How did this happen…

Just what did we do to deserve this?

I felt as though I was fading, falling, flying.

Was I dying?

Why did Riku do this?

And where the hell am I?

I'm losing my consciousness…

Sora…I'm sorry…

Please…For...give…..m…..e

~Break~

"ARRRRRGGGG" I stretched and yawned, god this was tiring. Riku practically carried me outside to get more work done on the raft.

Oh, I should probably explain some stuff. My name is Akira, Akira Tohru. I currently live on Destiny Islands with my 3 best friends, Riku, Sora, and Kairi. I'm the same age as Riku at 16. Sora and Kairi are a year younger than us. Those 3 are very hyper and active, while I am a bit more laid back than them. Not to say I don't have my fair share of sword duels and searching for unique places at the Islands. Riku and Sora always attack with strength instead of strategy, so I normally find myself winning just by outsmarting them, but they are still better with technique than I am.

Riku, A long, silvered haired male, he also is shorter than me, has been wanting to leave the Islands for as long as I've known him, but now he has gone crazy, I swear. He wants to leave the islands on a raft to go to different worlds.

A makeshift raft held together by rope…

Not to mention, there is a good to fair chance that there are no other worlds. I mean, we have no proof that other humans are living outside of ourselves. If they did exist, they would have founded us by now…

…Right?

Whatever, but I won't leave them, they mean so much to me. I won't let my friends go alone.

Oh, that reminds me, I'm supposed to go with Kairi to wake up Sora. That lazy bum can never do what he's told, and normally it's either me or Riku who pick up Sora's slacking.

Kairi has bright red hair and is rather short compared to the rest of us. She also tends to slack off, but Riku and Sora are heads of heels for her, so they don't care. Sora has long, wavy brown hair and blue eyes. Hes taller than Kairi but shorter than Riku. Sora and Riku have a rivalry in basically everything, and most of the time it can be traced back to Kairi.

Anyways, back to waking Sora up.

"Ahh!" Sora yelled, sitting up. Kairi and I laughed. "Kairi? Akira?"

"Yesh Sora, You need to stop picking the same spots to lounge in. It's getting easy to find you now." I teased, Sora and Kairi laughed.

"Yeah, Riku told us to wake you up."

"Correction, he told me to wake you up because Kairi can be just as lazy." I looked at Kairi, who scratched the back of her head.

"Anyways…" Kairi brightened. "…All of us have done our part for today, so the rest is up to you!" Sora looked dejected at Kairi's words and I laughed.

"You would have had help Sora, but you just had to catch some zzz's" I said, before walking off.

"Where are you going, Akira?" Sora asked, I stopped and smiled back to him.

"I've had a long day, I think I'll go and catch some zzz's in the tree house." I teased before leaving the two alone. While Sora and Kairi's reaction would have been fun to see, I don't think I would have had the same affect if I stayed around. I slowly walked to the docks, towards a separate island where Riku has been for the last hour or so. How he can watch the waves for so long is beyond me.

"So, is he up?" Riku asked, not looking back.

"Well, I woke him up. No idea if he will stay awake."

"He'll probably have to come here if he wants to gather everything, so I'll know." Riku picks up something that I couldn't see, and threw it into view. I laughed.

"Harsh Riku, Harsh."

"Here, take this with you, maybe you can get a fight outta Sora?" Riku hands me a cloth. I smile and start walking away to where I said I would be. I hung the carpet up on the wall and decided to wait for Sora. I smirk, quite evilish. This was gunna be fun.

I heard Sora climbing up the stairs. I was able to catch a peek of him and could see him roughed up a bit.

'So, He found Riku first?' I thought. I watch him step through the door and clearly searching for me. I jump from behind the barrel I was hiding behind and swing downwards to Sora. He quickly dodges and pulls out his wooden sword.

