3rd Persons POV
Kit woke up the next morning as the sun’s rays poured through the window. She felt heavier than normal and through her foggy mind tried to figure out why. She wiggled a bit as her sleep clouded mind started to clear and realized that someone’s arm was across her. It was at that moment that she realized that she was next to something warm which made her twist her head around trying to follow the arm across her to its owner. As the cloud of sleep finally left her and her mind seemed to finally awake it processed the event of the previous day and she remember going to sleep beside an exhausted Riku. Said boy was still sleeping rather peacefully on his side with his arm securely wrapped around her small fox form.
Kit admired the fact that he looked as if nothing was wrong when all she saw was past torment in his eyes when he was awake. It made her curious as to what had happened to him, but until she was given the word that she could change forms freely in front of him her questions would have to wait. She reluctantly wiggled her way out from under his arm and tugged the cover up over his shoulders before jumping off the bed. She used a tendril of darkness to open the room door and close it silently behind her as she trotted her way down to Namine’s room. She used the same tendril of darkness to open Namine’s room door and found the blonde already at work on another sketch. In a flash of light Kit switched forms and walked over to peer over Namine’s shoulder at the sketch book.
“Good morning Namine.” Kit greeted softly to which the blonde placed her pencil down and looked up at her.
“Good morning Kit, did you sleep well?” Namine greeted and inquired with a soft smile as Kit studied the sketch she had started.
“Yes, Riku’s still asleep though. Did DiZ tell you I’m suppose to act like his shadow now?” Kit inquired as she walked over and picked up Namine’s brush.
“Yes, that also means you will be in your fox form a lot more now.” Namine stated thoughtfully as she held her hand out for the brush in Kit’s hands.
“Namine, what happened to Riku?” Kit inquired as she sat down beside Namine’s chair handing her the brush over her shoulder.
“It’s not my place to tell, but I can tell you the Riku is trying to make up for his past mistakes.” Namine informed her as she turned and started to brush Kit’s hair while Kit thought about her words.
“Is DiZ already up?” Kit inquired as her ears caught the sound of bed springs protesting against someone’s movements.
“He woke me up this morning before dawn.” Namine informed Kit as her ears twitched and turned ever so slightly.
“Riku must be awake then.” Kit voiced her thoughts as Namine set her hand on top of her head.
“Let’s finish your hair, and then you can go track him down.” Namine instructed lightly as Kit’s ears twitched some more due to the footsteps that were now resonating down the hallway.
Kit nodded and pulled her knees up to her chest, wrapping her arms around them and then resting her chin on top. She was intrigued by Riku and the aura that resonated from his being. It wasn’t pure darkness nor was it pure light and it reminded her of her own heart, but where hers was balanced the darkness was the over powering source in his heart. Her heart had been this way for as long as she could remember and the question of how and why Riku’s heart was that way nagged at the back of her mind. Her parents, from what she could remember, never told her or taught her how to use the light and darkness in her heart and she wondered if she was doing what was right in their eyes. Namine tugged her hair back into a loose ponytail as she stretched her hand out in front of her and her keyblade flashed into her hand.
Each of the seven hearts was divided with half of it being black and the other white and where the two colors met there was a slight swirl of white in the black and black in the white. She had first summoned it on accident when a swarm of heartless attacked her and DiZ while they were walking through a dark corridor. She knew a little about how to use a sword, but the one weapon that tripped her up was her scythe. It was double ended, a blade being on each end and no matter how she turned it one blade would be facing her and the other would point in the opposite direction. One blade was white, one was black and the handle was made of a dark wood with the outline of small conjoining hearts wrapping all the way around the wooden handle from end to end. In the dead center of the scythe’s handle were two heart like hilts, both resembling her keyblade’s hilt, but the hearts were a solid color and the opposite color of the blade it was closest to. Her keychain, which was on all of her weapons, was a black and white broken heart and on her gun and keyblade it was just a heart with a crack through the center, but on her scythe the heart was split in two halves on two separate keychains.
She winced as she thought of her last attempt to use her scythe which ended with her slicing her own arm open due to catching the thing wrong. She loved the way her weapons were mainly black and white, even her gun was black and white. The gun was the easiest thing for her to use for all she had to do was aim and pull the trigger, but something drew her to her other weapons. The gun was a simple black metal revolver with a white hand grip, and of course her keychain hanging from the end of the grip. She didn’t have to load it for it drew off of the light and darkness in her heart and that’s what it fired. She smiled at the blade in her hand before she dismissed it and looked back at Namine who had also been staring at the weird looking blade.
“Thanks Namine.” Kit thanked her softly as she released her knees and pushed herself up onto her feet.
