Beyond the Kingdom Hearts- By Adrian Wilson
WARNING: Major spoilers, controversial issues, violence and copyright violations from here to Alaska are included. Sora, Kairi, Riku and all Disney characters and locations are copyright Disney interactive. Selphie, Tidus, Wakka, Cloud, Yuffie, Aeris, Barret, Squall, Cid, Vivi, Steiner, Dagger, Freya, Zidane, Kuja, Eiko and the one location from a FF series are all copyright Squaresoft limited. Phew! I'm gonna try and recreate the action from the game, which won't be easy. ONWARD!
"Kairi! Remember what I told you! I'll always be with you! I'll come back to you, I promise!" Kairi gasped as Sora, her last friend in the world, disappeared from sight.
"Sora!" Kairi looked around and saw that her surroundings had completely changed. She was no longer floating in nothing, but was now back on her home beach. "Sora!"
Useless.
Utterly, utterly useless.
Yelling out his name wouldn't bring him back.
Neither would it reverse the pain of losing him.
Losing them.
Riku and Sora. Her two friends.
Gone. Forever?
No.
They can't.
Kairi slumped to the floor and pounded the ground with her fists. "No.." She hopelessly began yelling into the sky. "Why did you do it?! Why did you stay? WHY DID YOU LEAVE ME?!"
Tidus, Wakka and Selphie ran over to her. "Kairi?"
"What happened?"
"Are ya hurt?"
Kairi ignored them and began to softly cry. "Sora."
"Sora?"
Tidus gasped. "What happened to him?"
Kairi remained silent, but this didn't stop Wakka. "Well, what's up? What's goin' on?"
Kairi paused before suddenly running full speed towards the cave.
They loved that cave.
She crawled right down to the space where she and Sora would draw with rocks.
She looked at Sora and his shooting star drawing. "Sora." she hastily drew another shooting star. Suddenly, Sora appeared in front of her. "What." A memory. That's all she had left. "Don't go." feebly, she reached out to this memory, only for it to disappear. Tears began to flow down her eyes as she forced a smile. "Please."
"You miss him, ya?"
Kairi whipped around to see Wakka standing close to her, that wide smile of his on his face. She tried to hide the tears from him. "It's ok. You can cry if ya want."
Kairi looked down at the ground for a while before crying out and running into Wakka's arms, who himself stumbled back with surprise. "Yo! Calm it down!"
"He left me! He left me!" She began to pound Wakka's chest. "Why? WHY?!"
"Cut that out! That really hurts!" Wakka didn't have a clue what to do about the hysterical girl hitting his chest. "Come on, let's get ya outta here."
Wakka, Selphie, Kairi and Tidus were kids. Nothing more. Just your average 14 year olds. How could they help each other out? How could they end their own problems?
They can't.
That's how Kairi felt.
"Come on Kairi, what's wrong?"
"Sora.Riku.They're both gone."
"Gone?"
"They.made sure that I survived and that the door to the darkness stays closed."
Silence.
The four friends just stopped talking.
They were gone.
"I'm gonna find them!"
Kairi's sudden change of heart shocked the three others.
"What are ya gonna do?"
"You can't just leave this island! What about all the ocean?"
"I don't care! I'll find a way!"
Selphie then stopped Wakka and Tidus from commenting before taking Kairi aside. "Let's talk about this as girls."
"Selphie."
Selphie lead Kairi to the small island, and they both sat down, looking out at the ocean. "What makes you wanna get Riku and Sora back so much?"
"I just want him back. I can't bear the thought of never seeing Sora again."
"Just Sora?"
Kairi paused before yelping out with embarrassment. "No! No no no! I want Riku back just as much!" However, Selphie's expression was less than convincing. "Alright. Maybe I do want Sora back more. But you tell NO-ONE. You hear me?"
"Sure. It's a deal as girls."
Kairi smiled as Selphie ran back to join Wakka and Tidus. She looked up at the sky. "Sora, please come back." she whispered under her breath.
"So, what do we do now?"
"We go and find king Mickey and Riku."
"But where do we start lookin' for that there door to the light??"
"I don't know."
The three friends sighed. Did they even have a chance? Suddenly, Pluto ran out in front of them, carrying one of King Mickey's seals. "Do you know where King Mickey is?" Pluto nodded and ran off excitedly, and the three friends followed him.
Sora.
Donald.
