Reinkarnation
Hello! It's time for something completely random that's called our first story, this came to me with my fever, and so I'm writing it before I forget. The title this time is Danish.
We don't own Kingdom Hearts! Or else we would have made Axel less sympathetic and Xion would have survived! On with the story!
01: Wake up
Are you sure? The ominous voice spoke within Roxas' mind.
"I… I've no other reasons to be here, sir… It is my only wish, a-and you promised to grant a wish to the last person standing in this battlefield." The blond gulped, and looked around the barren wasteland that had become the Keyblade Graveyard. Everybody had lost either their hearts or bodies in a quest for power, but he only wanted one thing… that which was no longer obtainable.
Very well then…The blond began feeling dizzy, his sight blurring and his legs gave out under his own weight.
"I suppose this is the best" he thought "this way I can at least see her once again…"
The last thing he saw before darkness overtook him was a speck of white and yellow.
"Oh! You're finally awake!" A soft female voice spoke, he tried to get up, only to be stopped by a small hand in his chest "You're way too weak, please wait a minute, I have some beverages for this." He could feel the smile on her face, and also her going away.
"Where am I?" He managed to get out, his voice raspy due to lack of use. He opened his eyes, only to be blinded by white walls and a white dress near what he supposed was the kitchen.
"My… Our house, Roxas," The girl smiled at him "My name is Naminé," she pointed to herself and turned, revealing deep blue eyes and medium length blond hair "and I'm here as a guardian while you slept, and a guide once you wake up."
"Am I… dead?" He was given a green liquid. As he drank, his strength returned to him, and he could finally sit on the bed he was in. The room was quite plain; to be honest, aside from a small table with a chair and a lot of drawings, there was nothing but pure whiteness. It was… dull.
"No, you were merely asleep for a while," Naminé showed him one of the pictures, a blond boy, sleeping in a barred wasteland, with a girl looking over him "around 97 years; it was Kingdom Hearts' way of granting your wish."
"But that wasn't my wish! I wished to be with her again!" The boy shouted angrily, Naminé just looked down, and showed him the next picture: The girl transporting the boy, going from place to place, the final place had the word `reincarnation´ scribbled.
"And Kingdom Hearts has granted it. It chose to do it by letting you sleep, not age, until Xion was born once more. You woke up because we finally reached the correct place and time," Roxas stayed silent, thoroughly confused. "Kingdom Heats could not kill someone like you, a being incapable of asking for power. He decided to give you and Xion, a new life, a new chance to meet again."
"But she won't be Xion anymore… Just a girl who looks and acts like her"
"It's the same soul, the soul of your childhood friend, the person you care about the most. That's how it is. Without a doubt, you'll be friends again" Naminé had such a soft voice, both sisterly and motherly, that he didn't have the heart to argue. Reluctantly, he nodded, and was rewarded with a bright smile "Well then! We must prepare you for school! I have your papers in order, just go to the office and tell them you'll begin tomorrow!"
"Wait, what?" Roxas tried to decipher Naminé's blabber, and failed miserably, "School? Are we rich? What do you mean by `Office and Papers´? What exactly is going on?"
"Oh! I guess education has changed in the last century…" she realized "well, it's just 8:00; I think I can tell you what you need to know for today…"
And so, at 11:08 Roxas stood in front of the `Destiny High School´, a `public school´ for `every person who wished to learn´ according to Naminé. She had told him Xion was studying here, so it was a good idea to keep an eye if he were to meet her. After ten minutes of wandering around and finding no office, he caught a redhead looking discreetly at him from the `lockers´(if he remembered correctly). Her short hair and blue eyes were a lot like Xion's, he neared her and smiled.
"Hi, Can you please tell me where the main office is? I think I got lost," he smiled once more and the redhead blushed in embarrassment from being caught staring.
"Sure! I've got a free period so I can take you there otherwise I'll give you advice and sorry for staring at you by the way my name is Kairi!" She said without taking a breath. Roxas just blinked; did all the people in this world talk so much? The girl's cheeks became a darker shade of red in realization. "Sorry, I was just rambling, wasn't I? I just… find you kind of familiar, it makes me nervous…"
"Don't worry. What do you mean by `familiar´?" He asked curiously.
"You… look a lot like a friend of mine" she explained, "I thought he had bleached his hair to scare me or something."
"I see." Roxas sighed, so she wasn't Xion, well, at least he could take this girl out of the list.
"Well, let me take you to the office, Aerith will help you with those papers" she took him through some corridors and stopped at the only glass door in the school. Kairi made some signals to whoever was inside and a beep was heard. Roxas jumped backwards, startled, it earned him a weird look from the redhead as she opened the door. He blushed; Naminé hadn't warned him about the beep.
"Hello, you must be the new student. Your sister told me you were coming today," a brunette with a maternal voice said. Roxas nodded and gave him the papers Naminé had given him. Aerith took them and told him to wait a minute in a comfy sofa. Kairi sat beside him and began asking questions.
"So… Roxas, right? You live with your sister?"
"Yeah…"
"What about your parents?"
"Threw me out instead of my brother, must be dead by now." He said nonchalantly. It was true; his parents were poor and could only support one of them in the farm, the other one was to be some rich child's plaything, to at least have a decent life. Roxas, being closer to the age of the `young miss´ was chosen over Cloud, and he never saw them again. He came out of his memory to see Kairi with watery eyes and a hand over her mouth.
"I-I'm sorry. I shouldn't have asked," she choked a sob, but Roxas just looked at her confusedly.
"I don't see the problem, you were curious, that's all," didn't people do this all the time? Giving your children over to someone who could ensure their survival was proof that you cared about them. Or maybe that had changed too… he realized too late that the redhead was crying because of him "Maybe I wasn't clear enough!" he said quickly, moving his arms comically.
"What do you mean?" The redhead used a handkerchief to dry her eyes.
"I have a brother that's younger than me!" he said "My parents couldn't support all three of us, so Naminé and me had to go away to make sure Cloud could grow well, but we haven't heard from them in a long time! I didn't mean to make you cry!" he said desperately in an attempt to correct himself.
Kairi just stared, and stared, before a soft giggle made its way to her throat. Roxas sighed, relieved, he didn't have to deal with tears anymore.
"It's okay;" she smiled "I was the one who took what you said too seriously, I shouldn't—"
"Late, late, late, late, late, late, LATE!" they heard a shout becoming louder and louder, until a brunet with spiky hair came, the beep sounding in time to let him in. He huffed for a moment before turning to Aerith "Hey there… the usual?" he asked between breaths. The receptionist just smiled and gave him a piece of paper.
"What happened today, Sora?" Roxas heard Kairi, but couldn't bring himself to really care. This Sora guy was… familiar, but he didn't know why.
"Overslept, in free period, Vexen will kill me!" he explained, writing his name fast on the sheet of paper and turning towards the door, looking for no more than a second towards Roxas' direction.
That's where it all clicked. Those blue eyes he knew so well, deep and full of child-like wonder and happiness; that smile that shone by itself, as if to light up the darkness; and that goofy (but completely intentional) trip he saw thousands of other times that made the ones who did it adorably clumsy…
Xion… is a boy?
That's it fellas! If you find it in your heart, please review, I'd like to know what you think of this! There's no RikuxXion (pout) but I'll do my best to beta this one (even though it's my first beta work)! Thank you for reading!