AD: I've had this idea for a while now after reading some ideas of Sora's children, and so I decided to post it to see what people think. I hope you guys like it. It takes place a good twenty or so years after Kingdom Hearts 2.
Disclaimer: I don't own Kingdom Hearts or any other characters used from anything else. I only own my OCs.
Kingdom Hearts: Dusk
Your heart is warm and bright, like a light. You are strong, but you lack confidence.
A boy of about fifteen landed on a large stained glass floor colored with bright blue, yellow, and white tiles. He looked around upon hearing the voice.
What do you seek?
The boy frowned. "I don't know."
Hmm, your heart may not be whole, but it is strong, too. Your destiny is important and your journey is long. Maybe by then you'll know what you want. You hold the key to your destiny…
The boy suddenly found himself sitting on the beach. Farther along, he could see two boys around his age sparring with wooden swords. He got to his feet and went over.
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"Take it back!" a fifteen year old boy with spiky dark brown hair growled, his sky blue eyes narrowing. He gripped his wooden sword tighter between his two fingerless gloved hands.
Another boy a few feet away with shoulder-length silver hair laughed. He looked about a year older and had darker blue eyes. "Well I don't want to be a liar," he mocked tossing his own wooden sword up before catching it and turning on the other boy.
The two teenagers ran at each other before their swords met with a loud clack. The younger boy gritted his teeth trying to beat the other's strength. Almost lazily, the silver haired boy swept the other off his feet. He stood over his, pointing his sword at the younger's throat.
"Game set and match," he said grinning victoriously.
The other boy struggled into a sitting position. "Why you…"
"Hey, enough's enough," another boy called running up to the others. He looked shockingly like the younger boy with the only exception being his golden brown hair and a younger looking face, but had wisdom in his eyes. "Sheesh, I don't know why you guys always have to make a simple game into something so serious. Up you come," he said helping the fallen boy up. "It was still a good match, Koru."
"Hey Shiro, wanna fight me?" the silver haired boy asked. "You always put up a good fight. Well, unlike your twin, anyway."
"Not today, Mizu. I think we should be getting home," Shiro replied. "We'll be back after supper."
"Hmph, make sure you don't take too long. I don't want to end up by myself like yesterday," Mizu huffed crossing his arms over his chest. "Hey, why don't you bring Kara along for once?"
Beside Shiro, Koru growled at the mention of their older sister who was Mizu's age, sixteen. Shiro turned and smiled. "I'll ask her, but no promises."
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After rowing their boat from the playground island back to the one they lived on, the twins made their way back to their house for supper. Shiro eyed his brother curiously as they walked.
"What's with you today?" he asked. "You usually don't let Mizu's remarks get to you like that. And I've never seen you lose so quickly."
"I'm just sick of him calling me weak all the time," Koru replied stiffly.
"But you're not. Only when you're a fool and let your guard down like you did."
"Whatever."
Sighing, Shiro left his sulking brother and began to jog home.
"Hey mom, I'm home," he called once he had entered the house. His mother, Kairi, was busy setting the table while his youngest sister of three, Emma, sat in front of the TV playing with her toys.
Kairi looked up upon hearing her son. "Where's your brother?" she asked with a frown as if expecting the worst.
"He should be right behind," Shiro answered looking over his brother and saw his brother appearing around a corner. "Yeah, there he is."
Kairi made sure to catch sight of the other twin before having Shiro set the table. "When you're done you can go get your sister and tell her that supper's ready."
Shiro nodded while already pouring five glasses of water. Once everything else was set on the table for supper, Shiro ran over to the bottom of the stairs. "KAAAARRRAAAAAA! TIME TO EEEAT!" he shouted up the stairs where he hoped his older sister would hear him in her room.
Planting her hands on her hips, Kairi frowned at Shiro. "Go up and tell her instead of shouting," she ordered before turning back to the food.
Shiro sighed and rushed up the stairs. Finding Kara's door shut, he pounded on it with a fist. "Hey, Kara, it's time to eat so get your butt downstairs!" he called. When she still didn't answer, he began pounding with both fists. "Come on!"
Suddenly, the door opened causing Shiro to fall flat on his face. Kara stepped back out of the way. She had light brown hair with a mixture of blonde and the reddish color of her mother down to her shoulders. Her violet eyes mirrored her mother's the most. She scowled down at her younger brother.
"What do you want?"
On her bed Shiro could see an abandoned ipod, probably the reason why she couldn't hear him.
Shiro huffed in annoyance. "Suppers ready," he muttered.
"Ok," she said simply as she stepped over Shiro and headed downstairs.
By the time the family of five had sat down around the circular table, the twins had already begun another fight with their sister.
"Look I'm telling you, I can totally beat Mizu in a swimming race to the Playground Island," Koru said fiercely. "I'm a better swimmer than her is, by far. Shiro could even beat him if he wanted."