Goofy.
Three friends who had met by a freak chance and gone through pretty much everything together. Still, the only thing they ever thought about was returning one day to their home worlds. Donald and Goofy had already achieved this, but Sora was still a long way from home, which wasn't helped by the fact that all worlds now had the barriers between them again. Pluto led the three to what looked like a Gummi ship.
"Gawsh. That thing's huge!"
"Hey, let's see that envelope!"
Sora took the envelope from Pluto and opened it:
"To Sora, Donald and Goofy;
I'm afraid I have some bad news.
Not all keyholes have been sealed.
There are still keyholes that need to be fixed.
To be exact, there are six. I have had my smartest scientists build an approved Gummi ship that will warp automatically to the set worlds.
Please go to Hallow Bastion and get some assistance.
Yours truly,
King Mickey."
There was a short pause as the three of them looked at each other. "Wonderful." Donald's voice had that sarcastic tone, as usual.
" C'mon, Donald! This means new adventures!"
"Goofy's right. Come on!"
They got into the Gummi ship, and Sora looked at the controls. "Hmmm."
"Do ya know how it works?"
"No. This is much different from the old one. I'll just try pushing this button."
Despite Donald's objections, Sora pushed the big, red button in front of him and the ship began to warp, sending them all flying back into his seat. Suddenly, it all seemed to slow down, and a list of worlds appeared on the screen. "PLEASE SELECT LOCATION."
"I haven't heard of half of these worlds."
"Now, remember what Mickey said. We go to Traverse Town first."
"Right."
Meanwhile, Sora, Goofy and Donald were unaware of other events going on in Hallow Bastion. "Why have you brought me here, Cid? I was fine in Olympia."
"Hey now, I spent nearly all my spare time building a Gummi ship that will go from world to world."
"Isn't that bad?"
"Potentially, yes. But I only built it for this one thing."
"This had better be worth it."
"Don't worry."
The man Cid was with had blonde hair, and wore a cape, heavy metal shoes and a blue jumpsuit. He was still trying to get over his life revelations. First, one of his best friends died. Then, he found out he was created as a result of medical experimentation, and then his entire world was destroyed, leaving him in Olympia. At least he was with some one he knew now. "This is it?" He sounded understandably disappointed as Cid led him to a library.
"You'll see." Cid slowly opened the door, and Cloud walked in.
And he gasped.
"Hiya Cloud! Long time no see!"
"H-How.?"
Aeris.
How?
Is it real?
It had to be. She was right in front of him.
"Well, say something!" Cid gave Cloud a little prod in the ribs. "I told ya it would be worth it, eh?"
Cloud just stared at his 'dead' friend with shock. "I-I thought you."
"What? Oh, that! I was!"
"How?"
" I don't know. One minute, I'm in heaven, the next, I'm here with Yuffie."
"Yuffie?"
Yuffie stood out from the back of the room. "I'm surprised you didn't see me!"
Cloud stood in shock, trying to comprehend the fact that he had finally found two of his best friends. Suddenly, there was a knock on the door. When Cloud opened it, his face scowled as he realized who it was. "You." He said coldly.
"What?" Sora had a confused look on his face.
"You are still the only person to have defeated me in a duel."
Noticing the tension, Yuffie jumped in. "Hey Cloud, I haven't shown you all of the castle yet!" She gave Sora a nervous look as she led Cloud out of the library, and Aeris followed them.
"Good to see you again, Sora." Squall said, shaking Sora's hand. "Been a long time."
"Hiya Leon!"
"Goofy, just call me Squall, OK? What brings you here?"
"We need some help going to new worlds."
"New worlds?"
Donald sighed. "Didn't you realize just how easy it was to get Cloud from Olympia? There are still keyholes that need to be sealed!"
"What are you getting at?"
Sora walked up closer to Squall. "We need your help. There's stuff in these new worlds that might be hard. What do you say?"
"What will happen if we seal these worlds?"
"I don't know, but that's half the fun, eh?"
Squall picked up his sword. "What the hell. Sounds like fun."
Sora and Squall shared a powerful handshake before setting out for the first world they had to visit.
NOTE: Don't get too attached to Kairi and the others, because you won't be seeing them for a while. Reviews appreciated. And yes, I am completely aware that Kairi's reaction was completely different in the ending, so there's no need to point this out. You are warned now. Later on, this becomes a Sora x Kairi fic.
