Hi everybody! I am proud to present my own Kingdom Hearts fanfic!
Now, don't be surprised if I take a while between updates. I have other stories to update and I would have to frequently visit Youtube because I'm no longer in possession of a PS2. :'(
So, all I ask is for your patience during these periods and to review and tell me what you think.
Well, that is all that I have to say, so enjoy the first chapter!
Disclaimer: I do not own Kingdom Hearts or any characters from the game. I do own my OC, whose name will be revealed later.
Chapter 1
Roxas came into the Grey Room for his next mission.
However, when he got there, Demyx, Xigbar, and Axel were gathered in a group.
"What do you think is causing this? It's not like they just vanish of their own accord."
Roxas walked up to Axel, curious as to what was going on.
"Axel, what happened?"
Axel turned to face him.
"Apparently, something has been going around destroying Heartless. This probably wouldn't have been as big of a deal if it wasn't for the fact that the hearts have been disappearing as well."
Roxas was surprised, or, at least as surprised as he could be without a heart.
"What? Hearts have been disappearing? What could be doing this?"
Axel looked at her as he explained.
"Nobody knows yet. I'm assuming that someone is about to be sent to find out."
Right at that point, Saix came in.
"That is right, Axel. In fact, you and Roxas have been assigned this mission. Find the cause of the disappearing hearts and, if possible, eliminate it. We cannot complete Kingdom Hearts if all the hearts are vanishing."
Axel and Roxas nodded.
"Well, let's get this show on the road."
Axel created a portal and walked on through, followed by Roxas.
….
They reappeared in Twilight Town.
"Okay, from what we heard, whatever has been stealing all the hearts has been staying here lately. There's a good chance that it's still around here. Just keep your eyes peeled, got it memorized?"
Roxas nodded.
"Got it."
"Good because I'm not repeating myself."
They started by searching the alleyways and Market Street. Nothing.
Then they searched the woods and in front of the mansion. Nothing.
Then they searched the tunnels. Nothing….wait, what was that?
Roxas rounded a corner when he saw something. That something was a brown-haired girl. He didn't recall seeing her around Twilight Town before.
He went back around the corner to find Axel.
"Did you find anything yet?"
"Well…..I found this girl around here, but I don't recall seeing her before."
Axel frowned a bit.
"In other words, she's not one of the local kids?"
Roxas nodded.
"Actually, she looks older than them."
"Well, let's take a look."
"Aren't we supposed to find the one who's stealing hearts?"
"Hey, she could be a suspicious character for all we know. We'll get right back to the search once we find out who she is."
Roxas nodded.
Axel peeked around the corner with Roxas to see the girl in question.
In all honesty, she seemed closer to Axel's age than Roxas's age. So the term woman might be more correct than girl.
She had jaw-length, thick brown hair. Her bangs were about an inch longer than the rest of her hair and framed her face. She wore a beige jacket with a flower print on it with jeans and tennis shoes.
She was staring blankly at a wall, not really doing anything. Then, she shouted.
"Max! Did you find anything?"
Roxas wondered who this "Max" was.
Then, a wolf came in through another doorway. Roxas's eyes widened. Since when were there wolves in Twilight Town?
Axel, however, tensed up at the sight.
As the wolf made its way towards her, it picked up other scents, scents that didn't belong to him or his friend.
He growled and looked in the direction of Axel and Roxas.
Yep, they were caught.
She turned around at the sound of Max growling.
"What is it? Is someone there?"
Max started to slowly approach them. At this point, Roxas had raised his hands and started backing up away from the wolf.
The girl's eyes landed on him, but she didn't react. Roxas wondered why she was just staring blankly at him.
Then she turned around.
"Whatever they are, Max, they aren't heartless. Let's just go."
Reluctantly, the wolf turned its back on them and rejoined her as she raised her hand and created the same kind of portal that Axel made to get them there. She curled her fingers into the wolf's fur as he led her into the portal.
"There's one more place that we haven't looked."
