A/N: OKAY! My first chapter of my Kingdom Hearts story. Worked on it since I was young, so I made a lot of editing. You can find it on , not very liable anymore and also on my Deviantart! Under AuthenticRose :P Enjoy!
Disclaimer: I do NOT own Kingdom Hearts, Kingdom Hearts own me! Haha, but the only characters I own are my OC's. I have more that'll come in later on, ENJOY!
"Now. My dear, I want you to close your eyes. Now tell me. What do you see?" An old lady's voice run out from the darkness.
"I see darkness..." A childlike voice replied, full of wonder and confusion.
"Look closely now..." The old woman urged. The girl obyed and looked deepervwithin herself.
"Nothing..." She said, disappointed.
"Look deeper and try with all your might for sight. Now what?"
"A white star. Dancing in a red orb..." She replied in curiousity.
"That is the light in your heart, my dear..."
"Oh...But why do you want to show me this, grandma?"
"I have a story to tell you."
Long ago, all the world was connected, and a warm light covered it.
The people all loved the light, and at length, they began to fight for it.
Darkness was then born in the people's hearts.
The darkness swallowed many hearts and much light, and before long, it had spread far, and the world disappeared into the darkness.
However, inside the hearts of children, there was still a small spark of light.
Gathering the fragments of light, the children remade the world.
However, the world that was created is not all connected, and is made of many small pieces.
That is beause the true light was still sleeping deep within the darkness...
The true light, was hidden behind a very special door.
A door we named from our hearts...that door is called...
Kingdom Hearts
Chpater 1: Through the Door
She opened her eyes, finding weird drawings displayed before her. She pushed herself up and looked around to find herself in a cave full of drawings. What happened? The last she remember was someone saying Kingdom Hearts, whatever that was and a man in a white lab coat throwing her through a brown door. She looked back and saw it. The door. She brought herself to her feet and tried to open it. It wouldn't budge. There was no keyhole, or door knob. She looked around for a way out. She found an opening.
She took in a deep breath and walked out of the cave. Her eyes widened as she found herself at a beach. She looked at the base of a huge tree that hidden the opening of the cave, a walk way was built into it. A ramp led to the sand. She looked out the ocean. "Where am I?" She wondered.
"Look out!" She looked over and was smacked in the face by a ball. She fell back and landed in a pool of water. She quickly reached the surface and scrambled out of the water. A boy with brown spikey came over to her and picked up the ball.
"You okay?" He looked at him, angry and hurt. Tears forced their way out of her eyes.
"Sora!" A girl with short red hair came up and pushed the boy away. She looked at her.
"Are you alright?" The young girl nodded.
"What happened?" A boy with white hair came up.
"Sora hit her with the ball, Riku." The girl pointed to the spikey haired boy. The boy named Sora glared at her.
"Did not!"
"Did too!" The girl argued back.
Riku crossed his arms and sighed.
"I'm okay. Really. Hi, my name is Hikari." The first girl said and smiled. The other girl smiled.
"I'm Kairi. The one who hit you is Sora. And this is Riku." Hikari smiled brightly.
"Where am I?" Hikari asked, curious of the new world.
"You're on Destiny Islands." Sora grinned. Kairi nodded and smiled more.
"Where're you from?" She asked. Hikari shrugged.
"I don't remember."
"Where are your parents?" Riku asked. She shrugged again.
"Don't you remember anything?" Sora asked. Hikari looked down and thought for a minute.
"All I remember was someone saying Kingdom Hearts, and a man in a white robe throwing me through a door with no door knob and keyhole. Kinda like the one in that cave." Hikari explained and pointed to the cave entrance. They all nodded.
"Well, hey. Maybe you can live with me until you remember everything." Kairi smiled. "C'mon. I'm sure my folks don't mind." Hikari smiled and followed them. "If it makes you feel any better, I'm new here, too." Kairi said. "In fact, just a few days ago!"
