AUTHOR'S NOTE: Hiya everyone! This is a first time I made a Kingdom Hearts fic and probably the only one I made. Anyway, this is a short story. It only has two parts in it so I hope you can take your time and read both of it! I wrote this story under my sympathy for the Nobodies who appeared in Kingdom Hearts e.g. Organization 13 although their intentions are…hmm..should I say bad? Um, yeah, bad. But still, I could not help but feel sad at their disappearance especially Roxas and Axel! (Sob) to be honest, I like each member of the Organization 13 better than Sora, Riku and Kairi. But no offense though, the story is all about them actually, after all they ARE the main characters don't they? But you'll find out soon enough when you read the whole story. Anyway enough of me to continue talking nonsense and just get onto the story! I hope you'll enjoy the story!
DISCLAIMER: I do not own any Kingdom Hearts character and it's afflictions but this fic is entirely mine.
A Void Heart (Part One)
A One-Shot By: Xunou-chan
I've been having these weird thoughts lately…
Like is any of these for real or not?
"What do you think? Do you think any of these are real?"
"Wha-?! Who's there?"
"Or do you think any of these aren't real?"
"I ask you, who are you?"
"Heh heh. Well, do you think any of these for real or not? Huh, Sora?"
Sora caught his breath only to realize that his vision soon became nothing more than a haze and then, darkness. His body became weak and limp. He soon lost his conscious and fell down into the endless abyss. He could not feel anything. Everything is all but only emptiness
"Make up your mind Sora! You're the Keyblade Master!" he said to the brunette adolescent.
But Sora could not reply him. He had somehow regained his conscious but oddly, he could not regain control of his body. He could hear that mysterious, sultry voice clearly but his mouth will not open like he wants it to. His heart had never felt so empty…full of nothingness…he feels nothing. He sees nothing. And finally, he hears nothing more. Empty.
"Sora!"
What? What's happening to me?
"Sora!"
Why do I …
"Sora!"
Everything seems so familiar somehow but why can't I identify any of these?
"Sora!"
Why?
"Wake up, Sora!"
"Wha-?!"
Sora immediately jerks up and turned to whence the voice came. To his surprise, Kairi was already beside him. Her cute face was etched with the grimace of sympathy and concerned.
"Are you okay, Sora? You were twitching a lot" Kairi asked him gently. "You must be having a bad dream…"
Sora was glad to hear her soft voice ringing in his ears. He let out a small chuckle and whirled his head around to give Kairi his usual, dorky grin. "Weird is more like it" he said but soon stopped dead when his blue eyes detected the sight in front of him. His face turns white.
Puzzled, Kairi cocked her head to one side, raising an inquisitive eyebrow; her short auburn hair swayed over like a silk. "What's wrong?" she asked.
Sora switched his gaze to both of his hands. He was wearing the same white gloves, the same red jump shorts, the same white t-shirt with the black hood, the same yellow shoes and the crown-shaped necklace lay on his chest. His gloved-hands trembled at the sight of it.
"How can this-?" he quivered, feeling confused.
"Sora, what's wrong?"
He resumed back his gaze at Kairi, having the same short auburn hair, the equally beautiful blue eyes, the fair skin and the pink lips. And she was wearing the same white crop top, the same blue skirt, the big white shoes and the same yellow band on both of her wrists…
What the heck's happening right now? Oh, yeah…
"Where's Riku?" Sora asked.
"Riku? Who's –"
Everything suddenly shattered into many fragments, everything he saw was all but gone in a blink of an eye. Sora uttered a small gasp as the voice has echoed again in his head.
"—Riku?" he continued the sentence.
"You're the one from before!" exclaimed Sora who no doubt totally recognized the voice.
"Have you made up your mind?' he asked.
"Who are you?" Sora demanded this question to him instead of answering his question.
"Is any of these for real or not?"
Before Sora could even retort back, a searing unexplainable pain struck inside his chest. He sank down to his knees, one hand clutching his chest while the other one was holding onto the bizarre void and supporting his body weight. It's his heart. His heart is hurt and suffering. Then, a sharp image of the Kingdom Keyblade stabbed through his chest and through his heart. Sora cried out in pain. His heart was also crying out in anguish, in a pain beyond any human expressions.
"So, is these for real or not?" he asked, very quietly that Sora could not be sure of what he had just said.
But Sora could not reply him through his gritting teeth. The pain was too much for him to bear, even for a Keyblade Master… he tried pulling out the Keyblade out of his chest but he could not even get a grasp of it. It is as if it was avoiding him from touching it. Sora finally dropped to his side, coiling painfully. He cried out in pain as much as his heart is crying out too.
