Just a quick authors note:3 i, sadly, do not own kingdom hearts or any of the characters...TT if i did id be a totally awesome japanese dude named tetsuya Nomura(i think). CURSE YOU REALITY!!
I Thought Things Were Normal Again…
Chapter 1 "first night back"
A soft sunset was setting upon the destiny islands as darkness was slowly creeping its way through the area. Night was approaching as a young girl sat quietly on the beach reminiscing of all the great times she and some friends had long ago. They were a curious bunch they were… always questioning the world they lived in and always wanting to explore. But nothing ever happened. They just let time drift by them until something happened one night. But before a life changing journey everything was always the same. A tear ran down her cheek as a loud sound shot through the distance and 2 rays of blue light fell from the sky and crashed into the ocean as she snapped her head toward the water. The sun danced its rays into the droplets that detached from the ocean until gravity claimed them back into the dark water. The girl stood up curiously keeping her distance from the water. It's not like everyday you see two flashes of light crash into the ocean like that. Soon after though, two heads popped out of the water and instantly…she had no idea how…but she knew…
A smile overtook her.
"SORA!!RIKU!!" she yelled with glee waving her hands madly above her head as the two boys speed up swimming right towards the beach where she was standing. After reaching the shoreline, Sora kept running after he made his way out of the water and wrapped himself around her.
"kairi…we're…we're back" said sora through the barrage of tears that were spilling from his eyes as he attempted to smile while still embracing her. His damp clothes now making her clothes wet as well. Kairi couldn't help it. She let her tears fall also.
"you're…you're home…"said Kairi heavily as she tried to choke back her tears. For almost an eternity, they stood there upon the slowly setting sun, locked in an almost forever lasting embrace of each other.
"Oh so, no love for me? Well that's just fine…" pouted riku as kairi and sora realized how long they held each other and with that, they both ran at riku full speed and wrapped him within their cocoon of undying love.
"okay…o…kay…can't… breathe" said riku as he was slowly turning the color of his dark purple pants. They all let each other go and sora let himself fall to the ground against the soft sand.
"we're… we're really home" said sora as the impact of how long they've been away from each other finally smashed its way into his skull. Tears began welling back into his eyes and he brought his palms to his eyes to try and hide it…but it failed…his sobs let them all know that he was crying.
"it's okay sora…it's okay…"said kairi as she lifted him up and held his battle worn body against hers. Riku had no idea what was going on, sora was his best friend and he had never seen him cry so much in his whole life, sure he cried whenever he was beaten by riku in one of their friendly rivaling competitions…but this was a whole new level…
"I…I just wanna sleep…" said sora wearily through a barrage of tears. And slowly…silently they all walked to sora's house unaware of what they would find.
Chapter 2
"a lonely house"
Night had slowly approached by the time they got to sora's door step. The lights were off…weird. Sora reached a hand out to the doornob only to find it was locked.
"wait…what's going on here? Why's the door locked?" sora muttered to himself in a low whisper and raised one of his eyebrows apparently as confused as the other two that had accompanied him. Lucky there was always an extra one underneath the doormat that read "welcome". Sora bent down leisurely to pick up the key. There was something carved onto it. Sora held the key against the moon light and it read "we love you". a tinge of curiosity struck through sora as he jammed the key inside the knob and quietly walked in. The lights were off and to his left the kitchen stood empty, in front of him the dining room left perfectly still as if a sculpture to his right the living room with turned off television and all. He ran through every corner of the house in vain attempt at finding someone else within the desolate household
"MOM? DAD?" said sora as he glanced down to the floor with tears welling up into his cerulean eyes.
"where…where are they?…" said sora as he stood silently in place still looking at the ground..
"there's no lights…nothing… they're just…gone…" sora took one last look around the ground floor and slowly trudged up the stairs to the bedrooms leaving riku and kairi alone to the bottom floor. He slowly paced himself to his room, there was a sign on his door from before he had left on his epic journey. "sora's room keep out" . The letters were slightly faded.
"what is it?" sora jumped as riku and kairi stood at the top of the stairs looking at him from down the hallway with worry plastered to their faces.
"it's…it's nothing…" he softly shook his head and with that he slowly pushed his door open. It was exactly the same as when he left it, clothes sprawled across the floor, the hardwood surface was covered in a thin layer of dust, his closet disorganized, his moogle alarm clock stood still as a sculpture next to his star lamp that he'd had ever since he was little. He quietly walked over to the wall and ran his hand across a couple pictures of him and his parents. His father was a great man whom sora was the spitting image off, except for his eyes…sora had his mothers beautiful blue eyes. His father looked around 33, his hair just as oddly gravity defying as sora's with deep emerald green eyes, his mother looked to be 30. She was beautiful, her hair was tidy in a pony tail as she and her father held each of soras hands in theirs. Her eyes were the same as sora's a deep heartwarming blue sapphire. Her eyes were filled with love as they all stared out at the photographer. A tear slid down soras cheek as he slowly brought his hand away from the picture taking a small trail of dust with it.
"hey sora? Riku and I have to leave, we'll come back first thing tomorrow" said a concerned kairi. She walked up to him and gave him a soft kiss on the cheek.
"I've missed you" said kairi blushing and just then it seemed…everything in the world had stopped. Soras tears had left him, and his heart was racing. Riku just let his mouth hang open until he gained control over himself again.
"uh…ahem…" said Riku coughing into his hand regaining his composure "yeah sora, get some sleep. We'll be back first thing tomorrow" and with that, they left sora inside his room…his house…his world…all alone.
Sora walked back down the dark empty hallway, went down the stairs and sat upon the red sofa within his living room. Something had caught his eye, upon the lamp stand next to the couch was an envelope that read "SORA" in faded letters. Curiosity overtook him as he delicately picked it up and slowly tore open the top.
"dear sora
Your mother and I have been grieving over our loss of you for the past 5 months now that you have been gone…by the off chance that you might come back, we decided to leave you the house and this letter, we are now somewhere very, very far away…where? I shan't say but if you are reading this, just know that we love you very, very much…I remember when you were first born…you were the most beautiful child I could have ever wished for. And your mother…god she was breath taking. Heh I can even remember how I almost fainted as I held you in my arms…you were so tiny but as soon as I saw your face I could tell you looked just like me…and then I saw those big blue eyes of yours and I was lost in them because they were so much like your mothers…(sigh) sora…we loved you so dearly all of our lives until that freak storm hit. We heard a crash from your window and your mother and I ran to check on you but you were nowhere to be found. Gosh…your mother was hysterical trying to find you. But we came across a few odd characters. One especially was a short little fellow with some rather large ears, micky I believe his name was. But sora. Just remember your mother and I love you very much and nothing will ever change that. It might sound crazy but I just know you will read this. So please my son…stay strong and live on. There are still people in this world that care about you. And who knows. Maybe we will see each other again someday. But until that day my son…goodbye.
Much love
Your father
Markus
Sora had read this letter three times over again. This time the pain was so great that he could not bear just tears this time. He fell to his knees with tears pouring from his eyes…outside the living room window riku and kairi just watched as their best friend broke down to pieces. His deafening wails of sorrow brought tears to there eyes as well. Riku now…Riku was never one for crying but at this…he just couldn't help himself. Riku silently walked off across the beach to his house. Unlike sora, riku lived all on his own. Kairi on the other hand…Kairi leaned her back against the wall of the house completely broken hearted whilst hearing the mournful cries of the boy that she secretly had an intense affection for. Tears slid from her cheeks as she slid down against the wall towards the soft earth beneath her. She could not help it… she loved sora and for her to see him like this tore her heart into pieces. She sat quietly with her knees to her chest, silently letting tears drip from her eyes.
After what seemed like an eternity kairi lifted her head up from an accidental sleep she must have taken. Half dazed she noticed it was getting slightly cold on the outside. All was silent…odd…she scrambled up to full height to dust herself off still half way asleep. She looked through the window once more to find that sora was asleep curled into a ball holding his knees tightly to his chest while holding the picture of him and his parents close to him while he slept. This picture ripped kairi's heart right out of her chest. Silently she opened sora's front door and slid herself inside closing it quietly behind her. She looked over to sora who was still pitifully curled upon the living room carpet fast asleep. Silently she crept her way up the stairs to grab a blanket. Once received she made her way back through the dark hallway and down the deserted flight of stairs. Sora must have woken up because now he was laying on the couch breathing softly. Steadily kairi placed the blanket over top of him and gave him a soft peck on his lips. She turned to walk away and she was at the door until…
"please don't go" as warm hands wrapped themselves around her waist. This made kairi jump and she turned her head over her shoulder with wide eyes only to see that sora had woken up and was now holding her closely to him with his face buried in her hair.
"Please…don't go…" said sora again as his tears softly began to crash down towards his hallway floor.
"I wont' sora… I won't…" she turned around in his arms and held herself against him in the dark twilight that the moon had radiated through the beautiful house's windows. Kairi lifted her head off of his chest and she took a deep look into sora's hurt and pain ridden eyes. She had never seen this in him before. He had always been so strong and jubilant but now, his tears dropped faster than the rain itself. He couldn't help himself. After looking into Kairi's beautiful light violet eyes, sora just couldn't help himself any longer. He brought his lips against hers. Kairi did not fight it, she kissed him back and passionately they stood there locked in an everlasting embrace. All this time Sora had also loved kairi and now over the course of a year not being able to be with her, he couldn't help but let his emotions out now. Their lips parted and they looked into each others eyes. Sora's were brimming with tears and kairi took her hand and wiped them away for him. At this point, they knew they loved each other. But it was still rather unpronounced.
"come on sora, you need sleep" kairi led him with his hand held in hers back to the couch he once was sleeping upon and guided him onto the couch with her soft caress.
