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A Heroes Tale
By DieHard SxK Fan99
Hero:
Pronounced hiro/ plural heroes
legendary figure often of divine descent endowed with great strength or ability
"a war hero"
PROLOUGE
The summer breeze blew threw his hair tickling her face. He traced her jawline with his long tan fingers as he reached for her neck brushing his thumb against her cheek. Sora brought his other hand to repeat the same gesture as his fingers swallowed her face. His nostrils inhaled his favorite scent, coconuts. The smell always reminded him of home. He closed his eyes while pulling her face to his, their foreheads resting gently against each other. She rested her smaller hands on top of his. They breathed each other in, their actions spoke volumes.
It had felt like a million degrees between them. His nose brushed against hers almost closing the gap between them.
"Sora.." she whispered biting her lower lip.
His poor heart slammed against his chest ready to burst through his skin.
She opened her lips slightly
"…Sora!" she quacked.
Sora's eyebrows knitting together with confusion, why the hell was she quacking?
"SORRRAAAAAA!" Lightning engulfed the sleeping key blade warrior. Once the attack ended Sora laid on the ground next to the toppled over desk chair. Smoke tendrils coming from the fried figure face down.
"Ahyuck, Donald I think you might have over done it." Goofy rested his hands on his knees looking down at his well-done friend. Donald crossed his feathered arms against his chest impatiently tapping his foot.
"Sora! We've been looking for you, it's almost time to board the ship. We have a mission or did you forget?" Quacked the ill-tempered mage.
"We spent hours searching for you! It's practically nigh-" Donald paused immediately while watching their comrade jump from the ground anxiously.
"..What-what time is it?" He asked worriedly searching for a clock.
Donald shoved his wrist in Sora's face. The fat gloved hand rested on the 5, the longer hand rested on the 10.
"Crap! its almost 6!?" Sora jumped to the desk saw the several pieces of parcels he needed. He must have fallen asleep after he finished writing . Quickly scanning the pages forgetting most of what he even scratched on the paper. He folded it clumsily while pushing it in the already made out envelope. He pulled his jacket on avoiding both sets of eyes that watched him curiously.
"Oh no you don't you big palooka! The Cross Fire is already waiting, you're coming with us whether you like it or not!" Donald yelped as he released a thunderbolt towards the key blade wielder. Sora easily dodged the attack rolling to the corner with the letter in his mouth. He slipped through the duo easily while patting the angered ducks head. Might as well have thrown gasoline on a fire.
"I'll be back in 5 minutes, I promise!" called out the already gone boy.
Donald's temperature rose drastically as he went from white to red in second as steam whistled from his ears. Goofy placed his hands to his mouth to keep his "Ayhuck's" in check. He didn't want to feel the brunt of his team mates misplaced anger.
He ran as fast as he could down the brick road. The gigantic clock tower started to ring repeatedly signifying the new hour.
"Crap!" Sora breathed out. He needed to get this letter to the post office before it closed. They were leaving for the next world and who knows if there would be any postal services. He approached a large stair railing jumping on top of it sliding down between all the people.
"Sorry" "excuse me!" "Pardon me" came from the teen grinding down the several story railings. The town goers agitated by the childish like antics.
"Sorry!" he exclaimed while jumping off the end of the railing landing skillfully. He dodged as many people as he could to get past them without knocking anyone down. Knowing his luck, he'd crash into a somebody's grandma breaking her hip and never being able to send his letter, and then Kairi would think he hated her.
The ridiculous thought made him pull his hair nervously, he just couldn't have that.
His destination was right ahead, he could see it!
POST OFFICE
The large blue sign hung above the stairs.
As soon as he reached for the handle the OPEN sign flipped to CLOSE.
"No, no, no, no," he repeated jiggling the handle. A plump face popped up on the other side of the window and pointed to the small brown delivery truck making its way down the road.
"CRAP! NO!" Sora looked at the letter and back at the truck making its way further and further.
A determined look spread across his face. He would make it, he had to. He barreled down the hill without wasting another moment.
Finally catching up to the vehicle he ran alongside it trying to get the drivers attention. Flailing his arms over his head, whoever said love made you do crazy things wasn't lying.