"Koru is a pretty good swimmer," Shiro added looking at Kara expectantly.
"No way, Mizu could kick your butts so hard that you'd overshoot the Playground Island," Kara objected sticking up for their silver haired friend.
Koru opened his mouth to reply when Kairi cut him off.
"That's enough, you three. Now, what do we need to hold in our thoughts today?" she asked, it was the usual question she asked before supper.
"Our friends," Kara said as if it was her usual response.
"Family," Koru grunted not looking at anyone.
"Everyone who is fighting for the worlds' safety out there," Shiro piped happily with a grin.
Kairi was about to add something to Shiro's remark when Emma interrupted.
"Daddy," she cried joyously clapping her hands from where she sat in her highchair. As if on cue, each of the family children grabbed a silver pendant hanging from a silver chain around each of their necks, Kara's a heart, Shiro's a white key, Koru's a black key, and Emma's a star that looked oddly like a paopu fruit. She held her star up to the light above the kitchen table and laughed as it caught the light and sparkled. "Haha, oooh pretty!"
Kairi's eyes softened at her four children. Her charm was presently in the pocket of her husband. Sora… she thought as she grabbed her own pendant under her shirt, a silver flower. It had been a long time since he had been brought up in the house and an even longer time since he had been here. Kairi couldn't believe it, two whole years. Her heart ached for him to return not only to her, but to their children. She was forced to stay strong. The other world's needed him.
Koru frowned and glared at his siblings. "Yeah, that's just great," he spat, "can we eat already?"
Kairi sighed. Your kids need you, Sora. Especially Koru, though he won't admit it. Kairi smiled at him and nodded. "Yes, of course, dig in everyone."
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Later that night, Kara lay on her bed with her one arm behind her head as she stared at the silver heart pendant she held, watching as the light of the moon from the window beside her shown off it. She thought about her father. She wondered if he was safe. Most of all, Kara thought of all the people he must've saved. She couldn't stand being trapped on Destiny Islands. She wanted to help put a stop to evil like her father and Kara wanted to travel the worlds, meet new people. Her father was years younger than her when he started traveling the different worlds, defeating the Heartless. Two years ago, Kara had begged to go with him, but he had said no. She felt so trapped, like she would never get away from these islands. She knew her younger brothers felt the same. They were always hanging out like her father did with his friend when he was their age.
Suddenly, Kara sat up on her knees and opened her window. She sighed in relief as the cool breeze fluttered through her hair and looked up at the empty sky showing the starry sky and full moon. She through her legs over the edge and sat there for a moment. Kara wore long jeans that almost covered her large blue and black shoes, a white tank top, and a blue jack with black sleeves overtop. With the ground not far below her, Kara dropped out of her bedroom window and took off towards the beach where small boats were docked.
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"What does she think she's doing?"
Shiro looked over at his twin where he lay on the bottom bunk. "What are you talking about?" he asked.
Koru looked down at him from where he sat at the window before looking back at the slowly retreating shadow of his older sister. "It looks like Kara's going to the Playground Island." His eyes narrowed as Koru spotted Mizu jogging out of his house next door to follow Kara.
"Again?" Shiro asked sitting up.
Kory ignored his brother's question. "It was a mistake to leave Mizu by himself," he growled.
"What? Do you mean Riku?"
"Yes. Why'd he even leave anyway?"
"I know…dad doesn't need his help. He's fine on his own!" Shiro exclaimed enthusiastically.
"That's not what I meant. Dad's not as strong as you think. Riku just left Mizu with no one to look after him. Pretty stupid if you ask me."
Shiro laughed. "Hah, you talk about him like he's younger than you. Besides, Riku made sure mom would look after him and she agreed. He's fine. I just don't know what your problem with him is."
"Whatever. C'mon, let's go see what they're doing."
Shiro grinned as he watched Koru leap from their window. He stood up and followed his twin.
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Shiro and Koru ran onto the beach after tying their boat to the dock next to Kara's and Mizu's, gasping for breath. What had been a simple trip for fun to the Playground Island had turn into a desperate search for Kara and Mizu. They bright, starry sky had suddenly turned into dark, swirling clouds that seemed to ominously appear over the manmade island connected to the Playground Island. The wind howled, shaking the palm trees harshly.
"What are we gonna do?" Shiro shouted over the noise that was beginning to frighten him.
Koru scowled at his brother. "We look for them of course. You check the tree and I'll look along the beach. Meet back by the dock in ten if nothing comes up."
Shiro nodded before taking off towards the platform by the tree. After leaping over the railing and finding no one, he made for the room inside the tree, built by his dad when they were younger. He took the winding staircase up to the room. By the time he reached the room, the wind was blowing so fiercely through the small windows that Shiro was forced to hang onto the doorframe. He looked around and with no one there, he left for the beach.