“Anytime Kit.” Namine replied just as softly and they shared a smile before Kit’s body light up as she changed back to her fox form.
Kit shook her fur out before she trotted over to Namine’s room door, opening it with a dark tendril and then proceeding to walk out as the same tendril shut the door behind her. She jumped up onto the banister which she walked until it ended at the bottom of the stairs. Her feet carried her through the foyer and down the hidden stair way under the library floor. She walked through the door that leads to the computer room and the only person she found was DiZ. Riku’s scent was faint and so she decided to switch forms to talk with DiZ for a moment.
“Good morning DiZ.” Kit greeted softly to which DiZ nodded his recognition.
“You will be accompanying Riku today. I feel I must warn you not to get attached to him or Namine for that matter. Riku will return to his home once this ordeal is over and Namine must return to her somebody while you will have to remain in the shadows.” DiZ’s words hit a nerve within her and her lips formed a thin line as she glared at him.
She opened her mouth to reply to his inconsiderate instruction, but had to quickly shift forms as the door that led to the pod room opened. Riku walked into the computer room to find DiZ staring idly at the computer screens and Kit standing beside the door that led to the room under the library. Kit stood perfectly still with the only thing on her small body moving being her chest due to her breathing. She had the notion to go and bite DiZ for his instructions, but Riku had broken those thoughts as he walked past her and out the door behind her. She hissed lightly at DiZ who finally glanced at her before she turned, threw her nose in the air and marched out of the room with the hair down her spine standing on end.
Kit’s feet took her to Riku’s side as he opened a dark corridor and walked into it. She trailed behind him slightly as they walked through the corridor to another world. They walked out into a world where the moon was shining over a large creepy looking castle. The corridor had made them appear on the roof which was slanted and Kit almost slid down it if not for Riku catching her with his foot. She backed up until she was sitting next to his feet and looked up at him for instructions.
“We’re here to see what’s going on. DiZ’s orders make sure you stay quiet.” Riku whispered to Kit who tilted her head as he walked across the roof shingles.
Kit followed after him to the edge of the roof and jumped down onto a balcony below them flawlessly. The shock from the landing went up her legs and she stood there for a moment before going over to the doors of the balcony and squeezing her way through the small opening. She snuck through the room and out into the hall without so much as a sound or a look back to see where Riku was. She slunk through the halls and stuck to the shadows with a blanket of darkness around her to help her blend in more effectively. The castle had a few nobodies focused mainly in the west side of the castle which was a lot more ominous than that of the east side.
Her feet carried her farther into the west part of the castle until she spotted two human figures in black coats that looked identical to Riku’s. She had to clear her senses to get a good whiff of their scent which made her recoil back around a corner to watch the two as their scent did not match Riku’s. One’s scent was that of a man’s, but it lacked the smell of an actual human as most nobodies did while the others smelled like that of a woman’s, but it too lacked the smell of an actual human. She followed them at a distance as they entered a room at the far end of the hall which was guarded by Dragoon nobodies. Her plans of remaining unnoticed failed when one of the nobodies charged forward at her. She jumped out of it way before darting back down the hall towards the three conjoining stair cases, hoping to make it into the foyer before it got too close to her.
She bolted off the floor her feet hitting the wall in an attempt to throw the nobody off as she then sprung off the wall and back onto the floor. The nobody crashes into the wall as Kit zigzagged her way down the hallway and to the top of the stairs. The Dragoon changed its shape into a lance slash spear and flung itself at her as her feet touched the top step. It sent her tail over head tumbling down the stairs to the small platform that sat right in the middle of the three stair cases and a large set of doors. She landed roughly on her chin with a pop and hissed at the searing pain that shot through her as her whole body collided with the floor. She scrambled as the nobody threw itself at her again and actually lodged itself into the floor where she had been laying as she managed to just barely get out of the way.
She hissed at the nobody as it reformed into its original form instead of the spear slash lance and just stood there in front of her. Every hair on her back raised as a ball of dark energy passed just centimeters above her head and hit the nobody spot on. She shrank to the ground as the nobody struggled to get back up as she noticed a presence in the foyer below. Her senses were clouded due to the dark energy to the point that she couldn’t pick up a scent and she recoiled as the nobody struck out at her. The nobody vanished a second later and she purposely bolted up the west stair case and around the corner as another surge of darkness rocked the foyer. Her feet carried her to a small stair way that was guarded by two suits of armor and she hid in the darkest corner beside the stairs.
