I've been…having these weird dreams lately…

Weird…

But…I'm wondering…

Wondering…

Is any of this real… or not?

Real or not?

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"Hey! Don't call me a dork you… ,you dork!" A girl around 7 yelled as she chased

someone around Destiny Islands. "Hah! If you can catch me, I'll let you insult me all you

want, dork!" a boy a year older than her replied and ran even faster. "Riku!" The

blacknette lost track of her silver-haired friend, and stopped to catch her breath. "I

need…to really…jog more…" she said in between breaths. A bush a few yards away moved and she turned around, her black wolf ears twitching. "Hah! I have you

now Ri-" She stopped in mid sentence, smile fading. It wasn't Riku. Instead, it was a huge blue/black thing. The girl tried to take a step back, but then she realized she

wasn't on Destiny Islands anymore. She on a platform surrounded by darkness. "Ah…uh…" The huge creature brought its hand down and she jumped out of the

way. She backed up a bit and felt something brush against her leg. All of a sudden these little ant things with yellow eyes jumped on her. "Ah! NO! LET ME GO!

RIKU! SORA! HEEEEEELP!!!!" she screamed. The huge creature appeared once again and slashed her across the face, making her fall off the platform and into the

darkness. She wanted to scream, but no sound came out. She fell into nothingness.

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Youko woke up with a jolt, breathing hard. "It's that dream again. Uh…who…,who was that girl?"

They have been coming more frequently…

Youko rubbed the back of her head and let her jet black hair fall on her face, covering the right side of her face. She jumped down from the tree she was sleeping in.

I cant remember how I got here… I just woke up one day, but I never talked to anyone else… They don't even know I exist…

She walked on the beach and froze as she saw a brunette boy laying on the ground. "Um…" he didn't move. 'I-is he dead?' she thought. She squatted down to get a better look

at him.

When you walk away

You don't hear me say please

Oh baby, don't go

Simple and clean is the way that you're making me feel tonight

It's hard to let it go…

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Kingdom Hearts: When Darkness turns to light

Written by: Chibikuu (Don't sue)

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"Huh? Uh…" The brunette opened his blue eyes which met a purple orb. "AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" the boy suddenly screamed making Youko fall on her butt. "Ah…"

She tried to get up and run, but her legs wouldn't respond. She looked up at the boy, fear was clearly shown on her face. He noticed this and laughed. "Don't worry. I'm not

going to hurt you!" he said sitting beside her. She noticed he wore a red jumpsuit, a black, blue and white vest and yellow shoes. He held out his hand to Youko who looked at

him questionably . " I'm Sora. Who are you?" he asked. She said nothing for a minute. "Y-Youko… I'm Youko…"she said then hesitantly reached out and grabbed his hand.

They shook.

"There you are Sora!" came a girls voice. Youko and Sora turned around and saw a girl with reddish brown hair and purple, black, and white outfit running towards them. "I had

a feeling I'd find you here you lazy bum!" she said. Her eyes landed on Youko. "Oh, hello! Who are you?" she asked. "I'm Youko…" Youko replied and scooted behind Sora a

little since he was the closest thing to hide behind. "I'm Kairi! Nice to meet you!" she said. Youko looked down at her lap. "I guess she doesn't like you." Sora said. "N-no! It's

not that! I just…" she blushed. She's never communicated with other people so she was nervous. "Hey. Aren't you forgetting about me?" someone else asked. A boy around

fifteen walked up with wood in his hands. "I guess I'm the only one working on the raft." he said, shaking his head. "Riku! This is Youko. Youko, this is our friend Riku." Kairi

introduced. "Hey," Riku said as he sat beside her. Youko scooted closer to Sora. "H-hello…" Youko said nervously. Kairi noticed she was uncomfortable. "Hey! Lets go work

on the raft! I'll race you!" she said. "For real?" Riku asked lazily. "3...2...1...go!" Riku and Sora jumped up and took off. "C'mon Youko!" Kairi said as she started to run too.