"For real or not?"
Beneath the thick rimmed-eyelids lies wide window-panes with glinting blue irises. He suddenly saw him holding out his hand for him. For Sora…The Keyblade Master uttered a gasp of delight to see the sight of him. The pain immediately washed away like the waving sea at the shore and so he ran for it. For him…
"Riku!" the brunette cried happily.
Riku had a tender smile plastering on his lips. His green eyes glinted under the brief shone of the sunlight while his long silver hair was flapping within the breeze of the ocean, followed by a scene of huge blue sea wave rolled behind him. Sora quickens his pace. His best friend was saying something but he could not hear a single sound from him. And darkness obscured Sora's visions once again.
"For real?" he asked again, sternly. "Or not?"
"I…"Sora said to darkness. No, it's to him.
"Yes?"
"I don't think any of these is for real"
"Really?"
"What I saw right now probably isn't real" Sora said. "But after that…is probably real"
"Probably?"
"Just…try to believe in it" Sora said. "With your heart!"
"My heart?"
"Yep. Everyone has a heart" despite the darkness, he could feel Sora's enthusiasm.
"Everyone who is Anyone" he said grimly.
Sora caught his breath, surprised by what he'd just said.
"What is a heart?" he asked to the Keyblade Master.
"A heart is…a heart is…" Sora hesitated. "A hearts is something that has everything a bout you!' replied Sora.
"I'm not sure if I have something that has everything about me like you spoke of, Sora"
"Well, ask yourself. Ask your heart"
"But I've no heart"
"No heart?" Sora said, confused. "Who are you?" he asked but there was no answer. "Answer me! Hey!"
A scattered dream that's like a far off memory.
A far off memory that's like a scattered dream
I want to line the pieces up-
Yours…and mine.
You're giving me. Too many things. Lately, you're all I need. You smiled at me and said…
"Believe it with your heart" he said once more and probably is the last…
…
…..
"Sora!"
"Sora!"
Sora heard someone called his name but he didn't react. He isn't sure. He is still feeling so empty. And before he knew it, Sora awoke to a brilliant color blue around him.
Blub, Blub, Blub, Blub…
"Gaahk!" Sora gasped as he broke out of the surface of the sea water. He shook his head, wagging the waters off his spiky cinnamon hair.
"Ah, good! You're finally awake sleepyhead!" a familiar voice said from afar.
Sora found himself feeling excited somehow. He hurriedly spun around and saw Riku and Kairi at the shore to his relieve.
"Sora!" Kairi beamed, waving at him from the shore.
Sora held his hands off the water. He is wearing his black gloves on his hands, his black hooded jacket, and his blue shirt inside, his black jump shorts, his yellow belts, his big black shoes and his crown-shaped necklace lay on his chest. He smiled in relief. He is in the present now. All that was just another bizarre dream that a chosen one usually have. He grinned happily and waved back at Kairi. He then swam himself up to the shore.
"How the heck did I get in the water anyway?" the brunette asked to his two friends as soon as he has reached the shore.
"You were sleeping. We tried to wake you up but it's no use" Kairi replied to him gently.
"So I threw you in the water to wake you up. It's much easier that way" Riku said jokingly, a cheeky smirk curled across his lips.
"Hey!" Sora scowled at him.
Both Riku and Kairi threw her heads into a fit of playful laughter. A peaceful feeling washed over Sora as he watched his friends. Riku is still wearing his yellow sleeveless jacket, unzipped, revealing a black shirt he wore underneath, also sleeveless, has a turtle-neck collar and he has zipped at the bisection part of the shirt although Sora can still catch a glimpse of his flat stomach. Then, he turned to Kairi. She is wearing her soft pink tube jacket only zipping up half of it so Sora could still see her white tank shirt she wore underneath.
'Yup', Sora thought 'This is real.
His friends have always been the source of his strength. They have gone from him once but he's not going to let them far away ever again. Now, his heart is happy to see the happy faces of his friends.
"Anyway, it's late now. We should head back soon" Kairi said as she tilted her head towards the sky.
Sora and Riku followed the same thing as she did. The pleasant color of tender orange had loomed over his head. Evening had fallen and in the distant horizon beyond the sea, they could saw the sun is setting. The two boys agreed with her suggestionand together, the three best friends head their way home and off the Destiny Island.
As the three friends made their way home across the town, the Keyblade Master accidentally bumped into someone. His bottom made a harsh contact with the pavement street and Sora groaned in pain as he rubbed his rear. Kairi hurriedly rushed to his side and helped him to get up on his feet.
"Watch it, punk!" Riku yelled at the person who had bumped into Sora.
"Sorry! Sorry!" the person immediately apologized to him.