"I was really hoping you'd find me first, Sora." I said, Sora laughed. We stared at each other, he beams with excitement. I stay cool and calculating. Sora takes the first attack, a jump to me, slashing downwards. I quickly block him, and force him to go back to where he was. I quickly use the time of him regaining his footing to dash forwards. I swipe at his chest, but he puts his sword up to deflect me in time, if just barely. Instead of leaping back, I kick out his knee from under him, forcing him down. I wind up for the killing blow when I feel something slash my back, I stop in surprise.

I look down, to see Sora reaching around me and slashing my back, clearly would have crippled me. I lower my sword and hold my hand out to Sora with a smile. "C'mon , You'd better grab what you were looking for."

Sora looks up and smiles at me. He takes my hand as I pull him up. He laughs. "Yeah!"

He yanks the cloth from the wall and runs out the door. I see him leave down the stairs, towards the shack where Kairi is at. Wathcing Sora freak out because he most likely forgot what he was doing by now. I saw Riku in the distance laugh at Sora, but also had some jealousy in his eyes. I chuckled to myself, what a day it was. I return to my house and decide to go to bed for tonight. I felt tired.

~Break~

"Are you sure, Akira?" A face I could not recognize. A voice I had forgotten.

"Positive." I said, without looking back at the man.

"You know that the O-"

"I'm fully aware VIII. That is why I have taken step to prepa-"

"That won't work forever!"

"But it will for the time I need it to be, VIII. Trust me, you will find a new XIII."

"They will always find a new XIII, but they won't find another you!"

"Are you sure you don't have a heart? You're rather passionate about this."

"…Not a surprising answer…I must go, you know this."

"…Goodbye…VIII…"

~Break~

I slowly opened my eyes and groaned. I was never a morning person in case you couldn't tell yet. I really hated mornings, so much so that I think I scared Sora and Kairi from ever waking me up again…I don't regret it.

Anyways, I should probably head to the other side of the island, I heard from Riku that the ship is going to be built over there. I decided to take the parkour way up to get some exercise in. As I reach the beach, I see Sora and Riku run right past me in another competition. I grinned at the duo, chasing after them. I quickly catch up as they went the long way and I'm slightly faster than them. I pass them and see Kairi up ahead. I ran right up to Kairi and leaned my elbow on her head. Grinning.

Riku managed to beat Sora, like usual. Sora looked angered, like usual. Riku grinned and slightly boasted his winning, like usual.

Ahh, they act just like kids. Sometime I wonder if this is how normal 15-16 year olds act. Is everyone super hyper? Am I the only adult-like person here? Ehh, it's not really my issue I guess.

So Riku got to name the ship and Sora has to grab everything again today because he lost. I will always take a day off, so I head back to my place and change into swimming trunks and leap into the water for a day of relaxation.

Until I felt my body forced underwater by a pair of hands. I swim back up and glare at the brunet who is smiling sheepishly. I jump and tackle him underwater and start a quick fight underwater. I started losing my breath as did Sora, so we both went up for air. As we caught our breath, we start eyeing each other to notice any weakness in the others stance. He was about to lung at me until I felt something hit my head.

"SORA! YOU'RE SUPPOSE TO BE GETTING FISH!" I heard Riku yell as I noticed 2 wooden planks floating. Clearly, I should not mess with Riku, he has some deadly aim.

"BUT…..I BLAME AKIRA!" Sora yelled as he ran away from me. My eyes widen.

"BULLCRAP! YOU PUSHED ME UNDERWATER FIRST!" I yelled at him. I chance after him as he ran past Riku, As I was about to pass Riku, He grabbed onto me and held me in a headlock. I struggled in the headlock, obviously not getting anywhere as Riku is much stronger than me.

"God dammit, Riku. Let me kick him once!" I struggled, Riku laughed. I blushed slightly being so close that I could feel him laughing.

"Nope, we need Sora to get us fish, now let's go to the boat, you can swim there." Riku smiled down at me, which I scowled at, but reluctantly agreed. Riku lead me to the raft, while still in a headlock.

"Can you…I don't know…Not keep me in a headlock." I asked.

"Not till we get there." Riku said, practically ignoring my struggles and complaints.