With that, they left.
Roxas was wondering what they were looking for.
When he turned around to face Axel, he saw that the red-head had a serious look on his face.
"What's wrong?"
Axel shook his head.
"It's nothing, really, but we might want to follow them."
Roxas gave him a confused stare.
"Why? She's not part of the mission. She doesn't seem to be the one stealing hearts. We need to look for that before Saix gets on our case."
Axel shook his head.
"No, this might be relevant. Plus, they were able to open a Corridor of Darkness. Not too many people can do that."
Plus, there was something else that was bothering him. It was all circumstantial, but it was worth looking into.
"Well, we can't exactly follow them now. They said that they had one more place to look, but who knows where that is."
"Well, actually, there is one place where we haven't looked yet either."
"Huh? Oh yeah! The station!"
They ran through the tunnels to the station.
When they got there, they saw the same woman there. They hid behind the stairs and peeked around the corner. She was looking out into the sunset, but she didn't seem to be seeing it.
Roxas remembered what happened in the tunnels.
"Why was it that she didn't react when she saw me back there?"
Axel shrugged.
"I don't know. Maybe she's blind."
Before Roxas could think much of the possibility, several deserters and shadows popped up. She turned around at the sound.
Roxas nearly jumped out of the hiding place to help her. But, Axel grabbed the back of his coat and kept him there.
"Axel, what are you doing? She needs help!"
Axel was staring intently at the scene.
"Let's just see what happens from here before doing anything."
Roxas wanted to protest, but had looked up when he heard snarling.
The wolf had sprung into action. He had charged in and started mauling the shadows. For some reason, he was able to deal some damage to the heartless.
However, when he destroyed a deserter next to the woman, they started to charge them.
Axel could tell by the way her eyes weren't following their movements that she was blind. Maybe he should let Roxas go in.
However, before either of them could do anything, a deserter had charged to hit her. But, instead of the hit landing, a flash of light appeared and the deserter disappeared.
When the guys looked again, she was holding a white sword. The blade was curved and the hilt curved to fit her palm.
As the other deserters attempted to attack her, she jumped out of their way and started slashing at them. For someone who was apparently blind, her hits were pretty accurate.
Soon enough, all of the heartless were gone. But, something was happening that Roxas had never seen before.
All of the hearts that had been released didn't disappear into the darkness. Instead, they stayed suspended in the air and floated gently towards her.
However, they stopped just above her head and stayed there.
The wolf whined.
The woman sighed.
"I know. None of these are it either."
She looked up at the hearts with sightless eyes.
"Why do they still come to me?" She wondered out loud.
But, nevertheless, she pulled out a heart-shaped crystal that she wore around her neck on a leather strap and held it up.
After a moment, all of the hearts receded into the crystal. The crystal glowed for a minute after the hearts went into it, and then it went back to looking normal.
She sighed a sad sigh as she lowered the crystal and traced it with her thumb. At least they weren't out where heartless would get them.
Then she felt exhausted.
The wolf whined, noticing that she had started to sway.
"I'm fine, Max. Let's just check out another place. I know they're somewhere. We just have…to…keep…."
With that, she fell to the ground and passed out.
Now, if Max could talk, he would have told her that she was pushing herself too hard again. She had been doing this ever since they found each other after that happened.
She had been working as many hours as she could taking out heartless and taking in hearts. She had been searching everywhere. Of course, searching became harder after she went blind. And that was where Max came in. She needed him now more than ever.
Then, he smelled the same scents that he smelled earlier. He looked around and saw the same red-head and blonde kid that were in the tunnels with them. The red-head stepped out further towards them.
He growled, making the red-head stop. Now was not the time for someone to harm her.
Then, he took another look at the red-head. He sniffed the air again.
There was something there that was familiar, but he couldn't quite place it.
He looked back at her. She was still unconscious. He knew that she would be for a while. He couldn't leave her like that. With that, he made a decision.
Max ran up to the red-head, who he was certain he knew at one point.