Sora snapped his eyes as he caught the voice sounds very familiar…but he couldn't properly make it out from where he had heard that sultry voice. He gazed towards to person and stared for a moment at his 'peculiar' appearance.
The person that bumped into Sora was a boy, probably around Riku's age or so. He had a layered spiky black hair with yellow golden highlights on the side of his hair; the length is not more than his neck and a pair of shiny black irises, almost like Sora's. His skin was slightly tanned than the three of them and his height seems to be as tall as Riku. Or maybe even taller than Riku. He is wearing a red, side belts-up three quarter sleeves shirt with a broad collar that almost covered his chin, black jeans with a silver buckle belt and a pair of grey sport shoes. He also wear a quirky accessories on him like a small leather belt he wrapped around his right bicep and a metal necklace he wore around his neck also similar like Sora's but he has a lock shape hanging on it instead. Sora could saw a silver ring he wore on his right thumb and a black ring on the ring finger as he casually ran a hand through his cool spiky hairstyle. The brunette teenager also managed to detect that the boy also pierced his left ear in silver earrings. No wonder Riku called him a punk and Sora thinks he meant it literally. But he sure doesn't act like one…
"Are you all right?" he grinned apologetically at Sora. His eyebrows are nicely kempt like rows of hedges and his eyelashes are like the fine bristled of a paintbrush as he crinkled his eyes.
"Ah…yeah…yeah, I'm all right" Sora found himself reluctant to reply his concern.
"You guys look like a fun crew" he said, still having the same grin plastered on his handsome face. His blue eyes are glinting in a friendly way towards Riku, Sora and Kairi as the subtle light from the setting sun shone near him. "Hey, you all didn't just happen to come back from that island would you?" he asked pointing at Destiny Island way across the sea with his right thumb.
"Yeah, we did" Riku answered, miffed. There was something about this guy that he doesn't seem to like it. His air felt familiar to him and he didn't like having that feeling in his chest.
"Ah, so the island is habitable!" he beamed brightly, snapping a finger. "In that case, hi! My name's Zephyr! And you all are?" he flashed the happy grin again at them. He sounded very eager to hear their names.
Suddenly, Sora, Riku and even Kairi felt him familiar, especially Sora. To him, if felt like a déjà vu to him somehow. Like he had once met this person but could not remember when or how. Anyway…
"I'm Sora" Sora finally said, flashing Zephyr of one of his own happy grin.
"Kairi" Kairi smiled gently.
"Riku" Riku muttered. His voice sounds dark and low for some reason but Zephyr could make out what he'd just said.
"Sora, Kairi and Riku. I see" Zephyr nodded as if making a mental note that he wouldn't get their names muddle up. "I've just moved here so I was wondering around the place. Say…you guys wouldn't mind if I could…you know…" he started to sound bashful as he said this, scratching one hand at the back of his neck as he did so. "Hang out with you guys?" he chuckled lightly as if he had just done a silly thing in front of them. "You guys always hang around that island, right?" he continued, obviously referring Destiny Island
"Okay, sure" Sora said, smiling gladly. It's always a good thing to have a new friend.
"Great, thanks!" Zephyr grinned.
Kairi smiled to see the two boys grinning with each other. The two actually have an almost equivalent grin on their faces. But Riku didn't look too happy about letting Zephyr hanging out with them. He just had this bizarre feeling that this 'punk' is going to take his friends away. Of course, he can't be sure about it so he just kept quiet. He doesn't want Sora to think that he was being rude or impolite.
As planned, the next day, Zephyr tagged along with Sora, Riku and Kairi toward the trio's favorite little islet; Destiny Island. They also bumped into Wakka, Tidus and Selphie as they made their way off the boat and on the shore. Sora introduced Zephyr to them and they introduced themselves back at Zephyr.
"So, what do you guys wanna do?" Sora asked, glancing around at his friends, hoping a suggestion from any of them.
They all thought for a while and had their eyes staring at the blue majestic sky looming above their head as if hoping an answer would fall from it. Finally, Tidus had one fist patted on top of his other palm as his eyes suddenly glinting very brightly.
"How about a game of blitzball?" he suggested.
"Hey, that'll be fun, ya!" Wakka exclaimed happily and already had his lips stretched into one of his broad grin.
"Okay, so blitzball it is then" Riku said, agreeing calmly. He then forced himself to glance over Zephyr while keeping his face as calm as the sea and as cool as the breeze."You okay with that?" he asked to Zephyr.
