Hand in Hand
Disclaimer: Kingdom Hearts and all its characters belong to Square-Enix. The concept of the fic belongs to me; any similarities to another is a very weird coincidence.
Pre-story note: I hope this won't be so corny. *sobs*
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"They'll keep coming after you."
Sora, confused, looked over to the owner of the voice.
"And they'll keep coming after you… as long as you wield the Keyblade," explained the stranger, pointing somewhat accusingly at the giant key that the boy was holding.
Sora raised a questioning eyebrow at him and let himself be annoyed with the man's next line: "But why… why would it choose a kid like you?"
"Hey, what's that supposed to mean?!" Sora snapped.
"Hmph. Anyway, let's see that Keyblade…" the man said, approaching Sora slowly, reaching out for the Keyblade.
Sora posed a fighting stance. "What?! There's no way you're gettin' this!" he screamed, ready to fight.
"Very well, have it your way…" the man said, swinging a large gun-sword hybrid that he seemed to have gotten out of nowhere.
The man was pretty slow, but his attacks were devastating. The first thing he did to Sora was to cast Fire, then a heavy swing that depleted most of his energy. Sora ran away scared, running up the stairs next to the accessory shop. The man went after him, almost knocking the boy out, but then Sora's ankle twisted, and he fell down the stairs, falling on the man with the gunblade, causing him to curse out loud in a censored manner…
The director sighed, rubbed his head and frustratingly said, "Cut" through his megaphone. Sora quickly stood up and mumbled, "Sorry…" to Leon, the man with the gunblade.
Leon grumbled and went off-screen to dust himself.
Sora rubbed the back of his head before doing the same as Leon, and going over to Riku, who was laughing at him smugly.
"Ha-hah! Sora, that was priceless! Leon looked so bad-ass before you both fell down…" Riku told the annoyed Sora. "Oh yeah, I am definitely gonna ask for a bloopers section!"
"Shut-up, Riku. I wish that the designers didn't have me wearing these big things…" Sora mumbled, pointing to his oversized yellow shoes.
"At least your costume's kinda decent. Look at these things," Riku said, pointing out his ankle belts. "I don't see the practicality; I mean, what are they for, so that my ankles wouldn't fall off? And this yellow shirt? With this hair?"
Sora sighed, leaning against the wall like Riku is. "Man, let's face it. We have lame costumes…"
"Not me, I like mine!" Kairi piped up suddenly, walking towards the two of them. "Hey, Sora, you alright? That fall looked nasty…"
"Yeah, I'm fine, Kairi. But I don't think I'd like to work with Leon again. At least, not today," Sora said, looking down. "Man, that was embarrassing."
"And in your debut film, too." Riku added, poking Sora at the ribs. Sora elbowed him in response.
"Cheer up, Sora. You're bound to make a lot of mistakes at this point. But I gotta congratulate you, cuz you made Leon say 'f***ing s***' again, besides Yuffie!" Kairi said cheerfully.
Before Sora could reply, the director said, "Okay, I think this is the time for a break, so everyone, be back here in… let's say, 30 minutes?"
Riku yawned and hopped up. "Well, I'm getting myself a donut or something… you guys coming?" he asked Sora and Kairi.
"I'm gonna mope here some more…" Sora replied.
"Hee! No thanks, Riku. I'll just wait for the break to finish." Kairi said.
"Okay. I better go before Wakka eats all of the grub," Riku said, waving to them.
A few minutes after he left, Kairi stared at Sora, waiting for him to speak up. Sora sighed.
"Kairi…"
"Yeah?"
"Do you think I'll ever be as good as my parents are?" Sora asked, looking across the room, where his parents were eating donuts with Yuffie and Cid.
Kairi looked over to where Sora was looking: Cloud and Aerith. "Well, with that attitude, you won't. But… I guess being the kid of two actors must be hard, huh?" asked Kairi.
"Yeah… everyone expects me to do well. Acting really isn't my thing, I'm more of the sports type of kid, but people keep thinking that talent runs through the bloodline. And it doesn't…" Sora sighed. "And I never really liked movies, I guess. Even though the story's good, and even though the characters seem so real… you still know everything's scripted. It's like the people in the movie do not have free will. And it sucks."
Kairi looked at Sora and thought about what he said. Who knew that Sora would say something so thought-provoking? "So, why'd you accept this role?" she asked.
"I dunno. I had nothing else to do," Sora answered.
"That's lame."
"Yeah, I know. Now I'm stuck with this job," Sora said. "You know what, those donuts look good. Let's go join Riku, huh?" Sora said, offering his hand.
"Okay!" Kairi took Sora's hand, and they both ran towards the donut table. They ran harder when they saw Wakka, Tidus and Selphie running there, too.
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"Well, that's it for today, people. See you all early tomorrow, still here in Traverse Town. We have to finish all the scenes here before we could move along…" the director said, and everybody started leaving.
Sora removed the oversized yellow shoes, thankful that his feet would be free of those things for at least a few hours. As he was sitting down, he felt someone sit next to him.
"Oh! Hey, mom," Sora said, looking up to his mother's face.
Aerith smiled at him. "So, feeling better now?"
"Yeah, just a bit tired…" Sora replied.
Aerith nodded. "Well, we were planning to eat out… You know, at your Aunt Tifa's 7th Heaven? You feeling up to it?"
Sora smiled. A bit. It had been a while since he saw Tifa. He thought she was neat (especially since she taught him a lot of martial arts moves—helpful in this role he's playing right now). "Sounds good! Can Riku and Kairi come, too?"
"Sure! Go get Riku and Kairi, and we'll get Cid to drive us there."
"No limo?"
"You know, the 7th Heaven is a small place. We have to blend in."
Sora thought, "Oh yeah, a limo will send all the fans to go and harass everyone but me…"
"You know what, Mom? The 7th Heaven isn't that far. The three of us will just walk. You go ahead," Sora said.
"Uh… okay? Just be careful," Aerith said, kissing Sora's cheek and going over to Cloud.
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Back in their normal clothes (Kairi was still wearing a spaghetti-strap shirt, but with pants; Riku's in an all-black attire; Sora's wearing wearing a shirt, pants and normal-sized shoes), the three starlets walked towards the 7th Heaven.
"Hey, look over there, you guys!" Sora said, pointing to a very graffiti'd wall.
"Whoa," Riku said, looking at the image up and down. "What do you know?"
Kairi touched the graffiti, which was the image of the Heartless symbol. "Looks like the movie has fans already…"
"You gotta admit, the guy who did that must be a pro. Look at the details," Sora pointed out, touching the spray-painted wall itself.
Then, underneath his hand, the image glowed.
"WHOA!" Sora screamed. Riku and Kairi gasped.
A few moments of silence.
"Well, we better go." Riku said plainly, and the three of them moved as fast as they could.
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Author's notes: This is my first time to write an AU or a KH fic. So, how did I do? =) This was longer than I planned…
Just some points I'd like to point out:
1) I know nothing about filmmaking;
2) I need a script on KH! Just in case any scenes like the Leon one would be written again. Do you know where to find one?
3) Any hints of OOC? Well, that would be fixed in the later chapters, wherein the characters we all know and love from Kingdom Hearts the GAME would star in the fic. What I mean by that is, the KH story will somehow find its way to this one (with all the Heartless and all.)
4) I've a feeling that the story will be complicated (and long), and the plot will be confusing. So I'm challenging everyone with enough brainpower and patience to take the time to read this!
5) Yeah, like any other Cloud/Aerith fan, I made them Sora's parents. So kill me. Of course, they have to be a bit more older in this part of the story.
Okay, that's it! Please leave a review. Of course, at this point, the story would be blurry, but I'll try to get the 2nd chapter done, and hopefully that would make the story a bit clearer. If you have any criticisms to say ('This was laaaaaame.'), justify your comment and we'll get along. :-) Flames of course will make me feel bad, but I'm not stopping ye. I just wish I'll continue this. I have a bad habit of not finishing fics.
That's all, dear readers. Toodles.