Kingdom Hearts [II-II]-- Keybearer of Love

[Namimaru]

[This isn't Traverse Town. . .
If you had been reading, you'd know we're in Radiant Gardens...]

[Shadows Fall]

Derick just stood there in front of his injured friend, the blade being pulled out from his hip as Sora fell over to the side. He laid there motionless but was still breathing which showed that he was going to be all right. The boy on the other hand remained stiff, Sora's blood dripping from the tip of his Keyblade. It was as if Derick had fallen into a trance of some sort after committing such an act like this, in disbelief that he had actually harmed one of his friends. Nonetheless it could have been Sakura instead of Sora.

"Derick. . ." A small whisper rang in Derick's ear, causing him to release himself from his frozen state. He stared into Sakura's eyes and felt them piercing a glare into his. Left speechless, the Keybearer had no idea what to say at this point for that he doubt his friend would believe him in the first place.

"Sakura. . . I - I didn't mean for this to happen. . ." the boy said after working up the courage to speak. "The Heartless. . . he made me do this! He made it so that I would try to harm you, I would never do this to you or anyone!" he exclaimed, hoping she would at least believe in what he was saying. "Please. . . you have to trust me on this, Sakura. I don't hate you - I could never hate you! I'm just so lost. . ." Derick added, dropping the Messer Ultimatum to the floor and backed away slowly. "I don't think I should stay. . . who knows what else might happen if I did. . ."

[Namimaru]

Sakura was more worried now than angery at Derick. "The Heartless. . . he made me do this! He made it so that I would try to harm you, I would never do this to you or anyone! Please. . . you have to trust me on this, Sakura. I don't hate you - I could never hate you! I'm just so lost. . . I don't think I should stay. . . who knows what else might happen if I did. . ." He had said. She could tell he wasn't lying, just from the look in his eyes and the tone of his voice. She stepped forwards, stretching out her hand to him.
"Derick..." She repeated, stepping forwards more. Her voice was full of worrying. "Don't go! Remember what I said? Do you remember?" She was nearly touching him now, the pain in her eyes fully clear as her glare melted away. "If you ever need it, my heart is open to lend you my light! All you have to do..." She paused and put her hand on his chest where his heart would be.
"Is find a way to it. Don't forget, you already have a piece of my heart inside of you..." Sakura was refering to a little more than a day ago when she had shared her heart with him and Emorene in her attempt to save them. But while she did it, she was crying mostly for Derick because she knew she would miss him the most.

[Shadows Fall]

Derick came to a stop, feeling Sakura press her hand against his chest as well as sobbing into it. He simply looked down at her and could feel her tears begin to stain his shirt. He wanted to wrap his arms around her but held back from doing so, the urge growing deep inside of him. As much as he wanted to, he just couldn't for that the boy feared the Heartless taking over any moment. However, he just couldn't take hiding his feels any longer as he then placed his hand underneath Sakura's chin, lifting her head up so that the two met eye to eye. Suddenly, Derick leaned in closer as his lips pressed against hers gently, kissing her deeply. But this moment would soon comer to a crashing end. . .

His eyes widening, Derick felt his hand take a sudden change as he pulled away from the kiss. He looked down and saw that it had become a Heartless claw once again, now grasping onto Sakura's neck and began to strangle her. "If you won't do the job then I will!" the Heartless shouted from inside. Derick grabbed his own wrist and tried to stop his other side from doing anymore harm. "Stop this!" he shouted back at his own Heartless, extending his hand towards where the Messer Ultimatum laid and summoned it back into his free hand. Despite the pain he was going to feel next, Derick ended up lodging the blade into his own wrist which caused the Heartless' claw to release Sakura.

Staggering back, the boy clutched onto his now bleeding wrist and began to pant heavily. "Sakura," he said as he looked up at her. "You and the others have to get out of here. . . it's not safe to be around me. . ."

[Namimaru]

Sakura was utterly shocked when she felt Derick's lips press against her shaking ones. She was thrown into an extreme nervousness as he did so.
"If you won't do the job then I will!" She heard the heartless say threw Derick's heart.
She could feel her heart beating as fast as a hampster's after it ran a human marathon. Than she felt it stop. Derick's heartless hand was gripping her throat with such pressure, that before he had cut himself to stop it, she had felt her conciousness slip away. Luckily enough, it didn't and she returned quickly.
"Sakura," Derick's said as he looked into her tearing and pained eyes. "You and the others have to get out of here. . . it's not safe to be around me. . ."

