"The Wake of the Nothings"
Chapter One
It has been a month after the destruction of Organization XIII and the thwarting of Xemnas' plan to control Kingdom Hearts. Peace has fallen upon the worlds and people were able once more to live their lives in such a fashion that it was without fear. Maleficent and her band of cohorts have retreated to The World That Never Was, where they have claimed that land as their kingdom and rule a world of darkness in a world that should never exist. They have remained dormant in their plans and schemes to this day.
A bottle floated ashore while Sora, Riku, and Kairi were walking along the shore.
"A bottle?" Sora questioned aloud while picking it up and discovering that there was a note inside of it.
"Well? Aren't you going to read it?" asked Riku.
"Yeah! Read it!" Chimed in Kairi impatiently.
Sora opened the bottle and read the message aloud:
Riku, Sora, and Kairi,
If you are reading this then something terrible has happened and the gears have been set in motion that cannot be stopped. I will require your help once more, for there is an unseen evil that even the legends and folklore behind the Keyblade never mentioned.
I know right now it all seems so puzzling, but please trust me when I do say this- get away from the islands immediately! You are in great danger and by Riku and Sora being able to wield
the Keyblade you pose everyone else at risk to a more serious danger by attracting it to where you are.
Though I know nothing more about this new threat than you two do, I can offer you a little more knowledge though that will help.
The Nothings.
Sincerely,
Mickey Mouse
The three sat in silence, the ocean sounded loudly behind them and the gulls overhead cawed loudly. Kairi shivered uneasily, "I don't like the sound of that letter, what do you think the danger is?"
Riku shrugged his shoulder, "I'm unsure, but I do know that Mickey wouldn't send a letter without any reason whatsoever so this threat is something serious for him to alert us about it. We should get ready to leave immediately."
Sora only nodded and said, "Yeah!"
The three quickly ran to the docks, kicking up sand behind them. In a frenzy they each got in their boats and rowed to the main island. As soon as they were docked, they quickly departed with only a sentence for them to remember, "Meet back here in an hour!"
Sora got to his home, ran up the stoop, through the front door and up to his room. His mother shouted up in confusion, "Sora! Sweetie! What's going on?"
As soon as Sora had packed a few things in his backpack, he walked downstairs and sorrowfully began to explain to his mother, "Mom… I'm sure you know that I have been away for a long time and that I am different from everyone. I'm the Keyblade Master and there are some things that I can't explain… but I have to leave, to keep you guys safe!"
Sora began to tear up, he had missed his mother so much and a month was not enough time to catch up and explain to her everything that had happened. Without second thought he rushed out the door, his mother shouting after him, "Sora! Wait!"
He was out of earshot and was gone, she held onto the trimming of the door and whispered quietly, "Sora… Be careful… I love you so much…"
Riku walked through his front door and straight up to his room and collected what he thought he would need. His dad stood in the door, "What are you doing?"
Riku turned and looked at his Dad, "I have to leave, it's important."
"The last time you left, I thought you ran away…" his Dad said, it was almost like small talk.
"I did…" Riku corrected his father.
"Oh…"
"But this time it's different… Lives are at stake…"
Riku turned and gathered up his stuff and walked up to the door where his father was standing there halfway in and halfway out. He stretched his arms out in a warm gesture, Riku merely walked by and went out the front door.
Kairi walked into her front door and up the stairs to her room. She gathered up only a couple of things and put the small bag she had laying on her bag and walked out. There was no one home anymore, they didn't reappear when the island came back. She always hoped that they would but she always knew in the back of her mind that they were elsewhere.
She locked the door and made her way back, looking over her shoulder once more at the house that she was leaving. She didn't feel remorseful in the least because she wasn't leaving anymore too important behind.
Kairi looked up to the horizon, clouds were building up and lighting flashed from one of them. She thought to herself, "Like the storm on the horizon, we will sail straight through and prevail like we always have."
"That's the spirit…"
Kairi jumped, she turned and behind her stood Namine with her notepad out drawing the sunset.
"You scared me…" Kairi said after calming herself down.
Namine only smiled sweetly, "I'm sorry, but those words were inspiring… However there is something that you have to have before you leave, Kairi…"
"What?" She asked Namine, who stood up and walked forward more.
"You cannot go as you are because what lies ahead is treacherous and you can't be a burden…" Namine explained as she looked in her bag and dug out a marble and held it forward.
Kairi walked forward and reluctantly took it, which shone with brilliance in the midday sun, "What is it?"
