The Forgotten – a KingdomKeyDarkside fanfic
Disclaimer: I do not own Kingdom Hearts, or Square Enix, or Final Fantasy, or Disney, nor do I own any of the characters in this fanfic.
Chapter 1 – Thinking of you, wherever you are.
Sora woke up. He had that dream again. Falling into darkness… he hadn't felt that way since he was a heartless. And that girl… Sora could have sworn that it was Kairi, except she had black hair. Every night for the past two weeks he had been slipping into this dream. But the girl only appeared tonight.
Sora moved his feet to the floor. He surveyed his room, almost suspecting a Heartless would show up any second. His room had changed a lot since he returned from his second adventure. There were little pieces from each world he visited scattered around his room. A CD containing Tron's backup data (He had been meaning to boot that up to his computer so he could see Tron more often.), a petal of Beast's rose, and even a sea-salt ice cream stick with the word "winner" written on the side. There was also a Paopu fruit sitting in his bookbag, thrown on his desk yesterday. He would give that to Kairi tomorrow, he had everywhere on the wall were his keychains. Every one he ever had was up there. He had told his mom everything about the Keyblades, the worlds, and the heartless and nobodies, but she didn't see why he had all of them. All his mom was thinking a year ago was "thank goodness, he's back safe and sound."
He hung Rumbling Rose, Hero's Crest, Guardian Soul, and Sleeping Lion on the back of his door. Follow The Wind and Photon Debugger were sitting in the pair of shorts he wore yesterday, which were currently lying under his bed. Monochrome, Sweet Memories, and Fenrir were in the top drawer of his dresser.
But there were three he kept in a box under his bed. Oblivion, Ultima Weapon, and Two Become One were three of his most valued Keychains. Oblivion, because it represented Sora's bond with his best friend, Riku, Ultima Weapon, because it helped him defeat Ansem, Xemnas, and even Sephiroth, and Two Become One, because it represented his bond with Roxas, his Nobody.
But his favorite and most cherished keychain was, without a doubt, Oathkeeper. It was symbolic of Kairi, the girl he loved. He slept with it under his pillow every night. Sora claimed he couldn't sleep without it.
But Kairi was not on his mind right now. Roxas was the only one he could think about. He needed to talk to him. Now.
Sora knew if he left his room too loud, his mom would wake up in a flash. It was 2 o'clock in the morning! He grabbed his shoes and threw on a t-shirt and shorts. Yeah, the dirty shorts that were under his bed. He decided it would be easier to go out his window. It was only a five-foot drop to the ground, and his house was right on the beach, so he would land in sand. He dug under his pillow to grab Oathkeeper, grabbed Oblivion out of the box, and jumped for it.
Sora almost screamed. He landed with a quiet thud, and got himself covered in sand. It was a quick walk to the little boat he used to get to the island where they used to play as little kids. When he got into it he started thinking about Kairi. Sora sighed and spaced out for a minute. A wave almost sent him overboard then. He finally woke up and kept on paddling. He docked his boat and headed for the little island with the bent Paopu tree where the three of them always met. He leaned against the tree, taking his usual stance. The air off the ocean was cool and salty, kind of like that sea-salt ice cream in Twilight Town.
He reminded himself that he had done this before. He only needed focus. He calmed himself and brought up a mental image of Roxas.
"Roxas." Was all he whispered.
A familiar feeling overtook him. He could feel himself splitting into two halves, allowing Roxas to appear. The wind seemed to speed up to a gale force. He closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and soon the feeling passed. He opened his eyes.
Leaning on the Paopu tree right next to him, just like he was, was a slightly transparent image of Roxas.
"So what's up?" Roxas was curious as to why he was called out. He took full solid form as the first word came out of his mouth.
Sora always gets shocked when he calls Roxas out. "I've been having weird dreams lately. About a girl with black hair. She looks like Kairi." Sora paused. "And I've been feeling like there's another part to us. A third piece."
"Now that you mention it, I can think of someone like that, I may have known her while I was in the Organization. Most of my memories of that year have come back." Roxas stood up straight. "When I think about a girl with black hair, I remember the clock tower in Twilight Town. And sea-salt ice cream. And for some reason, Axel, too. But a third piece? You need your head examined."