Kit’s body was shaking and she flopped onto the ground panting heavily as she tried to regain control of her senses. Her hearing and sense of smell had been dulled by the sudden surge of darkness to the point that she could barely hear and she couldn’t pick up a scent even if she concentrated on it. She could hear dull footsteps coming down the hall, but she made no attempt to move from her spot. Her whole being went ridged when a pair of black boots stopped directly in front of her and the hair along her spine stood on end. She caught the movement of this persons hand and in an attempt to protect herself and not knowing who it was she bit the persons hand through the black gloves they were wearing.
“Kit release” Riku snapped through gritted teeth at her though his voice was still fuzzy to her.
He grabbed the scruff of her neck and lifted her slightly off of the ground, but she didn’t release his hand only caused her to growl lightly at him. At that moment the only defense she had was her teeth and her claws, but with the way Riku had her she couldn’t use her claws. The metallic taste of blood was slowly filling her mouth as Riku placed her back on the ground just long enough to push his hood back. She immediately released his hand as soon as his hood fell and bowed her head low as he pulled the glove from his hand and put it in one of his pockets before looking at the damage she had done. He had four holes in his hand from her canines two being on the back of his hand just below his thumb and the other two being on the inside almost in the same spot.
“We’re heading back now.” Riku all, but hissed at her as he flipped his hood back up and opened a corridor before picking her up by the scruff of her neck for a second time and walking into it.
She hissed at him until he readjusted her into his arm and released the back of her neck only to have her paw at his ungloved hand. Riku stepped out of the corridor and into the pod room of the mansion to which Kit tilted her head to the side. Riku stood unmoving in front of the pod Sora was sleeping in and Kit took the distraction to lick the wounds she had inflicted upon his hand. She properly cleaned the wounds before Riku placed her on the floor and walked out of the room without a glance back at his friend or her. Kit switched forms as the door closed behind Riku and placed both of her hands on the outside of the pod.
“Namine’s working on your memories and Riku’s trying to make sure nothing bothers you while you sleep. I want to meet you when you wake up. I wanna know what makes you such a special person to them.” Kit spoke softly to him as she stared at his rather peaceful face.
She sighed lightly and kissed the outside of the pod to wish him sweet dreams before she left the room and visited the other two. Donald the duck and Goofy the dog looking creature were sleeping just as peacefully as Sora and Namine had their memories pieced almost completely back together she just had to fix the memories they had with Sora and then the three would be as if nothing had happened to them. She kissed the outside of their pods in the same manner as Sora’s and walked to the door at the other end of the hallway. She listened for Riku before entering the room where DiZ sat with his hands folded in front of him as the computer seemed to do a bunch of random things.
“I hear you bit Riku. This was your first mission together and it is not wise to attack an ally Kit.” DiZ informed her and she scoffed quietly before huffing loudly.
“I didn’t mean to bite him. The darkness he used threw my senses out of whack and I didn’t know if it was him or one of the others I saw dressed just like him.” Kit defended herself against DiZ whose hands dropped to his lap as she finished speaking.
“Be on your guard. There are still a good number of organization members to worry about and I would hate to see something happen to you due to your own negligence.” DiZ warned and she propped her fist upon her hip as she mulled over his words.
“Negligence? Why do you keep using big words that I do not understand!?” Kit snapped at him only to have him laugh before she switched back to her fox form and left him to laugh alone.
She trekked through the mansion looking for Riku and found herself making a mental checklist of the mansion. He wasn’t in the kitchen nor the back yard or the front and he wasn’t in any of the rooms that had been blocked off which only left DiZ’s room, Namine’s Room and their room. She opted to check their room first and found it empty, but the bathroom door was slightly a jar and there was stream pouring out of it. She pawed the door open a bit farther and peered in to find Riku in a tub of hot water. He was sunk down into the tube with the back of his neck against the rim and his hair was spilling over the rim of the tub. Kit ventured farther into the bathroom until she was right beside the tub and right under Riku’s hair. She swatted at his hair finding it to be a fun sport and Riku wasn’t snapping at her so she continued.
“I could have sworn I shut the bathroom door.” Riku hummed to himself as Kit stopped to look up at him, but wasn’t able to see his face from the angle she was at.
Kit quit playing with his hair altogether and jumped up onto the rim of the tub so that she could see his face. Riku’s eyes were closed for he had a white washcloth laid across them, but he seemed to be more relaxed than earlier. Her eyes never strayed from his face as she walked around the rim of the tub with balance that only a fox was capable of until she was closer to his face. She leaned over his face before pawing at the wash cloth until it fell to the floor and one of Riku’s teal eyes opened much to her delight. Riku glared at her slightly before patting her head with his hand which he had had in the water and it wet her fur though she didn’t mind it much.
