-1Disclaimer: I no own anything in here, but MY story. NO Kingdom Hearts or Labyrinth. Though I would like to buy the movie again, cuz mine broke. -tear-

Labyrinth

(Kingdom Hearts Style)

By: Korbin

Chapter 1 - Babysitting is tough!

A lone figure sat under a large tree reading from a small paperback book. The tree sat close to a small river which ran through the town and not far in the distance a faded red bridge lead to the figure's home. The figure put down his book for a moment to stop and think of what he was reading. The boy had short cinnamon spiked hair and sapphire eyes. He's average height and slightly on the skinny side, but not enough to be called small or weak. Upon glancing up at the sky he noticed the heavy rain clouds gathering overhead. Feeling the first few drops land on his face and arms the boy quickly put away the book in his back pocket and made his way over the bridge. Soon the few raindrops turned into a soft shower, then a heavy downpour.

"Aww man!" Sora whined. His clothes became drenched as he ran down the streets and through people's yards, trying to make it home as quickly as possible. "My parents are gonna kill me!" He yelled as he cut through another lawn.

Coming up to his house he saw his parents' car still in the driveway, meaning they hadn't left for their date and were waiting for him. 'Great,' he thought to himself as he slowed his running into a walk before he reached his house. There, standing on the porch, with a hand on his hip and anger stamped across his face, stood Sora's stepfather, Leon.

"And where were you?" Leon snapped.

"I was down by the river reading." He said in a soft voice, not wanting to anger his stepfather anymore than he already was over the situation. He could be scary when he got mad. His father really was crazy for marrying this guy.

"Well come on. We don't want you to freeze out here -and try not to get water everywhere." Leon ordered as he stepped out of the open doorway to let the younger male through.

"It's not like I can instantly dry myself, you know." Sora grumbled as he walked past Leon and up the stairs towards his room. Sora's father came down the stairs just as he was making his way up. His father, Cloud, turned to tell him something, but Sora spoke first.

"Yes, I know. Leon already fussed at me." He said bitterly as the cold started to seep through his clothes and he could feel a headache beginning to form.

Cloud laughed softly at his son before patting him on the head. "Don't worry about Leon; he'll cool down in a minute. You really should get out of those clothes if you don't want to catch a cold. I'm sure you remember that Leon and I will be leaving for the night and that you'll be in charge of things with Kairi while we're gone, correct?" Sora nodded his head at Cloud, letting him know that he was listening. "Okay! I already checked on Kairi and she's about ready to fall asleep--"

"So you shouldn't have too much trouble with the little one, ne Sora?" Leon asked while watching the two on the stairs. Cloud glared down at Leon for a moment before his expression softened into a smile as he faced the teen again.

"Geez! What's his problem today? He normally isn't this snappy!" Sora quietly muttered to Cloud, trying to make sure Leon couldn't hear him and start yelling.

"Oh, Leon... he's fine. He just doesn't fancy the rain as much as other people." Cloud laughed as he started making his way down the stairs again. "We'll be back later on tonight, okay?" Cloud yelled up to Sora as he and Leon made for the door. Turning his attention back to Sora the blonde put on his coat, waiting for his son's response before heading out the door. A quick nod from Sora and the adults were away and gone for the night.

Sighing loudly Sora started walking to his room again. Not a moment after he opened his door he began pulling off his wet shirt and his pants, kicking away his soaked boots; throwing them along with the rest of his soggy outfit into the basket sitting in the bathroom connected to his and his little sister's room. Without thought, he put on a quick outfit consisting of a tight fitting black t-shirt, boxers, slightly baggy dark blue jeans, and a random pair of socks from his closet. After dressing, Sora walked back into the hallway and to Kairi's bedroom just next door.

Opening her bedroom door quietly he noticed all sorts of toys and barbies shattered everywhere across the room. Fairy-tale books and clothes were thrown and placed in every spot that should have been white carpet. It was a wonder anyone could walk into the room or get out. Sighing in frustration he knelt down and started to pick up the items littering the soft carpet. Carefully avoiding the area surrounding the designated place for his younger sibling to explore.

'How in the world can Kairi make such a mess in such a short span of time?' The boy thought to himself as he put away a few more dolls and story books. He was almost done picking up the room when he spotted the child's treasure chest of toys open and sitting within reach of little hands. Groaning to himself about 'stupid blonds' the young man's mind was brought back to Earth when he heard a small 'oaf' come from the playpen in the center of the child's white room.

Turning on his heel the chocolate haired teen watched as his beloved little sister (and resident family princess) attempted to stand and get out of her well worn playpen, before slipping on the blankets around her feet and falling on her bottom with another 'oaf'. Five years old and she still had a playpen; which she preferred to sleep in if she knew that their blond father wouldn't be home for the night to cuddle her, that was ferociously protected by her 'guardian beasts' (or as most of the world would call them, stuffed animals). Chuckling warmly at the cute one's antics, the brunet walked over to the redhead and lifted the five year old free of her pen.

"What are you up to Kairi? Hmm?" Sora asked in a soft voice to the girl in his arms. The child turned her face up to Sora smiling slightly before averting her gaze to the ground and away from the boy, keeping to herself.

"Oh, I see. You're not going to talk to me, are you? Probably mad at me for coming home late and not playing with you. That's alright! I guess I'll just have to go elsewhere since you won't talk to me." The boy said in a teasing voice putting the girl back in her playpen and walking towards the door just to mess with Kairi.

