Kingdom Hearts; The Heartless Keeper

Chapter VIII; New Worlds

Yuki looked around the common room as she entered. Everyone was gathered into their usual groups. But it was quieter than usual. Yuki walked over to X slowly looking over her shoulder at the others, not seeing anything out of the ordinary. X stood by the Moogle trading munny for potions.

"Why is everyone so quiet?" Yuki asked in a whisper. X glanced at her quickly then looked down at the ground.

"Lady Tayressa's here. We don't want to anger her." X said quietly. He walked to a couch and sat down. He took out his supplies and began organizing them. Yuki leaned over the couch behind him.

"Why is she here?" Yuki asked. She didn't dare look up to search for Tayressa.

"No idea. She almost never comes into the common room." X said still not looking up.

Yuki thought it was weird. X seemed to be afraid of Tayressa. In fact, most everyone in the room seemed to be afraid of her. So afraid they changed their behavior to avoid angering her. Was that respect? Or was it something else? Was this a sign she was a good leader or was she a terrible leader?

"Number 13, come here." Yuki tensed hearing Aysui call for her.

"Uh-oh," X muttered under his breath. Yuki glared at X before standing.

Yuki walked over to Aysui cautiously. She clasped her hands in front of her, almost like she was praying. She stopped in front of Aysui looking up at her nervously.

"Yes?" Yuki said swallowing nervously.

"Lady Tayressa has decided you are to accompany her to a newly discovered world." Aysui said calmly. Her eyes locked onto Yuki in a way that could be described as cold.

"Yes, ma'am." Yuki said. Internally she was panicking. She thought over anything she could have done wrong. But nothing came to mind.

"Do you have everything you will need?" Yuki heard Tayressa's voice. It was smooth like always with the hint of something else. Something dark.

"Yes, ma'am." Yuki said turning and facing Tayressa. She looked up at Tayressa making eye contact with the leader. Tayressa smirked at Yuki before giving a smile filled with fake sweetness.

"Then I see no reason for us to delay. We shall leave right away." Tayressa said, her eyes filling with a dark light. Yuki did not like where this was going.

Yuki nodded her head without a word. Tayressa motioned to the side, summoning a dark corridor. She motioned for Yuki to step through the corridor silently. Yuki stepped through looking at the ground.

On the other side, the ground was sandy. Yuki heard waves and birds calling. She stepped forward and looked up. Behind her, Tayressa came through the corridor.

The world was an island. The water was a clear blue, reflecting the sky perfectly. There were palm trees of some sort bending all over. Bridges connected the main island to smaller ones. There were one or two shacks on the island too.

Yuki looked around awestruck. In the back of her mind, she got a strange feeling. The island was familiar. Like the way so many other things were familiar. She had been here before, that was certain. But she couldn't remember when or why.

"This world is called Destiny Islands." Tayressa said calmly watching Yuki. Yuki nodded and continued looking around.

"It doesn't look like there are any people here." Yuki said. She walked forward a little.

"This isn't the main island. The Somebodies are on a larger island not far away." Tayressa said.

"But kids come to this island to play." Yuki said. The thought had just popped into her head and seemed correct. After all, there were structures built here. They had to be here for some reason.