Okay, my first Fic… I'm 1000% KH fan so here's what I do while waiting for KHIII…(and Birth by Sleep, Coded and 358/2 Days!)
Summary: oops, someone screwed up. The three keyblade heroes are back home after their second adventure but it seems they forgot to lock their own world's keyhole and somebody tries to capture all three keyblade heroes. Now, to save her friends, Kairi must repeat the words she said when she first claimed her keyblade: "this time, I'll fight!"
Disclaimer: *sniff* as much as I hate to admit it, I don't own Kingdom Hearts, or a keyblade despite my name!
Note: this story takes place after the Kingdom Hearts II ending where they return to the island but BEFORE the scene where Kairi finds the message in the bottle from Mickey!
Chapter 1-Promise
It was the summer holidays and Sora couldn't stand it: Kairi had been spending too much time with Selphie since they got back. It was a daily routine to visit that old island they used to play on now, and Sora savoured those boat rides they took together.
Riku was getting annoyed-those two had been fawning over each other so much that they hadn't even noticed him with them all the time: waiting at the boats, eating with them at their picnics and even watching the sunset.
He sighed, "Still," he thought, "If it makes her happy…"
Kairi was already waiting at the boat for Sora, "he's late…as usual," she said to herself "Riku's probably already at the island"
Finally, she could see him running down the road, waving at her. She giggled as she waved back; it was hard to be mad at him for a long time.
On the boat, Sora was rowing as usual.
"So, Kairi,"
"Hmmm?"
"Why don't we spend as much time with each other?"
"Sora, we spend every day with each other!"
'Not at school"
"Yes we do, every break"
"What about during class?"
"I'm not in your class!"
'Oh! Right…"
At the island, Riku was nowhere to be seen. In fact, none of the kids were there!
Sora smirked "Riku, you are slick!"
Sora took Kairi's hand and said "C'mon, let go!"
She knew what he meant.
Down on the secret place, Kairi ran over to the wall on which they'd drawn each other: it was her favourite place.
They'd drawn each other when they were much younger, just after she'd arrived to this world. You see, she wasn't from this world- she was from the Radiant Garden but was sent away when it fell into darkness. When she was separated from Sora, she finished the picture, so that they were sharing a paopu fruit. It's said that if two people share a paopu, their destinies become intertwined for all eternity.
Sora walked over to her and stood behind her. He put his hands around her waist
"Remember the promise we made in traverse town?"
"Yeah, you kept it, didn't you?"
"Uh-huh, so here's another promise coming your way: Kairi, I promise to be there for you as long as I live and even after that"
He walked over to the mysterious wooden door that turned out to be a keyhole to their world and sat down against it.
'Is that all?" said Kairi cheekily as she moved his legs apart to make space for herself to sit, facing him.
Sora laughed, "What more do you want?" he said and Kairi smiled sheepishly, "oh, I see!" and he pulled her closer and pressed his lips against hers. She made no struggle as she let him in.
"Hey, look," he said, pulling away from her and summoning up his keyblade, Oathkeeper "Your Charm!"
Kairi smiled and summoned her own floral Keyblade. Sora took his keyblade and tossed it aside along with hers and pulled Kairi into another kiss.
Suddenly, Riku ran into the cave, stopping when he saw the couple. "Sorry, didn't realize it was sexy-time for the hero and the princess!" he teased, "just checking to see if Sora arrived or was unbelievably late as usual"
Sora pulled away from Kairi for a second to punch Riku in the nose but she pulled him back close to her "don't bother, Sora! He's just sore he couldn't get any of it!'
Riku raised an eyebrow and in a flash summoned his own keyblade, Way to Dawn, "wanna duel for it!?" he said and Kairi giggled.
"Does anybody else wanna summon a keyblade in here?" she called out jokingly, but in the corner, her and Sora's keyblade began to glow in unison with Riku's.
Kairi gasped as the door behind Sora began to glow in reaction to the keys. Suddenly, it was too dark to see and Kairi could hear Riku say "Sora?! You said that door was the keyhole to this world…well, did anyone bother to lock it?!"
