Welcome to my second Kingdom Hearts story! Believe it or not, I've actually planned out the entire thing in advance, but I do have things to do during the day, so don't expect an update every day…likely every third day?
This is a Roxas-Sora story, so if you don't like that…you're in the wrong place.
And no, no random commentary between the cast this time.
Note: This is somewhat cannon, so bear with me...!
Day One
For Sora, an infinite amount of time could pass in mere seconds in his rest…
He slept peacefully, the hearts of those most important to him keeping him company with their kindness.
Though there were two other hearts that seemed so unfamiliar, but equally important.
He squints his eyes against a light only he could see, though it fades, and he gazes around.
Sora was in a town; that was for sure. It wasn't the Islands; too commercialized.
The brunette looks around; it was clearly nearly night, the sun was setting. Though that seemed to be unimportant to those around him, who bustled about like it was the middle of the day!
Sora looks around at those who pass by him; they were dressed rather conservatively, and he felt a bit out of place in his bright yellow shoes and red shorts.
He could hear laughter from behind him as he turns to look at a tattered red flap on a small room.
"I'm telling you, I'm gonna be the Struggler champion this year!" A rather cocky voice proclaimed proudly.
"Oh Hayner, don't count your best friend out." A female voice teased.
"Hehe, Hayner knows I'm no push over." An eerily familiar voice said.
Without thinking, Sora walks in, expecting it to be a dream and thus go unnoticed.
"What the…Who are you? New to town?" A dirty blonde in camouflage cargo shorts says sharply.
"Easy, Hayner…" A black haired larger boy says.
Sora blinks: "Oh, I'm Sora. Sorry, I was just curious who would be under train tracks…" He says as he looks up to the tracks above.
"Yeah well this is our turf, so go away." The dirty blonde says angrily, shooing the now confused Sora.
The girl stands, walking over to Sora: "I'm sorry for Hayner's rudeness, he's probably worried you're a friend of Seifer's." She extends a small hand: "But it's nice to meet you, Sora! I'm Olette."
Sora shakes her hand tenderly, trying not to hurt her: "It's nice to meet you."
The black haired boy jumps to a stand: "And I'm Pence! Say, those are some pretty crazy clothes you got…" He says quizzically, pulling out his camera and snapping a picture of a bemused Sora.
Finally, the quiet blonde stands: "I'm Roxas, it's good to meet you, Sora."
Sora says nothing, merely staring at Roxas, who had not only just said his name like they knew each other, but that he felt that they did…
"Woah…check it out, Hayner; they look a lot alike! Right down to the eyes." Pence comments.
Hayner eyes the two who stared at each other: "Their eyes –are- the same…I've never seen another person with eyes like Roxas before."
Hayner shifts his gaze to Sora: "Hey new guy, you sure you weren't born here? You might be Roxas' cousin, or something." He smirks.
Sora shakes his head: "No, I'm very sure I've never been here before in my life…"
Hayner shrugs: "Weird…say guys, weren't we gonna get ice cream and sit on the tower? We only got seven days of summer vacation left, after all."
Pence nods quickly: "Yeah! Let's go."
Hayner grins: "Alright, but if you're so eager, last person there pays for everyone!"
Olette looks at Sora: "You coming, Sora?"
"I-uh, sure! Why not?" Sora smiles.
Hayner grins: "Nice! Don't get beat, new guy! Don't wanna pay on your first day, do ya?"
Hayner breaks out into an all out run, Pence and Olette trailing behind, though Roxas stays, merely walking after.
"Not gonna run?" Sora asks him as he falls in step with Roxas.
"Nah, no real point, you know? He'll just make Pence pay anyways." The blonde chuckles.
"Poor kid. Maybe we should pay and save him the money?" Sora asks, raising a brow.
Roxas smirks: "I've tried, trust me. All it ends up in is more ice cream that Pence then pays for."
Sora smiles: "Well at least you tried." He says, patting Roxas on the back, causing a slight smile to form on the blonde's paler face.
The two reach the tower, to have a stick smack Sora in the head.
"Oww! Who threw that!" He looks around, frowning.
Hayner grins: "Lazy! Shoulda run, not walked with her majesty, queen Roxas."
Roxas rolls his eyes, saying nothing.
Pence smirks: "C'mon you two, Hayner says I'm buying."
The four friends take a seat on the edge of the tower, leaving a rather unsteady looking Sora stand.
Roxas looks back, still calm: "Don't like heights?" He asks.
"No, not like that, just feel unsafe…and like I've been here before…" He looks at Roxas, and for a mere moment sees the same boy in a black organization coat, seated next to a black haired girl who looked exactly like Kairi and a fiery red headed guy, who was seated quite casually.
Sora smacks the side of his head: "Woah, that was weird."
Roxas shrugs, extending a hand to help him down: "You get used to the unsafe feeling…eventually." He laughs.
Sora takes the hand slowly sitting down, eating the ice cream.
"So new guy—" Hayner's cut off by Olette's huff of annoyance: "His name is Sora, Hayner, don't be rude."