"I don't think I ever have heard someone complain as much as you." Riku teased. I let out a quick bark of laughter.

"That's because you've never seen a prince as nice, and handsome as myself. Now let me go!" I continued to struggle, but it was nothing more than useless. I couldn't see Riku's face, but I assume he was probably getting annoyed as his lock tightened around me. I could feel the water hit my feet before I could see it. I then felt like I was flying.

'Did this bastard just throw me?!'

I continued to fall until the cold water surrounded me. I come back up quickly to grab some fresh air that wasn't Riku-infused.

I glare at him, who is laughing at me instead of being affected by my glare.

"Just swim there. Sora will be here soon, then we can prepare to head out tomorrow." Riku said, I grumbled under my breath and sat back to relax. Deciding I will worry about Riku's punishment later.

~Break~

Today was way to long for my liking. I'm glad I'm done. I don't know why, but something doesn't feel right today.

~Break~

"Ugh…." I was laying down. I could feel the blazing heat, beating onto my body. The warm blue waves slightly reach my side, but not enough to reach my head. I felt my pounding head, and a severe lack of hydration. I could see the world, as everything slowly left me.

"GAH!" I'm startled awake by the shaking of my room. I look outside and notice the sky is still black. I continue to watch the sky, transfixed by its unique design. I slowly felt the ground shake, however I could not shake myself. I watched as the sky continued to grow darker, and a purple light filled the sky. I could see sand fly upwards in my vision, but I could not register it. Finally, the light had covered the stars, and I could glance around again. I get off my bed, only to be met by a mysterious figure. I stare in shock at the figure, as she looks around, and studies me. It was cold, calculating, demeaning, and dangerous. I knew, I knew. Oh, I swear I knew I couldn't trust this person.

But I couldn't help myself

"Who are you?" I asked, defensively. She continues to stare, as I meet her glare.

"Akira Tohru, beggar of the Darkness." I watched in confusion. "I, am Maleficent. Your, new owner." She grins, before pointing her staff like weapon towards me. I wasn't able to get a word out, before she shot a purple beam at me, trapping me.

"What the hell?" I could hear an echo. I felt myself move against my will.

"Now…Let us leave, Akira." I heard a chuckle in her voice. I could feel myself react. Was this….laughing?

"Oh, of course Maleficent." I could hear a darker, deeper, threatening voice call out. I could feel a horrible, deadly grin stretch across my face as I stepped through a portal.

That's when I realized I was no longer in control.

I felt my body be shoved to a sitting position. I could finally move slightly on my own, only my fingers, toes, and eyes. I looked at Maleficent, who locked me into a chair.

"Now, you may be wondering what I am doing. I can see you are slowly regaining control." Maleficent said, I hardened my glare at her.

"I cannot allow this to happen. So, you will be given full control, only for the darkness to consume you, and change you." I continued to glare, but I was confused as to what she meant.

"The beggar of Darkness, normally cannot be overpowered as it needs it beckoning call, but with a little help from us…" Many more people appear, grinning at me. I lost my glare…I could only be afraid. "…That may be no more…"

~Break~

"He's not here." A voice said.

"It seems he was able to escape."

"No, I doubt that." A voice crouching down said. Looking at the scrape marks on the floor.

"Marks?"

"I do believe we have another person to find."

"A kidnapping?"

"No it's a damn party."

"Shut it," Everyone else shut up. "We must return and wait, we have time to." They leave.

~Break~

Forgive me? Hah!

Glorious, nice cliché line!

No…No I have something much better in mind!

~Break~

A/N

Ok, so first things first, you NEED to know the kingdom hearts story to understand this. This is a story designed around the events of kingdom hearts, not an explanation of the events.

And second, as you can see, I'm not the best writer when it comes to detail. If anyone is interested in helping me create my stories and collaborating, please PM me. I'd love the extra help and to meet someone who liked this first chapter enough to consider.

Thank you so much!

~Enisolar

I fixed it, The breaks didn't want to load the first time and finally changed it. Story should make some sense now.