The Fateful XIII
The Fateful XIII
Chapter 1
Tending to business
Disclaimer: I would like anyone out there who has the power to file a lawsuit against me to know that i own nothing but my OC's, the keyblades i made up, and the techniques i invented for said OC's. Kingdom Hearts belongs to Square Enix, and any mentioned Disney worlds and characters obviously belong to Disney.
In the waning hours of the day, three kids were laxly sitting on the Paopu fruit tree. It was sunset on Destiny Islands and Roxas, Namine, and Hikari were enjoying the sound of the waves against the shore and the warm breeze as the sun met the waters in the last hours of the day. Roxas and Namine, promptly named after their parents respective Nobodies, were the children of Sora and Kairi, while Hikari was the daughter of Riku and Selphie. Hikari was leaning her back against the trunk of the tree, while Roxas sat upon it a little to her right. Namine was sitting in her big brothers lap enjoying the time with her two favorite people, (besides her parents of course). It was roughly eight o'clock and Namine, being only seven, was getting tired.
"What's the matter Nami, tired already?" Roxas teased with his fathers' goofy grin and ruffling her auburn-red hair.
"No! I can go all night!" she shouted in protest. Of course right after her confident statement she let out a long yawn.
He sighed and set her down on the ground before getting up himself. "Alright come on, mom's gonna get all over me about letting you stay out too late as it is, let's get going."
"Aw, please," she whined with a sappy expression on her face.
Now, anyone who's met Namine knows she inherited one crucial trait from her mother, and that's her ability to deliver one hell of a 'sad puppy dog pout' face. Fortunately for Roxas, being her big brother, he'd developed immunity to such tricks. If only his father were so lucky.
He laughed and ruffled her hair again. "You know that doesn't work on me sis, so give up."
"Fine," she pouted.
With that he picked her up and carried her piggy-back style off the tree.
He turned his attention to his silver haired friend. "You want a ride back to the island Hikari?"
"Sure."
"Aright, but for extra fun, lets have one last race."
"Yea, I'm game!"
They both immediately took their racing stances, looking straight down the wooden bridge. With a spirit of competition between the two like their fathers, neither of them would ever back down from a challenge issued by the other. Unlike the competitions between Sora and Riku however, Roxas, more often than not, beat Hikari.
"Nami, countdown if you please!" said Roxas.
Of course she happily complied.
"3, 2, 1, GO!"
A moment later they shot down the rickety bridge, past the palm tree, and jumped down onto the beach. It was a complete straight away down the shores to the docks where both their boats were tied up. Roxas, even though his sister was weighing him down, was still ahead of Hikari by several feet. Ever since he'd become a keyblade wielder, he'd been keeping in shape more, and it showed. Even so, Roxas had always been faster, there was no contest between them, and Hikari only agreed to the races because it was fun.
In less than a minute, the race was over and of course, Roxas was the victor.
He pumped his fist into the air and cheered. "Oh yea, it's now Roxas fifty three, and Hikari zip!"
"Yea, yea, don't get cocky," she said trying to act like she didn't care. In truth she was getting quite frustrated with her constant losing streak.
"Oh, just suck it up and hop aboard," teased Roxas, already sitting in the boat.
Hikari couldn't help but smile as she jumped aboard and pushed the small boat off the dock, rowing their way home for the night.
Sora was also enjoying his late evening; sitting back in his living room reading a book of all things. Years ago he wouldn't have dreamed of even looking at a book, but after being Kairi's boyfriend, and eventually her husband, for years, she kind of rubbed off on him. He found that he actually liked reading when it was about a subject he was familiar with and interested in, and he took an affinity to fantasy novels. He would always like to compare his enemies and adventures to the book, wondering how he would've handled the situations the characters were in.
He was actually even considering turning his journey into a book he could try and get published. He'd have to rework a few details so he wouldn't technically be breaking any of the 'Order of the Worlds' rules, but he thought he could make it work. It was definitely something to consider, but these thoughts were interrupted when he heard his name being called.
"Sora…Sora!"
He recognized Kairi's voice as it called him from the next room.
"Yea?" he replied, still focusing on his book.
"Are Roxas and Namine back yet?"
"Nope! Did you want me to go look for them, because they're probably just over on the island?"
"No, no, they'll be back soon."
She was now emerging from the next room, heading for the couch he was currently sitting on. He had to say, through the twenty years after the whole Organization fiasco, Kairi had changed a great deal.
Right off the bat, she was much stronger than she used to be. She was completely dedicated to being able to defend herself after he and Riku had gotten home, and she trained with the keyblade Riku gave her non-stop. Of course she was also a bit of a worry wart now. Hell, when Roxas first discovered he could use the keyblade she practically had a seizure and a panic attack at the same time.
She looked different to. She had changed her hair back to the short style she had before they were separated. She had obviously gotten much taller and looked much more mature, but if you asked him, he'd tell you she hadn't aged a day since Roxas was born. Most people would agree to.
"He'll be hungry soon, so he'll be dragging them both home soon eno-."
