Disclaimer: Again, I don't own Kingdom Hearts.
"Okay Leon." I said smiling. "Yeah, I'm bringing Yoko too. Be careful Leon, she will glomp you." I warned my cousin. I heard him sigh from the other line.
"I know, maybe Yuffie will keep her off of me." he said, already irritated by the girl who wasn't even there yet.
"Alright Squall. See ya in a few days." I said to him hanging up before he could correct me. I smiled and brushed a hand through my dark brown waves. I set the phone in the base and stood up from my living room couch. I pulled on my converse and looked at my appearance quickly in the mirror. I smiled and left my house, locking the door behind. I was definitely grateful it was summer. Maybe I could finally say something to Riku.
I sighed and walked to the docks. The sun warmed my chilled body and I got in my boat. I rowed to the islet where I was meeting Yoko and thought about what Sora had told us earlier. I always though he liked Kairi, but when he explained that he didn't anymore, I was shocked. He said that about three years ago he ran into Yoko in the school hallways and scared the living shit outta her. She was so used to being invisible to the other students, Sora made a promise to befriend her. After about a year, he figured out that he liked her.
I, me being the protective girl I am, threatened Sora that if he ever hurt her, I'd murder him. I smiled remembering how scared he was. I shouldn't have over done it though. Now he's too frightened to even tell her. I let out a breath and tied my boat to the dock and walked across the stretch of sandy beach to where I saw Yoko sitting boredly on the beach staring at the sky. I stood in the water and smiled down at her, covering her vision of the cloudy sky.
"Are you alright, Yoko?" I asked her. She looked up at me smiling, and closed her soft amber eyes.
"Totally. I'm glad it's summer vacation. I couldn't stand one more minute in that hell-hole." She said laughing. I smirked.
"That or you're happy you're gonna see that Seifer guy in a week." I replied grinning evilly. She blushed.
"It's not like that! We're just friends." She defended. I laughed at her and she rolled her eyes. "Well, don't make fun of me when you like one of the most popular guys in school." She retorted. I glared at her and sighed.
"Okay, fine I'll stop." I paused and remembered Leon. "Are you still coming to visit my cousin?" I asked her. She nodded.
"Of course. And when I see him a give him a big wet kiss on the cheek." She responded with a cheeky grin. I laughed.
"He'll kill you." I said.
"Yeah, but I've got the number one ninja on my side." she said striking a superman pose. We broke out into giggles and looked at each other. I heard voices nearing and Yoko looked at the three figures moving toward us. The silver-haired, red-haired and brunette. Yoko smiled and elbowed me. "Look who's here." She taunted. I turned beet red and looked away after hitting her arm. "Ow!" She grinned and waved stupidly. "HEY RIKU!" She yelled. I glared and punched her boob. "AHH! Child molester!" She shouted pointing at me. I turned even redder and saw Riku was smirking.
"Hey Yoko. Moriko." He said acknowledging us. I smiled and Yoko readjusted her large square glasses that you saw everyone wearing the fake versions of. She didn't usually wear those ones and I assumed she was going to wear her regular ones to Traverse Town.
Sora and Kairi raised their hands in greeting. "Sup." She said to them.
"Are you guys happy for summer break?" Sora asked. Yoko nodded happily and I smirked. They'd be so adorable together. Sad thing is, I think she's got a thing for that Seifer guy. She grinned and punched the air.
"Hell yeah! I get to travel the world!" she announced.
"I'm forcing her to visit my cousin." I pointed out making her pout.
"Ruining all my fun." She said brooding. She walked over to the Paopu tree with her head hanging low and hung upside down from it.
"You've got major mood swings Yoko." Kairi stated, deadpanning. I smirked at her comment.
"Why thank you. Thank you very much." She replied sarcastically. She sat up and brushed off her clothes. She looked distant at the moment. "Sooo… you guys are still gonna try and go to other worlds?" she asked. There was a horrible silence. I sighed. We both knew that they would want to at some point. Riku's always thinking about things like that. Sooner or later he'd affect Sora and Kairi too.
Riku finally spoke up. "We want to see what it's like in other worlds. Kairi's living proof they exist."