"I'll sleep here with you tonight. I promise I'll be here when you wake up" surely enough after this sora rested his head upon the soft pillow beneath him. Almost instantly, sleep had taken him and he was within his own realm of dreams. Kairi had nuzzled herself onto the couch with sora just perfectly fitting her head into the space underneath sora's chin. Kairi couldn't help but smile at this but soon enough as she stared out into the moonlight through the living room window, sleep had taken her as well.
DADDY WATCH ME! Said and energetic 5 year old as he swung upon his swing slowly going higher and higher.
"be careful sora, we don't want you to get hurt" said a concerned mother softly placing a hand to her chest in worry.
"haha don't worry shannyn, he'll be fine, just let him have his fun" his happy go lucky father shined his warm grin to her and all her worries seemed to melt away.
"WEEEEEEE" as sora launched himself from his swing landing straight in his fathers strong arms.
"AGAIN AGAIN!!DO IT AGAIN!" sora chimed in excitement. His mother standing at the side eyes wide open at what she just had witnessed.
"heh..no sora…it's time to go home, you see the sun over there? It's going down and its going to get dark soon…and you know what happens when it gets dark outside" an evil grin sparked across his face. Sora gulped hard at this.
"…m…monsters"
"OH MARKUS! STOP IT!" grabbing sora out of his arms and into her own casting a glare in his direction.
"sshh baby…It's okay" she said as worried tears began to brim into the young boys eyes.
"lets go home now" she said with a smile and at that, all of them turned out of the park towards their beloved home. Unaware that this was a dream, an older sora sat idly by watching the whole thing.
Chapter 3
Morning of mourning
The sunlight had caused kairi to wake with a stir is it danced itself upon her face. Her eyes opened slightly to take in the suns warm rays as she smiled to herself.
"Good morning sora" kairi felt for his warm touch but he was not there
"sora?" bolting upright from her sleepy position. She jumped from the couch and paced past the front door to observe the kitchen and the dining room.
"oh (sigh) there you are" a smile ran across kairi's face as she went to sit next to sora who was sitting quietly staring out the window beside him. A cup of coffee was held in his hands and he was shaking ever so slighty. Kairi rested her head upon his shoulder. Suddenly reality came back to sora as he gave a dazed look to kairi. A smile overtook him and he brought his hand up to graze her face. There they sat in the dining room, until the silence began to become unbearable. Then sora spoke
"It's all going to be different now…isn't it?" said sora as his pained expression grew more and more intense. Kairi laced her fingers into his.
"yeah… but it'll be okay…I promise". Sora gave one quick look into kairi's eyes and couldn't help himself. He crashed his lips down upon hers once again while cupping her face in his hands. This was a whole new side of sora that kairi had never seen before. She liked it. Out of breath they each just simply looked into each others eyes. They were both on the verge of tears. Quietly they held each other as tears made their way to the ground. A knock sounded at the door and riku let himself in. Across the hall into the dining room he saw kairi and sora holding each other.
"oh am I interrupting?" he raised one of his eyebrows as they both jumped and let go of each other slightly red in the face.
"well today I figured we should go to the beach, I mean its like…right there, and schools going to be starting soon." sora sat deep in thought until a smile washed upon his face completely ignoring the fact that school indeed was going to start within a week.
"yeah…that sounds like a good idea…" sora stood up
"go ahead to your houses guys I'm going to get ready" and with that, sora walked past riku and kairi into the empty hallway up the flight of stairs to his room. At this it seemed sora's solemn disposition left him and he was once again his happy self.
"so what did you guys do last night?" riku gave an arrogant smirk towards kairi. Kairi took pitiful offense to this and arched her eyebrows with an icy stare towards the ground.
"riku don't give me that…you should have seen him last night. You DID see him last night, how could you have just left while your best friend was breaking down ten feet away from you? I was just here so he had someone to be with." kairi finished her sentence and all was silent. Riku looked to the floor with guilt sprawled upon his face
"im sor--" riku began but kairi raised a hand to silence him.
"it's fine riku, its okay." riku looked at her tears brimming upon his icy blue eyes. Noticing this, he wiped away the tears with the back of his hand before they could fall.
"its just…I've never seen sora like that…I just couldn't help it… it was too much for me…" riku turned his back and opened the door. Before closing it he said,
"see you at the beach in 15 minutes" and with that he shut the door behind him. Kairi was able to hear his first few steps out the door but then all was silent again. She turned to look one last time out the window. For a second she had actually appreciated the scene she found sora observing this morning when she found him. The shore in his backyard beach area glistened the suns rays upon itself and reflected the light onto the two palm trees making them cast a shadow. The shadows were cast in different directions towards each other and they made somewhat of an abstract heart. The scene was beautiful. No wait… more than beautiful. It was simply breath taking. Kairi was lost in thought until--
"something wrong?" kairi shut her eyes against the beautiful picture and slowly turned her head towards sora.
"no" she said silently, "Nothing at all" she got up and walked towards sora and she softly embraced him. He did the same. Sora had never really noticed what kairi was wearing but for a moment he did. She looked stunning her hair was let down and she was wearing a white tank top lined with purple, and her blue and white checkered school skirt. Odd combination but with her anything worked.
"I've missed you so very…very much…" her voice slightly trembled.
"I know kairi…I know…but I'm here now and that's all that matters". sora's strong words flew straight to Kairi's heart and gave her a new sense of confidence. She departed from his grasp and walked to the door.
"see you at the beach in fifteen minutes, riku will be waiting for us" she gave a wink to sora and shut the door behind her as she walked out. His heart pumped excitedly as he heard her first few footsteps outside the door until they faded into the distance. Here he was. All alone again. The eerie silence was almost enough to send a shiver down his spine but he brushed it off and slowly made his way back to the living room couch. He picked up the cherished letter that his parents had left him and he read it over one more time. He shut his eyes once finished and set the letter down beside him upon the red sofa. He set his elbows upon his knees and placed his palms upon his forehead silently sitting in deep thought. His parents loved him. So why did they leave? Did they think he was not coming back? Seems like it. Sora looked over to the envelope one last time before departing from his house to the beach. He noticed something that he had not before. There was another piece of paper inside. He carefully unfolded it but suddenly a pain pierced through his heart while in shock he eyed the piece of paper. It was a picture of when he was just a child. He was smiling and waving at his parents. Everything seemed so perfect. But now…It was all gone. Upon the floor there was another piece of paper. It was a check amount of money that they had left for him just in case he had returned. 10,000 munny. That was enough to get him by for the rest of his life.
"I guess they really must have cared about me then" sora blinked hard and placed all the papers back into the envelope and he paced upstairs to his room and placed the precious paper underneath his mattress. He walked back downstairs, grabbed his towel and silently closed the door behind him. Everything in the house was silent once again.
Chapter 4
Rejuvenation in the water (what goes around comes around)
Destiny Islands is where Sora, Riku, and Kairi had lived and these island were part of a much larger mainland called Kingdom. Everything was quiet that day as Sora made his way off of his front door step and into the waking sunlight. The warm sun gave a friendly tickle to the back of soras's neck while he walked in silence to the deserted beach. He was early, so for the remaining time until riku and kairi showed up he changed into his beach attire. He was clad in a pair of baggy black cargo shorts along with a black tank top. Sora looked down at his body and didn't even realize all this time…he had grown more muscular. He raised an eyebrow to himself but couldn't help but flex himself as he smirked. His biceps were the size of softballs easily and his abs, they were rock hard and clearly defined. Maybe this wouldn't be so bad after all? He laid out his towel and parasol and laid himself a few feet from the sunny shore underneath the cool shade. He placed his hands behind his head and shut his eyes. It was a hot day. Maybe today was going to be better than the last. Maybe today…he would be able to forget. Maybe he would be able to find happiness at the fact that his best friends were once again by his side. Never again would he want to lose them. Not after riku had been locked inside kingdom hearts. And not after kairi had lost her heart to the darkness. He opened his eyes towards the salted ocean and slowly got halfway up to where he was just sitting. One knee was up and the other lazily flung out in front of him. He placed his elbow upon his knee
"where the hell are they…" too soon had he spoken though as Riku ran head first and plunged him self into the sapphire ocean. Kairi shrugged her shoulders and took a seat next to sora.
"Nice day huh?" she said with a smile. After seeing riku with his dynamic entry sora couldn't help himself. He just had to make an impression also.
"yeah, it's a great day" a smirk wiped onto his face as he bolted from his place on the beach. He was sprinting faster and faster towards the water but then.
"OH SHIT!" he stepped on a soft spot and stumbled. He tried to keep himself upright but it proved to no avail. He landed face first into the sand while Riku and Kairi both fell over laughing at him.
"Sorry Sora but I'm gonna have to give that one a 0" sora flicked him the finger as his face was still in the sand. A few seconds past and he got up spitting out the clumps of sand that had invaded his mouths privacy. "Ugh…salty." He brushed himself off and walked casually into the surprisingly warm water. He stood waist deep for a few moments until plunging in alongside Riku. Underneath the surface lied a whole other world apart from that in the mainland. It was a beautiful sight to behold. Hundreds of fish were scattered throughout playing gracefully in the patches of coral and seaweed. The sway of the water from underneath was like a gentle breeze against sora's body, further away was riku. He beckoned sora closer with a welcoming invitation. He had a smile on his face. Sora resurfaced first to get a new lungful of air for the fact this the air within his lungs was stale and unsupportive of his bodily needs. He plunged down once more to where riku was treading water. Riku was pointing inside a small cavern. Sora curiously swam up to it and accidentally swallowed a mouth full of water from gasping in shock. He panicked while he resurfaced and sputtered out the water.
"KAIRI GET OVER HERE!" there was an enormous smile plastered to his face. Kairi just looked confused. Until another call from sora had hit her.
