Play: Dearly Beloved - KH 358/2 Days
Hello. My name is Broncozfan623. You may already know me, you may not. That doesn't really matter. What does matter is the things you need to know before you read this.
1) This is a complete remake of my story, "Kingdom Hearts: The Soldier of Darkness." If you read the original, that's awesome. It's nice to see you again. If you didn't, then I'd like to welcome you. I hope you'll stay for the whole ride.
2) This story is an AU that begins during Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days and goes to the end of Kingdom Hearts 2. If you haven't played or watched the cutscene movie of either, then it is highly advised that you do.
3) If you know me, you know I like to focus on three main things when it comes to my Kingdom Hearts stories: Story, Combat, and Music. I like to integrate all three into my writing, and I will here.
4) This story revolves around my OC, who's name I will not reveal at the moment. You'll either be seeing him again, or meeting him for the first time.
5) Disclaimer: I do not own anything in this story, except for my OC. Everything else belongs to Square Enix and Disney.
6) Fair warning to new readers: As stated earlier, this is a complete remake of "The Soldier of Darkness." This story is NOT the same as the original. Don't worry, the original isn't going anywhere. Think of this as something new based on an original source material (like a fanfic of a fanfic...by the same author. That sounds a lot dumber after I write it down). If you're new, this a whole new experience for you. I hope you'll stay for the entire ride.
There. That's out of the way. Now, off you go. Enjoy yourself.
Stop: Dearly Beloved - KH 358/2 Days
Play: Sanctuary - KH2
Note: Did someone say...intro cutscene? (It's just KH2's opening scene with a change at the end, so it's nothing much.)
First, you see a younger Kairi, sitting on the beaches of Destiny Islands. She's fiddling with some shells, five of them that form the shape of a star.
You can also see another seashell, with a different shape, get washed away into the ocean.
...
The scene transitions. Now it's the original trio. Sora, Riku, and Kairi, gathered at the curved tree on their home, watching the sunset. Sora is talking with Kairi.
Then, she fades away. Suddenly, Riku fades away as well. Sora is alone on the island.
He throws himself off of the tree, as the island itself fades away.
...
Sora lands on a platform, in a world known as Hollow Bastion. He's holding a weapon now, a sword in the shape of a large key. The legendary Keyblade.
Two figures stand at his stand, anthropomorphic animals that wield a staff and shield respectively. The one wielding the staff is known as Donald Duck, the other one is Goofy.
Many platforms are higher above the three heroes. They were black creatures, with yellow eyes and two antennae on their heads. They are called the Heartless.
...
Sora jumps up onto one of the platforms, where three Heartless stand. Right as he lands, his Keyblade strikes down one of the Heartless. With two more strikes, he takes down the other two. He jumps onto another platform, and runs up a set of stairs.
At the top of the stairs, he sees a girl laying on the ground, not moving. It's Kairi, seemingly sound asleep. Sora runs to her side, and tries to wake her up, but she doesn't.
Sora looks behind him, and sees someone standing there. A boy in a black and blue outfit with a silver skirt, also a head of silver hair. It was his old friend, Riku.
Riku puts his hand out towards Sora, as the area they were in changes. Now, they were back on the beaches of Destiny Islands. A massive wave was heading towards the beach, directly behind Riku.
Sora runs towards him, but not in order to save him from the coming wave. His Keyblade is in his hands, and he's swinging towards Riku.
His blade clashes with Riku's, and Sora swings at him, with Riku flipping backwards. When he's about to land, he morphs into a new person.
A tan-skinned man replaces him. He was silver hair, like Riku, but his eyes are now orange instead of blue.
He is what our heroes called Ansem, the Seeker of Darkness.
Sora jumps at him, swinging his Keyblade down.
...
Out of nowhere, a massive white door. The door to Kingdom Hearts, and Ansem thought it would fill him with the power of darkness.
However, he was dead wrong. Blasts of light shot from the door, blinding him. As Sora said, Kingdom Hearts was indeed light.
Ansem was destroyed, and Riku is trapped on the other side of this strange door. He speaks to Sora one last time, before the door is shut and eventually locked.
...
Sora is then seen standing in the same area where he found Kairi and fought Riku. He's falling backwards, and then a glowing light appears from his chest. A tiny ball of light comes out of his chest. His heart. it has just left his body.
Then we see Kairi and Sora standing together, Sora's arms around her, as particles of light come from his figure.
...
Transition. Kairi is now standing alone, on Destiny Islands, staring out into the vast ocean. Out of nowhere, the sun goes away, and it's now nighttime.
Suddenly, small particles of light begin to fall around Kairi and the island. She sees Sora in front of her, as he says his last words before they lose sight of one another.
Kairi continues to stare out into the abyss, as the particles of light continue to fall onto the beach.
...
Then, the sky goes back to day, and now Kairi has changed. She's grown a lot taller, her hair is now longer, and she's wearing a new outfit. She's now wearing a pink minidress with a white shirt underneath and white shoes. She continues to stare out into the ocean.
She looks down and seems to speak to herself, but out of nowhere, another girl appears, uttering the same words as Kairi.