The older man peeped over noticing a person? Running? The poor old man almost scared to death slammed on the breaks. The young wielder having a hard time stopping ended up a little ways in front of the screeching vehicle. The poor driver saw the young man stopped nonchalantly with an envelope in hand.
"GET OUT OF THE WAY!" the driver screamed as the truck slide. Sora's hands met with the hood, causing the vehicle to stop quicker than it should have.
Sora let go of the truck leaving indents on the hood. He waved his hand up and smiled at the driver who was absolutely frightened. Sora made his way around the vehicle to the driver's side. He placed one of his hands behind his head handing the man the letter.
"…Sorry about that, this letter is super important and I needed to…." Sora trailed off noticing the poor older man was shaking and still gripped to the steering wheel terrified. He didn't mean to petrify the guy.
"….A-ARE YOU NUTS?! YOU COULD HAVE DIED! I COULD HAVE DIED! HOW DID YOU EV-…"
"I'll just put this here…sorry again gramps." Sora apologized while he reached behind the man through the window into one of the big blue sacks stuffed with envelopes. The man watching intently from the front absolutely terrified of this psychotic super kid. Taking one more look at the distressed envelope stuffing it tightly in the bag.
Sora waved as the driver regained his senses muttering some pretty nasty things to him.
"So much for protecting the world order." He muttered smacking his face into his hands.
He signed heavily as the truck made its way back on schedule. Remembering his promise to be back in a few. He turned around making his way back to his previous destination. He could already see his heated teammate cursing and tapping his webbed foot angrily while counting the exact minutes.
"What's the big idea?" Donald quacked while tapping his foot predictably.
The duo crowded around the Keyblade Bearer as he slouched lower into his seat in their vessel's control room.
"Uhh Sorry Donald, I had to get that letter to the post office before we left." Sora mumbled apologetically.
"A letter?" Donald questioned.
"was it a letter for Kairi?" Goofy asked making Sora blush at the mention of her name.
"Y-Yeah. I promised I'd write to her. It's been 6 months since I've seen her." his words turned into a day dream that revolved around a certain girl. What was she up to? Was she thinking about him? He couldn't wait for her to get his letter, it meant she'd be writing back. He loved the letters she sent him. he would read them over and over again imagining her voice in his head. It took him a lot longer, More patience, and a ton more paper. He felt so nervous writing to her, he didn't' want to look like a dumbass. Kairi was smart, back in school she used to excel easily in subjects.
The thought dragging him down memory lane. He remembered the time he got a better grade than her on their English midterm. She sat and compared tests several times, she handed his back moments later looking away with her cheeks puffed out. That was her thing, she always had the brains and Riku was the brawn. Memories of their childhood flooded through his skull like rushing water.
The past couple years changed a lot of things, including the way he felt about her. He always loved Kairi, but now he knew for sure he was in love with her. Every year that passed got harder to pretend things were the same with his bests friend. His palms sweat profusely when he saw her lips curve up into a smile, or the way her head fell back slightly when she laughed. She possessed the most beautiful eyes he'd ever seen, he could drown in them all day long if shed let him. Last time he saw her she had grown so much, she wasn't a little girl anymore that's for sure. He wasn't that little boy either, he had grown again. He remembered going to Master Yen Sid's months ago to get new magical garments. His necklace was proof of his growth hugging his neck a little. He wondered if he'd make a good significant other, he never even kissed a girl before.
He couldn't help but feel almost naive when it came to love. Everything about her drove him practically mad, and he had no idea why. Sora never knew his dad and being ripped away from home at 15 definitely didn't help understanding these changes. He didn't know who to talk about these rapidly growing feelings. He knew Donald would never stop teasing him if tried to talk to him about it. He wasn't stupid he was 18 for crying out loud, a legal adult. He learned most things the hard way, just going with the flow.
He made a mental note to ask Goofy about it the next time they had a moment alone.
Meanwhile Sora hadn't physically moved an inch, but his mind was running at lightning speed. He was completely out of it. Donald and Goofy watched him as the younger boy stared into space with a smile gracing his lips.
"He's got it bad, doesn't he?" Goofy stared curiously at the dazed brunette slouched in his seat, eyes closed, smiling.
Kairi sat on the arm chair drenched in sweat as she slouched slowly catching her breath. She could hear her blood pumping within her own ears.