"KAIRI HURRY UP!" riku resurfaced beckoning along with sora for her to come down into the water with them. She stripped down into her bikini and she slowly tip toed her way into the water. Sora looked at her completely stunned. If nosebleeds were possible at this point then his nose would have been a waterfall of blood. He was also…slightly stimulated, if you know what I mean. Riku looked from the approaching kairi and back to sora and slapped a hand to his forehead. She reached the boys and all of them tread water.
"It's right down there" the smile on sora and riku's faces seemed a little… menacing to kairi. Just a tad bit skeptical she held her breath and the trio plunged underneath together. About 15 feet underneath the surface they reached the cavern riku had discovered earlier. Kairi seemed a little dazed as she had a look of wonderment across her beautiful face. It seemed she also must have noticed what sora had at first. Reality snapped back to her and she plunged further into the water towards the cavern. Both Sora and Riku beckoned her toward them until…
"(GASP)" Kairi's eyes were wide with amazement. Within the cavern laid an oyster but it was like no other they had ever seen. Its shell was comprised of rainbow like material and on the inside sat an enormous pearl easily the size of a watermelon. She ran out of breath and went to resurface while sora and riku followed
"(gasp) DID YOU SEE THE SIZE OF THAT PEARL?! OH MY GOD IT WAS HUGE!" each of them was smiling gleefully. Kairi looked back into the water in the direction of the over sized pearl. You could tell by the look in her eyes she wanted it.
"No Kairi" a somber expression made its way onto sora's face. Kairi's glee suddenly washed away with the tides
"It has to stay here Kairi, we have to maintain the worlds natural way of things. If we took the pearl it just wouldn't be right. We'd be taking away part of the worlds natural beauty" Kairi looked down towards the pearl with deep longing in her eyes.
"(sigh) okay" she seemed to have trouble saying this. It seemed almost as if it hurt her to say it.
"Come on guys, lets get back to shore and dry off, the waters getting sort of cold" sora slightly shivered at this and the others agreed. Sora lead the way back to the shore swimming as if an Olympian. The trio had reached the shore and sora made his way to the spot he had created for himself. Not even caring for the impact he just let himself fall backwards onto the towel he had laid out earlier. He looked over only to notice kairi. Her goddess like form was flooding his senses once again and all seemed perfect to him. Kairi looked over at sora to notice him staring at her. She blushed innocently and sora nearly lost his mind at how beautiful she was.
"what are you looking at?" reality struck sora and released him from his ever lasting day dream.
"oh…nothing…"sora looked the other way further down the beach. He got up slowly from his relaxed position and walked over to the empty shack that stood a little ways away. No one seemed to notice. Once inside the shack a barrage of memories suddenly hit him. It was the first place he and riku had their first ever contest to see who could stay inside longer without running out scared from the dark…Riku won of course. Further into the shack there was a frail flight of stairs. Sora scaled the squeaky flight of stairs and pushed through the door that was at the top. The light from the sun beam rushed him in surprise as he held a hand up to shield his fragile eyes. Out ahead of him was the long wooden bridge that connected a smaller island to the rest of the main island. Sora walked carefully across the bridge and stood in the middle of the island. To his right stood the paopu fruit tree that he, Riku, and Kairi would always end their day at in some deep discussion. Slowly he walked over and ever so gently he laid a hand to the ancient bark. He then diverted his attention from their ancient tree to look out to the never ending sea. It was a beautiful sight to behold. The Horizon line met upon the clouds as if mixing them into some concoction of perspiration. Sora hopped himself up onto the tree to observe his surroundings. Something was wrong. He looked over to his right at the beach where he and his friends were earlier…but they were not there. He shrugged it off and sat in thought.
"hmm… wonder where they went…" little did he know that both riku and kairi had followed him and they were making their way across the bridge
"I wonder what he's doing over there" kairi gave a confused look that riku decided to take as rhetorical. He remained silent. Riku always WAS the cool and silent type. They were at the connection of the smaller island to the bridge when they stopped dead in their tracks to listen to sora's conversation with himself.
"(sigh) how can I tell her how I really feel? And school is coming up soon…guys are going to be all over her… but then we did kiss…does that mean anything?(sigh)" Sora placed an elbow upon his knee and laid his head upon his hand. Riku gave a shocked look towards Kairi and she simply blushed and turned the other way.
"(sigh) I just don't know what to do…" a somber expression plastered itself to sora's face and his mind became foggy. Riku and Sora had only gotten back yesterday, god only knows how, but luckily enough for them it was summer break. But unluckily enough summer break was nearing its end. The trio would have to go back to school to start their junior year, well Riku would be starting his senior year.
" well you could start with this" kairi's words made sora's heart leap into his throat as she placed her hands around his face to turn him towards her and she softly kissed him. Unaware of what was going on, reality had finally occurred to sora that the love of his life was…kissing him? No way…this has to be a dream. But reality took him over again and he was indeed being kissed by kairi. She let her lips part from sora's and sora, completely awestruck, kept leaning back from where he was turned and he fell off the tree. Luckily enough for sora the tree was bent at a 180 degree angle and it was only a few feet off the ground so he didn't get hurt too bad when he fell on his head. He scrambled to his feet totally oblivious to the fact that Riku was on his back roaring with laughter while kairi was doubled over pointing and laughing at the goofball she had planted a kiss upon.
"aww come on guys." pouted sora but it didn't help, they still continued to laugh at him. The thought suddenly occurred to him… "kairi kissed me…" he blushed at this and turned to walk back towards the shack where he first came from. While on his way he gave a half joking half revengeful kick to riku's side.
"OW! What was that for?!" said Riku as he winced in pain at the throb that was slowly but surely revealing itself.
"heh what goes around comes around pal" and with a smirk sora left them.
"where are you going sora?" a curious kairi approached sora.
"eh I think I'm done for the day. Do you guys want to can come over to my house? I gotta talk to you guys about something" and with a swift kiss to kairi and a smirk towards riku he left them.
Chapter 5
The mysterious door
Sora made his way back to his "empty" house from the beach. His body ached from all the swimming they did. Riku was right. It did help his nerves a little bit. Two minutes of walking and sora was back at his front door step. He let out a sigh remembering that his parents were long lost and pushed the door open and walked inside. The idea of his parents leaving him was beginning to get easier to handle. His clothes were still soggy from earlier events so he absent mindedly threw off his tank top and flung it into the basement…wait…he had a basement? As he was walking away he stopped mid step and turned back around and peered back down into the darkness. There was no light switch at the top like there usually would be…but faintly…he could see a light down there. He walked to his living room and grabbed a flashlight. Quickly he made his way back to the mysterious basement door. He opened it back up and shone his flashlight into the darkness. To no avail did it help. The darkness was too thick. No matter how strong the light the darkness still remained intensely viscous. At this… sora took his first step.
"don't worry sora…your heart is strong…no darkness will ever hurt you…just keep your light burning bright" and with that sora descended down into the darkness.
Chapter 6
Where did this come from?
Further down the flight of stairs, sora's fear started becoming more and more distinct. He attempted keeping a level head…but it proved to no avail. How long was this stair case? It seemed as if he'd been walking down it for centuries. Sora turned back around and to his surprise the door was only 7 steps above him. It seems his fear of the dark had kept him stalling in a false reality. Bravery along with a hint of annoyance overtook him and he continued his descent down the wretched staircase. The light from earlier was now clearly visible but it seemed…distant… Sora took a few more steps and it was apparent that he had reached the bottom when the shock from accidentally missing a step shot its way through him as he stumbled over the soggy tank top he had thrown down previously, accidentally letting his flashlight drop. It slammed with a crash onto the hard floor and glass from the bulb flew out shattering into his leg.
"AAH!AAAHHH!!SHIT!!" the shards of glass were large and had deeply embedded themselves within his flesh. The darkness seemed to have come alive, it was as if it was laughing at his misery. The pain was becoming unbearable for Sora. His cries of intense pain reached no ears unfortunately. He wrenched his eyes open allowing the tears to pour out and he attempted to get up. He was almost up until the pain seared through his leg once again and he fell back to the ground yelping in pain. His grunts of pain were growing more and more violent until he had fought himself forcibly to stand up. He had to reach that light.
"(pant) almost…there…" sora was getting closer and closer as he dragged himself forcibly crawling across the floor to the mysterious light, he wanted it…he craved for it…he hungered for it.
"(pant pant) just…a little…more…" the light he longed for was blinding him with its warmth. There he was now kneeling just inches from the source of all his power that got him there. Before he realized what he was doing it seemed his arms had taken control of themselves and they began to rise themselves up towards the mysterious light.
"what…the…he-" the last word failed to escape his lips as the light suddenly began swirling around him, shielding him from the intense pressure of the darkness. It wrapped in closer and closer to him with its warmth until it had become so close it went to his inside. There it stayed. But… an odd feeling was coming over sora…a feeling of bravery…courage. Sora knew this… he knew what this feeling was. It was none other than the very same light he found thanks to kairi when he turned into a heartless back at Hollow Bastion. He turned to face the oppressing darkness behind him and he began walking towards it ever so slowly. The darkness gave a hissing noise as he walked closer and closer to it slightly radiating from the inner light he had just recently received. His glow became more and more intense as his ascension up the stairs pushed the darkness further and further from him. He was upon his last step until
"AH!" something put upon him a bone shattering grip that refused to let go. Sora fell upon the ground flailing his arms in every direction for something to hold onto and keep him from being pulled back into the darkness.
"HELP!!HELP ME!!" his cries were useless…he was going to be pulled from the world of light which he lived into the world of darkness were he was going to remain…his light just wasn't strong enough to penetrate this darkness…this horrid intense darkness. It couldn't be…no…not ansem… not him… A crash sounded through the house hold as Sora's front door burst open from a dynamic kick from Riku.
"SORA! HOLD ON!" riku lunged onto the steps grasping sora's arm pulling on him for dear life as if he was being inches away from death by falling off of a cliff.
"KAIRI! HELP ME!" Riku was struggling to keep the darkness from claiming his best friend as another victim. Kairi ran up and pulled as hard as she could. Little by little Sora was escaping the grasp of darkness.