"Okay…" she got up and ran beside Kairi. "Ha! You guys are slow!" Sora called back. Kairi giggled. Youko looked confused, then tripped.

"Alright. Sora you need to a rope, a cloth, and two logs." Kairi instructed. "Uh…" "Sora! Are you listening?!" "Uh, yeah!" he said turning around to come face to face with

Youko. "Umm…Here's the cloth Nii-san." she said shyly before running off. Sora picked up the cloth and stared at where Youko was a minute ago. "Nii-san?"

Youko continued to run along the beach until she heard a voice. "Hey! Are you the new kid?" she turned around and saw a guy maybe fifteen with red hair that curled and had a

blue bandana wrapped around his head. He wore a pale yellow muscle shirt and orange pants with blue wrist bands and sandals. "Uh…yes..." she responded starting to feel

even more nervous. "I heard your pretty good at running. Are you any good at fighting?" he asked. 'Why is he asking me this?' she thought. "So, you want some pointers, or

do you want to train?" he said trying to be friendly. 'Is it normal for people to go up to random people and ask them for a fight?' Youko thought for a minute. "I guess…

training?" she said unsure. "Ok. By the way, I'm Wakka." the guy said. 'Like the Waka Laka?' she thought. "I'm Youko." she said back. Wakka grinned. "Get ready." "For-

WHAAAAAAA!" she dodged a blitz ball and it magically appeared in his hands. He threw it again and she jumped before it hit her. She shook her head and ran at him. Bad

move. She was hit in the stomach and she fell on the ground. "Your gonna have to do better than that kitten!" Wakka yelled. Youko's ears snapped up and she ran at him again

and punched him in the face. "I'm a wolf!" she said back (so much for little miss shy girl). Wakka rubbed his face then threw the blitz ball again it hit her, then she threw it back at

him, which hit him in the stomach and knocked the air out of him. Youko gasped , not believing what she just did, and ran over to him. "UWAH! I'm so sorry! I didn't mean too!

It's just that I-" "I lost…to a girl…" Wakka moaned. Youko stopped talking and frowned, hitting him on the back of his head and walked off. 'Every time I fight…It's like I'm

someone else…And someone always gets hurt…' she thinks, looking at her hands. "Hey Youko! Up here!" the familiar voice of Riku rang in her ears. Youko looked up and

saw Riku sitting on a tree with what looks like to be a star shaped fruit. Youko felt her face burn as she walked across the bridge and stood by the tree. "Y-Yes?" she asked

shyly. "I saw you fighting." Riku said and jumped from the tree. Her face turned crimson. 'H-he saw?!' she thought, turning a darker shade of red. "How about a quick fight with

me?" Youko looked down. "Um…I guess…" she said. 'No! I wanted to say no!!!!' she thought. They got in fighting position anyway.

(Due to the authors laziness, we will fast forward)

Riku's fist collided with Youko's face while her foot met his face. They fell to the ground, breathing hard. "I cant believe it…"Riku said. "A draw…" Youko finished, sitting up.

"Uh…" They looked up and saw Kairi and Sora looking at them weirdly.

Everyone sat on the raft, watching the sun set. Sora sat on the far left, Kairi next to him, then Youko, and last, Riku. "Hey Youko. I've been meaning to ask you something."

Sora said. "Y-yes?" she looked over at him. "What's with the ears?" he said as he poked her black wolf ears. They moved at his touch. "I was born with them." she said not

really wanting to discuss it. Her ears were black and her two tails were black with a white tip. "Cool!" he said. "You…you don't think I'm…weird?" she asked as a

sad/confused expression appeared on her face. "Of course not! Why would you think that?" Kairi asked. "B-because…we're different. I'm…not normal…" she replied, looking

down. "It doesn't matter how you look! Your our friend! Your normal to us," Sora said grinning at her. Riku nodded, agreeing with him. "Th-thank you… that really means a lot

to me…," Youko said, blushing.