"I…uhh…I dunno much about blitzball but what the heck" he shrugged while wearing a care-free smile on his face. "There's always a first time for everything"
"You boys can go along and play in the water" Selphie chirped in happily, hugging Kairi's arm."Kairi and I have a little sun to catch on"
"Okay, Selphie" Kairi said, chuckling and let her hyper friend dragged her toward someplace else on where they will get their tanning.
With that, the boys then took off their tops and bottoms. Luckily, Sora didn't forget to mention Zephyr to wear his swimming trunk under his pants so there's no problem. As soon as everyone is in their swimming trunks, it was high-time for them to sprint off toward the sea. Wakka and Tidus go first, leaving Sora, Riku and Zephyr at the beach for a moment. Sora patiently waited for his new-found friend as he took off his both of his black and silver rings off his fingers. Riku could only watch him in jealousy. Oh wait, what does he have to be jealous about? Perhaps he was jealous that Zephyr has a more well-built body than him. Unlike Riku, his body does not curved at the top; instead his body is very steady and straight until the bottom. His shoulders are broad and sort-of square looking. His chest seems to be tight and Riku could have sworn that he has six-packs although when he look at his abdomens twice, it was not very obvious like the first one. One thing for sure, his body does not curve and skinny like Sora but the brunette didn't seem to take notice of it anyway. After that, Zephyr and Sora hurriedly swam over the sea to where Wakka and Tidus are already waiting as Riku trailed only a few steps behind them.
"So, who'll be teaming up with whom?" Sora asked as they arrived in the water, a few meters away from the shore.
"I think I'm gonna team up with Sora this time" Riku said and went beside Sora.
Tidus sniffed. "Heh, you always teamed up with Sora" he muttered but apparently none of them heard him.
"Wellllsince I'm already a pro…I'll be the referee!"Wakka declared happily.
Tidus immediately brightened up and said, "Okay! Then I'll team up with Zephyr!"
"Fine by me" Zephyr said.
And so, they got into their positions. Tidus and Zephyr on one side together while Sora and Riku are on the other. Wakka stood at the center and held up the ball.
"Ready…" he said slowly. "Go!" he immediately threw the ball upward and got of the way quickly.
Tidus and Sora who were both at the front, stealthily jumped high up in the air and raced each other to whoever gets to hit the ball. Apparently, Tidus managed to do so and slapped the ball downward towards Riku before Sora can. Riku smirked as the ball was easy enough for him to hit back in which he managed to do so swiftly. Tidus who had already splashed himself on the water, managed to hit back the ball on time with his fist. The ball is heading toward Sora. The brunette decided to give the ball toward Zephyr so he clutched both of his hands together and hit the ball far upright in the air. Sora, Riku and Tidus watched as the ball flew toward Zephyr. The spiky-haired boy grinned in determination and jumped up high in the air at the right moment. He then flipped his body downward in the air and kicked the ball backwardly. The three were impressed to see him able to do that but they're not going to let him be in the spotlight for long. 'No way!'Riku said mentally.
And then, all you can hear is the swift sound of the ball got hit and the splashing they made in the water with all the jumping and the landing. The game finally ended with Sora and Riku won.
"Sorry Ti" Zephyr said apologetically. He was a bit nervous and wondered if Tidus would blame him for their loss but the way the blonde hair boy was grinning; it was the complete opposite of it.
"'s okay! I had an awesome time teaming up with you!" Tidus said, grinning satisfyingly.
"Where did you learn those moves man?" Wakka asked him eagerly.
Zephyr laughed bashfully as he ran his long fingers through his wet hair. "Haha. I learn those from TV"
"You learn them from TV?" Sora asked, raising a weird eyebrow and in disbelief.
"Yep" Zephyr told him with a sheepish grin.
Riku then laughed."Then maybe we should watch the TV more often!" he said jokingly.
The five boys laughed happily.
Riku had just found out that he actually started beginning to accept Zephyr, just like the rest of his friend had done. Zephyr didn't actually turn out as suspicious as he had suspected before. He's just a very friendly and sort of playful kind of person. He doesn't have a furtive intention behind his acts. Riku could finally saw it through him. He admitted that he was wrong and was too hasty about judging him. He wanted to apologize to him but before he could, Zephyr immediately perked up and said,
"Let's have a race!" he said it brightly. "The last one to get to the shore is a rotten egg!" he then immediately started to swim across the sea and back to the shore without waiting for the rest to follow him.
"Hey, no fair!" Tidus wailed and has already started swimming and catching up with Zephyr.
"I'm no rotten egg man!" Wakka declared and is already catching up behind Tidus.
"Wait up!" Sora cried and started to swim too.
Riku sighed and curled a small smile across his lips. Well…I still have the time… and with that he too has started to swim back to the shore, trailing behind Sora.
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