An Epic Kingdom Hearts Short Story: The Mirror Game(Part 1)
An Epic Kingdom Hearts Short Story: The Mirror Game(Part 1)
It has been a few days since our trio has return to their normal lives. Ever since their bizarre encounter of adventures, things had never been peaceful for them and hardships unending. And still, even now when they have finally defeated Organization XIII, everyone knew that trouble was still brewing somewhere, for the Keyblade remained.
Keyblade. The strongest weapon in the world. A key that could return peace and harmony, as well as wrecking chaos be it the worlds, or hearts. Sora could still remember clearly the pain he felt when he was torn away from his friends. The loneliness without Kairi and Riku beside him, the helplessness when Riku deserted friend for Darkness… Even now he could taste the air of desperation when he received the shocking news of Kairi, kidnapped by Organization XIII.
And all this had happened because of the Keyblade. And he has unfortunately, chosen to be the Keyblade Wielder. If the Keyblade had never appeared, he would never have left Destiny Island, never had to be torn away from Kairi and Riku, never had to fight endlessly just to discover there was more disaster to come, never had to feel more sorrowful and dark in his attempt to save everything…
And you wouldn't have met us Sora, Uh-hyuk! Sora immediately snapped out of his thoughts and looked around, bursting, "Goofy? Is Donald with you?" But that was but a mere illusion. The sound of the sea waves. He had heard Goofy's voice deep down within his heart. It was a big disappointment as he sat down, looking the-end-of-the-world. But this has reminded him of something else. Of how much he had gained throughout his adventure. If he hadn't traveled world to world in search of Riku and Kairi, he would never knew Donald and Goofy. Would never have met the ever-grim-looking Leon, playful Yuffie, gruffy Cid, cheeky old Merlin, Thoughtful Aerith, Aladdin, and so many others.
I would never have met my friends then. The lost is to be lost and the gain is to be gained. I have lost plenty, but I have gained more as well. He summoned the Kingdom Key to his hands and examined it under the gleaming sunlight. A smile crept onto his face. The Keyblade may be a terrible burden to behold, but it had repaid him with more than he could ever imagined. And that is everything. Although he did wonder grumpily about Donald and Goofy forbidding him from visiting them. They had insisted relentlessly that they should be the ones traveling here instead of him and the others going to Disney Castle…
WAAK! You're not coming to Disney Castle without anyone proficient enough to pilot the vessel! Fly here with you piloting and you'll be blasted before you could even take off! WAAK!
Gwarsh Sora, I don't know whether you should pilot a Gummi Ship, the last time you do that we nearly crashed into a meteor, Uh-hyuk!
"Sora!" He tore his sight from the beautiful sunset and turned to see Kairi waving at him, the ever-so-angelic smile soothing his heart as she ran towards his direction. Patting the grain of sands of his clothes, he stood up and readied himself, grinning for a warm embrace.
(In Destiny Island Mega Mall)
"Kairi, would you mind taking this load of stuff by yourself?"
"No. It's too heavy."
"Since you knew that so well, why don't you spare that arm of yours and take some of this burden? It's your stuff!"
"Riku…"
"Okay Okay! Sora's birthday! Right GROAN" Upon hearing Riku's outburst Kairi smiled inwardly as she continued her massacre of items in the mall whom she claimed to be Sora's present. In truth, she wasn't that far-fetched, for half of the now one-storey high of wrapped presents was meant for Sora when his birthday comes (Riku's money of course). And the other half? Well, not really worth mentioning, but of course they are girl's stuff… her stuff…
"AGH! What's this thing covering my eyes! I can't see anything at all! It's so dark!"
"It's just a bra covering your eyes, stop the whining and STOP SHAKING! So I could throw it back up."
"Oh, I feel so sick… I'm definitely getting Sora for this…"
Two hours later, (By now it's three-storeys high) Kairi finally decided that enough is enough and stopped by the food court. She felt totally exhausted and charged up a massive appetite despite Riku was the one looking as if he hadn't been sleeping for three weeks. Panting like a dog, he set the almost unbearable load off his sore arms and immediately slipped away to satisfy his stomach, completely ignoring Kairi's outburst of protest for putting her stuff on the ground. Still, she decided that she would let it go and eat herself full before spanking him. After all, the ravaneous look on Riku has created an aura of hunger as everyone within ten metres around him started to feel hungry again, and Kairi is one of them. But before that, she needed to use the bathroom.
"Riku! Take care of the bags okay? I'm going to the bathroom!"
"gobble gobble gobble"
Rolling her eyes, Kairi left Riku to savage his food and hopped away, whistling all along the path. It was clear that she was in love for that dreamy look on her face gave away anything. As she washed her face she stared intently into the mirror. There, a cute red hair girl that had won everyone's heart in Destiny Island for her beauty and innocence. But only one person had claimed hers. The spiky hair boy that has won the world its peace, more friends that he could ever imagined and one more thing that he treasured the most.
Her heart.
Oh Sora, she sighed, I love you so much, as you I. We both knew it, but why couldn't we just say it? Ever since that day when the three of them are finally reunited, Sora has been quiet, very very quiet. He had avoided meetings, often sat alone on the beach for hours and acting very strangely. But she was sure that it was only temporary. Soon, Sora will turn back into that old cheerful self again. She turned her back against the mirror and began to walk towards outside, wishing out loud, "I do hope that the birthday party would bridge that small chasm between us, forever."
"Now now, dear, I certainly don't think that that, is possible." Stunned by the voice behind her, Kairi immediately jumped forward and turned around. What she saw shocked her to the very core of her heart. A perfect replicate of herself has just stepped out of the mirror and staring coldly at her. The evil smile never vanished when Kairi was blasted full on the face by Dark energy as she slumped onto the floor, more dead than alive. Her vision began to turn black.
Even though Riku was completely oblivious to his surroundings when he was eating, he began to feel worried for Kairi. It has been a full thirty minutes since she had went into the bathroom. Considering that girls always took time to 'decorate' themselves especially when they're alone, he had allowed his logic to drive away natural instinct. But something was terribly wrong. He suddenly remembered that Kairi had never bothered to do any make-up of her own until today; she was just beginning to learn so and that's why she had bought so much stuff. His heart began to felt with dread as he stood up and ran towards the girl's bathroom. That dread was strangely familiar… No! It felt like Darkness! Riku ignored the startled crowd around him as he brought up his Keyblade and charged into the bathroom. "KAIRI! Are you –"
"What on earth are you doing Riku? Get out of here AT ONCE!" There she was, holding a lipstick to her face as she tried to cover her tattered face. Riku was rocked completely off his feet. Kairi's face was a disaster: She had red marks all over her cheeks and nose as she tried futilely to wiped them off and kick Riku in the hide at the same time. After a crazy minute of laughter, Riku finally got up to his feet and struggled to speak, "Well Kairi… Ahahahaha I'll leave you Ugh! To yourself and be sure to be quick okay?" he began to turn away.
A bloody dark claw stuck out of his chest. Riku's eyes widened as he began to feel the beginnings of a blackout. Before pain took him into oblivion, he heard a terrible voice that is Kairi's chuckling coldly behind his head, "Be happy that I was merciful, for you were once one of us."
The Kairi Replica pulled out her claw and left Riku sprawled all over the floor. There was no blood, but the gaping hole where it had struck began to blacken. Soon Darkness will took over his body and disintegrate it into nothingness. A portal of Darkness opened to lead her to the beach of Destiny Island.
"Sora!" Kairi Replica waved her hands towards Sora as she ran towards him. Sora was smiling like the sun as he opened his arms, expecting an embrace.
She smiled.