"Well, we have never seen you until now, so maybe you came from another world, like Kairi," Riku thought outloud, after a few minutes. "Another world?…It may be

possible… I can't really remember anything. I just woke up here one day and I've lived around here since." Youko said staring out into the ocean. Sora sat up looking out into

the ocean as well. "So…Kairi's home is out there. And possibly Youko's." he said. Riku shrugged. "Could be. We'll never know by staying here." he said. Youko looked up at

the sky. 'Could my home really be out there? And my…' "Hey guys. D-do you think you can take me when the raft is finished?" she asked. Everyone looked at her. "Gah!"

she looked down at her lap blushing. "I…I want to go on adventures and stuff and it would really be fun if I went with f-friends!" she said quickly. "Of course you can! The more

the merrier!" Sora said. Kairi and Riku nodded at her smiling. "Thanks." she smiled.

"I wonder if we'll really find another world, if we go to the end of the sea." Kairi wondered.

"Everything will be answered when we get there. We'll know what kind of world you and Youko came from, and why we're here." Riku answered. He had a long piece of wood

in his hands, slowly cutting pieces away, making it have a more round look, like a small pole. "If Kairi hadn't come to this Island, we never would have thought there were other

worlds out there. We would have lived the rest of our lives out in this unchanging scenery."

Youko looked over at what Kairi was doing. "?" "Oh! I'm...making something really cool right now! It's a necklace of Thalassa Shells. Long ago, sailors would wear them and

pray for a safe trip. And pray that no matter where they went they'd come back one day," Kairi said as if reading her mind.

"Don't worry!" Sora grinned. He jumped up and started running into the water. "Let's go! Let's go see the world, the four of us!" He turned to look back at his friends. "Okay?"

Youko smiled at him, at his enthusiasm, and nodded shyly. Riku grinned and Kairi giggled.

Everyone started to leave. On the bridge, Riku threw something at Sora. "You wanted one, didn't you?" Riku asked. "A paopu fruit?" Sora looked at the star shaped fruit. As

Riku walked past him, he said, "If two people share it, their destinies become intertwined. They remain apart of each others lives. No matter what. C'mon, I know you wanna try

it." "That sounds romantic." Youko murmured. Sora threw it down and ran across the bridge. Youko picked up the paopu and examined it.

"If two people share it, their destinies become intertwined. They remain apart of each others lives. No matter what…" Youko blushed.

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Youko yawned as she got up the next day. She quickly changed out her clothes and put her others ones on. She looked into a mirror she had stolen a few years ago. Her ears

had two loop earrings in each one. She wore a black vest with gold lines on it and a purple shirt underneath and a black skirt with purple lines running up the sides. She had dark

blue pants with three belts wrapped around her and dark blue gloves that cut off at the knuckles. Around her neck was a choker with a star and in the middle was a heart. 'I

hope I look nice.' she thinks and walks off towards the raft to meet Kairi, Sora, and Riku.

"Hey. You're the new girl right? I'm Selphie." the girl with brown hair said. She wore a yellow dress and sandals." "H-hi. Im Youko…" Youko said looking at her lap. Selphie

giggled and said, "Hey, have you heard of the legend of the Paopu fruit? They say if you share it with someone you really care about, it binds you together, forever and ever." she

sighed. "Its so romantic. I've got to try it some time." Youko blushed crimson just thinking about it. "Uh…well…I have to go now." she said suddenly getting up. "Ok! Bye!"

Selphie called as she ran off.