"ALMOST THERE!!JUST HOLD ON!" Riku wailed one last time while angrily looking into the eye of the being that was pulling sora down into the dark. It was Ansem…that son of a bitch…But just then something magical happened. Light from all three of them had arisen and was now battling with the darkness, and with one last hard pull sora flung out and kairi slammed the door behind them. They sat there each sprawled across the floor as they were all panting and were too breathless to speak. A few moments passed and fresh air had occupied the inside their lungs and words were now possible once again.
"oh my god sora! Your leg!" kairi put her hands to her mouth in shock as sora still laid upon his floor. Riku stared in shock at how much blood there was. Sora gave a gallant effort to get back up on his feet while Riku and Kairi sat idly by watching him. Once on his feet, his vision became blurred and with it, a crash that stirred the whole house as he fell to the floor, unconscious.
"SORA!" the remaining conscious friends in the household said simultaneously as they both scrambled to his side.
Chapter 7
I love you too
Sora awoke to a loud crash sounding from his kitchen.
"SSSHHH!!RIKU!!YOU'LL WAKE UP THE WHOLE FREAKIN WORLD WITH THAT!"
"sorry…sorry…" back on the top floor in his bedroom sora was still incredibly groggy but couldn't help but get up as his friends were making so much noise down below.
"(sigh) you guys…" he quietly said to himself as he attempted to sit upright.
"AH!" sora let out an intense moan as another searing pain shot into his leg as he tried to move it.
"what the…" looking down on his nursed wounds he couldn't recall what had given him this battle scar. The bandages were wrapped neatly around his cut leg and there was a pair of old crutches perfect for sora's size next to his bed. Sora furrowed his eyebrows downward seemingly making an angry face.
"… I don't know need those…" he said while attempting to stand up. He had managed halfway but fell to the floor as pain seared him once more. With a sigh he grabbed the crutches and brought himself upright and made his way down stairs where all the commotion was still taking place.
At the bottom step he looked into the kitchen and noticed Riku and Kairi cooking something. The smell was half way between pleasant…and halfway between atrocious.
"what's that smell?" both Riku and Kairi jumped and Riku had accidentally dropped a pot sending another loud crash through the house and at that probably the whole world. Hands upon her hips Kairi let out another shout.
"RIKU, WATCH WHAT YOU,RE DOING! God…" as she turned back around to the counter to continue cutting…whatever it was she was cutting.
"SORRY! IT WAS AN ACCIDENT!" riku turned his back angrily on her and went back to attending his slowly boiling concoction upon the stove top. An awkward silence was pounding into sora's head until it was more than he could bare.
"so uh…whatcha guys makin?" a pitiful smile was etched onto his face as the silence continued.
"well I'M making you MY delicious paopu fruit salad." sora's face lightened up at the sound of this. Did she say paopu fruit? Salad? Were sora's ears deceiving him? The paopu fruit was a special fruit designed for one special thing…but that special thing was to keep it so that two peoples hearts would stay connected forever…Was this Kairi's way of pledging her love for him? More and more thoughts raced through Sora's mind at this as a barely noticeable blush was taking over him. Riku turned his head towards them in disgust as he was still attending his…actually glorious smelling concoction. Sora lifted himself from the seat on the kitchen table that he had taken to relax a moment for the tension on his leg was becoming slightly unbearable.
"umm…how about you riku?" as sora slowly hobbled over to the stove where Riku was still cooing over his creation. He peered over his shoulder at what was making such a delicious aroma.
"Heh just wait till I'm done kiddo" a smirk washed upon his face as he ran a hand through soras messy hair. He brought the pot off of the scalding hot stove over to the sink and poured it into an awaiting ceramic bowl. Steam rose like an apparition off of the greenish blue liquid as it sloshed around inside the bowl.
"heh wait till you get a taste of this sora" Riku's silver bangs fell downward onto his forehead covering his eyes as he gave a smirk in Kairi's direction. Sora's eyes opened slightly more than usual in excitement. He had never seen anything like this before, it actually sort of frightend him but you know sora… he had an uncanny aura of simple mindedness about him. Kairi looked from sora to riku and back to sora with a hint of annoyance about her expression.
"HMPH" she pouted as she turned her back on both of them and returned to her precise cutting of the paopu fruit. She reached for a pine apple and began hacking away at it angrily. Fright had taken over both of them as they slowly began shuffling their way backwards from her. Almost they had reached the entry way of the kitchen until Kairi quickly turned around with a menacing stare upon her face.
"WHERE DO YOU THINK YOU'RE GOING?!" Riku and Sora shrunk in fear underneath her almost demonic expression. As she grew closer and closer to them with her menacing expression, she held a hand behind her back. Sora had no clue what it was… he began to panic.
"KAIRI WAIT!!WE WEREN'T GOING ANYWHERE WE SWEAR!!" she kept on stalking towards Sora as if forgetting that Riku even existed. Riku didn't have a problem with this though, heh I mean it was either him or sora and he definitely didn't feel like losing a limb today so he just sat back and watched as sora rose his hands in front of his head for a futile protection. Now Kairi was standing over Sora with a demented look in her eyes.
"KAIRI NO!!PLEASE!! I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING!" shouts begging for mercy escaped soras pleading lips as his eyes were closed shut as if awaiting for a deathly blow.
"stop crying you big baby…sheesh…" as she brought her hand from around her back and jammed a spoonful of paopu fruit salad into soras mouth. He opened his eyes and lowered his hands unaware of the glorious mixture of sweet fruits in his mouth. He lost himself as his taste buds were on the verge of exploding from the fruity goodness that Kairi had so "lovingly" jammed into his mouth. A few more works of the jaw and sora softly swallowed as bewilderment overtook him, eyes wide with shock. With that Kairi turned herself and walked back to the counter to finish mixing her glorious combination of fruity delights.
"HOLY HELL THAT STUFF IS GOOD!!" as kairi was back at the counter she turned her head back towards him and showed…that really attractive feminine smile of hers.
"here you go" she had a plateful of paopu fruit salad in her hands as she slowly…overly dramatically placed it upon the kitchen table signaling for sora to sit and eat. Riku got up quickly and ran to the sink where his blueish green liquid was now chilled to a decent temperature.
"you haven't tried mine yet sora" riku tipped the…Drink? Looks like it. He tipped the drink into a clear glass for sora and walked it over to him. Unsure of whether it could be totally delicious or if it could be some evil potion and Riku was secretly an evil witch, he curiously took a whiff of it. It SEEMED non toxic and with that sora took a small sip. As soon as it touched his tongue his eyes grew wide with wonderment. It was almost as if liquid silver was just slithering delicately down his throat…only supposing that liquid silver was an incredibly delicious tasting drink. Sora realized he was drinking this…concoction? Incredibly slowly so he surprisingly took no extra time in savoring the sweet flavor as he chugged the whole glass.
"aaaahhhh…that…was…" sora give a thoughtful look as he cast his eyes to the ceiling softly rubbing his chin. Riku raised his eyebrows in false hope as he realized sora would think his Specialty Blue Sea Fruit Juice would be an utter failure compared to Kairi's Paopu fruit salad. Riku gave a solemn look and cast his eyes upon the floor beneath him awaiting the harsh words that would slip Sora's mouth.
"DELICIOUS!! OH MY GOD!!" Riku brought up his head from looking down so fast that his neck cracked as he let out a painful moan.
"REALLY!!" he gave an ecstatic smile while trying to hide the pain that was violently throbbing in his neck. At this he gave an arrogant smirk towards Kairi and she simply let out a "humph", crossed her arms, and stuck her nose up against him. Moments passed and Kairi regained her lady like posture and asked that happy go lucky kid with the jacked up leg as Riku was jumping up and down with excitement.
"so uh…sora?…whose food do you think is better?" she gave a pleading smile hoping…praying that he would say hers was the better of the two. Sora hung his mouth in surprise as if she said some sort of terrible word. Why would he choose between the foods his two best friends made for him? Its not like he could just choose…
"umm…well…uh…hmm…" Riku settled himself from his frantic up comings and realized the situation at hand. His casual stern look overtook him as he surprisingly agreed to Kairi's statement.
"yeah sora, whose is better?" riku crossed his arms and cast a scornful look towards Kairi. What was going on here? It's as if they hate each other or something…did Sora miss something?
"well…uh…" there's no way sora would be able to get out of this one…
"umm…well? I like both equally. How about that?" a goofy smile spread across sora's face as Riku and Kairi let their mouths hang in shock.
"WHAT?! ARE YOU SURE MINES NOT BETTER?!" kairi replaced the love and hope in her eyes to hurt and pain as she pleaded in an unfortunately vain attempt at winning Sora over.
"haha why? Its not like you guys were making a bet or anything" Sora seemed to have struck some nerves as Riku silently placed a hand to his face as if to hide out the embarrassment. Kairi just looked at the ground and let out a long deep sigh. Kairi turned to Riku and it seemed all previous hatred for Riku had now dispersed.
"Well Riku I guess we're equals when it comes to cooking" her innocent smile washed upon her face and Sora was falling madly in love all over again…oh boy…Sora sat idly by as they continued talking friendly again which was a huge relief from all the previous tension. Suddenly his eyes drooped, just barely catching himself before he fell face first into the ground.
"SORA!" Riku ran over to sora helping him maintain his composure "are you okay?" lifting sora up slinging one arm over his shoulder.
"yeah…im fine.." regaining his stance he slowly turned to go back upstairs and sleep.
"I'm going back to bed…I'll see you guys later"
"okay sora, we'll be back first thing" the soft loving look returned to kairi's eyes and life was good again. Maybe he truly did L-- her.
"see you tomorrow" and with a smile she left just leaving riku and Sora alone for the first in a long time.
