Usagi: Hi people! Here comes a fic I've been working on for a couple of weeks, it is older than Kingdom Dorks, and more serious.
Sora: great! I hated that random shit
Usagi: don't celebrate too soon keyblade master
Sora: o.O
Usagi: I thought of this story almost immediately after finishing Kingdom Hearts 2 (and no, I haven't played the first game… but I've seen the cut scenes and should be getting the first game in a few days from an online store) It was pretty much started as an excuse to bring Roxas back.
Sora: you couldn't have done it in a way that does NOT involve me getting my heart torn out again?
Usagi: where's the fun in that?
Sora: you're an evil evil little girl.
Usagi: (evil laugh) That's right. Evil henchmen/pets bunny! Come say the disclaimer.
Zakura: Miss.Ecofreak AKA: the Usagi Zakura does not own Kingdom Hearts or else Kingdom Hearts III could may well end up like this.
Sora: thank god!
Roxas: that'd be kind of cool really
Sora: (knocks Roxas out)
Usagi: Read and review.
Chapter 1
Mystery Crate
It was a sunny day at Destiny Islands.
Life had been calm ever since Organization XIII was defeated, and so the keyblade master Sora was simply enjoying the sun at the beach, as Kairi arrived.
"Hi Sora. What are you doing?" she asked.
"Nothing much" Sora replied.
Kairi sat down next to him, smiling.
It was hard to believe the boy sitting next to her had already saved the world twice.
Destiny Islands seemed even more peaceful than usual; there was not a cloud on the sky, and hardly any wind.
Nothing could spoil such a perfect day.
That is a saying you must never use, for whenever you do, something does spoil your day, or sometimes your entire life.
"What's that?" Sora said, pointing at the sea.
There was a crate floating in the water, the waves brought it closer to the two, sitting at the beach.
Sora grabbed the crate and pulled it onto the shore.
"What do you think it is?" Kairi asked, as the crate suddenly started moving she jumped.
"There's something in there" Sora said.
"Maybe it's a heartless" a new voice behind them.
"Very funny Riku" Sora said and laughed. "Or perhaps it's the monster of loch ness."
"You won't know until you open it" Riku said.
Sora tried to remove the lid, but it was nailed shut.
The crate started shaking whenever he touched it.
"Uhm, maybe we should leave it. What if it is something dangerous?" Kairi said.
"You're not worried about the heartless are you? I was just kidding" Riku said.
"I know… I just got a bad feeling about this" Kairi said.
"Relax. It's probably just a dog that jumped in at the wrong place or something. You know, it would be pretty cool to have a dog wouldn't it?" Sora asked.
The Kingdom Key materialized in his hand, and he stuck it into the crate to try to break it up.
Suddenly the crate started jumping around; it bounced all the way back to the water, as if it was horribly scared of Sora's keyblade.
The three friends just looked at it for a while.
The crate had stopped moving so Riku came closer to have a look, he put his ear to the box.
"Can you hear anything?" Kairi asked.
"Not while you're talking" Riku replied and Kairi silenced.
After a short while Riku got up again. "Nothing. Whatever's in there must have died. Perhaps from the stress of being out in the ocean for a long time" he said.
Suddenly the lid fell of, and a black creature with big yellow eyes flew out of the box.
"Man, I hate having right" Riku said and pulled out his keyblade.
The heartless fell to the ground and looked around, as if unsure of who to attack first.
It soon decided though to not take any chances, and darted of towards a cave.
Sora was about to run after it, but Riku stopped him.
"Hold on Sora what if there are more of them?" He asked. "How many times have we encountered just one small heartless anyway?"
"You've got a point there but we've still got to catch this one before it runs of. I don't like the thought of one of those creatures running loose on the island" Sora said. "What it if attacks someone?"
Kairi looked out on the ocean.
"Don't see any other crates" She said. "But how about Riku and I stay here and watch, while you go take out the one in the cave Sora?"
"Got it" Sora said, and ran towards the cave.
As he ran of, Kairi looked back at the ocean, yet all she could see were tiny waves and occasionally some fish jumping.
"Where did it come from?"
Kairi looked around at her friend; Riku was examining the box the heartless came in.
"Maleficent should be dead by now, and Organization XIII are all wiped out too. So where did this fellow come from? And why did he end up here?" Riku said.
"Do you think there's a coincidence?" Kairi asked, but Riku shook his head.
"One heartless, caught in a crate that's been nailed shut just happened to drift ashore here? It's almost as if it was looking for…"
"Sora!" Kairi said suddenly and ran towards the cave.
She didn't quite know why but she suddenly felt that her friend needed her more than ever, usually she would have been confident that Sora could take out a single heartless, after all he had fought thousands in the past, so why did she suddenly feel this could be his last battle?
"Sora!" she yelled, as soon as she got to the cave's entrance.
For a few unbearable seconds she saw nothing, but then finally the boy appeared in the cave entrance.
"You're okay" Kairi said and let out a sigh of relief, but then Sora collapsed by the cave entrance.
"Sora!" Kairi started running towards him.
"No Kairi. Stay back" Sora said. As he turned his head to look back, Kairi noticed he was bleeding out of his chest.
There was movement in the darkness of the cave, and soon Sora and Kairi could see the heartless running out, its claws covered in blood, however it still hadn't gotten what it came for. Sora's heart.
The heartless jumped into the air to attack the seemingly helpless teenager. However, Sora didn't become a hero for nothing.
He span around holding the keyblade with both hands, as a shield between him and the heartless, as it landed on the blade it stretched out its arms towards Sora's wound.
For a brief moment it looked as if Sora was winning, but Kairi could see the loss of blood was weakening him.
She couldn't believe this was happening, this couldn't be just a normal heartless, or Sora would have no problems beating it. She wanted to help, but if Sora couldn't defeat the monster, how could she?
She wanted to get Riku, but he was back at the beach, there was no way he could get here in time.
The heartless suddenly grabbed Sora's arm and used it to pull itself closer to his chest.
"No Sora, you can't let it get you!" Kairi screamed.
Sora looked at her, a sad look on his face, but he tried to smile.
"I'm sorry" he said, as he lost his grip on the keyblade with one hand.
"NOOO!" Kairi screamed and ran towards him, however she was stopped as someone grabbed her hand and pulled her away. She hadn't even noticed Riku had arrived, but now she was struggling to get free from his grip, and run over to help Sora, although deep inside she knew it was too late, that she could risk meeting the same fate, but she didn't care.
As Sora's hand fell to the ground, the keyblade fell onto his attacker, killing the heartless instantly.
At this point Kairi didn't want to see more, she hid her face behind Riku, but in her mind she could still see the scene from two years ago, as Sora sacrificed his heart to save her and the other princesses.
Usagi: to be continued.
Sora: You're insane!
Usagi: Can't remember having asked for your opinion did I? I should probably say sorry to all the Sora-fans who would probably get upset by this, and no, he's not coming back until the end of the fic.
Sora: how about saying sorry to me???
Usagi: Because you're not real!
Sora: oh…
Usagi: Sorry the first chapter is a little rushed... It'll get better. Next chapter will mark the return of some other old friends, but I won't upload that until I get a few reviews on this one so REVIEW!
Sora: NO DON'T!
Usagi: why? You want to be a heartless forever?
Sora: Damn… didn't think about that… REVIEW PLEASE!