Sakura shook her head quickly. "The others can go, but I don't want to leave you! I wont leave you! The heartless and darkness inside of you may be strong, but the light is stronger!" She urged him, pressing against him once more and elevating herself with her tiptoes so she could press her warm pale lips onto Derick's as he had to her. A light eluminated Sakura, starting from her heart and spreading threw her, and -threw their lips - into Derick. It spreaded to his heart. She couldn't bare to let him go. She'd be hallow as she would feel the suffering Derick would be put threw.

[Shadows Fall]

Derick was a bit surprised that Sakura had returned the kiss, closing his eyes slowly and went along with it. As the two shared their moment, the boy could feel the Light's presence begin to release itself into his own body. At that moment he could of swore he heard the Heartless that plagued his body let out a yell in pain as the Light surged throughout his entire body. However, he quickly pulled away once again as he then buried his face into her shoulder, the Heartless rising from the boy's spine as it detached its arms and entire body as if it were attached to Derick's own skin. He continued to endure the pain until the Heartless had finally managed to release itself from his body, causing his body to grow limp afterwards.

Now out in the open, the Heartless quickly sunk into the ground and slither its way over to where Sleif stood. "I have a problem here. . ." said the Heartless, trying to get his attention. "Apparently the girl managed to free the boy from my control. . ." it added while remaining in the ground.

[Namimaru]

Sakura managed to keep Derick's body fromm falling to the ground and set him carefully next to her. She wasn't sure what happened, or what came over her, but it seems it had worked. She suddenly turned around at the voice of the heartless that sounded familiar.
"You aren't so strong now, are you?" She snapped at it, standing up. She put out her hand and summoned an even brighter version of the Blooming Rose. "Now that you don't have a body to hide behind, you're nothing but a worthless heartless!" She got into defensive position. "Worthless, weak, and cowardly, at that. Come now, if you have a problem with me, heartless, and attack me."

Sakura was ready for whatever came at her from the heartless, but she suddenly felt a tiny tiny bit of iffy-ness. She had no backup against this thing. Could she really do it?

[Shadows Fall]

The Heartless remained a shadow at the moment, avoiding from rising from the ground and taking on a more human form. It was in no state of condition to fight especially now that it had lost its control over Derick who now laid limp on the floor along with Sora. It did happen to hear what Sakura had said, choosing to ignore the girl for now until it managed to find a body of its own. Until then, the Heartless was forced to lay low for awhile. "I'll meet with you later, Sleif. . ." it had told him before slithering along the ground and up onto the walls, eventually disappearing after reaching a certain distance.

Derick on the other hand began to awake slowly but grew weak after the Heartless lost control over his body. He attempted to stand but to no avail, being forced to simple set himself up in a sitting position. He looked around at his surroundings and saw Sora laying a few feet away from him, motionless but still breathing. The boy recalled the stabbing as well as. . .

"Sakura?" the Keybearer called out, seeing her in a defensive position with the Blooming Rose held tightly within her grasp. "Where. . . did it go?" he asked, obviously referring to the Heartless.

[Namimaru]

Sakura turned to Derick as hse heard her name being feebly called. She dropped her keyblade and ran to him, quickly collapsing into a kneel beside him, holding her arms around him warmly and affectionetly. "Derick! You're okay! You can't imagine how scared I was. How completely frightened I was that you weren't going to recover!" She held her tears in her as as she held her face in his side, breathing in his familiar and comforting scent. "The heartless is gone..." She nearly smiled as she looked up to his surprised face. She reached out her hand and held it on the side of his jaw, happy to see it free of darkness.

[Shadows Fall]

Derick felt Sakura's embrace and enjoyed every waking moment of it. He could feel her hand alongside his jawline as the two now gazed into each other's pupils. All though she became teary-eyed, her smile made the boy feel warm inside as he returned the embrace as well as a faint smile. Everything appeared to be happening so quickly but this was just too good to pass up at the current moment. Despite the fact that the two had only met, they already shared such a strong connection between their hearts and now both Derick and Sakura already showed their true feeling for one another.

"So, I'm guessing you already know?" Derick questioned, referring to the way he had reveal his emotions earlier with just one kiss. "At least the Heartless is gone. . . for now. Thank you, Sakura, for everything. . ." he ended up saying as he held her tightly in his arms. "I still can't believe I came so close to hurting you."