"yeah…I guess I'm going too. It's late and you need your rest." and with that Riku shuffled to the front door "I hope your leg gets better" and with that he let himself out.
"(sigh) I'm going back to bed…" slowly sora hobbled back up the stairs into his room and laid his head back down onto his pillow. As he looked out his bedroom window one last time his mind raced about Kairi before he closed his eyes unable to fall asleep. With a sigh after ten minutes he couldn't handle it anymore. He slid his hoody on and hobbled back down the stairs and into the hallway and out his front door.
"It's cold out tonight" sora muttered to himself as he readjusted his hoody around himself. Silently, he shuffled slowly over to the beach where the moon was brightly shining against the water. The thoughts of tonight plagued his mind, you know its just…so much happened in one day. Going to the beach and finding a huge pearl, almost falling to the darkness. Sora shuddered at this thought. And seeing riku and kairi act as if they hated each other over a bet…heh…what a day. Sora smiled and looked out into the ocean to take in the beauty that the moon was casting upon its surface.
He laid himself silently against the cold sand and looked back up at the moon as if it were staring back. He looked at his surroundings and was pleased at the serenity of it all. The waterfall was behind him next to their "secret place" where all their troubles began. The calm water softly kissing the shore and retreating back as if embarrassed. Everything for once was…peaceful.
"nice night for a walk huh?" sora knew who it was without even looking back to see.
"yeah…" sora relished the thought of being alone with Kairi, she was the only thing besides riku that made him feel complete after such a long hard journey. Kairi took a seat next to him and they both sat in silence staring out at the ocean. Kairi scooted closer to him and laid her head onto his shoulder while lacing her fingers into his.
"I love you sora…" Sora blinked hard as his heart began to race and his mind began to get foggy. He curved his lips into a slight smile and cast a look in kairi's direction. He examined everything about her being. Her beautiful dark red hair swaying against the breeze, her soft delicate skin the glowed as the moons rays bounced off of it, and last of all…her beautiful violet eyes. Yes, her eyes. Everytime sora caught them with his, his heart would race. Every single time. Kairi let out a small smile and a soft giggle as she continued to look out to the moonlit ocean.
"I…I love you too" these words seemed harder for sora to say than he expected but no less…gratifying. He turned his head and locked eyes with her, all the feelings in his body suddenly rushed straight into his heart as he scooted even closer to Kairi to feel her warmth upon him. He wrapped an arm around her shoulder and laid his head on top of hers as they both stared out to the beautiful moon in front of them.
"…perfect…"
"yeah…just perfect."
Chapter 8
Everything changes
Sora awoke the next day with a stir as the sun tickled his face with its familiar warmth. He let out a long deep sigh letting the space around him know he was awake. He threw his covers off of him, reached for his crutches and hobbled across his room. It was like any other ordinary day. He would get in the shower, put some clothes on, go downstairs and make some coffee, then he would walk out to his backyard, sit and think while watching the remainder of the beautiful sunrise. The wind softly began to pick up, brushing against his gravity defying locks. As he shut his eyes against the sunrise's mystical colors his mind strayed towards Kairi…
SORA'S POV
"(sigh)" I slowly hobbled back into my house while feeling the suns magic warmth against my back. Don't know why but today feels like a good day, it HAS to be more than just ordinary. I decided to walk over to OUR beach today, I dunno it just has more of an atmosphere to it than my backyard, heh and it was the place me and kairi pledged love for each other. Yessssss…As I was walking I looked up ahead and I saw her standing there looking out to the ocean as if she were waiting for someone or perhaps something. Heh this was my perfect chance. I quietly tip toed against the soft earth beneath me until I was right behind her. She still didn't notice I was there so I wrapped my arms around her waist playfully while whispering in her ear.
"didja miss me?" she jumped a little and let out a soft giggle, oh how I loved it when she laughed.
"heh, yeah" she said placing her hands on top of mine "I did". I unwrapped myself from around her and set myself down onto the soft earth pulling her down with me and laid back still staring out at the beautiful ocean.
"something wrong?" I asked
"heh oh nothing, just thinking"
"oh…about what?
"heh…stuff" she said with a grin spreading across her face.
"like?…" as I raised an eyebrow towards her
"hmm…maybe if you catch me I'll tell you" and with that she hopped up to full height and walked away from my grasp.
"aww come on, you know I'm handicapped" I said pouting my bottom lip giving her my puppy eyes.
"aww" she said teasing me. God how I loved that. I grabbed my crutches and attempted to hobble over to her. She was within arms length and I stretched an arm out but she playfully took a step back teasing me even more.
"you're enjoying this aren't you?" the expression on my face turning bland with a small hint of annoyance just barely visible.
"mmhmm!" as her beautiful smile washed upon her face with her beautiful dark red hair flowing in the wind as she bobbed her head up and down.
"fine then" I said sticking my tongue out at her and plopping down onto the soft sand beneath me crossing my arms and looking the other way, her smile fell just like I knew it would. Heh I know how to play this game too ya know.
"aww sora you're no fun…"
"haha I'm handicapped what else would you expect?" well actually not really, my leg feels just great. she started to say something but then looked to the floor in defeat.
"hah, I win this round" I gave her my goofy grin and she launched herself on top of me not caring at all for my hurt leg.
"hehe…I don't care if you're no fun, I'll make the best of it" I didn't even notice the pain that was slowly throbbing in my leg as she sat straddled on top of me playfully whispering into my ear. Hmm…maybe I'm not fully healed after all…oh well I'll take off my bandages anyway. I gulped hard. Really hard. She giggled into my ear softly biting my tender skin. Heh it tickled.
"heh umm…Kairi?…what are you doing?" psh of COURSE I knew what she was doing, heh but it just felt like I should act innocent for her.
"heh what does it look like, silly?" she stared into my eyes with her face just centimeters away from mine. Oh boy…those eyes…those beautiful eyes. And it was then that I had NO idea what was going to happen next. Romantic encounter on a beach or…yup you guessed it.
"AHEM!!" Kairi jumped so hard at this as Riku stood above us, neither of us knowing how he got there. Damn that jump hurt, she landed right on the sore spot on my leg. Riku raised his eyebrow while staring us down with that cool icy glare of his. A soft smirk was plastered to his face. Oh boy…
"heh…and what do we have here?" said Riku as he laid a hand onto his hip.
"AH riku--it…she was…I…she…you…"
"he…I uh…you see…he…you…" Neither of us could come up with anything better than a mouthful of stutters.
"heh save it, I don't wanna know" deep down I know for a fact Riku did but that was just who he was, the cool quiet kind that always minded his own business. Heh I saw this as the perfect chance as revenge for him ruining my perfect moment. Hah I love you Riku but damn you…
"oh really Riku?" I started with a fake pout, " because we would have told you…everything…" deep in my gut I was laughing, Kairi noticed this too as she fought to maintain her composure.
"I…wait…wha?" Riku stared from me to Kairi back to me and then to the ground. With that he stormed off onto the other side of the beach muttering and grabbing his hair in frustration. (sigh) you gotta love that kid.
The sun was way high in the sky so it was probably noon. Me Riku and Kairi were at our usual spot at the paopu tree. Heh, just like good old times.
"hey sora?"
"yeah Riku?"
"the other day…didn't you say you had something to talk to us about?"
"you know…now that you mention it…I did" My mind raced back to yesterday as Riku's words triggered my mind.
"where are you going sora?" a curious kairi approached sora.
"eh I think I'm done for the day, if you guys want when your done you can come over to my house. I gotta talk to you guys about something" end flashback…
"(sigh) well…" I started staring out at the endless sea. Gosh they were really paying attention, I could actually feel their eyes burrowing into my skin.
"well that letter my parents left me…there was more than just a letter"
"really? What else was there?" Kairi scooted closer to me eyeing me carefully while Riku leaned back against the tree with his eyes closed and arms crossed, inhaling every word that I was saying.
"there was a picture of me with my parents…heh you can only imagine how I took that…" Kairi stared straight into my eyes with hurt as if she was feeling all the pain I was feeling. Riku remained silent against the tree. What is he a statue or something?
"yeah and they left me 10,000 munny"
"WHAT?!" kairi and riku said at the same time.
"whoa how did you do that?" I said looking from riku to kairi and back to riku.
"uh…coincidence?" kairi started shrugging it off with her shoulders.
"but wait…they left you…10,000 money…?" Riku stated and stared at me once again with his icy glare but this time with a little more shock. It was true, even though he was my best "guy" friend, whenever he did that it gave me the chills.
"so what are you going to do with it then?"
"actually I've been thinking pretty hard about it, but I figured I would just spend it on my necessities. Food, water, all that peachy keen stuff." I ended with a smile.
"but im just gonna put it away for now, I don't really need it right away". before I even realized it, heh…Kairi had her fingers laced into mine and she was leaning on my shoulder. (sigh) shes a magical creature, she is.
"(sigh) but I'm bored guys, what do ya wanna do?" the sun was still high in the sky.
"hmm…well school starts in a week…oh joy" riku's enthusiasm was so dreadful that you could find more cheer in a graveyard. Heh leave it to Riku to be so dark and depressing.
"well how about we go to the mall? Maybe some of our friends will be there, I mean we all haven't seen you or Riku for like 2 years so I'm thinking that they miss you" she lit up her face with that smile of hers again…oh boy. But something sorta told me she just wanted to go to the mall to get me to buy stuff for her, but hey could you blame her? And the thing was that we were all old enough to drive. Did I forget to mention that my parents also left a nice car for me? Even though they're long gone…I guess they knew that I would be coming back sooner or later. I peeled off my bandages and walked along side kairi and riku back to my house. There was a slight jolt of pain with every step but oh well… we reached my house and I opened the garage and took a seat into my nice Chrysler Pacifica. It was a really nice car, thanks mom and dad. I couldn't help but smile as I turned the keys and let the car roar into life.