"I know, but don't you guys think it's dangerous?" Yoko persisted. Sora shuffled his feet nervously.
"Yoko, I need to find my home." Kairi murmured.
"Kairi, you're home is here. We're you're family." Yoko responded. Kairi lowered her gaze in shame and Yoko looked away. "Che. I'm going home. Have fun trying to kill yourselves." She spat turning and rushing off. I gave them apologetic looks and met Riku's eyes once.
"Sorry guys. That's her way of saying 'Don't go, I'm worried about you'. I'll see ya tomorrow." I told them following Yoko to the boats.
. . .
I sighed as we walked to Cid's shop and watched as Yoko glomped the man lovingly. She absolutely adored Cid for his brains and humor. I found his jokes quite irritating but hey, whatever. I cleared my throat and they parted.
"So where's Leon?" I asked him. Cid grinned.
"He's looking for the key-bearer."
"The key-bearer's back?" Yoko exclaimed.
"Yep. Leon said some other guys are looking for him too."
"That's fantastic!" Yoko said smiling.
"You're right on this one Yoko." I stated with a smirk. She pouted.
"So cruel, Mori-chan." I laughed.
"Only kidding love." I responded. "So where's Leon right now?"
"I think he's in the waterway alley." He answered rubbing his chin thoughtfully.
. . .
"LEEEOOONN!" Yoko exclaimed glomping my cousin. She gave him a big wet kiss on the cheek and he pushed her off.
"God Yoko!" he shouted. He stood and I hugged him laughing. Yuffie helped Yoko stand.
"So who's the new key-bearer Leon?" Yoko questioned. He looked at her.
"His name is Sora." He replied. I frowned and shared a look with Yoko.
"Wait, he has ocean blue eyes and unnaturally spiky hair?" I asked. Leon frowned.
"You know him?"
"He's from our world!" we exclaimed at the same time. Leon's voice grew sorrowful.
"Then you'll be sad to know that Destiny Islands was destroyed not too long ago. That's why Sora was here. Most refugees come to Traverse Town after their world is consumed by the heartless." Leon stated. Yoko eyes watered and I put my hand over my mouth in shock. Yoko stumbled and fell, sitting up in the water. I heard someone approaching her in the water and she turned to see Sora walking toward us. Confusion filled his usually goofy and happy face.
"Moriko? Yoko-chan?" he asked with slight relief.
"Sora… it really is you." Yoko murmured. I tackled him in a hug and he hugged me back shocked. Yoko stood up shakily and stared into his eyes timidly. "Is Destiny Islands really… gone?" she asked holding back a sob. He nodded solemnly and she clenched her fists, looking at the ground.
"Yoko-chan? Are you okay?" he asked her. She raised her gaze and rushed over to him, hugging him tightly. "Y-Yoko?" he cried out. She sobbed into his shoulder like a blubbering idiot and he held her back, waiting for her to calm down. Yoko released a shuddering breath and pulled away, apologizing softly. Sora gave her a sympathetic look. I put her hand on her shoulder and she kept her eyes low.
"So what now?" I questioned as I pulled Yoko closer to me. Leon sighed and rubbed his face.
"Well, key-bearer needs to help the worlds and meet up with the two that Aerith is meeting with. Moriko, you and Yoko should probably stay here in the first district. It's most likely the safest place right now." Yuffie pointed out. I frowned. I felt something coming and so did Yoko. Yoko tore away from me and the others looked at her with confusion and shock.
"Yoko?" Sora asked. Her eyes snapped opened and she ran. "YOKO!" he shouted after her. Sora was about to run but I held him back.
"Let her go. She need alone time right now." I stated sighing. He looked at me with uncertainty but faltered.
"Alright." He murmured. I gave him a sympathetic look and I gazed at the others.
"Come on, we need to meet up with Aerith."
. . .
I gripped my sword as Sora and I were surrounded by the pirates on the deck. I heard laughing and Sora and I looked up to see the traitor. He was standing on the deck above us with a shadowed figure standing behind him, holding another figure in their arms. I frowned and Sora shouted.
"Where's Donald and Goofy?" he shouted at Riku. He chuckled.
