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This is short as it is the first chapter and the opening.
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OCs © to me!
How Did It Come To This
Chapter 1
The old man stepped through the ornately carved door, the other three following behind. The entrance towered above them, a spiral staircase following it most of the way up to the second floor of the mansion.
"Nice digs," Braig whistled, looking around the nice entrance hall, "but why are we here again?"
Therein lay the question.
Ansem and Xemnas knew the reason. They were him after all. Of course, they would know. Still, even Xehanort himself questioned why he'd come back after so long.
His aging feet led him into the ornate dining hall. The green walls and carpet glittered in the light. Red cushions covered the dark-wood chairs. Everything looked the same. Just at it had so long ago. Photographs lined the walls of all those who passed on.
Undine and Cathal Himitsu. They passed nearly thirty years ago.
Good riddance.
Laura and Lorna Himitsu. They passed three years ago. Fine by him.
A scream.
The dining room doors opened and an old woman collapsed to the ground. Her tired green eyes looked up at him. At one time, she was younger than him. How things had changed? White hair framed her thin, wrinkled face.
"Who?" Her eyes widened as a soft gasp escaped her lips. "Wait… Is that you, Xehanort?"
The old man almost let out a relieved sigh. Curse these feelings of nostalgia and joy. He had no time for them.
"Hello, Venus." How softly the words left his mouth. He could feel the confusion from Braig who stood behind him. "It has been some time."
"Yes, it has."
"I see you still wear it."
"And you do not."
"Ah, but I have it." Reaching into the pocket of his coat, he pulled out a ring made of cheap metal, identical to the one that the old woman wore on her hand. "We never did officially divorce."
"DIVORCE!?" Braig looked between the two older people, utter confusion evident in his voice.
Venus looked away. "I left when I saw you turning down a dark path. Now I sense a darkness about you. You are not the Xehanort I married, nor are you the Xehanort I loved."
"But did you ever love me?" He walked over to a cabinet where a photograph of a young man with purple hair sat. "As this boy you had is apparently the fruit of an affair."
"Leave Areth out of this!"
This.
This is why he told his younger self to stay behind. In the boy's mind and heart, he loved Venus still. He knew her as a beautiful, loving girl.
In an almost selfish way, Xehanort wanted to give his younger self a chance to love her. Yes, he'd slept with the elf witch, but he would forget soon enough.
"I did not come to argue, Venus but to say my final goodbyes."
Darkness rose up around his wife, pulling her to her knees. No Name appeared in the old man's hand as he approached. "Xehanort! Wait! Stop!"
"Goodbye, Venus."
As the Keyblade came down on her neck, part of Xehanort felt some remorse, and his mind dwelt on one question.
How did it come to this?
Code X.
That is where it all began.
Code X. It meant a child had been born with a malformed heart and needed an immediate transplant.
On the morning of July 13th, during a small typhoon, the call of Code X rang out through the Destiny Hospital.
Undine Himitsu clutched the screaming infant in her arms as the doctors searched for a new heart for her newborn son.
Quietly, she recited some of the best poems she'd written, hoping to calm the pained infant.
Still, no heart. Then, Code X worked its magic. A doctor whisked away the infant to surgery.
Undine waited, her creative mind mulling over wolds in her mind. Hours later, the doctors came back. Her son would live.
Soon, she held him once more in her arms.
"I say we name him after my father."
"No, Cathel," Undine brushed back the silver hair on her son's head, "I have the perfect name."
Cathel's eyes narrowed. Certainly, he trusted his wife, but she was flighty in thought. "Oh, what is it?"
"I want to name him after today and the circumstances that saved his life. Code X. For so long today, they had no heart for him, and now he has the heart of another. No heart. Another."
Her eyes met the confused expression of her husband.
"Xehanort."
I'll be updating this story between Kh3 chapters.
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VAs:
Xehanort Himitsu (child)- Max Charles (Kion, Sherman, Harvey Beaks, Michael Hobbs)
Venus (child)- Isabella Acres (Jade, Tiffany, Katie, Princess Bubblegum (young), Lily)
Venus Satou- Amber Cotton (Tomoyo, Katie Watson, Mamba, Yuna Akashi)
Undine Himitsu- Tricia Helfer (Black Cat/Felicia Hardy, Sonya Blade, EDI)
Cathel Himitsu- Alan Rachins (Norman Osborn, Clock King, Dr. Ned Staples)
Laura and Lorna Himitsu- Vanessa Marshall (Mary Jane, Hera Syndulla, Gamora)
Azezel Satou- Daran Norris (J. Jonah Jamison, Knockout, Heavy Load, Venom)
Psalms 90:12
"So teach us to number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom."