Memories unleashed
This fic is set around the end of the first Kingdom Hearts, when Kairi was separated from Sora and Riku, and was taken back at the Destiny Islands.
There, after a very long time, she decides to write a diary to which she encloses her thoughts and feelings for the people she misses, especially Sora.
Destiny Islands, Friday
Dear Diary
This is the first time I ever attempt to write a diary ever since you're gone, and honestly it wouldn't be easy if it wasn't for that sudden call of my heart, overwhelmed as she was by untold, countless emotions that she chose my hand as her guide in this endeavour of finding a way out from all the things that torture her : your absence, Riku's as well. You know, I can't find of a way to make a start, my thoughts are so many they might lead me into tearful paths, in an endless maze of confusion, ending in vacuity, and I, defenceless as I have been left by my proud hero's, won't stand an option other than bow and get lost, falling deeper and deeper in destiny, that keeps you away from me. For this reason, I will try to express myself in the most simple way a young, teenager's mind can do, in simple words coming straightly out of my soul, and I know that they 'll mean lots of things to you.
Do you still remember the first night you hugged me, that charming moonlit night that I had sneaked out from our small house and had gone to cry at the beach? I had felt so alone and helpless back then, wishing the parents I never met were still alive, while I was wondering how my life would have been if they had been by my side, guiding me into every step of me, helping me choose the right path. I knew, it was way too selfish and reckless of me, when I had had the opportunity to turn to you for aid, and I also knew you would open your hands like giant wings, to take me with you and travel so high above, touching the soft white clouds of the endless horizon. Just as you did, had come close to me, sleepless as a thief you were, who was waiting for the right time to spring on me, as you did in the sweetest way : you touched tenderly my wet cheek and looked deeply at my eyes, calming the storm of my soul by your irresistible enchanting smile, comforting me from that emotional outburst I had.
You had taught me that crying is neither a sign of weakness nor dismay , but an action of bravery by sending away the pain, removing him under the form of tears that wash out your eyes, enabling you to see the world more cleanly, as it always happens after the rain, when the clouds get dissolved and the sun retakes the place where it belongs to : the vast endless sky of once, of the present and the future. You had made me realise I wasn't all that alone, for we all grieve for the people we have lost or never got to know of them, and no matter how difficult things are, we can handle everything in the end. You had taught me to move on, to be strong and keep fighting for my dreams and my goals, without giving in, without losing hope, but be aware of the fact that everyday is different from the previous one, while a new adventure is awaiting for us to discover, and live to the fullest of it.
Nonetheless...you never taught me to live without you, without your companionhip and your smile... I can't stop thinking of you, just because you never taught me how to do it...