"Just hold it up to the sun," Namine said. Kairi held it up to the sun, suddenly the gem got brighter and light flooded the area. The wind picked up and whispers encircled her, they told her of the ancient arts of magic, spell casting, and summoning. Within moments it all stopped and the gem was gone.
"What did you do?" she asked.
"I merely gave you all the magical knowledge I had ever gotten from every person that I have ever had to modify their memories to, which is quite a lot of people." Namine said smiling, "You should be a helpful ally in more ways than one now. Good luck, I'm always with you if you need me!"
Namine disappeared. Kairi turned to the road and began running, smiling and whispering to herself, "I'm not going to let you guys down!"
The three met up at the docks, each of them solemn and silent. They nodded to each other and got into their respective boats and rowed to the island once more. Once there, they went to the cave where the door to their world's heart was. They remained silent because they did not want to draw attention to themselves or let people know what was going on. They particularly feared of their friends getting involved with something they did not need to.
They stood in a small cluster together once they were inside the cave and made sure no one was eavesdropping.
"How are we going to get off the island? We don't have a ship." Asked Sora concerned, he crossed his arms.
"The raft won't get us far," Riku merely said in sarcasm.
Within Kairi's heart, Namine spoke, "Kairi, when I gave you that gem to give you all the knowledge of spells and summons, I gave you my knowledge of how to create doors of darkness between worlds like Organization XIII once did."
"Is it safe for us to use?" Asked Kairi shifting her weight uneasily, the other two were chatting idly to each other contemplating possible solutions.
"It's the only alternative…" Namine said, Kairi trusted her judgement and advice.
"I have a solution," Kairi announced, "Stand back!"
Kairi held up her hand and focused on pulling the knowledge that she had inside of her now to open a door to another world. Suddenly darkness slinked across the room and up the wall, a portal opened. The other two wheeled and turned to Kairi's direction.
"Where did you learn to do that?" asked Riku astonished and a little suspicious.
"I can't explain it at the moment, but we need to leave now! We don't know if we're out of time or not." Kairi shouted as she ran in.
Riku and Sora reluctantly followed. They didn't know that Kairi had opened up a portal to Traverse Town, a safe haven for all refugees. Which they were, once again. It was a simple irony in itself. The place where the adventure began first time, came back full circle.
When they emerged from the darkness they were astonished at the sight of what they were greeted with. The town was being attacked and ripped apart by an unseen force. It was like a gale of wind, debris flying everywhere and people screaming and scrambling to safety. The trio were absolutely appalled by the sight.
"What's happening!?" Shouted Kairi, closing the portal behind her to ensure whatever was happening did not make it to Destiny Islands.
"Whatever it is it's destroying the town and could hurt people!" Riku commented as he drew out his Keyblade and protected Kairi from some debris that had flown in their direction.
"We need to stop it!" Sora shouted, summoning the Keyblade to his side and jumping in, slashing wildly at the debris.
Riku followed Sora and attempted to help keep the townspeople safe from the dangerous debris while they fled to the sewers to hide from the danger. Kairi stood in the center of the maelstrom trying to figure out what was going on when she had the idea to use a spell she knew, a sight spell. "REVEAL!" she shouted, suddenly a gigantic beast was revealed to her. It looked like a Heartless except that it was in flames and different colors and very disfigured. She immediately noticed that it did not have the emblem of the Heartless or the Nobodies.
"Riku! Sora! There is a monster here doing it that's invisible! Here!" Kairi shouted to them as she cast Reveal on the two. They saw the beast that was destroying the town.
"What the hell is it!?" exclaimed Riku.
"I don't know, but it has to go!" shouted Sora.
The two ran at it and began working together to destroy it. Kairi ran in to help, Sora noticed.
"Kairi! Get out of the way before you get hurt!" Shouted Sora as the monster hit him and caused him to soar towards the building.
"Sora!" Kairi shouted, "Protect!"
A field formed around Sora, protected him from the impact, and then vanished. Sora turned and looked at Kairi amazed, "How did you do that?!"
"Not enough time to explain!" Kairi shouted as she ran towards the monster to help Riku, who was doing his best to keep the monster at bay.
Through what seemed like hours, the clanking of Keyblades against the armor of the beast and debris and shouts of spells came to an end when the monster suddenly vanished without a trace. The trio began to scout the town and make sure that everyone was alright. They met in the second district where they initially came out of the portal. They sat together on the only remaining bench.
"What in the world was that?" Asked Sora as they got together.
"I don't know," confessed Kairi, she was just as clueless as they were.
"Whatever it was, it was powerful, big, and very devastating…" Riku commented as he crossed his arms.
"It was also a Nothing." A familiar voice said behind them added. They turned to discover that it was the last person they expected to see.
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