Me: Hi everyone! Wow, this is my first ever KH fanfic. So please don't kill me if it's horrible.

Ken: otherwise she'll come after us next… (sweatdrop)

Me: The story was just something that came to my head while I was daydreaming. It sounded so cool that I just had to put the story on ! Oh, and now for the disclaimer…

Takari: Merielle does not own Kingdom Hearts and anything else from Disney and Square-Enix. If she did, we would all be in chaos right now.

Me: Enjoy the story!


Destiny's Punishment

Prologue

My life isn't normal. It never has been normal…

A young boy about the age of fourteen stood on a platform. Everything around him was surrounded by darkness. The only thing visible was a large white door behind him.

Every day is a battle for me…

The boy looked up from the ground, silver bangs nearly covering his blue eyes. If one looked closely enough, you could see deep black streaks in his short white hair. He was wearing baggy black pants and a white shirt with a strange symbol on it. His black trench coat swayed slightly in the silent wind. On his right hand, he wore a black glove with a white symbol written on it. On his left hand, he wore a similar white glove with the same symbol written in black.

The boy walked forward, the footsteps of his gray boots echoing in the dark abyss. He eyes scanned the area, as though waiting for something. Seconds later, a group of shadows appeared before him. The boy raised him arm and a weapon appeared in his hand. The weapon looked similar to a key…

Every day I have to risk my life…

The boy didn't make any movement. He just stood there, his eyes fixed upon the shadows. Finally, one shadow leaped at him and the others followed suit. The boy side-stepped its attack and sliced through the shadow with ease as it dissipated. He turned around, slashing through the other shadows. Without stopping to catch his breath, he jumped back and threw the key-shaped weapon at them. The weapon sliced through the last remaining shadows like a boomerang and flew back into the boy's hand. The creatures dissipated, leaving nothing left but black blood on the ground. The boy sighed and dismissed his weapon, turning around to look at the large door. His eyes narrowed, anger burning inside him as he remembered memories of the past.

all because of a door.


The boy was standing in front of the door once more. It was the exact same scene, but the boy looked four years younger. He had just finished off another group of shadows, when suddenly a clapping was heard.

"Well done. You're getting really strong. For a ten-year-old, that is." A figure stepped out of the shadows, revealing a boy about two years older than him. Unlike the silver-haired boy, he had jet black hair, but wore the same hooded trench coat as the other. His coat was zipped all the way up, but his black pants and boots were visible from underneath the coat.

The younger boy looked at him and smirked, saying,

"At least I don't watch from the sidelines."

The other boy chose to ignore this and sighed as his ice blue eyes looked back at him,

"How much longer do you reckon we have to stay here?"

The silver-haired boy just crossed his arms behind his head,

"Who knows…? At least I have you to keep me company, Kotoro."

Kotoro just smiled as he ruffled the younger one's hair,

"Hey, what're big brothers for, Kaitsu?"

They both laughed together, but suddenly stopped as they saw a shadow appear in front of them. But strangely, this one was white. The two boys looked curiously at it. Neither of them had seen a white one before.

When you realize your destiny, you accept it…

The younger boy smirked as he summoned his key-shaped weapon once more,

"Don't worry. What's the difference if it's white or black? I can handle it."

Kaitsu charged towards the white creature to strike, but his weapon deflected right off of the creature.

"What the…"

But there's always a catch…

He didn't have enough time to finish as the creature knocked him down and bit his arm. The boy yelped in pain, trying to pry to creature off of him. Kotoro charged and tackled the creature off of him. The creature jumped back and, with lightning speed, leaped at the older boy.

"Kotoro! No!!" Kaitsu jumped up and slammed the flat end of his weapon into the creature's stomach, sending it back a few feet. Suddenly he felt a piercing pain shoot through his arm and he grunted, trying to ignore it. Kotoro's eyes widened as he saw the bleeding on his sibling's arm. He looked back at the white creature as it regained itself.

"This creature's too strong for you, Kaitsu. Leave this to me."

Because of my destiny…

The younger boy's eyes widened,

"What! It'll kill you! We don't have any chance against something like that!"

Kotoro gave him a stern look and pushed him off,

"You're too injured to fight. Just go and find a place to hide while I hold it off!"

I lost the only one who ever cared for me…

Kaitsu hesitated for a second, but ran off and hid in between a group of large boulders. He managed to find an opening to see the battle.

'Please don't let him get hurt… Please...'

He watched as the creature leapt at Kotoro once more, but he drew out a small dagger and threw it at the white menace. It hit the mark, but the creature pulled out the dagger, not affected by it. Kaitsu's eyes widened as they creature knocked Kotoro down and began clawing at him furiously. Kotoro screamed in pain as the creature bore its claws into his chest and tore out a crystal heart…

And it's all because of a door…


He continued glaring at the door, trying to forget the painful memory that haunted him every day. His eyes narrowed as he sensed a presence behind him. He turned around and looked down at the small shadow that had appeared. But instead of attacking it, he just smiled faintly.

"It's you…"

He crouched down in front of the shadow and began to pet its head. The shadow nuzzled against the hand happily. He picked up the shadow and stood up, holding it close to his chest.

"You know what? I'm sick and tired of this place…"

The shadow looked up at him, tilting its head in confusion. He just smiled sadly at the shadow.

"It's because of this place that you became like this…"

The shadow lowered its head, antennas drooping slightly. He just petted it on the head again.

"It's not your fault… It's mine."

The shadow looked at him with what looked like sympathy. He set the shadow down on the ground and sat down at the door, his back leaning against it. The shadow sat down next to him and watched him as he summoned his weapon to his hand, examining it closely.

It looked like a cross between a large key and a sword. The hilt was black and had diamonds embedded in it, while the blade was pure white and had black shards embedded in it. At the top, there was an orb filled with shades of black and white. At the end of the hilt was a keychain with the same symbol on his shirt and gloves. It was a heart that had a grey line cutting through it. One side of the hearts was jet black, and the other side was pure white.

"…The Keyblade," he smiled sadly, "Who knew this thing would cause so much trouble…?"

The shadow nuzzled against him and purred slightly. He petted it once more as the Keyblade disappeared from his hand. He sighed, feeling the deep pang of guilt he has been carrying for many years.

"It's not easy…" he said, "Being the Keeper of Kingdom Hearts." He picked up the shadow and held it close to his chest.

"I'm sorry… Kotoro…"


Me: Well, that's it for the prologue! What do you think? Good, bad, extremely horrible? Please review and tell me what you think!

Ken: Otherwise she'll stalk you until you do.

Me: That's all for now. I might have the second chapter up by tomorrow. Sayonara!

Merielle