WARNING: Major spoilers, controversial issues, violence and copyright violations from here to Alaska are included. Sora, Kairi, Riku and all Disney characters and locations are copyright Disney interactive. Selphie, Tidus, Wakka, Cloud, Yuffie, Aeris, Barret, Squall, Cid, Vivi, Steiner, Dagger, Freya, Zidane, Kuja, Eiko and the one location from a FF series are all copyright Squaresoft limited. Phew! I'm gonna try and recreate the action from the game, which won't be easy. ONWARD!
"Kairi! Remember what I told you! I'll always be with you! I'll come back to you, I promise!" Kairi gasped as Sora, her last friend in the world, disappeared from sight.
"Sora!" Kairi looked around and saw that her surroundings had completely changed. She was no longer floating in nothing, but was now back on her home beach. "Sora!"
Useless.
Utterly, utterly useless.
Yelling out his name wouldn't bring him back.
Neither would it reverse the pain of losing him.
Losing them.
Riku and Sora. Her two friends.
Gone. Forever?
No.
They can't.
Kairi slumped to the floor and pounded the ground with her fists. "No.." She hopelessly began yelling into the sky. "Why did you do it?! Why did you stay? WHY DID YOU LEAVE ME?!"
Tidus, Wakka and Selphie ran over to her. "Kairi?"
"What happened?"
"Are ya hurt?"
Kairi ignored them and began to softly cry. "Sora."
"Sora?"
Tidus gasped. "What happened to him?"
Kairi remained silent, but this didn't stop Wakka. "Well, what's up? What's goin' on?"
Kairi paused before suddenly running full speed towards the cave.
They loved that cave.
She crawled right down to the space where she and Sora would draw with rocks.
She looked at Sora and his shooting star drawing. "Sora." she hastily drew another shooting star. Suddenly, Sora appeared in front of her. "What." A memory. That's all she had left. "Don't go." feebly, she reached out to this memory, only for it to disappear. Tears began to flow down her eyes as she forced a smile. "Please."
"You miss him, ya?"
Kairi whipped around to see Wakka standing close to her, that wide smile of his on his face. She tried to hide the tears from him. "It's ok. You can cry if ya want."
Kairi looked down at the ground for a while before crying out and running into Wakka's arms, who himself stumbled back with surprise. "Yo! Calm it down!"
"He left me! He left me!" She began to pound Wakka's chest. "Why? WHY?!"
"Cut that out! That really hurts!" Wakka didn't have a clue what to do about the hysterical girl hitting his chest. "Come on, let's get ya outta here."
Wakka, Selphie, Kairi and Tidus were kids. Nothing more. Just your average 14 year olds. How could they help each other out? How could they end their own problems?
They can't.
That's how Kairi felt.
"Come on Kairi, what's wrong?"
"Sora.Riku.They're both gone."
"Gone?"
"They.made sure that I survived and that the door to the darkness stays closed."
Silence.
The four friends just stopped talking.
They were gone.
"I'm gonna find them!"
Kairi's sudden change of heart shocked the three others.
"What are ya gonna do?"
"You can't just leave this island! What about all the ocean?"
"I don't care! I'll find a way!"
Selphie then stopped Wakka and Tidus from commenting before taking Kairi aside. "Let's talk about this as girls."
"Selphie."
Selphie lead Kairi to the small island, and they both sat down, looking out at the ocean. "What makes you wanna get Riku and Sora back so much?"
"I just want him back. I can't bear the thought of never seeing Sora again."
"Just Sora?"
Kairi paused before yelping out with embarrassment. "No! No no no! I want Riku back just as much!" However, Selphie's expression was less than convincing. "Alright. Maybe I do want Sora back more. But you tell NO-ONE. You hear me?"
"Sure. It's a deal as girls."
Kairi smiled as Selphie ran back to join Wakka and Tidus. She looked up at the sky. "Sora, please come back." she whispered under her breath.
"So, what do we do now?"
"We go and find king Mickey and Riku."
"But where do we start lookin' for that there door to the light??"
"I don't know."
The three friends sighed. Did they even have a chance? Suddenly, Pluto ran out in front of them, carrying one of King Mickey's seals. "Do you know where King Mickey is?" Pluto nodded and ran off excitedly, and the three friends followed him.
Sora.
Donald.
Goofy.