"Shouldn't you be asking about her?" he asked as he took the person from the shadow's arms. It was an unconscious Kairi. The person he took her from seemed shocked, because they reached out, revealing a pale hand, but faltered the next moment.
"What did you do to her!" Sora cried out. Riku smirked. I watched in horror as Riku held his hand over the deck and a form began rising from Sora's shadow. The figure behind Riku seemed frightened by Riku's actions. "My shadow?"
"Riku, what are you doing?" the figure cried out stepping forward. We looked up at the person and my eyes widened in shock.
"Yoko!" I shouted. She began to make a move to meet me, but Riku caught her by the wrist. My heart froze and I looked at Sora. He looked confused, hurt and scared shitless. Yoko had a look of absolute fear in her eyes.
"You're not Riku." She murmured. I frowned. Not Riku? She grasped her head in pain and swayed to the side, hitting the ship's deck.
"YOKO!" Sora cried out trying to get to her, but his shadow blocked the way. A trap door opened and we dropped into a holding cell in the brig. A horrible silence settled and I looked at the expression of shock on Sora's face. I sighed and put my hand on Sora's shoulder.
"Don't worry, we'll find them."
. . .
Sora and I reunited with Donald and Goofy and escaped with a strange boy names Peter Pan. I will not go into details on him. We saw Wendy and Kairi locked in a room above us but they were taken away somewhere. So we fought a few heartless here and there and made it to the captain's room. We saw Riku holding Kairi in his arms and a heartless carrying Yoko.
"Riku wait!" Sora shouted. Riku summoned a portal and then they were gone. In their place, unfortunately, was Sora's shadow. We fought the shadow and beat it finally. I leaned against a wall and looked at my companions.
"I can't believe Riku is acting like this…" I murmured. "What is he thinking?"
. . .
I looked down at what I was now wearing and grinned. "Sweet, I'm a shape-shifter." How did I know this? Why because I was wearing a black loose cloak and I could turn into a large wolf-like dog. Cool, right? I looked over at Sora, wondering what he would be dressed in, considering he isn't scary at all, and saw a vampire. I busted out laughing.
"You're a vampire?" I exclaimed, tears of amusement pricking my eyes. He blushed (I had no idea that vampires could blush) and hit my arm.
"That was mean Mori-chan." He said frowning. I smiled and looked around. Wherever we were, it was dark and the makings of Halloween and Sora looked freaked. Guess Halloween isn't his favorite holiday.
. . .
"I know this place." Sora murmured as we looked around the new world. Hollow Bastion. It seemed pretty familiar to me too.
"I know what you mean Sora." I replied. I placed my hand over my heart. "I feel a warmth right here." Donald looked at us.
"Aw, you're just hungry." He dismissed it.
"We're serious!" Sora shouted. Donald laughed and we leapt around from floating rock to floating rock until we reached two figures. One was a large Beast and the other was Riku. I glared and watched as Riku and Sora had a slight conversation. I blanked out and soon Sora was kneeling on the ground and Riku was holding the keyblade. I frowned.
"Riku! Why?" I cried out. He looked back at me and I saw what looked like guilt and regret in his eyes.
"Don't worry, I'll come back for you." He said softly before leaving. I felt tears spill. Was that the real Riku or was whatever's controlling him playing with me? Sora looked at me and helped me up. I wiped my stray tears and noticed that Donald and Goofy had left with him. I felt hatred.
"Those bastards." I spat. He patted my shoulder.
"Come on. We still need to find Kairi and Yoko. And I think this guy needs some help." He said gesturing to the beast. I smiled and nodded.
"Let's go get our friends back." I replied determined.
. . .
"Belle?" Beast asked the beautiful woman standing in front of the door. But soon she turned into a heartless and Beast kinda went on a rampage. I used a paralysis spell and froze the heartless, letting Beast kill it. Beast turned around and roared.
"Who are you?" he shouted. I frowned and turned to see Yoko standing up against the wall in fear.
"Yoko?" I asked. She nodded and I smiled with relief, hugging her tightly. I noticed Sora's hesitation and so did she.
"Where's Kairi?" he demanded. Yoko released me from the hug and I frowned.