"No! Don't leave me big brother! I'll talk to you! I don't wanna be left with the bad man with silver hair! I don't wanna! Don't leave me with the scary monsters big brother!" The redheaded girl whined, flapping her arms around her in hopes of getting Sora's attention again.

"What monsters Kairi? There's no such thing as-- Oh, I get it." The teen folded his arms over his chest. "Tidus and Wakka have been reading you those stories again haven't they?"

The girl shook her head violently before tears started to form in her eyes motioning for the brunet to pick her up again. Smiling down at his sister Sora walked back over to the pen, this time not picking Kairi up. The smaller child whined again when her precious brother didn't move to lift her, but Sora just shook his head softly at the kid.

"You really should be getting to bed now. It's already past your bedtime and I still have things I need to do." Not really, but he needed some excuse to get her to sleep. Otherwise she'd be up all night bugging him to play barbies or dress-up with her for hours. She was like the Energizer Bunny, she just kept on going and going.

"I'll go to sleep, but only if you promise you'll come save me if the bad man comes to try and take me away again!" She huffed as a few tears slid down her round cheeks and onto her pink bear and bunny pajama shirt. Sora couldn't help it; he just couldn't deny her anything when she looked that cute in her pink pj's. The water works also seemed to be doing wonders on him.

"I promise I'll come save you." He smiled bending down towards the girl. Sora gave her a gentle hug as she latched onto his neck clinging tightly. Then teen tried to pull away, but it only served to make Kairi squeeze his neck harder causing her to cut off his air supply. "Okay Kairi... you gotta let go... Sora can't breathe... need AIR..." After a moment Kairi finally realized her brother wasn't breathing right when his face started to turn colors and quickly let him go.

"I'm sorry big brother, but I got so scared when I thought I wouldn't see you again and--"

"Don't worry. I'm still alive and nothing's gonna come and take you away Sis. Now go to sleep or else." Sora smiled as he moved to lay the redhead in her bed and cover her with a blanket. Turning back to the pen, the boy fetched a few of his darling Princess' royal guards, namely the oversized mouse plush with red pants and yellow shoes and the extra cuddly golden puppy doll with a green collar. He set them at their respective posts on her bed for the night before giving a quick peck to the small child's forehead, the whispered a sweet good night and reminder of his love. Walking over to the doorway, the brunet stopped to face his little sister before turning off the lights and shutting the door.

Heaving another sigh once the door was closed Sora begun to make his way back to his room. 'I swear Kairi's being more dramatic today than usual. Tidus and Wakka must be telling her some weird stories for her to come up with a guy with silver hair and monsters trying to steal her away. Like that will ever happen.' He thought to himself as he walked into his room and plopped down on his bed. Stretching his arms out and inhaling deeply helped the boy relax a bit before reclining on his bed; sitting up a bit so his back was resting on the headboard of his bed.

Sora finally remembered about the book he had been reading earlier with the exact same description of the man in the story. Quickly rushing to the bathroom and taking out his wet pants the boy dug around his pockets until he found the book in the back pocket still soaking wet. "Damn!" Groaning in annoyance Sora took a towel down from the rack and put the book on top of it, letting it sit out on his desk to dry rather than trying to open the book while it was drenched. Walking back over to his bed, he crawled back into it trying to get comfortable again.

Sora was about to fall asleep himself when he heard the faintest cry from Kairi. It sounded almost like she had tried to yell his named, but it was muffled by some type of cloth. 'Probably tossing and turning in her sleep,' the boy grumped to himself. Getting up off his bed and making his way once more to Kairi's bedroom he stopped outside the door to see if he could hear anything coming from inside. Nothing. Not a single sound.

Opening the door the brunet took a peek inside. The room seemed darker than usual, even with the curtains slightly drawn back forcing Sora to reach for the light switch, but the lights weren't working. 'Is the power out?!' No, it couldn't be. There was still light in his room and the hallway, so why just Kairi's room? Sora thought hastily to himself as he entered the eerily quiet room.

Slowly walking towards the silent pen just in front of the unused bed in the back of the room, Sora made sure to look everywhere just in case Kairi decided to scare him by jumping out of nowhere. Standing in front of the girl's bed he could see someone was lying in her bed under the blanket. "Kairi..." Sora said softly before pulling back the blanket to reveal... nothing. No one was lying in the bed. The teen was able to spin around just in time for a mass amount of small goblin like monsters to start appearing out of nowhere. Sora dodged the ones that tried to reach for him and he was about to attack one when they all started to disappear into the shadows they had emerged from. Feeling someone was behind him watching his every move Sora spun around again.

"Who's there!?" Sora screamed as the windows flew open as a cold breeze carrying dead leaves swept into the room. A figure stood in front of the opened window in Sora's direct view, his arms crossed at his chest and a smirk on his handsome face.

"If you had listened to your sister you'd know the answer to that already." The man said smugly.

-To be continued-

Korbin: Whelp! That's it for chapter one! Stayed tuned to find out who exactly the Goblin King is! Just to be evil-- I mean nice. I'll give you two hints. #1) He got silver hair (duh, Kairi said so in the story)... #2) It's either one of three people... Riku, Sephiroth, or Ansem. Good luck picking who it is!

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Hint #3) It's got to be one of the three guys (unless someone else got into a fight with the bleach, but not likely).

Please review, it makes me happy.