7 Years later
She ran down the beach, holding a rope around her pale shoulders. She looked up to the sky and smiled. Hikari strangely looks like Kairi's reflection, but different. Her hair was light brown. And she is slightly taller. She wore a blue skirt with a white shirt, kinda similar to Kairi's. She wore blue sandals and had a heart shaped locket. She didn't have any other accesories."It's almost ready, Kari. Jut wait a bit longer-Huh?" Kari stopped as she saw a boy, laying in the sand, across the beach. It was Sora. Kairi is gonna have his head if she finds him snoozing down here. Kair ran over to him and looked over him.
She smiled and lightly kicked the side of his head. He stirred, but did not wake up. Kari sighed and sat by him. Kari had a crush on Sora since the first day they met. Despite him hitting her in the face with a blitz ball. She giggled at the memory and looked back up to the bue cloudless sky.
"Unhuh..." Sora stirred. Kari looked at him.
"Hey!" Kari jumped and Sora shot up, his eyes bugging out. They both looked over to the side to see Kairi grinning and holding a rolled up blanket in her arms. Kari smiled.
"I saw you..." She said."I k new you were gonna slack off soon, Sora..." She glared at him. Kari looked at Sora and then Kairi.
"That's not true!" She looked at Sora."This huge black thing swallowed me up! I couldn't breathe, I couldn't-Ow!" Kairi threw a rock at him.
"Sora, are you sure you weren't dreaming?" Kairi crossed her arms.
"I was not dreaming! Or was I? I don't know...'' Sora said and thought for a minute. Kari shook her head and walked towards the shoreline. Sora watched her."Hey, Kari.(By the way that's her nickname) What was your hometown like, you know where you grew up?" Sora asked. Kari smiled to herself.
"I told you before, Sora. I don't remember."'She replied.
"Anything at all?" Kairi sat down, with a rolled up blanket beside her.
"Nothing." She confirmed.
"Do you ever want to go back?" Sora asked.
"Well, I'm happy here. But I wouldn't mind to go see it." She answered, a longing feeling sprouted in her chest. Seven years ago...Kari was kicked out of her world. No memory of what happened...she forgot everything...slowly...as soon as she woke up in the secret place...the secret place...
'Me too!" Kairi jolted Kari out of her thoughts. "I can't wait to see my world!" Kairi exclaimed.
"I want to see your home worlds, too. Along with any any other world out there, I wanna see them all." Sora grinned. Kari looked back at him and smiled.
"Then what are we waiting for!" She said.
"Hey!" All three looked back to see Riku holding a log. "Looks like I'm the only one working on the raft." He gives them his 'I'm helpless' look.
'Hey, Riku!" Kari smiled. Riku walked over to the three of them, threw his log at Sora, making him fall backwards. Both Kari and Kairi giggled. Riku stood in front of them both, placed his hands on his hips and smirked.
"And you two are just as lazy as he is..." He said. Both of them broke into a fit.
"So you noticed." Kair said mischieviously. She had a crush on Riku for a very long time, infact, ever since Kari first came here to the islands.
"Okay! We'll finish together!" Kari said, jumping up and down waving her arms."C'mon, I'll race you!" She smiled.
"What? Are you kidding?" Riku replied and sat down.
"Ready, Go!" Kari yelled. Sora and Riku looked at each other and then started running. Her and Kairi followed, laughing.
Kari and Kairi were sitting on a wooden ramp, working on their good luck charms. Kairi sent Sora to go get logs, more cloth and rope. Riku already finished his job, and he was somewhere around the island; probably thinking about the other worlds. Sora then came back with the supplies and went to go have some battles with Selphie, Wakka, and Tidus. Kari went into the water, looking for more shells. Kairi started drawing stars in the sand.
"Hey, Kari!" Kari looked back, seeing Sora marvel over her charm. "What is this?" He asked. Kari smiled and walked back to shore, holding more shells and placed them in her blue pouch.
"It's a Thalassa lucky charm." Kari took it out of his hand and held it to her heart. "Long ago, sailors would wear them in pray for a safe voyage...and no matter where they went...they'd come back one day." She explained. Sora smiled and scratched the back of his head.