"Right, sorry. So Sora, where're you from?" Hayner asks, taking a bite from his sea-salt ice cream bar.
"Destiny Islands. Ever heard of them?" Sora asks, tentatively licking the ice cream. He 'hmm's in surprise, it was quite good!
Roxas grins: "It's good, right?"
Sora nods: "Yeah, the name weirded me out, but it's not half bad."
"Destiny Islands? Can't say I do." Hayner says in passing. "Have you Pence? Olette?"
The two shake their heads: "No luck there, Sora." Hayner shrugs.
Pence stands slowly, stretching: "Well, I'm beat. See you guys at the usual spot!" He says as he steps back.
Olette yawns: "Oh! Maybe I should go to. See you boys tomorrow!" She says cheerfully, patting Hayner and Roxas on the head as she walks by.
Hayner grins: "Those two are such a pair. But given the chance, they'd say that about Roxas and I." He pats Roxas on the back rather roughly, chuckling.
Roxas rolls his eyes: "So Sora, are you going to compete in the Struggle tournament?"
"Struggle tournament?" Sora repeats to himself, having no clue what it was, but his competitive side (majorly fostered by his best friend Riku) takes over: "Yeah, of course!" He says, grinning and doing a fist pump.
Hayner finishes his ice cream and flicks it down at Pence, who the three can just barely hear go "ow!"
Hayner grins: "Bullseye! Well Roxas, I'll see you tomorrow for our struggle training. Don't be late." He ruffles Roxas' hair as he walks by, leaving the two eerily similar teens sitting in silence.
"You know…I've never heard of the Destiny Islands…but it sounds so familiar, ya know?" Roxas says quietly, looking down at the far off ground.
"Actually I think I do know…Like, I almost felt like the walk here was familiar…" Sora admits, puzzled.
Roxas stands: "Hm. I should get back home for dinner. By the way, Sora, where do you live?"
Sora blinks: "I…uhm…"
Roxas smirks: "Say no more. C'mon, let's go."
Sora quirks a brow as he stands: "Where to?"
"My house. You can stay there, no explanation necessary. I took Hayner in when his parents learned about…nevermind. But trust me, it's fine." The Blonde smiles back at Sora.
Sora smiles sincerely: "Thanks, Roxas."
The two walk back to Roxas' house, where they're quickly greeted by his mother.
After a word or two between the blonde and his mother and dinner, Sora is shown to the guest bedroom.
"You can stay here for as long as you need, Sora. Roxas is very picky with who he wants to stay over, so I have no reason to question you." Roxas' mother says calmly.
"Thank you, ma'am." Sora says, giving a polite bow.
Roxas' mother smiles: "What a respectful young lad. Sleep well."
After a few moments, Sora opens the door, pacing over to the door where he saw Roxas enter. He knocks softly.
The door opens, Roxas stood there in a pair of simple shorts and a long t-shirt: "Something you need, Sora?"
Sora shakes his head: "Nah, just wanted to talk for a few, if that's okay."
Roxas nods and lets Sora in, closing the door: "What's up?"
Sora smiles slightly: "I just wanted to say thank you for letting me stay the night…I know it's hard to explain, but I can't really remember where I live, if I do live here." He admits, gazing out the window.
"Totally fine. Besides, I think you'll make a nice addition to our group. Maybe you can beat Seifer in the struggle match; that'll get you in Hayner's good graces." Roxas grins.
Sora chuckles: "Will do." He smiles broadly, instinctively wrapping his arms around Roxas: "Thanks again."
Roxas blinks, then hugs Sora back: "Hehe, go to bed, you dweeb. I got struggle practice in the morning."
Sora lets him go, smiling broadly at the blonde, who smiled back.
The brunette says his goodbyes once more, before setting off back to the guest room to sleep.
Meanwhile…
Namine stood in front of the egg shaped capsule that held Sora.
She was deep inside his mind, though she was very confused.
"Sora…how did you…" She says to herself.
A deep voice sounds behind her: "How did he what, Namine?"
Namine opens her eyes, turning to see DiZ standing a distance off.
"His dreaming heart connected to his Nobody's…now he's living out Roxas' days…but not as Roxas…with Roxas. It's odd." She admits the last part after a long pause.
DiZ nods slowly: "I see. Will it hamper your repairs to his chain of memories?" The man asks.
"Yes, we don't want to hurt Roxas, but all the worlds need a champion of light, right now." A young man in an organization coat said.
Namine eyes him, mistaking him for Riku for a moment, but then recalled that Riku wasn't even here, let alone his real self.
"No Taloxus, we don't…that Nobody is special." Namine says quietly.
"Yes, like you." Taloxus responds calmly.
DiZ scoffs: "That's just conjecture. Back to work, Namine. Taloxus, go stall Axel."
Taloxus nods: "I'll do my best, sir."
DiZ walks off, saying quietly to himself: "These foolish Nobodies do not know what they are talking about…"
Namine says quietly, returning back to her work with Sora.
And that is chapter one!
As always, rate, review, and any ideas for day two are welcome! Not everything's set in stone.