She was suddenly cut off, she even stopped moving mid-step and everything; it was like time had stopped. The clouds were still moving in the sky, and the wind was still blowing against the leaves, but Kairi seemed frozen solid, something was defiantly up.
Then he heard the familiar sound of a portal of darkness opening behind him, followed by a young mans voice.
"Man, oh man, do you have any idea how hard it is to find you, I mean come on!" came the voice as the portal disappeared. The voice belonged to a dark figure in what looked like an Organization coat. There were however, some distinct differences.
For one, there were strange emblems on each shoulder, and the sleeves of the coat were white, while the rest was completely black like a regular Organization coat. Another difference he notices was that his gloves and boots had a checker pattern consisting of white and black. Other than that, it looked like a standard Organization XIII cloak, which was enough to cause alarm.
Sora wasted no time in jumping up to face the sudden arrival. "Who are you, how can you use those corridors, and what have you done?"
The figure gave a short outburst of laughter before answering. "Wait, you're telling me the great hero of the keyblade can't even recognize a Nobody when he sees one? Then again, maybe I've got the wrong person."
Sora quickly materialized the kingdom key in his hand and got into his fighting stance.
"Does that answer your question kid?"
"More or less, but I'm still not convinced." Then he snapped his fingers. "I know, why don't I give you a little trial run!"
"What?"
He only laughed quietly as he snapped his fingers again, and six Dusks appeared around him. Only a second after they appeared however, they disappeared again, defeated. Meanwhile, Sora already had his blade to the hooded boys' throat.
"Hn, looks like you are as good as those guys in Radiant Garden said."
"Huh? Guys in…Radiant Garden?" he asked, now more interested than cautious.
"Yea, I talked to a few people there who said they knew you."
"Well…what did they look like?"
"One guy had a gun blade, another was a super old mechanic, oh, and some blond guy with a huge ass sword!"
"Leon, Cid, and Cloud," he murmured to himself.
That definitely surprised him, why would Leon and the guys give him away to someone who had just attacked him. There was always the possibility this guy was in disguise when he had gotten that information, but he would never really know. All he knew for sure is that if they did know that this guy was a Nobody, they must have had some good reason for letting him in on his location.
"Well anyway, they're the ones who pointed me in your direction. They were a bit cautious around me at first, but once I explained our situation, they were happy to help."
Sora cocked an eyebrow at this.
"Our situation?" he asked suspiciously.
"Yes; you, along with me and my organization, are going to be on quite a job."
Sora just snorted. "If you're asking for my help, the answer is no."
It took him a second to absorb what the man in front of him just said…had he just refused?
"Wait…what?"
Sora only smirked. "I guess Leon and the others failed to mention Riku and I gave up on being heroes a long time ago."
He definitely wasn't expecting that. "W-who else am I going to go to I can't get you to help us?"
Just then he heard a door down the hallway close and footsteps making their way to the living room.
"Hey dad, we're home!" came a voice from down the hall.
The hooded figure turned to the source of the voice. He was staring at a young boy, a bit younger than him, with spiky brown hair like Sora's. He wore a white jacket, a black undershirt, and some white cargo pants, as well as an identical crown necklace and chain as his fathers. A young girl was hanging from his back. She had long red hair and deep blue eyes, and she looked half asleep. She was wearing a small pink dress and white shoes, along with a few string bracelets.
"There's always him," he said plopping back on the couch and going back to his book.
Roxas, meanwhile, was trying to absorb the scene in front of him. "Dad, who is this guy and what's wrong with mom?"
The hooded figure just bonked himself on the side of his head with his palm. "Oh right, I almost forgot about her."
With another snap of the fingers, time seemed to just start back up again and Kairi finished her sentence. Then she seemed to realize that suddenly Sora had changed positions on the couch, and the hooded figure in her house. The coat conjured up bad memories of the events twenty years prior. It wasn't generally a sight she welcomed, especially not in her own home.
"Sora, who is that?" she said backing away slowly, half wanting to summon her keyblade, and half wanting to just stay put.
He just hit his head with his palm again. "I'm sorry, where are my manners?"
He took his hood in both hands and pulled it back, revealing a young boy -a teenager- with flat, dark brown hair reaching down to his shoulders.
"The names Xelskyr, a pleasure. No need to introduce yourselves, I already know who you all are. Well, half of you actually, I don't know those two," he said motioning towards Roxas and Namine.
"I'm Roxas and this is my sister Namine," said the kid.
"I see, so how is he going to be of any use, he's just a kid?"
"That kid, is also a keyblade master, he can help you with whatever you're doing. Of course before he does, I would very much like to know what exactly you're trying to do."
Xelskyr only sighed and stared up at the ceiling. This was definitely not going how he envisioned. Of course, nothing really ever did go how he envisioned.
"You might want to sit down, this'll take a while."
There ya go, my first chapter. I'll upload more in detail bio's for my main characters right after this, so you can get to know them a little better. I hope you enjoyed it, i've got a few chapters already done and will update as much as my schedule and my extremely annoying ADD will allow. Please keep in mind this is my first fic, and i just want to get off on the right foot, so if anyone has any advice, i'd appreciate it. Review please!
