She was running, no…the right term would be jolting. Jolting for her life, along with her best friend. Both girls heading the sanctuary called, home. The older of the two, Shinko looked over her shoulder. The creature chasing the two was crawling quickly across the middle of the street. It's tennis ball sized yellow eyes glowing in the darkness, it's claw like hands and feet pulling itself along the street towards the girls. Shinko looked back ahead and continued to jolt to her house.
Why they never stopped at a different house along the way? Is a question I bet you're asking right about now. What was running through Shinko's head stopped her from going somewhere else. She was confused, lost in the prison within her own mind. "Did I do this?" was one of the thoughts that had flashed in her mind. That's when her life of the 14 years she lived flashed before her very eyes. When she met her best friend, Saki and how she came across her findings and began to research her theory of Kingdom Hearts.
Shinko was always a strange girl. She was different from the other children. She was adopted into her family. An only child, Shinko talked to herself, and the other children made fun of her many times. They would even go as far as throwing rocks at her. Over the years, Shinko never spoke. Always quiet, watching everyone's lives go by. Many thought she was a mute.
She remembered the day she met Saki. Saki was the only one that didn't poke fun at Shinko's looks. Shinko had her long white/silver hair and bright sea green eyes. Her hair, always hiding her eyes from the world. She was born this way. No one knew her real parents. She was found on the doorstep. The thoughts always haunted her. No one could ever love her. She was a nobody…a nothing. Not worth anything. Her memory of Saki, her short brown hair that was slightly spiked and her beautiful sky blue eyes.
It was in a Math classroom when the two met. Saki had walked over to where Shinko sat, and spoke. "Hi! My name is Saki! The math teacher said to have partners and I don't know anyone in here sooo….will you be my partner!?
Shinko looked at Saki, saying nothing. "Why me?" She thought to herself. They didn't know each other, why chose her? Shinko wasn't special, not that she knew of anyway. She sighed and nodded her head yes.
Saki smiled and offered her hand. Shinko did not take it though. Instead, Shinko stood up from her desk, but tripped over someone's foot. They had popped their foot out just to trip Shinko for a laugh. Flat on her face, she heard Saki yelling at the student. She was shocked. No one had ever stood up for her. She lifted her head to see Saki's hand. This time, she took it. They both felt a jolt go through their bodies as contact was made. It seemed as it was meant to be. That day, the two girls didn't do equations in that math class.
As the two slowed down near their street, Shinko's IPOD was skipping songs and stopping at certain songs. It was the IPOD that warned them it was crawling. The girls stopped to catch their breath, the IPOD stopped at Runaway by Linkin Park. Their eyes widened as they looked back. It was still after them.
"I'm too young to die Shink! I'm only thirteen years old!!" Saki began to panic and run again. Shinko on the other hand, had another flashback.
It was everywhere. Yet, not many knew about the wonderful video game that Shinko has played so many times, ever since she was ten years old. The game talked of other worlds, the dark and the light. How there was at one time a light. The people loved this light but all too soon, they began to have wars and fight over that light. And darkness was born in their hearts. The darkness would take over and with time…everyone had darkness in their heart. And a weapon to fight the darkness, a keyblade and it's wielder.
The song played in the first game was one of Shinko's favorites, Simple And Clean. In the second game, Sanctuary was another favorite of hers. It had backward English in a few parts. Curious, Shinko played Sanctuary backwards. Shocked would not even describe what she felt. She played Simple And Clean backwards, thinking there might be a pattern. Same result. She began to write the lyrics of Simple And Clean. "To truly get the meaning, I should write bottom up and not up to bottom." Thinking to herself.
"He won't call me
See yeah, see where he walks moving
Of course he is evil
Wasn't he the devil miss?
Stay and sleep feel it moving every night
Hug it, let's go, stay
Can't be a secret
He breaks it
Allowed to sleep he reins now
The clan underneath the noise"
Shinko's eyes widen as she was writing. The someone who would be reading this for the first time, they would think nothing of it! But the second time…
"Now we'll let cha know all the crying
Is now often teared
Oh yes
Under that
See? Oh miss
That opposite yes
Who was that?"
"He won't call me
See yeah, see where he walks moving
Of course he is evil
Wasn't he the devil miss?
Stay and sleep feel it moving every night
Hug it, let's go, stay"
Now this could mean many things. Shinko thought of light and dark. One can't live without the other and yet, being opposites they fight each other.
"He will come mistress
So sit down, spirit is him
That all the ups and downs
He would save that heart, is possible?
That's it
He gives me a thing to say
Evil will cry under you
Under the dark shadows
Even yes, yes see under
It will let cha know
Ah yes miss, the dark"
"Who?" Thinking out loud, Shinko pondered. It was talking about someone, but who? It was referring to a male…but who?
"He won't call me
See yeah, see where he walks moving
Of course he is evil
Wasn't he the devil miss?
Stay and sleep feel it moving every night
Hug it, let's go, stay
In the room
Suddenly it's a real planet oh?
what if what if endlessly?
Ten years old was sending ya a hero
All I need is utter sweet love
Help me escape the fun"
There was no need to write anymore. It would only repeat the chores. She looked over the lyrics many times before writing on a spare piece of paper her thoughts she was thinking while the song played. After about a hour of so, she played Sanctuary.
"I need more affection then you know
And I never knew it
Yeah, and it was real
And now you shall sleep
I need more affection then you know"
This was someone's point of view that was for sure. It referred to I and you. Clues that point to someone talking, telling their story.
"I hear I was Ansem
I hear I was Ansem
We all three grew
Yeah, I was him
Wasn't it easy?
I need more affection then you know
He was Ansem
He was Ansem"
Ok…two people. Different point of views. First person is Riku, that was for sure. He was a boy who had chosen the darkness over the light. And was taken over by a man named Ansem. But Sora…who chose light saved Riku. The other point of view…who's was it?
"We shall be back
Even we still laugh
We are all closing hurry
And I never knew it
Yeah, and it was real
And now you shall sleep
I need more affection then you know"
Who will be back? Keyword: We. A group of people will be back. This was confusing…the point of views change too often…
"I hear I was Ansem
I hear I was Ansem
We all three grew
Yeah, I was him
Wasn't it easy?
I need more affection then you know
He was Ansem
He was Ansem
So many ups and downs
I will not destroy them
I need true emotion
I need more affection then you know
I need true emotion"
The other point of view…was it Organization XIII? It was a possibility but Shinko wasn't so sure. It could be talking about how Riku felt from a narrator's point of view.
"I hate motion
It finally slips
Now I can't close it
Close it
And I never knew it
Yeah, I was him
Wasn't it easy?
I need more affection then you know
He was Ansem
He was Ansem
Why?
Someone now, turn it down
Yeah, I was him
I need more affection then you know."
That was the end. Sure any song might have some message played backwards you would hear without meaning to sure! But the whole song!? Never the less talking about the game itself as well!? This was impossible! How can that be!?
That night, Shinko stayed up talking to Saki on the phone.