Another transition, and there's a new area and that same girl. She's wearing a white dress and has short blonde hair. Much like her outfit, the room she's in is entirely white. The walls, the floor, the chair she's sitting in, the table in the center of the room, even the vase that sits on said table.
This girl is holding a sketchbook, and on the page it's flipped to, there is a long, spiraling staircase.
You can now see that spiraling staircase. Sora, Donald and Goofy are all running up it, Sora swiping away at any Heartless he gets close to.
He ends up running past one, which Goofy ends up smashing it with his shield. Donald then runs up, jumping into the air while holding his staff up.
Sora runs towards some Heartless, but they're all defeated by Donald's thunder spell. He looks into the smoke from the defeated Heartless, and see's two figures there. One of them is in odd looking red robes, and the other is in a black coat.
...
Sora then appears in the halls of a castle, a castle with only white walls. He looks ahead of him, and there's a man in a black coat, with pink hair and holding a large pink scythe, is standing there. Sora runs at him, avoiding both swipes from the scythe.
Not only that, but you can also see Riku in the same looking hall of the castle. Instead of a man in a black coat, he is battling Ansem. He runs at Ansem, and ends up stabbing towards his chest.
Sora throws his Keyblade at the man he's facing, and it appears to meet its target.
The scene changes, and Sora is running up the staircase again. Riku is running up the staircase as well, but from the other side. Sora is accompanied by Donald and Goofy, and Riku by King Mickey.
...
Back to the room with the girl in white. She looks up from her sketchpad, and sees Sora opening the door and entering the room. He isn't able to do or say anything to the girl before he's trapped in some sort of weird pod.
He places his hands on the walls, looking at the girl on the outside. She appears to say something, but her words cannot be deciphered.
Sora's eyes begin to shut, and he falls back into the white abyss of the pod...
...
He's then seen flying through the air, towards the islands of his home.
The girl in white reappears, looking into her sketchbook, showing an image of Sora sleeping. She closes the sketchbook as the scene changes again.
Sora is now laying on his home island, with Kairi to his left, and Riku to his right, their hands interlocked with one another.
...
Then, something shoots out from underneath Riku. A person falls through the void below.
He has the same hair style as Riku, but it's much shorter and brown rather than silver. His outfit is also completely different. He's wearing a black vest with a hood on the back, a white t-shirt underneath, a black wristband on his right wrist, black pants and black shoes.
He continues to fall, and finally ends up opening his eyes, showing they're a shade of brown. He lands on a platform looking out into the area he's in.
He takes one step forward, and a bright light appears. The platform clears, and is now becoming visible, the fragments of what covered the platform taking the shape of birds.
He watches the birds fly off into the unknown, as the platform is fully revealed. Riku is displayed there, holding his signature sword (named Soul Eater), with Sora, Kairi, King Mickey, Donald, and Goofy in circles by his figure. There's also a shot of the islands in the back.
The final shot is set in a strange world. A tall clock tower in a town, a sunset out in the distance.
...
Scene Ends
Stop: Sanctuary - KH2
Play: Villains of a Sort - KH1
He brought his fist up, punching the wall hard.
"Blast that boy and that meddlesome mouse king!"
Ansem had been defeated by Riku, after Castle Oblivion. He was now locked in Riku's heart, without any control.
He couldn't come up and try to take over anymore. He couldn't even make himself known to Riku anymore. Riku had full control now, and Ansem was left to just sit and punch walls.
"If only there was something I could do...try and create a new vessel for me..."
He started to think, "Yes, yes that might work. I need an empty vessel, one filled with darkness and only darkness."
He started grinning devilishly, "Yes, this will work perfectly."
Ansem started laughing lightly, then it got louder as time wore on.
Stop: Villains of a Sort - KH1
In the back alley of a world, a world in the realm between light and darkness, all is peaceful.
Out of nowhere, a pool of darkness forms on the ground. This pool morphs, until it takes shape.
It morphs into a person, the one that you saw earlier. The one in black clothes with the brown hair.
...
He finally wakes, sitting up slowly. He looks around the surrounding area before standing up.
He struggles to stand lightly, as he's still a little groggy and light-headed. He puts a hand up to his head, while looking at his other hand.
He walks forward slowly, going to assess the area he was in.
Entered New World: Twilight Town
Play: The Afternoon Streets - KH2
"What...is this place?" He said to himself, "Where am I?"
He moved his hand down in front of him, "My head hurts so badly...and I can't remember a thing..."
A tram passed in front of him, bringing him out of his thoughts.
He crossed his arms over his chest, "Why can't I remember anything? Did I lose my memory?"
After looking around the area, he walked to his right.
He started talking to himself in his head.
"Okay, I remember waking up...and that's it. That can't be everything, right?"
"Also, I feel...hollow. I can't feel anything...ugh, apart from this raging migraine."
"But I should be able to remember something, right?"
"Okay, think. Think hard."
…
He thought for a little longer, but just shook his head, "Ah, it's no use. I can't remember anything."
"Maybe someone in town can help me? Couldn't hurt to ask, right?"
He was close to a store, and walked over. A woman was standing at the counter, and smiled to him as he walked up.
"Hi there! Oh, you look new! What's your name?"