"Don't worry about that, Derick." said a rather familiar voice, turning out to be none other than Sora. He stood over the two with his hand covering his hip area which is where he had been struck. By the look on his face, it was obvious that he tried to hold in the pain that came from the wound. "As long as you're back with us then that's all that matters. It's funny. . . seeing you two together reminds me, well, reminds me of Kairi and I."

[thekeyblademaker]

"WHAT THE HELL...." Brol kicks around a stone on the side of the road. Grunting, Brol sits down on the the curb. He was alone, he had no one to talk to, what's worse was that he didn't know what to do, this is a new place. Brol looked up, to see a oddly shaped house. It wasn't obvious that the house felt like magic flowing from just the front door, he didn't know what to expect. Brol went to the door, he hesitated to open the door.

[im sorry im just really out of it from work.... i'll edit this to make it long tomorrow...im tired...]

[Soraslittleangel]

[sorry for spam but its been ages since you post Emorene...come on lol]

[sephiroth2]

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Before he could make another move on Mic, Sleif looked towards Derick, who was currently enveloped in a glowing light from the girl called Sakura. From his back, Sleif could see the heartless of Derick suddenly begun to peel from his back, before falling onto and absorbing into the ground, slithering its way towards Sleif at that moment.

"I have a problem here. . ." said the Heartless, trying to get Sleif's attention as it was beside him. "Apparently the girl managed to free the boy from my control. . ." said the Heartless. "I warned you about that!" replied Sleif looking briefly down at the heartless, before returning his gaze to Mic. "It's of no concern now. I believe we have gathered as much as is needed here!" Sleif said to the heartless.

"I'll meet with you later, Sleif. . ." the heartless said to Sleif, before it slithered along the ground and up onto the walls, eventually disappearing after reaching a certain distance. "Very well then!" said Sleif, still staring towards Mic, awaiting for his next move.

[Emorene]

OOC: Sorry about that, I just wanted to wait a while before posting again. I guess I waited a bit too long.

"I'm not trying to defeat you. By you fighting me, I can go back and tell everyone in the dark relm how to deafeat you. And it also gives me an adventage." Emorene laughed and said, "Go ahead, tell them. You'd probably be doing me a favor." Emorene knew this to be true. If he was destroyed in his current form, being a Nobody, his whole self would return. So, he didn't care if she went and told everyone in the dark realm how to defeat him, for it didn't matter. What did matter to him was if he could protect his friends, and as he looked over to Derick and Sakura, he felt like he had done a good job of keeping Lerane distracted. Looking at Derick and Sakura, though, made him almost sad. He knew fully well that he was a Nobody, and thus did not have emotions. Still, though, he knew what he felt. The bond that Derick and Sakura had, one similar to that of Kairi and Sora, was something he too once had. Shortly before he lost his Keyblade, he lost that bond, and he couldn't help but think time and time again that it was his fault. "Would she still be here," thought Emorene in his head, "If I hadn't tried to save her?" Emorene shook his head, hoping to somehow rid himself of these thoughts. Looking back at Lerane he said, "Go ahead then, fight me." Emorene aimed his sword forward and then said, "But keep in mind: Just because you're not trying to defeat me, doesn't mean I'm not trying to defeat you."

[Soraslittleangel]

"Go ahead, tell them. You'd probably be doing me a favor." Emorene knew this to be true. If he was destroyed in his current form, being a Nobody, his whole self would return. So, he didn't care if she went and told everyone in the dark realm how to defeat him, for it didn't matter. What did matter to him was if he could protect his friends, and as he looked over to Derick and Sakura, he felt like he had done a good job of keeping Lerane distracted. Looking at Derick and Sakura, though, made him almost sad. He knew fully well that he was a Nobody, and thus did not have emotions. Still, though, he knew what he felt. The bond that Derick and Sakura had, one similar to that of Kairi and Sora, was something he too once had. Shortly before he lost his Keyblade, he lost that bond, and he couldn't help but think time and time again that it was his fault. "Would she still be here," thought Emorene in his head, "If I hadn't tried to save her?" Emorene shook his head, hoping to somehow rid himself of these thoughts. Looking back at Lerane he said, "Go ahead then, fight me." Emorene aimed his sword forward and then said, "But keep in mind: Just because you're not trying to defeat me, doesn't mean I'm not trying to defeat you." Lerane unsheathed her sword. 'I'd like to see you try.' She said with a smirk. And just as she did she charge forwards again.

[Sorry short post Ill probs think of more next post]