another tree and slamming against the one behind it.
South Light snapped her fingers and two glowing swords made out of pure magic appeared beside her. She waved her hand and they flew forward, stabbing Xehanort through both his shoulders and pinning him to the tree. Xehanort closed his eye's and gritted his teeth as the swords began to burn from the contact of pure magic against skin and slowly worked their way deeper into his shoulders.
"Worthless." was all Nefero said as he walked forward with South Light "You're only just less annoying than a flea. When I felt your presence in this system I thought 'Hey there's something we could call an ally.' But no. You're just another weakling."
Xehanort just hung his head in shame. These two had beaten him like he was nothing. They had barely had to use any power at all.
"But" Nefero said in a taunting manner "There is a way for you have the power we control."
Xehanort raised his head and looked at Nefero. The magic swords in his shoulder disappeared and he fell down to the base of the tree.
"Now for intoductions. I"m Nefero and this is South Light." Nefero said introducing them.
"Xehanort." was all Xehanort said.
"Well then Xehanort." Nefero said picking him up and turning him around so that they were looking at Tokyo "You see that city down there. The power we use doesn't just run through our hearts. It goes through our souls too. But for you to get our power, your soul needs to be as dark as night. So go down there and burn the city to the ground! Don't leave anyone alive!"
Xehanort looked at the city then at Nefero "My pleasure." he said an evil smile coming to his face. Xehanort disappeared through a dark portal. Nefero waited a few seconds and then there was an explosion down in Tokyo. There was another one all the way on the other side of town and then another and another.
"Ooooooo. Pretty." South Light said as they watched the fire spread "But he doesn't need to do this to gain our power."
"Oh, did I forget to say that?" Nefero said sinisterly.
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Kenshin and Sanosuke ran through the burning streets desperately looking for any one surviving. Unfortunatly the streets were littered with dead bodies. Women, children, the elderly, no one had been spared.
"Kenshin! Sanosuke!" Kaoru yelled running towards them from another street, Yahiko close behind her "Did you find anyone?"
"No." Sanosuke said solomnly. Kenshin remained quiet, he had hoped he would never have to see things like this again.
"HELP! HELP ME!" someone yelled turning everyones attention to the street opposite of where Kaoru and Yahiko had come from. There was a man running at them, his clothes were torn and blood covered them. The moment he reached them he fell to the ground.
"Hold on." Kaoru said trying to help the man "Who, what, did all this?"
"We don't know." the man said quietly, trying to tell them before he passed on "The fires just started. It was too fast to see. It went through the streets, killing everyone." and with his last few words he closed his eye's and died.
"AHHHHHHH!" Yahiko yelled from the sound of a beam breaking and falling.
"Stay focused Yahiko!" Kenshin said "We're still alive."
"Then that means it's coming for us." Yahiko said, starting to panic.
"Indeed. I was saving you for last." said Xehanort walking our into their view, his keyblade dripping with blood.
"Xehanort? It was you?" Kaoru asked raising her practice sword at him.
"Yes. I'm impressed, you catch on quick for some ***** from a back water world!" Xehanort said, his expression changing to one of crazed anger.
"Why?"
"Because unlike you worthless sh**s I am not contented to stay on one world! I pursue power beyond your comprehention and nothing will stop me!" and he disappeared. Sanosuke suddely yelled in pain as slashes appeared all over his body and he fell to the ground, Kaoru and Kenshin quickly followed with the same injuries.Yahiko froze still as he watched them all fall.
"Poor little Yahiko." Xehanort said appearing behind Yahiko who was too scared to move "What are you gonna do now? Run? No no, I'm too fast. Fight me? But you'll end up just like your friends, on the ground dying. Beg for mercy? Hahaha, that would probably work, if I had any." Xehanort said taunting him.
Yahiko just stayed still to scared to move. He couldn't do anything, he couldn't do anything at all. He dropped his practice sword as Xehanort began to laugh manically. He was right, Yahiko was completely worthless.
"Oh don't worry Yahiko. I"m not gonna kill you. You're not worth the effort." said Xehanort walking by him. Yahiko just fell onto his knees, and empty look in his eyes.
Xehanort walked over to Sanosuke and held his keyblade out. He quickly stabbed Sanosuke through the heart and then moved over to Kaoru. He stabbed her too as she reached out for Kenshin. Finally he came to stand over him.
"Is there anything more painful that watching those you love . . . die? You made a mistake helping me that day Kenshin." Xehanort said preparing to place the killing blow.
CLAP* CLAP* CLAP* "Wonderful. Just wonderful. Now this is what I'm talking about, you definitely have a dark soul Xehanort." Nefero said walking up to the group "You have proved how much you want this power."
A pool of darkness opened up at Xehanorts feet. Dark wisps drifted up from it and wrapped themselves around him. A black aura began to emit from Xehanort as his clothes changed. He wore his outfit from before but his shirt wasn't open in the front anymore and in the Heartless symbol was a red eye.
"Okay now it's time for you to be properly introduced to this system" Nefero said opening a dark portal "and my Missus." and her stepped into the portal followed by Xehanort who gave one last disgusted look at Kenshin and Yahiko.
All was quiet in Tokyo except for the sound of the burning fire that had all the buildings. The two survivors just stayed still, letting everything that had happened sink in. Slowly Kenshin moved towards Yahiko. He crawled at first but then stood and walked to the still boy.
"Yahiko." Kenshin said causing some life to return to the boy's eyes "I'll teach you everything I know. We'll find him, then we'll make him pay for what he's done."
Yahiko looked up into Kenshins eye's. The once kind eye's had changed into deep pools of hate and rage. Hitokiri Batosai was reborn. Slowly Yahiko came to his senses and stood up too. His eye's had changed into the same as Kenshin's. They would train and find a way to leave their world. They would find Xehanort and kill him for his sins that. That was the unsaid promise both made that night. The night when Tokyo burned and not even a worlds tears could stop the burning.
OMG! Holy crap I have it all up. WOOOOO HOOOOOO! Hope you guys like it. Please tell me if there's anything you don't like about it. OH and thank you SA and Cef for you help in the writing of this chapter. You all don't know what I went through to put this up.
