All right ya'll. I don't know about you guys but I am really tired of Goofy and Donald always following me around. It's a little annoying 'cause they get in the way. Anyway, I started to play the first one again and I would have played the second but a friend still has it… Ah well. I just wanted to see what would happen if Sora got tired of them following him around and this is what happened. If anyone even reads this could you tell me if there are any fics like this but better? I'd appreciate it. But yea, uh, this is pretty much what I think could happen or would have happened. I'm gonna shut up now 'cause I am rambling. Sorry. However, please note that this takes place after the second game. Yes he beat the Nobodies but I'm just gonna say that the worlds we went to in the game were not all that had been attacked. It's just that they were not in immediate danger okay? So they are going back to clean up all the loose ends and check out the worlds that they didn't check before.
Oh, and I don't own the Kingdom Hearts series.
Chapter One: Tainted Solitude
Sora flopped onto his bed and lay there with his hands behind his head. He could hear Donald and Goofy in the common room of the inn they were staying at. Sighing he held his hand up towards the ceiling and called for the keyblade. Nothing happened. He concentrated harder and finally the air shimmered and the keyblade formed in his hand. He held it there and looked at it before letting it go and watching it disappear inches from his face not flinching in the least.
'I'm so tired of this,' he thought, 'Donald and Goofy have noticed it by now.' He turned onto his side and looked out the window and into the night sky. The stars flickered softly. He was becoming depressed and angry at the same time. The keyblade is slowly leaving him. It takes it longer and longer to answer his call when the heartless are around. Sometimes it never showed up at all. Luckily for him it was usually just a stray shadow or two and Donald and Goofy would take care of them easily. But the last time the keyblade refused to come they had been fighting a larger group of soldiers and had nearly been killed. They managed to defeat them all but it took some time.
Goofy and Donald had kept a closer eye on him after that. He had never had much privacy or time alone before but now he had none at all. One of them was almost always with him no matter what. 'I know I wield the keyblade and I know they need me but sometimes I wish they would just leave me alone!' he screamed mentally. 'I need a break. I can't keep doing this day in and day out. I need to get away.' Ever since the day he had met them he had never been left alone. They were always near him. Always watching him. Following him. Smothering him. 'Oh god, if I don't get away I don't know what I will do.' He began to breathe hard and his eyes widened as thoughts ran through his mind. His head was reeling and he almost missed the voices coming from the door.
He quickly calmed down and got off the bed, walking quietly to the door. Kneeling, he turned his ear to the keyhole and slowly breathed so the noise would not betray him. He didn't have to worry about his shadow because there was no light in the room other than the light from the window but it was facing the wrong way to cast the moonlight on the door. "Gwarsh Donald, what do you think is wrong with him? I mean why didn't he use the keyblade on the Heartless?" Goofy asked softly. 'They must be right next to the door.' thought Sora. "I don't know Goofy but I think we had better tell the king next time we see him."
Sora grimaced. 'Yea that's just what I need. King Mickey giving me a heart to heart talk. Then he will tell everyone that there is something wrong with me and then EVERYONE will be watching me all the time.' That's the last thing he wanted. He knew what he needed. A vacation. He just needed to be alone for a week or three.'But noooo,' he thought, 'the key bearer has a duty to help the worlds taken by darkness and can never get tired or upset and can never quit.' He frowned and crept back to his bed. 'What use is a key bearer when the key has left him?' He sighed and closed his eyes and began to hum to himself. After a few moments Donald and Goofy entered the room getting ready for bed. They keep looking at him from the corner of their eyes, he could feel it.
Finally unable to stand it he opened his eyes and looked at them. "What? Is there something you want?" he asked. They looked at each other before Donald spoke. "We are going back to Twilight Town tomorrow. We need to restock on supplies and to find out if there are any other worlds near here that need our help. We are leaving early so you might want to get some sleep." Donald looked at him nervously as Goofy spoke up. "Yea that's right. And maybe you can go see Kairi and Riku back on Destiny Island." 'Right. Like that's going to happen. They are so wrapped up in each other it isn't funny.' Not long after Riku had helped him defeat Xemnas and they returned home Kairi had told them all the truth. While yes, she did like Sora and she loved him she, in truth, loved Riku more. Riku had tried to divert her but she was relentless in her pursuit of him and he had finally given in. Sora understood that Riku knew that he had loved her and had apologized profusely when he had given in but it hadn't changed the fact that she had chosen Riku.
He never told Donald and Goofy about it. He had never told anyone. He really didn't want to go back to Destiny Island. There was nothing for him there. During the years that he was gone his parents had died when their house caught fire and they were unable to escape. He found out after they had returned to their homes. While on the island he stayed with Riku. Well he was supposed to at least. He spent most of his time in the cave or in other places where they never thought to look. He could hear them calling his name for a while then they would stop. Every few days he would go back to the spare bedroom Riku's parents had given him and he would shower and change his clothes before collapsing on the bed. Every time they found him back in the house they would pester him about where he had been. And every time he would give them the same answer. Around.