"Don't worry! Let's go and see the world! The four of us! And we'll return home, together." Sora said, making a fist. Kari looked at him, surprised, then grinned.
"Right!" She nodded.
"Hey, you two!" Kari and Sora looked back to see Kairi leaning over the bridge. "Riku wants to meet at the Paopu Tree!" She said and her head disappeared. They heard her footsteps run across the bridge. Kari and Sora looked back at each other and smiled. Sora grabbed her hand and both of them ran towards the other side of the island.
The sun was already setting...Kari smiled at the radiating beauty. Kairi and Sora sat on the tree, watching the same vew. Riku leaned against the tree, crossing his arms, eyes closed.
"So..." Sora started. "Kari's and Kairi's homes are out there, right?" He leaned over, looking at Riku. Riku opened his eyes and sighed.
"Could be. We'll never know by staying here." He explained.
"But how far could a raft take us?" Sora asked.
"Who knows? If we have to, we'll think of something else." Riku replied. Kari looked back at the silver haired boy.
"So, suppose you get to another world. What would you do there?" Kairi asked, leaning back and kicked her legs back and forth. Riku's eyes met Kari's for a few long seconds, then he broke the contact, giving a long answer.
"Well, I haven't really thought about it. It's just... I've always wondered why we're here on this island. If there are any other worlds out there, why did we end up on this one? And suppose there are other worlds... Then ours is just a little piece of something much greater. So we could have just as easily ended up somewhere else, right?"
"I don't know..." Sora said and laid down on the trunk. Both the girls looked at him.
"That's why we need to go out there and find out. Just sitting here won't change a thing. It's the same old stuff. So let's go." Riku said, stepping next to Kari. He grabbed her by the arm and helped her to her feet. Kari nodded thanks.
"You've been thinking alot lately, haven't you?" Kari smiled, placing her hands behind her back. Riku smiled back. Sora looked over at the two. Kairi frowned a little.
"Thanks to you. If you hadn't come here, I probably would've never thought of any of this. Kari, thanks." He said, placing a hand on her shoulder. Kari's smile brightened.
"Heh, you're welcome." She nodded.
After the meeting, Kari and Kairi went ahead of the two boys to their conversation. Kairi grabbed Kari by the arm and whispered. "Do you like Riku?" Kairi asked. Kari looked at her, shocked.
"Are you crazy! No. I like Sora. Remember?" She whispered back. Kairi smiled and nodded.
"Okay." She said. Kari stopped and looked back, up on the bridge. Sora and Riku were talking. Riku tossed Sora something and ran off. Sora threw the item away and chase after him. Kari placed a hand over her heart. Do I...like Riku?
The Second Day:
Kari jumped out of her boat and on to the docks and looked around. No one was at the beach. She assumed the others were at the raft. The raft is supposed to be done today, and Kari only need to get the supplies and tomorrow the four will leave. She smiled and ran to the other side of the island. There, She saw Sora and Riku arguing over the rafts name. Kairi was heading over to them and yelled for them to race for it. Kari sighed and sat on the raft and worked on her charm.
"The usual?" Sora looked at Riku and smiled. Riku nodded.
"Are you guys at it again?" Kairi glared at them. They both smiled. Kairi sighed and rolled her eyes,"Okay...The usual applies. You can take any route you want. The first one to touch the tree on the cliff and makes it back here first, wins..."This is goin to be easy, Riku thought and smirked.
"If I win, I'm captain! And if you win..." Sora looked at Riku.
"I share the Paopu with Kari." He simply stated.
"What?" Sora's eyes widened. Did Sora just hear him correctly? Riku looked at him.
"Deal? The winner shares the Paopu with Kari." Riku repeated. Yup, he sure did.
"Wait, Riku!" Sora tried to object, but Kairi interrupted him.
"Okay, on my mark. Go!" She yelled. Sora and Riku ran off.