Lea walked over wearing army green khaki shorts that went past his knees, brown unlaced boots. His Dark Muscle T drenched in his own sweat accompanied by his long-patterned scarf. He threw a cold-water bottle at the girl who caught it without even opening her eyes.
"thanks" she mustered while opening the cap and taking generous swigs.
They both sat there catching their breath.
"They weren't kidding about this training." He panted out.
"We only have a certain amount of time before Merlin has to go back to the restoration committee. That's why he made this realm specially for us" She said bringing the bottle to her lips.
"Yeah, yeah, were stuck in some magical spell that slows down time. Yeah, I remember them telling us, now that you mention it we've been here about a year" Stated Lea looking to Kairi. She put her finger up and drank the last bit of water. After she swallowed she looked back at Lea and reminded him, "Remember it's only been a little over six months back in the real world."
Lea grabbed his head dramatically moaning, "what I wouldn't give for a salty sweet ice cream right about now. "he closed his eyes and moaned imagining the cold blue treat in his hand.
Kairi laughed, she too shut her eyes imagine the thing she wanted next to her immediately blushing.
"Alright, Alright enough chit chat lets go you two." Merlin walked in to the back of the gym to see the two warriors slouched and sweaty. He thought to himself how strong they managed to get. Thinking back to the day Master Yen Sid assigned these two rookies under his skillful watch. They were full blown warriors now. Nostalgia ran through him as he realized their time was coming to end, he would very much miss their company.
The pupils sat up one by one walking behind their trainer. Lea and Kairi walked side by side until they were about to step through the large door to the training area. Lea quickly pushed kairi from the side, the girl fell into a large bucket filled with sports equipment.
He bent over with his hands on his hips, "I'm telling Sora you played with a bunch of balls and none of them were his." He could barely finish his corny sentence before grabbing his mouth holding back his laughter, at least he amused himself.
Kairi grabbed a basketball aiming it directly for the pyros face.
"ho,ho,ho got to be quicker than that kairi! Dodgeball is on Tuesdays, got it memorized?" He yelled running from the room to follow their master.
She had to admit he had grown on her even though he was a complete prankster who reveled in his perverse jokes. Of course, they were anything but funny and he could get super annoying but he was nothing like the person he use to be. Axel, the man who kidnapped her to use as bait against Sora.
She now looked at him like an older brother, she was happy to call him her partner.
Kairi walked out of the bathroom in a towel with her wet hair dripping down her back in clumps. She loved taking showers, it was so peaceful and refreshing. She walked towards the dresser to grab clothes before she noticed an envelope on the floor inches from the crack beneath the door.
'Finally!" she did a quick spin and rushed to grab the envelope.
She gripped it tightly to her chest, she knew at some point Sora had held this. She took a look at the writing on the envelope
'Kairi' the way he wrote her name made her bubble. She was officially one of those corny girls.
She flipped it over peeling open the flap noticing all the stamps and processing numbers on the back. She couldn't contain her excitement as she unfolded the papers as her heart hammered excessively. Her eyes hungrily scanned the page wanting to know everything and anything he'd tell her.
She sat on her bed while she got use to the chicken scratch that appeared before her.
"Dear Kairi,
I got your letter 2 weeks ago, unfortunately finding postal service in some worlds is like finding a diamond in the rough. Don't think I didn't want to write back because I always do and always will. So, Merlin's got you working huh? I remember those days, I'd be lying if I said destroying the furniture wasn't fun. Imagine if I did things like that at my mom's house? Heartless are scary but they don't hold a candle to Ms. Hikari. I've been thinking about her a lot, I miss her. I wish I could stop by and see her but there's not enough hours in a day, if there were I'd probably be visiting you more than I should...
Even the boy's letters gave her heart palpitations.
We visited a world called Corona, it was amazing! I met the lost princess by accident, and she didn't even know she was a princess just like you didn't. I told her all about you, she can't wait to meet you. Her name is Rapunzel and she had hair that was like over 100 feet long, I'm not kidding! We traveled with her and a guy named Eugene, they actually ended up falling in love. This crazy horse named Maximus kept trying to kill us, have you ever seen a man with a frying pan fight a horse with a sword?! IT WAS SO FREAKING COOL! We took a trip to see a lantern lighting tradition where thousands of lanterns lit the night sky. Kairi, it was breath taking, how the lights traveled over the water. It's tough being away from everyone that you love, every day I watch others progress in life and I feel almost…stuck. I love my life and I like helping others, but sometimes I want to do normal things. I miss doing those things, especially with you and Riku.