He could never make up his mind when the gummi ship came to pick him up. He didn't know if he was grateful for leaving or upset for having to go with the mage and the knight. He mulled over it for a while then mentally shook his head. 'That doesn't matter right now. What matters is how to get away from these two. I have run all over Twilight Town often enough to know it fairly well. And I can probably get Pence and the others to help me. I have enough munny 'cause Donald and Goofy can't carry anymore and my munny pack is almost full… While they shop I can go see Hayner, Pence and Olette and get them to help. Maybe I can have them buy me some supplies for me while I hide in case Goofy and Donald come looking for me early.' As he continued to plan what he would do he drifted off to sleep.
Morning seemed to come early. Sora squinted at the early morning light that smacked him in the face. 'Okay,' he thought, 'that is the last time I take the bed closest to the window that faces the sunrise.' He grumbled and sat up, shaking his head. Goofy was already up and about, packing what he had brought. Donald was still sleeping. Sora raised an eyebrow at the puddle of drool on the ducks pillow and the loud rumbling coming from the small body. "Does he know he does that?" Sora asked as he reached over and lightly poked Donald in the forehead. "Do what? Drool or snore?" Goofy replied as Donald twitched and snorted before rolling over and resuming his snoring. "Both. They might have to wring out the sheets and pillow or they might get ruined." Goofy chuckled at Sora's jibe, "You might be right." Sora sniffed before turning to his own pack and stuffing what he had taken out of it back in.
A quarter of an hour later Goofy and Sora were packed and ready to go and took their packs to the common room to eat while they waited for Donald to finally wake up. Sora had just sat down with his second plate when he heard yelling coming from the room they had been staying in. Goofy grinned. "Donald's awake." Sora didn't look up from his plate and continued to apply himself to his breakfast. "Yup." He paused long enough to turn towards the room and catch the cursing coming from the other side. "He sounds mad." he stated as he resumed eating. "Yup." Goofy agreed as he drained the last of his coffee then looked at the door. They could hear crashing now and the few other people staying at the inn were opening their doors and looking around. "Should we have gotten him up?" Sora downed half his glass of juice before replying. "Nope. Should we get him breakfast?" "Nhaa. He'll be fine. I think." Goofy eyed the manager as she strode to the door and knocked on it before opening it and winced as a lighting bolt flew past her head.
Everything stopped at that point.
Sora looked at the door and the woman standing there as did everyone else. "Bad move Donald. Bad move." Sora shook his head at the ducks actions. They could hear him laugh nervously as the manager closed the door and slowly walked back to the employee's section of the inn. Goofy stood up and jogged over to their room and opened the door. "Donald, I have a suggestion." As he spoke the employee's door opened and the manager stepped back out carrying a large club. Goofy took one look at her as she stomped towards him and stepped aside. "Run Donald!" he called as she stormed into the room, raising her club. Donald squawked and streaked out of the doorway one hand on his hat as he ran from the manager. Goofy returned to his seat and started to finish his breakfast. When they finished Sora checked them out while Goofy finished packing for Donald and shouldered both packs. They waited for Donald and the manager to come close before stopping them and calming them both down. Having been told sternly that Donald was never to come back they left and headed for a clearing on the other side of the trees that surrounded the village.
Sora looked up as they waited for the gummi ship to arrive, shading his eyes with his hand. Donald dropped to the ground with a plop and grumbled about not having breakfast. "Why didn't you wake me up?" he demanded with a glare. "'Cause the last time we did you almost fried us." Sora replied as he pulled several pieces of fruit out of his pockets and dropped them in Donald's hands. Donald grumbled again, though it was half-heartedly and munched on the fruits. By the time he finished the gummi ship had finally arrived. 'About time,' Sora thought, 'it's already getting hot. And it's not even eight yet!' He sighed deeply as they boarded and slumped in his seat. Donald looked at him. "What's wrong with you?" Sora rolled his shoulders. "Nothing really. It's just that it was hot out there but it's nice and cool in here." Donald looked at him for a moment before turning back to the controls. Sora dosed off while they made their way back to familiar space. He jerked awake when the gummi ship landed near the gates to Twilight Town. He jumped down from the loading platform before it settled on the ground, waited, and then fell in behind his companions as they made their way to the gates. When they entered they were immediately assaulted by three individuals.