Kari smiled at her new finished charm. She looke up as she heard laughter and yelling. Sora and Riku both flew past her. She watched after them as they ran up to the tree on the cliff.. "
What are they doing now?" She wondered. Kairi came up beside her.
"Winner shares a Paopu with you." She said. She blushed as Riku was ahead. Oh, great!
"Go, Sora!" Kairi cheered. Kari blushed even more. Riku won the race. After the race, everyone calmed down, they decided it was time to get the supplies.
Kari told Sora to get some supplies for the trip. He left as Riku then came up. Kari was searchin in the water for some shells.
"It was joke, you know? I was only teasing with Sora." Riku said. Kari looked up at him and smiled.
"That was a good trick, mabe it'll get Sora to focus more on our mission." He smiled and nodded.
"He surely needs it." He replied.
Sora went in the secret place, wondering if there were any mushrooms there. Sora looked around and found one. He looked down and saw drawings of him and Kari. Sora touched the drawing he made of her.
The were both so young. If only she knew, Sora thought. Sora grabbed a rock and started to draw on the wall. That's when he heard a noise. He stood up and looked back."Wh-who's there?" He asked. There was a hooded figure in the shadows.
"I've come to see the door to this world."It replied. It was a man's voice.
"Huh?" Sora gave a confused look.
"This world has been connected." Conneted?
"Wh-what are you talking about?" Sora asked.
"Tied to the darkness...soon to be completly eclipsed." His words were confusing...
"Well, who ever you are, stop freaking me out like this. Huh? Wh-where did you come from?"
"You do not yet know what lies beyond this door..."
"So you're from another world!" Sora said.
"There is so very much to learn...You under stand so little..." The man replied, ignoring him. Sora got angry.
"Oh, yeah? Well, you'll see. I'm gonna learn what's out there." Sora yelled.
"A meaningless effort. One who knows nothing, can undertand nothing." There was a soft moan. Sora looked at the door and looked back and saw that the man was gone.
"Sora! What are you doing?" Sora looked back and saw Kari with her hands on her hips. "Kairi will kill you if she finds you in here!" Sora looked at the drawings and his heart skipped a beat.
"Kari!" Sora ran out, pushing her out of the secret place. She struggled to get away.
"What are you doing? Sora! You're acting strange! And we have to get ready for tomorrows departure! Are you listening?" She tried to look back, but Sora shoved a mushroom in her face.
"Look I got a mushroom!" He said nervously.
Kari sat on the docks staring at the sunset."Mind if I sit next to you?" She looked back to see Sora. Her heart pounded in anticipation. This is the first time they're alone together! She blushed and scooted, letting him sit by her. They were both silent. Say something, stupid! Her conscious nagged.
"You know, Riku has changed." She claimed, staring at the water.
"What do you mean?" Sora asked, staring out into the sunset.
"Well..." She thought for a minute and came up with an idea. She smirked.
"You okay?" Sora asked.
"Sora, let's take the raft and go-just the two of us!" She exclaimed. He looked at her, surprised.
"What?" His eyes widened and he blushed. She giggled.
"Just kidding." Kari said and looked at the water.
"What's gotten into you?" He asked. She shrugged."You're the one that's changed, Kari." He laughed.
"Maybe..."She replied, a frown taking over. We all have changed."You know, I was a little afraid at first, but now I'm ready to take on what the worlds will throw at me. No matter where I go, or what I see, I know I can always come back here. Right?" She looked at Sora.
"Yeah, of course!" He smiled. She looked at the sunset.
"That's good. Sora, don't ever change." Kari said and stood up. Sora watched her.
"Huh?" He replied.
"I just can't wait. Once we set sail, it'll be an adventure we'll never forget." She smiled and placed her hands behind her back.
Sora layed there in his bed and looked up at the ceiling. 'I just can't wait, once we set sail, it'll be an adventure we'll never forget.' Kari's voice repeated over and over in his head. Sora looked out the window and saw a storm at the other island.
"A storm? Oh, no, the raft" He yelled and jumped out of his window.