“I can’t even bathe without you present.” Riku mumbled as a purring sound erupted from Kit’s throat.
A light chuckle left Riku’s mouth as Kit closed her eyes and leaned farther into his touch. Riku let his hand drop back down into the bath as he closed his eyes and sighed much to Kit’s disappointment. She stared at his face for a bit before balancing herself on her feet before walking the rim of the tub with her eyes closed and her claws making a clicking noise as she walked. She walked around the tubs rim without any slip ups until she reached the foot of the tub where she slipped and fell into the water between Riku’s feet. Riku pulled his knees up closer to himself as Kit looked up rather confusedly at the rim of the tub where she had fallen after turning herself so that her back was to Riku and her front paws were up on the side of the inside of the tub.
“Not as graceful as you thought, are you?” Riku chuckled at her and she hissed lightly as she tried and failed to jump out of the tub.
The water sloshed as Riku sat up straight and with his knees touching his chest picked Kit up out of the water. She sat on top of his knees, which is where he placed her, and though Riku was a young man she saw a rather troubled young boy in front of her. He had a few scars from previous fights and his beautiful teal eyes held regret as he scratched and flicked her ears lightly. She nipped at his fingers after he flicked her nose and yipped at him hoping to get even a small smile from him. The small smile turned to a smirk as Riku put her back into the water before putting shampoo; an item Namine had used on her many times and told her the name of, down her back and let it soak into her fur. Riku scrubbed it through her fur until she looked like a pile of suds before rinsing it off of her, wrapping her in a towel and placing her on the floor outside the bathtub.
Kit laid rolled up in the towel even after she heard the water draining from the tub and Riku’s footsteps leading to the shower. The water was turned on and she could only guess that Riku was finishing his bath, so she waited. She was almost asleep, though she was cold, when she heard the water in the shower turn off. Riku picked her with her towel up and left the bathroom to get dressed. Riku unwrapped Kit only after he had put on a pair of boxers and placed her on a clean cry towel in his lap. He scrubbed what water he could from her fur before using a hair dryer; another item Namine had told her the name of, to dry her fur the rest of the way out. Once she was dry Riku used the hair dryer on his own hair while Kit sat in his lap and watched him having nothing else to do.
Riku turned the hair dryer off before placing her on the bed and picking up a comb which he used to unknot his hair. Kit shook her fur out before she took the hem of the covers and pulled them down towards the foot of the bed. She had just released the cover when Riku picked her up again and she looked up at him hoping he could read the question of what he was doing that shined in her eyes. He scratched her ears lightly and she noted that he had put a sleeveless shirt on. He carried her out of the room and down into the kitchen where he placed her on the counter as he got the two of them something to eat. Kit hadn’t even realized she was hungry until that point and watched him cook what smelled like eggs to her.
It wasn’t five minutes later that he not only fixed himself a plate, but place a bowl on the counter for her. She looked from the bowl to him and back again before yipping at him and digging in. She ate slowly compared to most animals he had seen and it only made him roll his eyes before he too started eating. The kitchen was rather quiet until Kit cleaned her bowl out and then proceeded to push it across the counter to the sink. This small silver fox put on a show everywhere they went and it made him wonder how DiZ kept himself a secret from people with her by his side. He followed her example shortly after, only he carried his plate to the sink instead of pushing across the counter.
She sat patiently by the sink as Riku washed the dishes they had used and put them on the drying rack on the opposite side of the counter. She felt fluffy, well fluffier than normal in which case she started pawing at her tail. She got a bit carried away to the point that she started chasing her tail and spinning in circles trying to catch it. Once she caught it she looked up at Riku with a rather innocent look as he dried his hands and shook his head which caused his bangs to fall into his eyes. She released her tail as Riku picked her up and once he had her up to eye level she licked he end of his nose.
“Is that a thank you?” Riku inquired as a small smile tugged at his lips only to have her do it again before he readjusted her into his arm.
He carried her out of the kitchen and back to their room where he put her down on her pillow on the window bed. She waited until he got into the bed and got comfortable before she hopped down off of the pillow he had put her own. She ran over to the side of the bed and jumped up onto it without much effort before pawing her way under the covers beside him. She wiggled her way under his arm, as he was laying on his side and snuggled up as close to him as she could. She felt him shift slightly before the arm she was under tightened around her slightly. His breathing evened out a few minutes later and she smiled to herself as she laid her ear against his chest and listened to his heartbeat.
‘I wish DiZ hadn’t told me to stay in this form……’ Kit thought to herself as her eyes fell shut and she joined Riku in sleep.