"Wha-!"
"Sora!"
"Kairi!"
"No!!"
Kairi struggled in the darkness with nothing to hold her. She closed her eyes and remembered:
I was kidnapped to open the final keyhole. I hid my heart in Sora's cause I knew I could trust him. He revived me by giving up his own heart. He became a heartless. We were surrounded by them. I recognized him and love restored his heart. Love. SORA!
A radiant orb of light surrounded her as the darkness receded. A strange feeling welled up in side her as Kairi felt herself falling.
Our hearts released the nobodies, Roxas and Naminé. Rikku gave up his body to find us. Sora fell into a deep sleep. I left the island again to find them…
We fought together.
Kairi awoke to find her face stained with tears. She looked around, closed her eyes and shook her head a little to make sure she was seeing correctly. Everything seemed to be bending!
She got up and walked around. Upon further inspection, she discovered this was a garden within a castle. She followed a path leading to a curved corridor. She followed that down to a large door that opened up into a cozy library.
Inside the library was a cheery mouse in a pink dress and a serious duck in purple in deep conversation. Kairi's eyes wondered to the corner where she saw…
"Pluto!"
Pluto jumped up into her arms as she fell to the floor to hug him. The other two people broke off their conversation to stare at the newcomer.
"What's this?" asked the bright-eyed mouse in pink. Kairi noticed the ruby tiara perched on her head and the realization kicked in.
"Oh, you must be Queen Minnie and Donald's sweetheart, Daisy!" she said, giving a polite curtsy.
Minnie smiled and spoke in a sweet but brave voice 'and you must be Kairi! How are the others?"
Kairi looked down and held back the tears, "that's just it" she said, "may I please speak to King Mickey?"
Minnie clutched her hands over her ring and a soft "oh dear…" was all she could say.
Kairi was confused, "what's going on?" she asked, though she didn't really want to know.
Minnie remained silent, so Kairi turned to Daisy who explained, "you see, the king's been kidnapped too, along with Donald and Goofy, and nobody knows why."
Minnie sighed, "and now with all the Keyblade Heroes gone, who knows what will happen?" she said.
They were all silent for a moment until Kairi broke the silence, "No, the haven't captured all the keyblades," she said as she summoned her own one, "they forgot that I am the third keyblade wielder. I'm the Seventh princess of the Heart"
Minnie smiled and shook her head, "no, I can't let you do this! The king was kidnapped in your place so that the three keys wouldn't fall into the wrong hands…we'll just be handing yours over!"
"And so, once again the princess is left to sit alone her island while the ones she loves risk their lives…" Kairi was close to tears, "I won't just sit back this time-and I won't be the damsel in distress…it's my turn to help them, to help him"
There was a moment of silence in which Kairi gathered herself together and said, "I'm going, with or without your help, I'll find a way!"
"Then we must hurry," said Minnie, "we have to use the golden gates now that the gummi routes are sealed-Daisy, stay and watch over the castle with Pluto!"
Kairi frowned "no way!" she said "I'm not gonna endanger the Queen as well!"
Daisy agreed, "Yeah, I'll go! We need you here!"
Minnie just shook her head, "I need to do this. It's like you said: I won't just wait while others risk their lives" Kairi nodded; she knew how it felt. Minnie turned to Daisy and said gently, "take care."
As the two girls walked out, Pluto ran to Kairi's side and circled her. She knelt down beside him and stroked him gently, "sorry, not this time Pluto. We don't know what we're up against"
And with one final look behind her, Kairi repeated the words she'd said when she'd first gotten her keyblade and found Sora:
This time, I'll fight.
End chapter 1
Aaaaaaaaaaaand CUT!! He Hee! I LOVE KINGDOM HEARTS!!! How was it? I know it's a bit short, but I'll get better! Please review! (And this is all new to me, so please be nice…no flames!)
WHAT'S NEXT: Along on the Quest: Heartless??
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