"oooooo nice car" you could tell the excitement in her voice, heh I sorta dug it. It made me feel kinda cool for once in my lame life. Well only saying before like…two years ago.
"yeah dude this is a pretty sweet ride" say WHAT?! RIKU TOO?! Oh I HAD to feel special now. Riku was just never impressed with anything so yeah…I had to feel like I was "all that in a bag of chips". Lame right? I know…I know…
I backed out of the driveway carefully (I'm still new at this ya know) and almost hit my mailbox…nice… after that I switched it to DRIVE and it was smooth sailing from then on. I turned right onto the bridge that connected our little smaller island to the larger mainland.
"(sigh) I just love the wind blowing in my hair"
"huh" oh god…I just had to look over didn't I? DIDN'T I?! there was kairi with her perfect self again. All I could do was just watch as the warm air rushed into the car only to meet with her crimson locks causing them to flow like a deep river of red. Heh wow talk about deep.
"SORA WATCH OUT!"
"what?" I was driving in the wrong lane.
"SHIT!!" I turned the wheel back to get into the right lane to avoid getting hit by an oncoming car
"WATCH WHERE YOUR GOING JACKASS!" I slumped down in my seat with my heart still racing in my chest. Damn you kairi and your beautiful looks. Maybe it was true what some people say…Looks can kill.
"whew…is everyone okay?"
"just fine…just fine…" riku was clutching his seat like a kitty cat holding on for dear life. Quite humorous if I do say so myself.
"owie…" heh yup we're all good. I turned off the bridge and turned right onto Paopu lane. Gosh that mall is huge, I could see it from all the way over here, and wouldn't ya know? We're still two miles away from it.
'THERE IT IS!!YAAAY" I dunno…Kairi seemed maybe a little TOO ecstatic about this…(sigh) I know this is gonna be hell for me. Riku better help me with this or his ass is toast. Heh…FRENCH toast. God I love that stuff. Well anywho… a couple minutes passed and the already huge mall was getting bigger and bigger. Just great… I turned into the left section of parking lot A and tried to get as close as I could to the door so I wouldn't have to hear kairi complain. Heh even IF I thought it was kinda cute.
"whew…okay here we are" I slipped out my keys from the ignition and hopped out of the car. It was still rather early in the day. Given from the sun position I could say maybe three or four o'clock. Oh well, who cares?
"riku…? Something wrong?" I turned around to see riku staring at the mall with his mouth slightly open and his eyes wider than usual.
"COME ON GUYS LETS GO!!" psh…easy for her to say, shes the one that's gonna make me buy and carry all her stuff for her…
"(sigh) lets go riku… our hell awaits us" I still don't know why I came here, but its not like I could say no to kairi could I? I shrugged and waved a hand in front of riku's face to snap him back to reality.
"its…so…big…" hah oh boy I don't think I can resist this.
"that's what she said" I doubled over laughing trying my hardest to maintain my composure but nope…didn't work.
"hahaha(sigh) come on riku, lets get going, kairi's already at the doors" I grabbed riku's hand and tugged on him to usher him forward.
As soon as we stepped through the sliding doors all of us were bum rushed by the sound of shuffling footsteps, ruffling shopping bags, and that annoying elevator music.
"why the hell do they play music like this?" to this question I definitely had no answer to.
"maybe its mind control" I looked over to riku to see him smirking his once-in-a-lifetime smirk. Heh I guess riku DID know how to be happy. He was always so quite and predictable. Who knows? Maybe kairi and I can get him to be jubilant and spontaneous. Uh oh big words…
"so where to first?" I rubbed my chin lazily as I scanned the mall map and down and up again.
"hmm…lets see what we got here…" riku joined me in scratching chins as he also scanned the map for something to spark his interest.
"I think I'm gonna go to Hot Topic. I need some new shirts and what not. I'll catch you guys later." Riku staged himself to full height and began walking towards the escalators that would bring him to his destination. I looked over for a second and then back to the map.
"hmm…well there's some movies playing in the theatre on the 6th floor, there's an arcade and--"
"hehe…lets go to victoria's secret."
"theres a food court and a…wait…what" I could feel the heat rushing into my cheeks as she said that…oh boy I must look like a tomato now…
"hehe I said we should go to victoria's secret." she flashed me that smile of hers and a wink. I looked away searching desperately for something, ANYTHING to avert my attention but damnit…she had me. Before I knew it she had pressed herself against me with her arms around my neck.
"you could watch me put on lingerie." she ended with a giggle as she whispered into my ear causing my whole body to tingle and my face to turn beet red all over again. Damn you Kairi, you know how to play this game pretty good. But I do too. A sly smirk stole itself a spot on my face.
"would you like that sora?" she gave me her puppy eyes to try and break me. It almost did, but I knew better.
"(sigh) eh maybe later" I gave her a blank, bored answer that she definitely was not hoping for. Haha she looked kind of hurt after I said it.
"aww are you sure you don't want to see me in a bra and panties?" she gave the pout again. Oh god…I don't know how much more of this I can take. I slightly cringed enough for her to notice and I knew she could tell that I was breaking. She began whispering into my ear once more.
"I'll take you in the dressing room with me." DAMN!!THIS GIRL JUST WONT QUIT!! Talk about your everyday gold digger. A few people around were giving us odd looks until I heard a voice calling out her name.
"KAIRI!HEY KAIRI! OVER HERE!" she broke herself from me and looked around to see who it was. But oh my god…
"NAMINE!" she ran up and hugged her. Thank god for namine getting me out of that mess. As they talked a guy with blonde hair, blue eyes, and looked just like me walked up to them carrying her bags. Just then he looked over to me.
"s…sora? SORA HEY!" he ran up to me after setting down namine's bags.
"r…roxas? Is that you? But…how…you…she…" I was at a loss for words as looked at namine to him and then back to her.
"haha dude I know I know but get this. Me and namine, it turns out that this whole nobody thing and organization 13 was a huge set up. Us members…" he curved his fingers up and down twice "are actually real people, we were brain washed."
"wait…so then…who are the people who did all of this?"
"it was xemnas, he was the only REAL nobody and he plotted all of this. He brainwashed everyone at different levels that knew about the nobody's just to get you to fall into his hands. But…you killed him, you and riku did." I looked down at my hands as these last words struck me.
I killed him…I killed him…I killed him….I killed him…
"sora?"
I killed him…
"sooraaaaa"
I killed him…
"SORA!"
"huh? What?"
"you okay?"
"oh…yeah…I'm great"
"oh alright…well yeah the reason me and namine are here is because we were sent back to our real families. The odd thing was that I couldn't even remember my mom or dad, but neither can anyone else that was in organization 13. Everything before we were kidnapped is a blur now. But well namine and I just decided to go on a little…date you could say." he nudged me in the ribs softly giving a slight smirk as he did so.
"what about you and kairi?"
"huh?"
"you and kairi. What's going on with you two?"
I looked away from roxas to where kairi and namine were doing their "girl talk". She was probably filling her in on what went on.
"well…uh…you see….I…I…"
"haha say no more my friend, I can already tell." he could? What is he psychic or something?
"heh it's written all over your face, aww my wittle sowa has a wittle kwush." he pinched my cheek. Quite frankly it was getting rather annoying but I decided to just humor him.
"yeah yeah, now get off me" I smacked his hand away and squinted my eyes at him. Heh he looked just a little bit scared. What a wimp. But hey, I gotta thank him and namine for getting me out of that mess with kairi though. I sighed.
"thanks a ton roxas, kairi was about to eat me alive if it weren't for you guys."
"what do you mean?"
"uh…well…lets just say she showed me a different side of her" I could feel the heat rising in my face again.
"oh…" his face lit up "ooooohhhhh…haha I gotcha" he finished with a wink but I couldn't shake the feeling something bad was gonna happen and that he was going to be the cause of it.
"so how about us men" he puffed out his chest, "ditch the chicks and have some fun" haha I gotta say this kid is pretty funny. But what the hell, I'm game.
"indeed we shall" I said puffing out my chest as well. Whew, at least I won't have to buy kairi anything. Thank god for roxas.
"hey ladies, we'll be back later, why don't we meet at the theatre at five o'clock? Its three right now"
"oh okay" namine seemed to have no problem with it but kairi…well she looked sort of defeated. (sigh) I guess im going to have to make it up to her later…damn my pitiful disposition…
"later kids" I waved off to them with a wink and me and roxas went straight for the arcade.
Damn why did this mall have to be so big? We went past five food booths, seven restrooms, three game stores, and a guy wearing a chicken costume until we got to the escalator leading into the arcade. Unfortunately for our stupid selves…we ran the whole way
"(pant pant) wait…wait roxas…(pant) gimme a sec"
"(pant) yeah…all that damn running…goddamn…"
"(pant)okay I'm good"
"(pant) yeah me too"
I took a step onto the escalator and it was smooth sailing from there. Few seconds later I stepped off and there it was. The arcade. Damn… This place was pretty awesome if I do say so myself, but only because it was so freakin big. It took up the whole sixth floor of this side of the mall.
"I…uh…wow…" I was at a loss for words. I mean what else could I say? It was too beautiful for words.
"hey…HEY! Earth to sora!"
"………" I could swear there was drool coming out of my mouth.
(SMACK)
"OW! WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT FOR?!"
"heh snapped you out of it didn't it?"
"yeah…but still…" oooohhhh this kid is gonna get it soooo bad.
ROXAS POV
Wow this kid is totally spacing out on me. Haha I had to smack him just to snap him out of it…well I didn't HAVE to but it felt like a good idea. So we went and walked up to the cashier to get some tokens and all that other good crap. I never noticed but inside this kids pair of ripped blue jeans there was a huge bulge. GODDAMN THAT WAS MUNNY?! Thank god it wasn't something else…Looks like I'm in for a fun night.
"daaaamn dude, where did you get all that money?!"
