Heartless: A Male Reader x Kingdom Hearts Story

Chapter 40: Riku and Sora VS Y/n

*Third Person POV*

Riku and Y/n stood outside Master Yen Sid's tower, their keyblades held at the ready. Y/n was hanging limply by his side, and Riku was holding hers up high. She was crouched down low, but Y/n didn't seem to be putting any thought into preparations.

Suddenly, Riku surged forward, swinging her keyblade through the air. She was seconds away from slicing at Y/n's head, before a voice interrupted.

"WAIT!" Sora cried, "What are you two doing?"

Riku dropped back down to the ground, scowling as if Sora had interrupted something intimate. Y/n, instead turned towards the bright blue eyes he was so familiar with, and said, "Oh we were about to spar. Wanna join in?"

"Sure," Sora said, "But how would we do that?"

"How about two on one?" Y/n supposed, "You two, versus me."

"Really?" Riku asked, "We've been training for years now, are you sure you wanna do this?"

"Trust me," Y/n said slyly, "I have more experience than you."

"Being a child doesn't count!"

"I'm not talking about that."

Y/n returned to his spot, tapping Fira's keyblade against his toe impatiently. Riku and Sora exchanged glances, but didn't disagree any further. The girls took their stances, and Y/n stopped tapping.

Riku and Sora launched forward together, but Sora was forced to fall back as Y/n threw his keyblade towards her. She defended against it, but Riku kept going at the now disarmed Y/n. She crouched low and tried to slice upwards, but Y/n sidestepped the attack and brought his fist down on Riku hard.

Y/n's feet seemed to sparkled slightly as he pushed off Riku and landed on Sora's shoulders, pushing her back as well. He landed back on the ground and grabbed his keyblade, as Sora and Riku recovered.

Both of them held their keyblades at the ready, as Y/n stretched his arms with a cocky smile on his face.

"Experience, huh?" Riku said sarcastically, "I'm starting to think there's a little more to it than that."

Both of them took offensive positions again, and Y/n's facial expression began to change. His cocky smile turned into a deep frown, his brow furrowed, and he couched low in a preparatory position.

"Y/n?" Sora said, recognizing the change in Y/n's mood, "Are you okay?"

Y/n didn't respond, but held his keyblade at the ready. Riku and Sora exchanged worried looks, but didn't get much time before Y/n launched forward.

Riku was his first target, and he wasn't pulling his punches. His keyblade was aimed for her neck and she only dodged the attack by falling backwards in surprise. Y/n was about to slice downwards again, but he was tackled by Sora.

"Y/n!" She shouted, "What's going on?!"

Her only response was Y/n's panting. His breathing was strained and forceful, and his blood was pulsing heavily.

*Y/n POV*

I was in a war zone, thousands surrounded me, fighting to the death. I could smell blood on the air, but I didn't have any time to stop and take in my surroundings.

I was tackled to the ground by the strange man in the leopard mask. He had knocked me to the ground, but I threw him off me violently. I got to my knees and sliced towards my fallen opponent, but he dodged it just slightly and the blade flew past his eyes.

One of his feet rose and kicked me across the face, knocking me back. I forced myself back onto my feet, only to be grabbed from behind by the man in the serpent mask. I reached up and grabbed a fistful of hair, pulling him over me and slamming him into the ground.

He let go of me and fell, his keyblade clinking down next to him uselessly. The one in the leopard mask stood up and looked at me with an indiscernible expression. I could tell he was afraid though, but I was stopped in my attack by a voice behind me.

"Y/n!" A woman with a pink jacket and a white fox mask, "Why are you fighting!?"

I don't know why, but I felt an insane anger by the mere sight of her. She jumped into the air and swung her keyblade towards me, my anger leaving me too slow to defend.

Her keyblade smacked me across the face, and my vision went black for a second before I snapped back into reality. I could see Riku face-down on the ground, bleeding slightly from her scalp, Sora looking at me with fear in her eyes, and King Mickey, his keyblade held out and ready for an attack.

"W-what did I..."

I couldn't finish, as my face landed in the dirt underneath me.