Axel was startled as the wolf ran up to him and he summoned his chakrams in case he needed to defend himself.
The wolf stopped in front of him and stared at him, as though sizing him up.
Then, the wolf grabbed his coat in his jaws and tugged on it.
Axel looked down as he recognized the scene before him. He was telling him to follow.
"Axel, do you think he's going to attack?"
Roxas was nervous about being this close to the animal.
Axel shook his head.
"No. In fact, he wants us to follow him."
The wolf nodded and ran off towards the woman.
Axel and Roxas walked over to them.
Axel turned her over so that she was lying on her back.
He could see on her face that she had been working herself to exhaustion. That was probably why she passed out after fighting the heartless.
He reached for the heart-shaped crystal, and then retracted his hand as he heard Max growl. Apparently, he wasn't supposed to touch that.
He looked at her face again. Axel really couldn't believe it…
"Well, is she going to be okay?"
Axel turned his attention to Roxas.
"Yeah, she just wore herself out. She should be fine after resting. However, it is apparent that she is the one who has been taking all the hearts."
Roxas's eyes widened, and then he remembered that she did put all of the hearts in that crystal. But….
"We're not really going to eliminate her, are we?"
Max growled again after hearing him. This wolf wasn't stupid. He could understand him perfectly.
Axel knew that that was the order, but, he had a feeling that the order would change once they saw her.
Max nudged his elbow, making him look at him.
Max had a demanding look in his eyes. It said, "Help her or I'll tear you to pieces."
Well, since Axel wasn't really fond of the idea of getting mauled by a wolf anytime soon, he picked her up bridal style and started carrying her away to where the portal was.
Roxas…was confused. He didn't get what was going on at all.
"Uh, Axel, what are you doing?"
Axel turned around and smirked at him.
"I'm taking her back with us."
"What? But what about Saix? If he saw her and knew what she was doing, he'll have her eliminated!"
Roxas, even though he didn't know her, didn't want to eliminate her. He didn't see how she really deserved that. They could just ask for her necklace and be done with it.
Axel's smirk grew a bit.
"Don't worry. I think the plans will change once everyone sees her."
Max, while glad that the red-head decided to help, wasn't sure about the "others" that he was talking about. He didn't trust anyone beyond her, and now the red-head. If need be, he would have to be prepared to fight.
Roxas didn't know how the orders would change just by bringing her back with them, but he liked the option better than the original one. He decided to go along with it for now.
As he followed Axel back to the portal, he noticed that the wolf was following him.
"Uh….Axel? What are we going to do about the wolf?"
Axel looked at him as though he was being slow.
"We bring him with us too. Otherwise, the next time we come here, we have to worry about getting our faces chewed off, literally."
Roxas flinched at the idea and didn't protest about the plan.
They made it to the portal and walked on through back to The Castle That Never Was.
…
When the reappeared in the Grey Room, Axel laid the woman down on the couch after kicking Demyx off of it.
After landing on his butt, he looked up to see that Axel had brought someone back.
"Hey, who's the girl?"
He got up and took a closer look at her. In Demyx's opinion, she was cute.
"You'll find out in a bit."
"Axel, I thought I told you to eliminate the threat, not kidnap someone and their dog."
Axel turned around to see Saix. Under normal conditions, dealing with him would be difficult, but maybe this wouldn't be the case.
"Well, I did find out who was taking the hearts, but I thought it would be better to bring her back alive."
"What are you talking about?"
"Come see for yourself."
Max growled at Saix as he approached. Of course, the only one he scared was Demyx, who had backed away from the animal.
Xigbar came in to find everyone crowded around the couch and went to see what the big deal was.
When he saw who was on the couch, he laughed.
"Well, what do ya know? You actually found her of all people."
Well, that was the first chapter! So, what do you think? Please let me know in a review. I need to know how I'm doing.
If you want to know what Max looks like, I was thinking of the wolf Link turns into from Twilight Princess.
Well, that's all I needed to say. See ya!