"Do you know?" I questioned softly. She rubbed her wrists nervously causing me to look at her wrists. They were bloodied and raw as if she'd been hurt. I narrowed my eyes and waited for her answer.
"I wish I knew… but the last time I saw even anything was on Hook's ship. I've been unconscious and chained to a wall ever since…" she whispered meeting Sora's harsh gaze. His eyes softened and he hugged her without any warning, causing her to look in shock.
"We were worried Yoko." He told her.
She laughed, "You guys know me better than that. I'm indestructible!" she said doing a superman pose. I smiled and Sora laughed at her silliness. "So… um… who's he?" she asked pointing at Beast.
"That's Beast!" Sora chimed happily. I blinked and snickered quietly at Sora's mood swings. And Kairi thinks Yoko's got major mood swings?
"Oh… okay." she replied confused about his happiness as well. Then I remembered she said she was chained.
"Wait Yoko, you were chained to a wall?" I asked her, anger raising my voice level. She bit her lip nervously and I met her amber eyes.
"Um… yes?" she murmured. I growled.
"Who did that? Riku?" I snarled. Her eyes widened.
"I don't know. I was unconscious, but something's definitely wrong with him. Whoever that man is, is not Riku." She stated firmly. So I heard her correctly on Captain Hook's ship. Someone else is controlling him. That's not okay in my book. Yoko asked for some bandages, so I reached into my medical bag and gave her those weird ninja bandages that Yuffie uses. She looked at us. "I have to go. Maleficent isn't pleasant when you get her angry." She saw the looks of worry in our eyes and smiled. "Don't worry, I don't think anything bad will happen to me." she tried to reassure us. I saw her run off through a narrow hallway and disappeared from sight.
I frowned. There's something she's not telling me. Oh well, I'll force it out of her later. We walked through the double doors. We saw Riku, Donald and Goofy.
"Quit while you can Sora." Riku said. Darkness covered him and his outfit change into that with a… skirt? Oh God, Yoko be having a blast with that picture.
"No. Not without Yoko and Kairi!" Sora protested.
"The darkness will destroy you." Riku taunted.
"You're wrong Riku." I growled. He smirked at me.
"The darkness may destroy our bodies, but it won't touch our hearts." Sora stated. "Our hearts will stay with our friends. They'll never die!" he proclaimed actually making sense for a change. I smiled at him.
"Really?" Riku said smugly. "We'll just see about that." Riku conjured up a ball of darkness and threw it at us. But just as we flinched, Goofy stood before us and deflected it.
"Sora ain't going anywhere." He defended.
"You'd betray your king?" Riku mocked.
"Not on your life!" Goofy shot back. He looked back at us. "But I'm not gonna betray Sora and Moriko either." he added with a funny smile. He looked back at Donald. "See ya later Donald. Could ya tell the king I'm really sorry?"
"Hold on Goofy!" Donald shot back. "We'll tell him together." And with that Donald was back with us. "Well, you know, all for one and one for all." He said.
"Looks like you're stuck with us." Goofy said smiling.
"How will you fight without a weapon?" Riku asked.
"I know how, I don't need the keyblade." Sora protested. "I've got a better weapon. My heart."
"You're heart? What good will that weak little thing do for you?" Riku smirked.
"My heart may be weak, but it's not alone."
"It's grown with each new experience," I added, "and found a home with all the new friends we've made."
"I've become a part of their heart just as they've become a part of my heart." Sora stated. "And if they think of me now and then… if they don't forget me… our hearts will become one."
"We don't need weapons. Our hearts are our power." I finished as Sora got ready to battle. The keyblade returned to him, leaving Riku stunned, and we fought. Well, they fought. I kinda just got to watch. Soon Riku decided to be a coward- the damn traitor- and retreated in his dark portal thing. We made our way through the castle and found a strange room where Maleficent and Riku were.
I looked around and saw different princesses all facing the strange heart shape on the back wall and Kairi lying on the floor. A few I recognized- like Belle, Jasmine, Alice and some others. I heard footsteps from behind us, but kept my eyes trained on the two before us. Riku stabbed Maleficent and we stared in horror as she transformed into a dragon. I was blown back against a wall from a powerful force and watched Sora, Donald and Goofy fight the dragon. Soon they beat her and Riku returned. The footsteps ran closer and stopped a few feet behind us. I glanced over my shoulder and saw Yoko holding Kairi up in her arms staring at the scene playing out before her.
