Kingdom Hearts: Final Saga 2: The Beginning of the End
By: WILDARMSMusashi

Prologue: Lost

The breeze softly blew and the skies were clear as also the water below. Goofy stood depressed and in sorrow as he stood above a gravestone with his head hung low. Max, his only son was dead, and he could've prevented it. Crix was also saddened since he was like a brother to her. While in his depression, he heard footsteps coming his way in the grass.

"Goofy..."

He turned his head to see Queen Minnie. He turned his body and kneeled onto one knee. "Your Majesty..." "Don't," Minnie shook her head, lifting Goofy onto his feet. "You have suffered a great loss, no one should bow in that condition."

"It's just, my Maxy..." Goofy started. "He's never comin' back."

"Max was a great person, Goofy," Minnie said. "Kind as you and gentle."

Goofy still looked at the ground, a tear rolled down his cheek. Suddenly he wrapped his arms around her, sobbing madly. Minnie just patted his back gently, feeling his pain as she quietly wept as well. "It's alright Goofy."

"It's alright."

Destiny Islands

The waves silently crashed from afar when Kairi's bare feet was soaking in the mixture of the sand and water. Not saying a word, she stood, waiting or something like it. Her friends were gone once again, Sora and Riku. What she heard after the battle was that Sora was dead. She just couldn't believe it, Sora couldn't be dead. He just couldn't she kept saying to herself at times. Luckily Selphie and the others made it back in one piece since they were just new wielders for almost a year now.

"Kairi!"

Her head turned to see Selphie, Wakka, and Tidus coming her way. A blitzball was in her hands when she then tossed it to Wakka. "Wanna play?" Tidus asked. Kairi shook her head without an answer. "Go guys, I'll catch up in a second," Selphie said. She walked towards Kairi in her light blue shirt, denim capris, and her hair long and straight (like Kairi's).

"You're thinking about them aren't you?"

"Yeah," Kairi nodded.

"You know he's not dead, right? He just can't be! I mean--look at what's been happening in the past two years. All the stuff that's been happening and we survived it all!" Selphie said. Kairi sighed, "I just don't believe he's dead." "You can't just be depressed all the time about it! If you believe he's alive, then he might be!" Selphie grabbed Kairi's hand. "Now c'mon! I said we could beat Wakka and Tidus together in volleyball." The two laughed and smiled as they headed towards Wakka and Tidus.

Radiant Gardens

"You know, Cloud just disappeared once more after the war," Yuffie said as she peeled an orange while slumped onto a wall.

"Yeah, and the wielders just split," Vincent said, his arms folded while he was slumped onto a wall as well. Cerebus in its holster, Cid looked at the female wielder known as Crix in the back of the house. She stared out the window quietly, Cid shook his head. "Damn shame that someone so young had to feel this sorrow." "I know, it's horrible," Aerith said. "But they have to face it in life sometime," Vincent said.

"Yeah," Leon said, gulping down some orange juice, looking up after. "Has anyone heard anything about Sora?"

"Nothing, but we haven't heard anything from Layna after the war either," Aerith said. "It's like she disappeared right after."

Before anyone could say anything, there was a knock on their door. All their faces were focused onto the door when there was another knock. Yuffie took an annoyed sigh and went to the door. "I got it." Her hand wrapped around the knob, with a twist she opened the door. All of them gasped.

Unknown Forest

Trees were dead along with the leaves. Silence filled the forest without any life sensed into it. Though only one, him. Riku laid knocked out on the forest floor with his silver locks covering his eyes. They opened and Riku grunted as he lifted himself up to see his destroyed surroundings. He groaned as he held his hand over his forehead.

"W-where am I?" he asked in a hushed voice, not expecting to hear a voice back.

"Shimmering Forest."

Riku's eyes widened, looking around frantically. "Who said that?" There was an armored figure in gold coming out of a field of mist with his cape swaying behind him, Riku's eyes widened, "You! From Twilight Town!"

"So you remember," the armored figure said. "I could sense your darkness too well."

"Who are you?" Riku asked.

"Why should you ask? We've met before," answered the figure.

The figure's hand headed towards the helmet and took it off, Riku's eyes widened. "You, you supposed to be dead!"

Twilight Town: Twilight Station

The sun was stuck in its sunset-position when the doors of the train station had opened. A kind of slim figure walked out, its body kind of hidden by the shadows. It appeared to be a male with something in his grasp, it was a keyblade. As the dim sunlight shined upon its face, it stood on top of the stone stairs. Sora has returned.

The beginning of what would be an excellent journey. Pleez review !