The sands were kicked up from the wind making it look like an eerie sandstorm. Shiro squinted his eyes to protect them from the sand that were like tiny needles against his bare skin. Ahead he could see a dark silhouette of a spiky haired boy.
"Koru!" he called cupping his hands around his mouth in order to make his voice heard. The dark figure turned and approached him. Shiro found it odd that his brother wasn't in more of a rush like he was. "Find anything?" He jogged over so that he stood by his brother in front of the waterfall to their left.
"No, nothing," he replied shaking his head slowly. "There is the rest of the island, but I don't think they would go anywhere far in weather like this. That leaves one place left." The twins nodded and they both stared at the shadowed cave's entrance to the left of the waterfall. "They're most likely in there," Koru continued.
"Alright, let's go."
They headed at a run to the entrance. The cave was a place where the twins hung out with Mizu during hot afternoons when they were little drawing. There was an old-looking door that Shiro and Koru's dad never to touch. Shiro never went near it, but he always caught the other boys sneaking curious glances at as they got older. Shiro couldn't help but to wonder if the weird things happening could be connected to the door. As he and Koru headed further along the narrow twisting path Shiro shook his head. That was stupid, this was just some freak storm and they had better get home before their mom found out that they had gone out.
Shiro and Koru exploded into the dark room that was full of white drawings on the wall, the oldest drawn by their parents. Shiro looked up to find Kara facing the old door which was oddly scratched up.
"Kara, what are you doing here?" Koru snapped.
"Mizu…he was here, but then he…disappeared," she replied slowly turning to face them with glassy eyes. "You two…should be…home."
"C'mon, let's all go home," Shiro said soothingly guiding Kara out of the room. He looked over his shoulder when Koru didn't follow. "Aren't you coming?"
"I will, go ahead without me."
Shiro opened his mouth to object, but Koru cut him off. "I got some sand in my eye. I'll just be a second." When Shiro hesitated a second time, Koru snapped, "Go already!"
"Fine," Koru mumbled before following Kara outside.
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Shiro and Kara stood by the waterfall waiting for Koru. Everything seemed to be worse out. "Are you all right?" Shiro asked Kara as she suddenly grabbed her head with a hand.
"Ugh, my head just hurts," she answered stumbling back a step. "Everything back in the cave seems all…foggy. I remember Mizu being there, but then he left and the door seemed to be shaking. Then you and Koru showed up."
"I wonder what Mizu was doing…" Shiro wondered quietly. "What were you doing?"
"I was just-" She gasped suddenly and pointed up to the sky where a reddish orange portal seemed to be opening above the smaller island with the paopu palm tree grew.
"What is that?"
Kara didn't have a chance to reply because suddenly she was falling back into the waterfall, only the clear waters were replaced with darkness that was seeping everywhere.
"Kara!" Shiro cried throwing out a hand in attempt to grab hers. He pulled her up, but the pull from the portal in the sky intensified and suddenly Kara was hanging on to Shiro's hand to avoid being sucked in by the portal. Shiro looked around to grab onto something but found nothing. Suddenly, the wind blew against him hard enough to make him loose his balance and his hold on Kara's hand.
"SHIRO!"
"KARA!" His hands clenched into fists. "What is going on!"
Without another word, Shiro ran back into the tunnel to the cave running into the hard walls as he did so. "Koru! Where are you, Koru!" Shiro shouted as he ran into the room. He gasped at what he found. Koru was nowhere to be found and the door was opened, left on only one hinge, with darkness leaking out. Scared and frustrated, Shiro sprinted out, running from the darkness. Did Koru think Mizu had gone into the door? Is that why he opened it? Did he open it? He must've! No one else was there! "Urrgh, KORUUUU-" Shiro's jaw dropped once he broke through the leaves and back beside the waterfall, his voice failing. It seemed the portal was sucking up Destiny Islands. Palm trees were flying through the air and the entire island looked a mess.
Shiro's eyes widened when his eyes caught movement on the smaller island. It seemed like someone was there hanging on to the palm tree. Without a thought, he took off in hopes of finding Koru there.
As he jumped onto the roof of an old shack, Shiro looked over to see the large tree and platform beneath it gone. It seemed darkness was eating away at the island. He jumped down from the shack's roof and made his way to the board that served as a bridge to the smaller island. On the island he could see Mizu hanging on to the paopu tree that grew almost horizontally. A few feet away, Shiro could see a discarded wooden sword.
"Mizu, what happened?" Shiro yelled over the noise of destruction. Underneath the strange portal the pull from it was a lot stronger. He dived for the base of the palm tree and clung to it.
"I-I don't know!" Mizu replied. "I was with Kara in the cave when I thought I saw something weird."
Shiro looked back at the sword. "So you attacked it."
"Yeah, then I wound up here. Where's Kara?"