Sora ended up flat on the ground, gasping for air as Olette, Pence and Hayner piled on top of him, laughing and carrying on. "Uh, guys? Maybe you should get off of him. I don't think he is supposed to turn blue…" Donald said in an uncertain voice. The trio became quiet as they looked at Sora then jumped up quickly. Sora gasped and dragged as much air into his lungs as he could. He sat up coughing lightly and blinking. "Sorry about that Sora." Pence said, "But we saw your ship and it's been a while since we saw you last." "Yeah!" Olette added. "You didn't spend much time with us the last time you were here. So Donald and Goofy are gonna let you come hang out with us." She looked at Donald and Goofy, "Aren't you?" "Oh, she's giving them the 'Evil Eye'." Hayner whispered to Sora. "This should be good." Pence snickered at the horrified looks on their faces. "Y-y-yea. Yea we were. Weren't we Goofy?" Donald stammered. "Uh huh. That's exactly what we were gonna do." Goofy and Donald began to back away from the angry female. "Uh, Sora why don't you stay with them while we….go….get…the uh…supplies? Sound good to you? Uh, well we will meet you at the usual spot so um…BYE!" Donald cried as he and Goofy fled from the group of teenagers.
"Wow. That was great." Sora said appreciatively, "I haven't been able to get away from them for a while. Thanks Olette." She waved her hand, as if brushing away his thanks. "No problem. I do it all the time for these two. They are always getting into trouble." she said as she looked at the other two boys who grinned at her. "Yeah, she's always getting us out of trouble." Pence admitted. "She makes us pay her back though. So we have a running tab. She gets us out of trouble and we buy her sea salt ice cream." Hayner stated. Sora shook his head at their antics and stood up. "So what are we gonna do?" he asked as he stooped to pick up his pack. "Well," Olette said thoughtfully, "There is a fair in the sandlot. We could always go there." "Or," Pence challenged, "We could go to the movies." Hayner looked at the sky and frowned. "We could just go hang out at the usual spot. We have a bunch of cards there so we can play games or something." he suggested.
"Actually, I have a favor to ask of you." Sora said quietly. They looked at him. "What is it? Is something wrong?" Pence asked. Sora looked around and grimaced. "How about we go somewhere else and I will tell you there, okay?" His friends agreed and discussed the various places they could go when Sora objected to the usual spot. They ended up in Hayner's bedroom. Sora sat on the window seat. The window itself was wide open, letting in the late afternoon breeze and overlooked the garden. 'It took us a while to get here.' Sora thought, 'Sometimes I forget how far we have to go.' The other three waited for him to begin. He sighed and turned to face them. Olette was perched on the dresser, Hayner was sitting in a chair that hung from the ceiling and Pence was on the bed. He trusted them far more than he did anyone else despite having known them for so little time. He was a little surprised to find that he trusted them more than Riku or Kairi. 'I guess times change.' The thought crossed his mind sadly. He then shook his head to clear it of stray thoughts and began to tell them how he felt. He told them about Riku and Kairi, Donald and Goofy, never being alone and even how the keyblade wouldn't answer his calls.
When he finished Olette looked like she could cry, while Pence and Hayner looked angry. "That's wrong!" Pence seethed, "You need a break. You can't keep going on like that! It's dangerous!" "Not to mention it's unhealthy." Hayner added, "But what do you want us to do?" Olette jumped off of the dresser. "What else can we do?" She declared. "We have to help him! We can hide him or something. Or we can help him run away." She began to rant on what they could do while Sora looked out the window at the setting sun. 'Wait…setting sun? Oh no!' He echoed his thoughts aloud stopping Olette mid-rant. "What's the matter Sora? OH!" she cried as her hands flew to cover her mouth in horror. "They will be waiting won't they?" Hayner said softly. "No they won't." Pence said wickedly. Sora and Olette looked at him questioningly. "Why not?" Olette asked. "Because you and I are going down there to tell them that he is staying with us for a few days. If they know what's good for them they will agree. That way we can use the time to figure out what to do." Hayner grinned at him while Sora and Olette stared at him in wonder. "Oh my god." Olette muttered slowly. "That just might work." said Sora in a stunned voice. Then they all grinned at each other warmly. "Thankfully they are afraid of you Olette." Sora joked.
They quickly made their plans and the trio dragged Sora to meet their parents. They finally decided on Olette's house. Hayner and Sora took their bags over to her house while Pence and Olette headed for the usual spot to head off Donald and Goofy. They were greeted by her parents when they knocked on the door. Her mother led them to the living room where they dropped the bags next to the couch and settled in to wait. After half an hour of nerve wracking waiting Olette and Pence showed up with matching grins that almost split their faces in two. "I take it that it went well?" Hayner asked dryly. "Oh yea." Olette said as she continued to smile. She headed into the kitchen where her parents were and told them that she was home. She came back with several bags of junk food and a cooler of ice cream and one bag of paper plates and cups. The boys snagged their bags and headed upstairs to Olette's bedroom.