"it's so weird. I really want to know who this girl is." Sora stood up straight, too. " I'm gonna contact Donald and Goofy tomorrow and see if they will meet me in Twilight Town. They left me a Gummi Ship last year, when they left."
The two boys began walking. They moved down to the beach and headed for the waterfall. Sora was picking up thlassa shells along the way. Once he picked up five, he kneeled down in the sand, arranged them in a star formation and pulled out Oathkeeper to compare.
"What are you doing?" Roxas was dumbfounded.
"It's just a little mark saying 'I was here' so Riku or Kairi would know. That star is kinda our symbol." Sora stood up and admired his work.
"You really love her, don't you?"
"Who?"
"Kairi, you moron. I may be wandering aimlessly inside that empty head of yours, but I notice everything that you do. I literally see the way you look at her. I can hear your thoughts, too."
"Really?" Sora blushed.
"Yeah. I even know that you have that Paopu in your schoolbag to share with Kairi tomorrow."
Roxas snickered. The look on Sora's face was priceless. His face was as red as Axel's hair.
Sora opened his mouth for a moment, then finally said; "Oh, yeah? What about you and Namine?"
Roxas went silent. Cheap shot, Sora, cheap shot. He could feel his face burning red. Nobody said anything until they returned to the boat.
The two continued walking. Eventually, they returned to the little rowboat. Unfortunately for Roxas, the boat was big enough for only one person. It was time for Roxas to return to Sora's body. The two boys closed their eyes. Roxas felt his essence dissolving and mixing with Sora's.
The last thing he said was; "Hey, Sora. Don't forget I'm still here. Call me out more often. Your empty head gets kinda boring!" And he was gone.
He sat down at the edge of the dock, legs dangling in the water. He could still remember the first day when he called him out. It was an accident, but he was pretty happy it happened.
He was in Twilight Town, about six months ago.
He decided to go visit Hayner, Pence, and Olette. He hadn't seen them in ages. Winter had come to Twilight Town, and everybody was bundled up. Sora would have been severely underdressed, had it not been for his magic clothes. They had transformed into a pair of jeans, a thick sweater, and a hat and scarf. He found the group in the common, buying sea-salt ice cream.
"Hey, you guys got enough for a fourth?" Sora went running up to the stand.
Olette turned around. "Sora! We haven't seen you in ages!" She was wearing a big, orange flowered jacket with a pair of yellow earmuffs.
Hayner punched Sora in the arm. "Sure, we've got enough. Pence lost the race again today, so he's buying." Oddly enough, Hayner was still in his camo pants and t-shirt.
Pence muttered; "Only because you announce the race after you get to the stand." Pence was wearing a massive parka and ski boots.
` A few minutes later, they were up on the clock tower.
"So, what have you been doing since you finished off the Organization?" Olette leaned over to see Sora's face.
"Nothing really, just hanging out on the islands." Sora was frozen. How could they eat ice cream in winter?
"Going out with Kairi yet?" Hayner started laughing. Sora was surprised he wasn't an ice cube yet.
Sora blushed furiously. "Maybe, maybe not.'
"That means no." Pence whispered to Hayner.
Sora punched Hayner. And then it happened. Tendrils of darkness and light came streaming from Sora's core. The darkness dissipated, leaving only the light. The other three had no idea what was going on, and they shielded themselves. Pence jumped over and covered Olette. Sora felt like he was going to fall off the edge of the clock tower. He held back a scream, and closed his eyes. The wind seemed to speed up. Suddenly, everything was calm. There was Roxas, sitting between Sora and Hayner.
"What just happened?" The other three looked at Sora and Roxas in shock.
"Roxas?" Sora was surprised to see his other.
"Dude, we haven't seen you in 18 months!" Hayner was apparently happy to see him.
Pence laughed, "Yeah, the last time we saw you, Hayner got his butt served to him on a silver platter when you owned him at grandstand." Hayner started grumbling something about how Roxas didn't even use a struggle bat.
"It's good to see you." Olette smiled.
Roxas was pretty surprised they remembered him. "It's great to see all of you."
Sora and Roxas did not return to the islands until the next day. The five of them talked through the night.
Sora snapped back into reality. He looked down at the dock below him.
There were two boats sitting there.
"Sora!"
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