He waved to her, "That's...a good question. I have no idea."
The woman's smile faded, "Oh no! You've lost your memory? That's terrible!"
"I guess so, but I'm not really sure. Everything is just so confusing..."
"Well, if you need anything, just feel free to ask around. I'm sure there's somebody that may be able to give you some help."
She was smiling at him, and he just said, "That's good to hear. Thanks."
"Glad I could help."
He walked off, thanking the woman again.
"This is so weird..." He said in his head.
…
He wandered into a different area. Benches surrounded a flat, empty area. There was a group of four standing on the other side, far from him.
"Maybe they know something..." He said, walking towards them.
One of them noticed him getting closer, and pointed him out to the other three.
They all turned around, stopping him dead in his tracks with their glares (not literally). If looks could kill, he'd be on the ground right now.
"Umm...hi." He said lightly, giving a small wave.
The guy in front, who seemed to be their de facto leader, looked him over, "Who's this guy? You new?"
"Well, I guess you could sa-,"
The guy in front cut him off, "Whatever. Go bother somebody else, loser."
The guy behind him spoke, "Yeah! Seifer doesn't talk to losers like you, y'know!"
"Scram." The girl said. The fourth in the group remained silent.
He smartly backed off, "Whoa, settle down. I'm not looking for any trouble..."
"Then leave and go bother someone else! You want something, go ask those three half-pints in the back alley."
"Okay. Fine. I'll leave you guys alone." He walked off to his left, walking a bit faster than before.
…
He walked into the back alley, past an open fence gate back behind some buildings.
Pushing the tarp that covered the entrance, he entered the small room. Three people were already inside, and were all startled when he entered.
"Sorry. I didn't mean to intrude." He said, noticing one of the boys (there were two boys and one girl) get up.
They looked him over, the boy to his right speaking, "Who are you? Did Seifer and his gang send you to mess with us?"
"Seifer? Is that his name?"
"So you ARE with him."
"What? No! I'm just...ugh, I'm sorry. I'm just looking around town, and I made my way here. I ran into that Seifer guy, but he just told me off."
The girl spoke to the boy, "Relax, Hayner. Do you really think Seifer would just tell a random guy to show up and mess with us?"
"Hayner" looked a bit skeptical, but did stand down. The girl spoke again, "Sorry about him, I'm Olette. This is Pence and that's Hayner."
Pence waved hello, "I've never seen you around Twilight Town before. You new?"
"You could say that..."
"So, what's your name, new guy?" Hayner asked him.
He crossed his arms over his chest, "That's...a good question. I don't even know if I HAVE one."
"That's nonsense! Everyone's gotta name." Hayner responded.
"I'm sure I do, but...as of right now, I have no idea what it is or what it could be."
Pence spoke up this time, "Well, you could try the old mansion."
"Where's that?"
"Go to the Tram Common until you find a hole in the wall. It's a short walk through the woods after that."
"Alright. Thanks Hayner, Pence, Olette."
"Good luck!" Olette said as he left.
Stop: The Afternoon Streets - KH2
He was walking through the woods when he heard sounds from behind him. Ruffling in the leaves.
He turned back, looking for the cause of the sound. There was nothing.
Little did he know, that white creatures were watching him, advancing closer to him as he approached the mansion.
…
He reached the mansion, noticing the gate was locked. The place also looked worn to hell, as if it hadn't been lived in in decades.
He sighed, "Another dead end..."
After he said that, he heard another sound from behind him. He turned quickly, see a strange white creature appear, along with four more behind that one.
"What...are you?" He said, not getting a response.
They started advancing on him slowly, and he backed up. After only a few steps, his back hit the gate of the mansion.
He was sure that that would've been the end of it.
The white creatures stopped advancing. They parted, and a dark portal appeared a few feet behind them.
Play: Organization XIII - KH2
A second later, a man in a black coat appeared out of the portal, and walked towards him.
He waved his hand, and the white creatures dispersed.
The guy in black spoke in a deep, low voice, "You seek answers."
"Uhh, yeah...I guess..."
The man spoke again, "I can give you purpose. I can give the answers you seek."
"Would you like to know?" The man asked him.
He nodded.
…
The man waved his hand, a bunch of letters appearing in front of him. They spelt out something, a name probably.
R - I - K - U. Riku.
"Who's...Riku? That name sounds familiar..."
The man then waved his hand, and the letters started to spin all around him. They stopped when he put his hand out again, a massive X separating the four in half.
It spelled out a new name.
K - I - R - U - X.
Kirux.
"Kirux..." He said lightly.
"That is right," The man said, "The new you."
He then put his hand out for Kirux, "Now join me, and I will give you all the answers you seek..."
Kirux looked at his hand for a second, before nodding lightly.
"I...will join you."
"Very well..."
The turned back to the dark portal, "Come. You have much to learn...Kirux."
He entered the portal, and Kirux entered right behind him.
…
Meanwhile, a person was watching through one of the windows of the mansion. A girl with blonde hair, blue eyes, and a long white dress.
"Oh no," she said, "DiZ and Riku are NOT going to like this..."
There. We're in this now. No turning back...
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