I saw Riku by the way, he's been traveling around with the King gathering information. It doesn't make sense, it makes me feel almost sad that things haven't changed. How is Master Xehanort still alive? He even has past selves running around as errand boys. They're tough too, it wasn't easy taking down the freak Xemnas again. With that being said the heartless are obviously back. I need to start thinking of some goals, when this is all over I want to work on them. Doesn't that sound like a good idea Kairi? You should make a few too! The next time we see each other let's have our goals ready to share. I miss you a lot more than I thought I would. Donald's been getting really frustrated with me lately. He can be really hard to deal with sometimes. I'm not sure what Goofy's secret is but he better share.
GOOFY HAS A SON! CAN YOU BELIEVE IT!? GOOFY? A DAD? His name is Max and I met him, he's super cool! We skateboarded together, ate these amazing cheesy nachos and I even helped him win the girl of his dreams. He was shy around her, and they had been friends forever. She was really nice I could see you guys getting along well. She's an artist, I know how much you love to paint. I think you said Watercolors were your favorite right? I found these amazing paint brushes in the land of dragons. There's three and they each have a different dragon carved into each brush. I had to grab it for you, remind me to give it you when I see you. There's only one of kind in all the worlds, just like you. We're on our way to a world where we aren't allowed to be human. Donald says we're going to change into monsters! How awesome is that? Humans are forbidden to enter their world, how strange. we received a few tips about the younger master Xehanort being sited there.
I know I said it before but I need to say it again, I miss you a lot. I want to take you to all these places, I wish you could see the things I see. My promise still stands, I will take you to every single one of them. We can swim with the mermaids, fly with fairies, fight with pirates, ride magic carpets. I can sit here and list all the places I want to take you but I don't think I have enough paper. I had to sneak away and write this letter, Donald's been breathing down my neck lately. Sometimes I need some space from him, it's like he still thinks I'm a 15-year-old boy walking aimlessly around traverse town. I'm not a kid anymore, at least my joints make sure to tell me that every morning. I wonder if it's possible to be 18 and feel 50. Speaking of old men, Donald's bound to show up any second screaming his feathers off. I promise the next letter will be even twice as long! Tell me about everything when you write me, I like reading them. Sometimes I can actually hear your laugh or the way you say my name. I miss the way it sounds. Until next time Kairi, oh you can send your next letter to the address I wrote below, we should be there within 3 to 4 weeks time. Good morning, Good afternoon and Goodnight, sweet dreams princess.
(hand drawn heart) Sora
Kairi fell back onto her bed burying her face into the letters. This had been the eleventh letter he had written her. She sighed rereading the last line, she loved how he always wrote those three greetings
. He explained it the first letter he ever wrote her. He told her he had missed being able to tell her goodnight or good morning. So, from now on Sora would write it in every letter.
She hugged the papers to her chest, she inhaled the air around them. She wanted to digest his words and break them down.
She lulled herself into a calm deep sleep with the letters clutched close to her heart. Unknowingly, the man behind them was sleeping with her letters clutched tightly to his chest too. They were each other's sweet dream.
Hell everyone! Welcome to my first fan fiction, I'm a huge Kingdom Hearts fan. I'll never forget the day the game came out, my life changed! Ugh I LOVEEEE IT!
This story will be mostly a Fluff between Sora x Kairi with tons of action and drama. Muahaha! It started off as an idea turning into this…The story is practically finished and written, although my nerves are getting the best of me. I'm a bit insecure when it comes to my writing, I haven't written a short story in a very long time. But as any true Kingdom Hearts I've been pining for a new adventure.
I'd like to point out I wanted to write something with a more mature storyline. I love Sora's charter but I'd like to hope he has grown up a little in Kingdom Hearts 3 losing his a little of his naïve nature. So, I have written my own version of Kingdom Hearts 3 with a way less confusing story line( I hope)Without further a due….CHAPTER 1
The Cross Fire – King Mickey's Gigantic gummi vessel that our heroes travel in through the story
-Diehard SxF Fan