The fake Riku cackled and spoke. "It is I, Ansem!"
"Da frick?" Yoko said from behind us. I snickered as everyone stared at her for a moment and returned to the fight.
"Do you not understand," Ansem said bringing back my attention. "Kairi's heart is inside of you Sora." He stated as if it were obvious. I frowned.
"Kairi's… inside me?" Sora asked dumbly. Yoko snickered and I bit back a smirk. Okay, so we're perverts. You can't blame us.
"If you want to return her heart, use this keyblade and kill yourself." Ansem said as if it were easy and tossed the darkness keyblade to Sora. Sora gazed at it thoughtfully and I grew worried.
"Sora." Yoko said getting his attention. Her voice wavered with worry and a warning tone. He smiled at her.
"Don't worry Yoko-chan." He tried to reassure her. He plunged the blade into his chest.
"SORA!" Yoko shouted. Pain filled my heart as Sora's body dissolved. Kairi began regaining consciousness and saw the last remnants of Sora disappear.
"Sora?" she asked. "Yoko, what happened?" she asked trembling. I walked over to them and knelt down.
"He released your heart and now you're okay…" I murmured. Ansem chuckled, catching Kairi's attention.
"Riku?"
"I'm not Riku sweetie." He said with malice. She shivered and we began falling back. "Where do you think you're going?" he chuckled. I felt fear fill my heart for the first time on this mission. All the exits were closed and heartless began to surround us. Everyone grouped together and began attacking the heartless, protecting Kairi and Yoko. But the heartless completely ignored us and went after Yoko. I spun around and gawked. I was wondering why they were going after her and decided to look. A bright clear blue spherical shield had surrounded her and every time the heartless attacked the shield, they burned and writhed in pain before turning to smoke like they always do.
The light faded around Yoko and she stared peculiarly at a heartless approaching Kairi with no intent to attack.
"Sora?" Kairi asked. I raised a brow. That thing is Sora? Kairi hugged it and light filled our vision. Next thing ya know, Sora's standing there with Kairi. That sorta pissed me off. If he likes Yoko why didn't he hug her? I glared slightly and sighed, watching Yoko squeal with happiness and glomp them. Then she did something I did expect. She hit Sora hard on the head.
"Don't ever pull a stunt like that again!" she scolded him. He grinned and rubbed his head. Kairi giggled at his embarrassment and I pulled Yoko off the poor boy.
"So you're still alive?" Ansem asked with amusement. He transformed into the freaking ugliest thing I've ever seen. Again, not gonna go into details. He vanished from our sight and Yoko grabbed my wrist, pulling me and Kairi closer to her as Sora, Donald and Goofy went in Kingdom Hearts after Ansem. Yoko created a shield around us and all we could do was wait. Yoko looked frightened as well as Kairi. Blurs filled my vision and I leaned back, staring at the back of Yoko and Kairi's heads. I let out a soft breath and felt the time pass painfully slowly. It was as if time was moving at a fourth of its regular pace. Yoko glanced back at me and then saw something the rest of us didn't.
Her lips were parted and moving slightly as if she were talking to someone. I saw her hand clench closed but there seemed to be nothing in it when she closed it. She breathed in deeply and she blinked rapidly looking around. I pretended not to notice and she opened her hand, revealing a charm. It was that of a sapphire enclosed in vines of silver and leaves made of amber from trees. The vines worked their way into a funnel shape off the sapphire gem and the pendant was attached to a long thin silver chain. I tilted my head curiously and a light filled the room. Sora, Donald and Goofy appeared to us.
Yoko hastily pulled the necklace over her head and then lowered the shield. "Sora! Where's Riku?" Kairi exclaimed. We all looked up to the door and saw a black silhouette of a mouse holding up a keyblade. Riku stood on the other side of the door pulling it closed while Sora, Donald and Goofy pushed.
"Take good care of her Sora." He said before they closed completely. Grief filled my heart and tears leaked from my eyes.
"Riku…"
Be careful…
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