Shiro opened his mouth to reply when the ladder leading down to the water exploded off its bolts and blew off into the sky almost hitting Mizu in the head.
"What should we do?"
Again Shiro couldn't answer. He was too busy crawling up onto the palm tree. Shadows were already growing at his feet. "Uh, try to stay away from the shadows."
"What the hell!" Mizu cried as something grabbed his arm.
Shiro peered at him through the darkness and saw a bug-like thing standing on two feet that only came up to about Mizu's knees with soulless yellow eyes. Shiro recognized it immediately.
"Stay away from it. That's a Heartless!" he warned.
"I kinda figured that," Mizu muttered shaking off only to have more appear in the shadows around them.
Shiro watched helplessly as Mizu batted away at the monsters with his arms. Suddenly, Shiro felt a pull on his white jacket, almost ripping it off. He looked up to see the portal growing so that the entire thing was above the small island. Behind him, the Playground Island looked empty and a lot smaller. The only thing Shiro could see was the sand whipping up, everything else had vanished.
"Shiro!" Mizu shouted drawing back the brunette's attention. The silver haired boy was hanging on to one of the leaves of the paopu tree.
Shiro was about to help his friend when the upper half of the tree broke off and hurtled into the sky. Soon Mizu had disappeared into the portal above.
The Heartless who had been staring at their disappearing target looked at Shiro who had his arms and legs around the rest of the tree. He watched as the Heartless started rolling together to make one giant Heartless with a hole like a heart in the middle of its chest. As it stood, the pull from the portal lessened. It made a fist before slamming it down on where Shiro clung.
Shiro leapt from the palm tree and rolled when he hit the ground, stopping next to Mizu's wooden sword. He grabbed it and got into a fighting position. The next time the Heartless's fist came near him, he swung the sword, but it seemed to have no damage. The Heartless swept Shiro to the side like he was nothing. Smaller Heartless appeared from the puddles of darkness around the island and came to attack Shiro. He struck them with the sword, but more and more kept coming at him, almost doubling each time he would strike one.
Eventually, the Heartless pulled him down into suffocating darkness.
What do you do when all the lights go out?
What? What do I do? Shiro choked in his mind.
You make your own light.
"My own…light?"
Suddenly, something warm and bright appeared in his hand and the shadows disappeared. Shiro found himself laying on the smaller island, or what was left of it. The Heartless seemed to have disappeared, but the portal was still above him. Shiro could only lay there. He had no strength left in him. Slowly, the portal pulled him off the ground and into the air. Before he could reach the portal he felt his eyelids droop as he fell into unconsciousness.
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Shiro: Sora and Kairi's son and Koru's twin. He is noble and will protect his family and friends with his life. Shiro hopes to better himself by sparring with his twin and Mizu. He started having weird dreams after his father left to save the worlds from darkness. He wants to be like his father and one day travel the worlds.
Koru: Sora and Kairi's son and Shiro's twin. He is constantly picked on by Mizu and will do anything to one day beat him. He hates his brother's logic and will do anything to defy him even if it's wrong. He hates Destiny Islands and wants to get away as soon as he can. Could that mean he went as far as opening the door in the cave?
Mizu: Riku's only son, friends with Shiro and once with Kara, and a friendly rival of Koru's. He has been under the careful eye of Kairi ever since his father went missing two years ago. He has fun beating Koru at swordplay, but hopes for the day when the younger boy will host more of a challenge.
Kara: Sora and Kairi's oldest daughter. She's not as noble as Shiro, but she certainly won't go as low as Koru. She makes her own rules and hates listening to anyone. She dearly misses her father and would do anything to have gone with him. Like her brothers, she wants to get away from Destiny Islands and visit the other worlds. What was she doing in the cave when the door was opened to Destiny Island's heart?
Emma: Youngest daughter to Sora and Kairi. She misses her father just like the rest of her siblings. What happened to her when the Islands were destroyed by darkness?
Kairi: (KHI)Sora's wife, mother of four, and a Princess of Heart. Though she misses her husband, she likes to stick to the days when he was home, looking after the kids as best she can for the sake of her children and Mizu.
Sora: (KHI) The Keyblade Master and wielder of the Kingdom Key. He is also Kairi's husband and father of Kara, Shiro, Koru, and Emma. Two years ago he left Destiny Islands after receiving a message that the worlds were once again in danger. No word has been heard from him since.
AD: How'd you guys like it? I'm sorry about the Awakening part. I couldn't really decide what all to put in it. Review please! And suggest some ideas for partners for some of the characters (related to characters in the past). Names would be great, too. I'm doing some work on the villains and they need names. Thanks!
P.S. Starting next chapter I'll hopefully have hints at the end of each chapter. And if you like I'll keep doing the above character explanations to help with the OCS. Make sure to read them because I'll probably end up adding a bit extra info in them.