"Mom said that she will bring up the take out when it gets here after her and dad get some 'cause she's afraid that if she doesn't we will eat it all." she said with a laugh. They quickly settled upstairs and started to munch on the candy and chips that Olette's mother had gotten for them. A bag of chips and two sodas later they began to discuss what they should do for Sora. "Wait, wait wait." Pence said as he shook his head. "Why haven't we asked Sora what he wants to do?" They all turned to look at Sora who had just started to chug another soda. He stopped when he noticed them staring at him. He set the soda down and sighed. "I don't know what I want to do. Not really at least. I know what I need to do though… I need to get away from them. How long did you guys get me?" Pence rubbed the bridge of his nose before answering. "Four days. We got you four days. Today, the next two and then the next morning." "Yea. I'm sorry Sora but that's all we could get." Olette admitted sadly. "Thanks a lot guys. You don't know how much it means to me, really. Just four days is wonderful." Sora was grateful, he really was. "Did they say anything else?" "Um, I think so…" Olette thought for a moment before snapping her fingers. "Oh Yeah! They said that they were going to go see the King and that they would be back really late the day after tomorrow and that they would get you in the morning."
"Great." Sora said bitterly. "What's the matter Sora?" Hayner asked suspiciously. "If they are going to the King guess what they will tell him and what will happen." Hayner messed with a bottle cap then raised his eyes to meet Sora's. "They will tell him about the keyblade, right?" "Yes." Sora groaned. "Then he will want to come back and see what's wrong with me…" Sora shivered despite the warm air. "Right." Pence said as he stood. "We have two days to figure out what to do." Sora raised his eye brows. "Why just two days?" The other three grinned at him. "Do you honestly think that we are going to let you go having done nothing but plan?" they said as one. "We are going to have some fun while you are here." Olette said as she jumped up happily. "You know she's right Sora. Can't work all the time." Hayner added smiling. "Yea," Pence agreed, "We hand out tonight and start planning tomorrow." As Sora began to smile Olette's mother walked into the room carrying two boxes of pizza and several things of Chinese food.
"Hey guys." she said with a smile. "Foods here!" Hayner and Pence stood up and took the boxes from her and set them down on Olette's table. "Thanks for pointing out the obvious mom." Olette laughed. The three boys looked at each other, wondering how much she had heard. She turned to leave, paused then turned back. "Oh and you wont be making any plans." she stated, poking Pence in the forehead. "What do you mean we won't be making any plans?" Hayner questioned nervously. "Just what I said. You won't be making any that have to do with getting Sora away from the dog and that duck." "But mom," Olette cried angrily, "We have to get him away from them! We promised! Besides how did you know about Donald and Goofy?" Olette's mother held her hand up for silence. "Hear me out. While I went to go get all that junk food I saw them and I heard them talking about all of you. Olette, they seem scared of you." Olette blushed at that. "Anyway, they were talking about how they needed to keep an eye on him but figured that he would be fine until tomorrow. They said something about having some king come and get him." She noticed how Sora's face paled. "I take it you don't want to go with them then?" "No." Sora whispered and began to shiver. "I didn't think so." She shook her head and walked over to kneel at his side. What she did next both surprised him and touched him. She wrapped her arms around him and hugged him close. The others stared in silence as she did. She held him close, whispering to him and rocked him back and forth until he stopped shivering. When he did she let him go and smoothed his hair down. "It will be alright Sora. You are broken. But that which is broken can be fixed and we won't let them break you anymore."
Olette's mother stood up and looked at the others. "Tomorrow you are going to pack bags for a long trip. Expect to be gone for a week." She turned and started to walk out the door but Olette stopped her. "Mom what are you talking about?" "I received a letter earlier while you were gone." "A letter? From who?" Olette's mother smiled. The boys cringed at it. It reminded them of the look Olette had given Donald and Goofy. "Why, from your aunt silly. Who else would send a letter two days before they get here? She will take care of everything." Olette now had a smile to match her mothers. "Now we know who she gets it from." Pence whispered to the other two boys. "Yea no kidding. But I think her mother's is worse." Hayner whispered back. All Sora could do was agree. "Seriously? Aunt Dea? Your not kidding are you?" When Olette's mother shook her head Olette squealed happily. The boys looked on in confusion. "What are they talking about?" Sora asked Pence. "I have no idea. Hayner?" They looked to him as he shrugged. "That's great mom!" Her mother just grinned and left the room. When they boys tried to get an explination from Olette she just shrugged it off and told them not to worry about it and that everything would be fine. Finally giving up after an hour or so of trying with out success they gave up and enjoyed their time together that night, falling asleep around three or four in the morning on Olette's bedroom floor.
Woo hoo! All done. So do I suck or what?
Anyhoo, tell me what yall think and if I am any good I will make a second chapter if not then oh well I might do it anyway. Nonetheless please review.