Three friends who had met by a freak chance and gone through pretty much everything together. Still, the only thing they ever thought about was returning one day to their home worlds. Donald and Goofy had already achieved this, but Sora was still a long way from home, which wasn't helped by the fact that all worlds now had the barriers between them again. Pluto led the three to what looked like a Gummi ship.
"Gawsh. That thing's huge!"
"Hey, let's see that envelope!"
Sora took the envelope from Pluto and opened it:
"To Sora, Donald and Goofy;
I'm afraid I have some bad news.
Not all keyholes have been sealed.
There are still keyholes that need to be fixed.
To be exact, there are six. I have had my smartest scientists build an approved Gummi ship that will warp automatically to the set worlds.
Please go to Hallow Bastion and get some assistance.
Yours truly,
King Mickey."
There was a short pause as the three of them looked at each other. "Wonderful." Donald's voice had that sarcastic tone, as usual.
" C'mon, Donald! This means new adventures!"
"Goofy's right. Come on!"
They got into the Gummi ship, and Sora looked at the controls. "Hmmm."
"Do ya know how it works?"
"No. This is much different from the old one. I'll just try pushing this button."
Despite Donald's objections, Sora pushed the big, red button in front of him and the ship began to warp, sending them all flying back into his seat. Suddenly, it all seemed to slow down, and a list of worlds appeared on the screen. "PLEASE SELECT LOCATION."
"I haven't heard of half of these worlds."
"Now, remember what Mickey said. We go to Traverse Town first."
"Right."
Meanwhile, Sora, Goofy and Donald were unaware of other events going on in Hallow Bastion. "Why have you brought me here, Cid? I was fine in Olympia."
"Hey now, I spent nearly all my spare time building a Gummi ship that will go from world to world."
"Isn't that bad?"
"Potentially, yes. But I only built it for this one thing."
"This had better be worth it."
"Don't worry."
The man Cid was with had blonde hair, and wore a cape, heavy metal shoes and a blue jumpsuit. He was still trying to get over his life revelations. First, one of his best friends died. Then, he found out he was created as a result of medical experimentation, and then his entire world was destroyed, leaving him in Olympia. At least he was with some one he knew now. "This is it?" He sounded understandably disappointed as Cid led him to a library.
"You'll see." Cid slowly opened the door, and Cloud walked in.
And he gasped.
"Hiya Cloud! Long time no see!"
"H-How.?"
Aeris.
How?
Is it real?
It had to be. She was right in front of him.
"Well, say something!" Cid gave Cloud a little prod in the ribs. "I told ya it would be worth it, eh?"
Cloud just stared at his 'dead' friend with shock. "I-I thought you."
"What? Oh, that! I was!"
"How?"
" I don't know. One minute, I'm in heaven, the next, I'm here with Yuffie."
"Yuffie?"
Yuffie stood out from the back of the room. "I'm surprised you didn't see me!"
Cloud stood in shock, trying to comprehend the fact that he had finally found two of his best friends. Suddenly, there was a knock on the door. When Cloud opened it, his face scowled as he realized who it was. "You." He said coldly.
"What?" Sora had a confused look on his face.
"You are still the only person to have defeated me in a duel."
Noticing the tension, Yuffie jumped in. "Hey Cloud, I haven't shown you all of the castle yet!" She gave Sora a nervous look as she led Cloud out of the library, and Aeris followed them.
"Good to see you again, Sora." Squall said, shaking Sora's hand. "Been a long time."
"Hiya Leon!"
"Goofy, just call me Squall, OK? What brings you here?"
"We need some help going to new worlds."
"New worlds?"
Donald sighed. "Didn't you realize just how easy it was to get Cloud from Olympia? There are still keyholes that need to be sealed!"
"What are you getting at?"
Sora walked up closer to Squall. "We need your help. There's stuff in these new worlds that might be hard. What do you say?"
"What will happen if we seal these worlds?"
"I don't know, but that's half the fun, eh?"
Squall picked up his sword. "What the hell. Sounds like fun."
Sora and Squall shared a powerful handshake before setting out for the first world they had to visit.
NOTE: Don't get too attached to Kairi and the others, because you won't be seeing them for a while. Reviews appreciated. And yes, I am completely aware that Kairi's reaction was completely different in the ending, so there's no need to point this out. You are warned now. Later on, this becomes a Sora x Kairi fic.