"Hey, Youko." Wakka greeted her. "Oh…H-Hello Wakka…" Youko panted for breath. "Man. I lost to the newbie. I cant believe it." he mumbled but Youko heard it and her

ears twitched. "…" she looked away, towards the waterfall. "Anyway, me and Tidus are going exploring today. To the secret place at the base of the tree. There's got to be

something there ya?" he said. 'That place? There's nothing there but drawings.' she thinks. She herself used to go exploring and she accidentally found it. Every now and

then, she would see a drawing of a girl with cat ears but she would ignore it and continued to look around. She got ready to go to the raft and heard Wakka say, "I want a

rematch! I'll win this time!" "No thanks." Youko whispered annoyed and walked back to Sora and the others.

Youko found Sora and Riku and she towards them just in time to hear them say, "If I win…I'm captain! And if you win…" Sora started . "I get to share the paopu with Kairi."

Riku finished. Youko fell on her face. "Youko?" Riku nudged her with his foot. "I'm ok…" she stood up blushing. She rubbed her face and climbed up to where Kairi was. "Ok.

You got it? The winner gets to share a paopu with Kairi." Riku continued. "What?!" Sora half shouted. "Ok! On my count! 3...2...1...GO!" They took off running. "Are they

always like this?" Youko asked quietly. "All the time." Kairi answered with a giggle. Sora came back a few minutes later and Riku followed. "Yes! Now the score is 2-2!" he

said. "And I get to name the raft!" he added. "Calm down. It's just a name." Riku said. Sora pouted.

Later that day, Youko took a walk around the island. She softly sang a song called Sanctuary as she walked by the treehouses.

In you and I there's a new land,

Angels in flight

My sanctuary, my sanctuary, yeah

Where fears and lies melt away

Music will tie

What's left of me

What's left of me now

I watch you fast asleep,

All I fear means nothing

In you and I there's a new land,

Angels in flight

My sanctuary, my sanctuary, yeah

Where fears and lies melt away

Music will tie

What's left of me

What's left of me

She stopped and her ears began to twitch. Someone was talking. She followed the voices and stopped outside the entrance to the "Secret Base" as she liked to call it.

"Who are you?" a familiar voice asked. 'It's Nii-san!' Youko thought. "I came to see the door to this world." another voice replied. 'Who is that? And what is he talking

about? The door to this world?' "This world had been connected." the voice went on. "What are you talking about?" Sora asked as if he was crazy. "Tied to the darkness…

soon to be completely eclipsed…" the voice ignored him. 'What the…?' "You do not yet know what lies beyond the door." "So that means your from another world!" Sora

said. Youko's eyes widened. "There is so much to learn. You understand so little…" the voice said. "Oh yeah?! Well I'm gonna go out and learn what's out there!" Sora said

back. "It's meaningless. One who knows nothing can understand nothing…" the voice faded. "Nii-san!" Youko ran in, tripped on a rock, and fell on the ground. She quickly

dusted herself off and examined the place. She didn't see anything. "Where's that guy at?" she asked. Sora shrugged. "Where did you go?!" he yelled. No reply. They looked

around and saw nothing, so they left.

The evening came and Youko peered behind a tree as she watched Sora and Kairi talking as they watched the sunset. "That's so romantic…" Youko sighed. "What's

romantic?" a voice asked. Youko squeaked and jumped. She turned around to find Riku grinning at her. Her face turned red and she quickly turned back around and stared at

Kairi and Sora. "They are sitting together… watching the sunset. I think its romantic…"she mumbled. He grinned again and looked at them too. "They make a good couple

huh?" "Yeah." She agreed. He turned around and walked off. "H-Hey! Where are you going?" she asked and followed him. "Gotta leave them alone don't we? Besides, we can

watch the sunset somewhere else." he replied. Youko looked back at them then followed Riku. They climbed on the roof and got the view of the sunset and the ocean. "This is

beautiful!" Youko said. Riku shrugged. "I've seen this a million times before. It gets really boring." he said crossing his arms. "I cant wait to get out of here." Youko looked down

and pulled her knees to her chest. "I have a feeling it will be a lot of fun. But how far will a raft take us?" she asked. Riku shrugged. "I don't know. But if we have to, we'll think

of something." he said. 'Wow. He really wants to get out of here…" Youko thought as she watched the waves move back and forth.