"heh…just a little…gift from my parents"
"tch…shit my parents are stingy as hell…lucky" I looked at the ground in defeat. Oh well my parents gave me a reasonable amount too. Maybe not 500 munny like this other kid, but a much less, much unsatisfying 200 munny. It was enough to get me by right?
"alrighty…so where are we gonna start?" I squinted my eyes over the vicinity. This place was bigger than I thought. I mean damn I couldn't even see the back wall. I saw a smile bust out on his face.
"you up for some DDR?"
"DDR? Hah are you KIDDING me? I'm the master at that game" I chuckled and pointed a thumb at myself. But hey, I was, I am, and I forever will be the master of dance dance revolution.
"oh is that so?" I saw that smirk of his, I knew I was in for a treat with this one.
"yes that is so" I stepped up onto the platform with my arms crossed.
"you ready for a spanking little boy?"
"only if your ready to get stomped on first." He gave me that damn smirk of his again. Did I do something when I smacked him? Haha.
The machine's speakers rumbled.
"FIRST STAGE…READY?! HERE WE GO"
The arrows started pouring in out of nowhere, but it was no problem for me at all. Up left down left right left right. Piece of cake. I looked over to see sora keeping up with me. Damn he didn't even look like he was trying. Alright and here's where the tricky part comes in. the notes started coming in combos as we entered the mid section of the song. Notes started pouring themselves out faster and faster along with the beat. Shit…a sweat drop slid down my face. I looked over for a sec at sora. Heh rookie was sweating too. Before I even noticed it we had a crowd growing.
"wow they're good."
"they haven't missed a note yet"
"YEAH GO SORA!"
Say WHAT?! GO SORA?! Oh HELL no I can't let that rookie get more publicity than me. I had no idea who it was but I have to say that it got me just a little bit ticked. Was it me or was it that kairi girl? I smirked as I began to throw in some tricks with the song. There was a slight pause and I hopped onto the bar behind me and flipped off of it right back on track not even missing a single note. Hah hey the don't call me the king for nothing. I smirked at sora. I knew he couldn't take it but damn he was still keeping up with me.
"GO ROXAS!WHOO!" heh that's right. SAY my name
"WE LOVE YOU SORA!"
"ROXAS YOU DA MAN BRA!"
"KEEP IT UP SORA!"
Our crowd was huge by now. Oh no… we're still tied and the songs almost over. I looked over with my sweat drops still coming down. Haha his face was just as wet as mine. I guess rookie here isn't as bad as I thought. The song took another pause before the breakdown and I did I handstand to hit the note within the rest. DAMN SORA! He pulled off a handstand also. The crowd was roaring now and it was getting sorta hard to concentrate, but that's not gonna stop me. I'm the king after all. I kept my eyes glued to the screen.
"getting tired rookie?" I smirked and kept on hitting every note that came up.
"hah you gotta be kidding me" he flashed that grin of his as we both got up on the bar and we both flipped off hitting the very last note of the song. The machine rumbled.
"YOUR NO ORDINARY FELLOW"
"that's right I'm not an ordinary fellow, because I'm the best" I winked at him and punched him in his shoulder. Rookie here wasn't half as bad as I thought he would be.
"heh not too shabby eh rookie?"
"heh not at all"
"ROXAS! SORA!" who the hells calling my name? I looked around but I couldn't see over any of the heads that were still crowding around us patting us on the backs. But then I saw a quick flash of blonde.
"NAMINE!"
"KAIRI!" I saw rookie push through the crowd to get to that red head of his.heh I just knew that those two had something going on. Well at least he's got good taste in girls, after all she was pretty cute. I pushed past a few people and stopped dead in front of her…my dream girl.
"you did great up there, I never knew you could play so well"
"heh there's a lot of things you don't know about me" I flashed her my famous grin and held her chin in my hand. Before I even knew what I was doing, my hands found themselves around her waist and I was kissing her. Mmmm…blueberry lip gloss, my favorite. This girl has EVERYTHING. She pulled back and smiled. Gosh she was cute, but I swear it felt like it was getting so much hotter in this place. Maybe it was just me.
"where's our other little couple?" heh they are a couple aren't they?
"well they're not quite a couple." namine frowned just a little bit at this. oh really? Maybe I was wrong then.
"over there sitting on a bench. Lets go" she smiled and grabbed my hand and led me through the slowly dispersing crowd of people. I looked down. Gosh her hands are so soft. I'm not one for fancy pants lovey dovey mushy romance bullcrap but I dunno…this girl might be changing all of that.
"hey rookie"
"hey there noob" heh I'm liking this kid more and more.
"aww come on guys, be nice" that kairi girl put her hands on her waist and wagged a finger at sora. Haha what was she, his mother or something? I clasped my hands together and rocked back and forth on my heels and made a baby voice.
"yeaw sowa you gotta be nice"
"haha shut up…(sigh) retard"
"takes one to know one"
Haha man I just love messing with this kid, hes like that dysfunctional brother I've always wanted. What can I say? He even looks like me.
"hey sora" that kairi girl was talking again. What could she want now?
"heh yeah?
"wanna go buy me a soda?" she latched onto his arm and snuggled against him. Wooooow…are you serious?!
"hmm…fiiiiine, lets go guys" wow what a sucker. If he's gonna give in whenever she touches him then he's in for a rough life. (sigh) poor guy.
So we walked out of the arcade with some people still yelling our names and patting us on the backs. About time we got out of there, I thought we were gonna get eaten alive. And I WAS feeling a little bit hungry.
"so where are we gonna eat? I'm starved" I looked around the mall hallway looking for a food vendor while rubbing my stomach.
"hmm…well I'm in the mood for Chinese." CHINESE?! Man rookie here is full of surprises. I LOVE Chinese food.
"YES!!CHINESE!! China Wok here we come" I couldn't help but smile. I mean hey, Chinese food is the bomb diggity.
All that action made me forget how big this mall really was. I gotta say I was sorta disheartened about it. I mean we had to walk a loooooong way just to get to the food court. Past eight bathrooms, 4 game stores, 5 kiosks, a general store, and a spaceman to be exact. I could only stare at how big this court was.
"holy…" heh I mean what else could I say? I mean if you thought the arcade was big then you should really take a look at this place. On the left there were Chinese restaurants. MY FAVORITE! To the right Japanese. There was basically every culture food you could think of in here.
My mouth started watering.
"LATER KIDS!" I dashed for the Chinese section and stared through the glass with my mouth still watering. Heh how pathetic could ya get?
"I'll have some egg rolls, and some chow mein. OH don't forget the bourbon chicken and the fried rice. And OH--"
"roxas?
"and some fried pork and--"
"roooxaaas?"
"and some steamed shrimp. OH and--"
'ROXAS!!"
"huh?" haha wow I'm such a loser. I mean really… I left my girlfriend, my friend and HIS girlfriend just for food? (sigh) what's the world coming to?
"heh oh…sorry" I grinned and rubbed the back of my head.
"(sigh) your such a mess you know that?" she gave me that grin of hers and I just about lost it. I mean really, how could you not fall for such beautiful blonde hair and a gorgeous pair of ocean blue eyes? Oh god I'm getting sappy…see what this girl does to me?
"heh I know I know" I saw rookie and his girl walk up from behind namine. Gosh could they possibly be any more oblivious? I mean its so OBVIOUS that they like each other. What are they? Retarded or something? I pulled namine into a whisper for a second.
"hey…do you think we should try and play matchmaker with them?" I hitched my thumb in sora and kairi's direction.
"hmm…yeah I think so, but I say we give them a little time first."
"well…if you say so." before I knew it little miss kairi and rookie here went and grabbed a table. Eh I was fine with that. You gotta admit though, they did make a cute little couple. I smirked at myself and turned towards my…goddess…
"heh…sooooooo…school starts in a week." I don't know why I couldn't just look her in the eyes. Those beautiful ocean blue eyes. So instead I just looked at the floor rubbing the back of my head as if it were more interesting. I mean wow look at those tile designs.
"um…yeah…I'm actually kind of excited though" gosh that voice of hers was like a silver bell. she lifted up my chin and with her soft hand and smiled at me. I could feel the heat in my cheeks coming up. Man I bet I look like a tomato…
"heh you're so cute roxas" huh? Say what? Im cute? Heh what can I say? At least this girls got good taste. Before I could stop myself I grabbed her hands in mine and pulled her into a soft kiss. Wow…I wonder what got a hold of me. After what seemed like a forever I pulled back from her. Oh boy I was feeling like a tomato again. Mmm…blueberry. I touched my lips and FINALLY looked into her eyes. I think I might have done something wrong. She was just sorta…standing there as if she'd seen a ghost. But after a few seconds I saw her smile. Man that smile. I'm telling ya kids, this girl is like an angel in disguise.
"ay you wan' yo food?" oops I forgot all about my food. Alriiiight time to eat. WHOO!
I snatched my food and slammed the munny on the counter and ran over to the table. I swear I saw a flash of red go by while I ran but I just sorta ignored it. I plopped myself into a chair and started wolfing down my food. I'm a guy, it's what I do.
SORA'S POV
Well Roxas sorta decided to come over to the table and well…what I saw was pretty…odd. He was just wolfing down his food like an animal. I sorta made a face like this à Oo. Quite strange if you ask me but hey, he is who he is. I've been thinking a lot though, like where could Riku be?
"hmm…I wonder where Riku is…"
"oh yeah…I wonder where he's at…" Kairi put one of her hands up to her chin in thought.
"I'll give him a call, excuse me for a sec." I smiled at her and walked off towards the restroom so I could be a little less distracted. I just started punching in Riku's numbers until my phone started ringing. It was Riku calling…weird. I answered.
"hey Riku" I smiled into the phone. "I was just about to call you--"
"sora! Get out of the mall NOW!" I could feel my eyebrow starting to raise.
"huh?…uh what do you mean?"
