Title: Kokoro no Sakkaku
Pairings: SoKai, Riku?, Zemyx
Note: Prologue takes place just after Sora defeats the last boss (Saix) in the Proof of Existence.
Prologue: The Final Battle.
Sora, Riku, Kairi, Donald and Goofy stumbled back into the Proof of Existence, just having defeated the second last remaining Organisation member, Saix. The gang all looked at each other in slight trepidation, knowing that now that Saix had defeated they only had one Organisation member left to face: Xemnas. They stood in the centre of the Proof of Existence, silently acknowledging that this battle would be far bigger than all of their previous skirmishes. As both the final Organisation member and their leader, it went without saying that Xemnas would spare no expense in trying to defeat the Keyblade master and his friends. It was well established that Xemnas would stop at nothing to achieve his goal of regaining his heart.
Everyone looked at each other psyching themselves up for the next stage of their journey. The final battle.
"Ready guys?" Sora asked, flashing his friends his characteristically bright grin.
"Ready!" Donald echoed.
"Of Course Sora!" Kairi assured, placing her hand on Sora's.
"You know it!" Riku said in a slightly arrogant drawl.
"..." There was a pause as Sora, Riku, Kairi and Donald waited for their other friend to respond, however Goofy did not reply. Looking around, they realised that without their noticing Goofy had wandered over to the the side of the room, and was bent over one of the Organisation member's doorways.
"Goofy, what's up?" Sora asked curiously. He had to know what had caused Goofy to spoil one of their 'Three Musketeers' moments by failing to respond.
Goofy jumped silently, before picking something up and turning to face Sora and Donald. "Ahyuck, well guys. I think I've found someone's diary." He announced. He brought the royal blue notepad closer to his face and peered at it. "I think it belongs to one of Organisation XIII." Goofy casually walked over to Sora and Donald, taking his time.
"What makes you say that Goofy?" Donald asked, snatching the notepad away from their canine friend. Sora and Donald looked at it and then saw the name 'DEMYX' scrawled across the front in black marker.
"Oh, that's how." Sora said frankly. Staring at it.
"Why would an Organisation member keep a diary?" Riku asked.
"Gawrsh Riku, I don't really know. But wasn't Demyx the nobody that took notes on his mission details?" Goofy scratched his head. "Maybe this was where he kept those notes." Kairi stared at the diary, fascinated by the small book.
"I wouldn't be surprised." Donald said somewhat scathingly.
Sora meanwhile stood there listening to the exchange, staring at the blue notepad in Donald's hands. This diary could be an interesting read. It could give a valuable insight into the day to day runnings of the Organisation. If only it had come a little sooner.
"This would have been useful a few weeks ago." Riku said, glaring at the notebook in contempt as if it were somehow the book's fault that it hadn't been found sooner.
Gently Sora took the diary from Donald and hesitantly opened it to the first page, Donald began to read the first page with Sora from under his arm. As the diary opened, a loose sheet of folded paper fell from the book. Where Sora disregarded the paper, Kairi picked it up gingerly and unfolded it. She stared at the piece of paper in a mixture of surprise and awe. Riku and Goofy walked over to her and looked at the paper in curiosity and tilted their heads.
The piece of paper was in fact a piece of sheet music, covered in the tiny symbols denoting a song. The title simply said "Kokoro no Sakkaku." Whereas Riku and Goofy were lost, Kairi's eyes ran over the sheet of music and her eyes widened.
"This was written for piano." She whispered reverently. "Its beautiful and dark at the same time." She continued. Closing her eyes Kairi began to play out the first few notes in her head, thinking back to the piano lessons she used to have back in Destiny Islands. She had insisted on taking them when announced her love of all things artistic. Eventually she had come to the conclusion that her true passion lay in art and drawing, however she never forgot her piano lessons.
Sora and Donald meanwhile had turned their attentions away from the diary. The first page was strangely enough a list of all of the members of Organisation XIII. Sora fought the urge to laugh when he saw in gigantic letters the word "ME!" printed where the ninth member's name were to go.
Donald stepped away from the group, who had their attentions drawn away completely from the task at hand and growled. "Come on everybody! We have an Organisation Member to defeat!" He announced, effectively shaking everybody out of the reverie that they had been cast into with the discovery of Demyx's diary.
Riku shook his head and motioned for Sora to join him at the entrance. "Lets go Sora." He said.
"How did I let that guy's diary distract me that badly?" Sora asked himself as he walked to follow.
Riku grinned. "Maybe because your head's always in the clouds." He teased.
As Donald and Goofy ran to follow Kairi lingered behind captivated by something she had noticed on the sheet music, for at the very bottom of the sheet of music were the words 'Boku no ai no tame ni, Zekushion.' "For my love, Zexion." She whispered to herself. However, what startled her the most was that the sheet of music was covered in dried tears.
"Kairi! Come on slowpoke!" Sora called over his shoulder.
Shaking herself from her shocked stupor, she tucked the sheet of music inside of the belt of her dress and ran after Sora, Riku and the others, towards the final battle.
Owari
Ok! This was just an idea that popped into my head late last night. I'm not sure whether to continue it or not, so I guess it depends on the feedback I get. Looking back on it, I can't help but remark on the irony that the final battle is at the beginning of the story... but whatever!
