Those who dance with Darkness

Prologue

Those who dance with the darkness, will eventually be consumed by it.

As Eiri Uesugi watched the destruction from the castle with a look of satisfaction on his face, he thought of that line and how as a child he had put all his belief into believing it to be a lie. He was a fool back then. He believed that light would conquer all. Light would dispel all darkness. Light would prevail in the battle against the darkness.

Watching the massacre, he could only chuckle to himself that he was once that foolish.

How could anyone believe such a thing? Darkness conquered all. Darkness defeated all light and banished it from the world. What would the world be without darkness? Eiri had discovered that all hearts were born of darkness and, therefore that no matter how much light there was in the world, it could never truly defeat the darkness.

He had been such a fool to believe in that nonsense.

And he watched the city fall to pieces and crumble, as the desperate people ran forth and scattered, trying to escape.

But not one of them would survive.

No one could escape Eiri Uesugi.

No one.

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Another city had been destroyed.

He felt their lives slip away.

He felt their souls disappear into the depths of death, never to return.

A tear fell down his cheek.

What use was it to be a summoner, if he was stuck here in the castle?

What use was he to his people if he was not allowed out?

He looked at the people around him. Not one really knew him. Not one would let him go out and help those people, even though he knew he could.

Distant screams echoed through his mind.

He had to help them but was powerless to do so.

Shuichi Shindou's face left the window. No one could stop Eiri Uesugi; the man was darkness itself. He had sold his soul to the darkness and been exposed to it. And then it finally conquered his body and soul, destroying every ounce of humanity left in him.

And in the distance, Shuichi saw him, mocking them all from the top of his castle, smiling to himself as people died and disappeared, revelling in the suffering and pain.

Shuichi's grip around the staff in his hands tightened.

He didn't care what anyone else said. From now on he was going to be the one fighting the darkness known as Eiri Uesugi.

And no one on earth would stop him until he defeated him.

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A/N: I was thinking about how next to no one on ever seems to write Gravi fics in fantasy worlds and so on, and then I just had a flash of inspiration that made me think 'I want to write one if no one else will!'. And so I did. And this is what came out of it. A lot has been inspired by both Kingdom Hearts and Final Fantasy, but there may well be same very drastic changes just so anyone who hasn't played those games came fully come to grips with this story. Anyway, that's the prologue finished. Slow updates will be a definite, since I have SATs this coming week and I want to finish 'The Shining Light' before I begin working on this next big project (I don't like keeping two stories running at once because I find myself only updating one at a time). But please, drop me a review and tell me what you think. If you think it's rubbish, then say so. I'm not going to hate you for giving me your honest opinions. I'm just a lowly fanfiction author who is exercising her creative writing skills in the hopes she may one day actually become a full-time author. So, like I said, just drop a short review telling me if you like it.

Another big thanks to Suanne for, yet again, reading over the Prologue before it was posted. I owe you big time: )

Also, thanks to my inspiration, BlooDy-MaY whose story "The Game of Love" was what started the fantasy reels in my mind turning, creating this story. I owe you so much! Thank you: )

Don't worry! I promise I will finish 'The Shining Light'!

See ya!

- Hikari-kun -