"I DON'T HAVE TIME TO EXPLAIN! JUST GRAB KAIRI AND RUN! I'LL MEET YOU AT THE CAR!" I heard him scream and the line went silent. Oh no…what could be going on? I didn't dare question Riku. I ran back to the table and looked around. As I looked around I could feel a sweat drop cascading down my cheek. I looked straight at Kairi and I knew she could tell something was wrong. Non to surprising, Roxas was still wolfing down his food with Namine sitting by dreamily watching him eat.
"What's wrong Sora?"
"you guys…we have to get out of here now."
Roxas stopped eating long enough to look at me with a mouth full of food.
"whuuft?" he swallowed and tried again.
"what? Why?"
" there's no time to explain, Riku just called me and it sounds like something bad's about happen. He said he would meet us at my car and explain everything." I could see Roxas smirk out of the corner of my eye.
"heh this is a joke right? Haha your so funny sora." I felt my eye twitch in annoyance but I would deal with him later. All of a sudden the floor began to tremble. I looked around and I could see everyone else in the court looking rather worried. The trembling began to grow more and more violent as the seconds passed.
"Do you still think I'm joking Roxas? Now lets get OUT of here." I almost yelled but I kept the majority of it in. I glanced at Kairi and grabbed her by the wrist and started off at a run to get to the nearest exit. I looked behind me to see Roxas doing the same with Namine. I took a hard left at the first intersection of the mall hallways and headed straight for the door with Roxas and Namine still close behind. I threw it open and held my keys in the air and pressed the panic button to try and find where my car could be in this maze of automobiles. There was beeping to my left and I ran as fast as I could not daring to think twice about what could be happening. I've been in enough of an adventure to know not to dare question anything when something bad is about to happen. Just think and run. I saw Riku running towards my car from the other side and I waved my other hand up for him to see me. Apparently I was still holding Kairi's hand. As we all got closer to my car I could still feel the ground trembling beneath me, but I noticed Riku. I heard Namine and Kairi gasp in shock behind me and I heard Roxas moan.
"oh...god…Riku what happened?!"
His cheek had a large cut on it and he was bleeding from his mouth. I saw him holding his ribs so I guessed that a few of them might have been broken. His clothes were tattered and there was a large rip on the front of his shirt with some cuts underneath.
"no time to explain." He began panting. "Get in the car and get us as far away from here as possible."
I heard him pant even harder and I could tell he was fighting to stay conscious as he stumbled a little bit trying to open the car door. He climbed in first to get the very back row of seats to himself while Namine and Roxas sat in the second row with me and Kairi in the front. I thrust the keys into the ignition and put the car in reverse and began to back out of the parking space. I was in the clear and I stepped on the gas and began making my way from the mall. I looked into my rear view mirror and saw Riku laying down in the back row.
"okay Riku…What's going on here?" I furrowed my eyebrows while switching my sight from Riku in the mirror to the road in front of me. Getting in a car crash was DEFINITELY unwelcome at this point.
"I saw him…" my eyes widened and I felt my heart begin to race. I glanced over to the left and stopped in an empty parking lot and turned around and stared Riku straight in the eyes.
"no…not him, please tell me it wasn't him Riku…ANYONE but him." Riku's eyes glazed over with concern as he sat up in the backseat with a grunt.
"…"
"RIKU! WAS IT XEMNAS?!" I screamed at the top of my lungs at him without even thinking. But all I saw him do was close his eyes in pain as he coughed up blood in attempt to answer.
"yeah…It was him." Riku began his explanation of what happened since he left Kairi and Sora at the mall map.
"It started after I left you guys. I walked up the escalators towards the top floor to get to roof of the mall where I could just sit and relax and wait for you guys to get done."
I quickly switched glances with kairi, almost forgetting that she, Namine, and Roxas were in the car with us.
"I heard a strange buzzing noise behind me and I turned around. Before I knew it Xemnas had knocked me out. I couldn't remember what happened after that but I woke up tied to a chair. I was stuck like that for an hour and a half inside some room that only mall employees could get into. I heard some cheering and yelling and a whole bunch of beeping and stuff so I guessed that I was somewhere close to the arcade. I tried yelling for help but no one heard me. But then Xemnas came in through a door beside me and started speaking to me. He told me that he would get his revenge on us and that he would destroy us all. After that he just walked out and left me there alone. I was in too much shock to have even asked him how he came back. I kept trying to escape but thankfully enough…I still had the ability to hold a key blade. After it came to me I cut myself free, and I called your number. Only a few seconds after I got a hold of you, I heard footsteps from outside the door. I knew it was him, so I braced myself and began hitting him with everything I had when he opened the door." he took a deep breath and continued. "I began hitting him from the side but he blocked everything I threw at him with those beam sword things that he had. He caught me on my leg and punched me straight in my face and I flew back into the wall. He had really sharp nails…that's why I have this cut on my face. After I hit the wall I was lost for a second, I could hardly tell what happened. It was only for a second but that was more than enough time for him to run to me and grab me around my throat and raise me up against the wall. I was starting to lose consciousness while he suffocated me. But he just laughed and he tore his nails across my stomach and chest before he started hammering punches into my rib cage to make sure I didn't pass out so I could feel every hit. That sick bastard…" he stopped and took another deep breath.
"I kicked him away from me and slashed him with my key blade. He flew back into a pile of boxes but I didn't dare look back to see if I did any damage to him…I ran…as fast as I could to get out of there. I made it to the parking lot just fine, and I started looking for your car. I knew I was close but I couldn't find it. But then it started going off and then I saw you guys running towards it. I broke off at a run and got to your car. And well…here we are. But I cant get his words out of my head. He said he would get revenge on us and destroy us all. Sora this can't be good at all. Now that he's back he'll do anything and everything within his power to get back at us…but he's even stronger than before. Just look what he did to me…"
I was taking everything in as if I was breathing underwater, but I could swear my heartbeat was racing at least 500 beats per second. He looked out his window and I turned back around in my seat still breathing hard with eyes wide with shock. I saw Kairi look at me and she looked as if she was on the verge of tears. She reached out and grabbed my hand in hers and I slowly turned my head and my eyes met with hers. Those light violet eyes of hers were so beautiful. I never really took the time to appreciate them more than I did now because now there was actually a possibility that I might never see them again.
"He can get us at any time Sora…" Riku continued to look out his window.
"we have to be prepared to fight for our lives again…"
I let out a very long very deep breath as I felt my chest rise and fall in rhythm. This whole time I had been gripping the steering wheel and I had no idea how white and blood lacking my knuckles had become. I took one last glance at everybody in the car and nodded at Riku as I raised my hand in front of me just over the dashboard of the car. My hand went warm as a blinding light surrounded it and within that light materialized the key blade. I grasped the silver handle delicately and looked the blade up and down.
"I remember the first time I ever held this thing…" I turned in my seat and smiled towards Riku.
"It was on that night when everything changed…" Riku smiled also
"just about a year ago when I first came into the organization." I nearly forgot that Roxas still existed but I smiled at him too.
"Roxas…" I stared him hard in the eyes as my smile faded.
"we're going to need your help. Can you summon your key blades?"
"tch of COURSE I can summon my key blades" he rolled his eyes at me and smirked. It was hard to believe how he could still be so cocky with such a critical situation at hand. He held both of his hands out and in them materialized MY original key blades: the Oathkeeper and the Oblivion. He smirked that ignorant smirk of his and let them disappear. Namine sat next to him looking out the window. It was rather surprising how quiet she had been this whole time. Same with Kairi.
I looked at my other hand. My other empty hand. My other empty key bladeless hand. I glanced over to Roxas one last time and tried calling on another key blade, I mean if Roxas could do it then maybe Riku and I could too. My eyes shut and I began thinking, calling out for another blade. I felt something begin to stir within my left hand but it wasn't the same as with the warmth of the kingdom key in my right. This one felt…cold. Evil you could even say. I opened my eyes and I saw the monstrosity that was now in my left hand. It was almost like the oblivion except though it was beautiful…I could tell just how evil and putrid it was. I looked up and down its white sheen as I grasped its white handle. Yeah, it was a white oblivion. Yeah I know how evil it could be because I heard legends of a legendary blade like this. "only one with the purest heart but the most hatred and darkness could wield a blade with such power as this. Only one with enough light and dark to balance each other out is capable of wielding an instrument of such power." I looked at both key blades in my hands. But while I was at it I changed my kingdom key to the black oblivion. The duo now in my hands was a very beautiful, yet deadly combination. My eye lids dropped as I lowered my head in thought of all the dangers that were indeed possible from this point on. But this time my war will probably be fought on the home front…no other worlds and no other people to help this time. This time it may only be just me, Roxas, and Riku. I turned back in my seat again and looked at everybody in the car. Each had eyes wide all staring at my white oblivion.
"sora…how did you…" Roxas tried to get the words out but all I got out of him was just a word here and there.
"truth be told Roxas…I don't know, I saw you with your key blades so I tried the same thing."
"but yours look so much cooler! No fair"
(sigh) I swear this guy was such a kid sometimes.
"okay…we should get going again. But where should we go. You guys go any ideas?"
"as of now, we're pretty much in the red zone. I say we keep things on the down low for now…if anything we should just relax until the next time we're going to see 'him' again."
"sounds right I guess." I put the car in drive and I made my way back to our houses on the island. Why was all of this happening. And it all started just as I Thought Things Were Normal Again…
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So yeah this is my first fan fic. dont be too harsh pweeze :3 dont worry though, if you liked it then i'll update soon. but as far as the style the story will be written in. im thinking i'll write it in parts. like this was part numero UNO! and there were 8 chapters in it. Part 2 will probably have about the same number of chapters in it. but as far as what im planning this story will probably go on for a while:3 and i made sure that everything was better in my writing so as of now i shall leave you all to write my newest section.
Reviews are always welcome:3 critiques, advice, and praisea happy me and a shoutout to you