Later that night, the wind picked up and Youko wrapped the blanket Kairi had given her around herself. She tried to go to sleep, but she kept thinking about the person from

earlier. "I came to see the door to this world. Tied to the darkness…soon to be completely eclipsed…" 'What was he talking about?' she thought .The sound of thunder

distracted her , making her fall out of the tree and on her face. "Ow… that hurt…" she moaned. She got up and held her face. She turned her head in the direction. She heard the

thunder and gasped. A huge ball of shadows shot out black and purple lightning and some black things were coming out of it. "Wh-what is that?!" she said to herself.

"Nii-san! Nii-san!" Youko shouted as she banged on the window. "What Youko? Your going to break my window!" he said. She pointed to the dark cloud and he gasped. He

jumped out the window and went towards the docks. "Riku's boat is gone!" Sora said. He quickly got in his boat. "C'mon Youko!" Sora said from the rowboat. She looked at

him hesitantly, then jumped in with him.

They ran on the shore and stopped as a bunch of black things surrounded them. "W-what are they?!" Youko asked. "I have no idea." Sora said. One of the creatures lunged at

them. "Watch out Youko!" Sora yelled and pulled a wooden sword out of nowhere. He tried to cut it, but it dodged and head butted him. "Nii-san!" Sora got up and tried to

attack again but he was hit again. "It wont work Nii-san! Lets go!" Youko said as she helped him up. He nodded and they got up and ran. They made it across the bridge and

saw Riku. "Riku!" they shouted. Riku turned around. "What is this?" Sora asked. "It's the darkness..." Riku answered. Youko looked away from the oncoming sphere to her

friend, who was calmly outstretching his arms, as if he was welcoming the darkness approaching them. "Don't you see, you guys!?" Riku exclaimed, clenching his fists and turning

to face Youko and Sora. "This is our escape! This is our way off this stupid island! We will finally be free! And if this is what it takes..." He turned back, and defiantly raised his

eyes to the sphere. "I'm not afraid of the darkness!" he shouted, and then he turned back to them, holding out his gloved hand. As he did, darkness appeared at his feet, and

swirled around his body. "Take my hand, guys... Don't be afraid of the darkness." he said to them. Youko wasn't sure and gasped as she saw shadows crawl up her body.

Youko held back the urge to take his hand. Sora on the other hand was reaching out his hand. "Nii-san!" Youko screamed making Sora jerk back. She held on to his arm and

looked back up to where Riku was, but he was gone. "Riku!" their cries filled the air. The shadows were up to her waist when a light came from Sora's hand. "Huh?" The light

grew and then something appeared in his hand. It looked like a giant key with a gold handle with a chain connected. A purplish light came from Youko's chest and it grew.

Youko reached out to grab it and the light disappeared. A key like Sora's appeared but it was white with a purple and black ribbon with a red heart shaped handle with a chain

and at the end was a heart with a crown. "What are these?" Sora asked. "I don't know…" Youko answered. "Oh no! Kairi!" Sora yelled suddenly running off. "Wait Nii-san!"

Youko followed him.

They entered the secret base. Kairi stood in front of a door. "Kairi!" Sora called out to her. Kairi turned around, her eyes seemed lifeless. "Sora…" Kairi mumbled. The door

behind her suddenly flew open and a gust of wind sent her flying. "KAIRI!" SOra tried to catch her, but she went right through him. "Huh?" The wind go stronger, sendin Sora

and Youko flying out of the base.

"Ow…" Youko mumbled as she hit the ground. There was a loud crack and a "Youko look out!" Sora grabbed her as a chunk of the Island disappeared into darkness. The

ground shook and they turned around as a giant blue and black thing emerged from the ground. Youko's eyes widened. 'It's the same thing from my dream…' she looked at it

in horror