Kingdom Hearts: The Trials of Light and Dark
A Light in the Rain production
Neki © Light of Heaven and Kitty Fetish
Reni Concept © Kitty Fetish
Reni © Black Rainy
Kingdom Hearts Characters and Concept © Square Enix and Disney
Final Fantasy Characters © Square Enix
All rights reserved.
Rainy: Okay, one of my friends had trouble knowing who's who when we did the bold and italics thing, so I'm just going to do script for this part n.n;
Light: Awwwwwwwww...
Rainy: Anyways, welcome to the sequel of Before the Door!
Light: This is The Trials of Light and Dark, otherwise known as tToLaD.
Rainy: ::giggle::
Light: What?
Rainy: tToLaD—Toe Lad. XDDD
Light: ::sigh:: Only you, Rainy, only you... anyways, we left our last story with Reni being sucked up into the darkness.
Rainy: No sora fight?
Light: Oo Rainy, you wrote the last chapter, don't you remember?
Rainy: ::giggle:: Toe Lad...
Light: Ugh, nevermind. Here's The Trials of Light and Dark.
Chapter warning: There is a lot of switching points of views—but there's a reason for it.
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The Trials of Light and Dark
Chapter 1
Reni sat, curled up in the corner of an alley, slowly taking in her surroundings.
Where am I? She silently asked herself. Standing up, she walked out in front of a building to see a town square. That was strange...was this a different world?
Turning around, Reni looked at the building behind her. An accessory shop? She entered it, and the man behind the counter turned and said cheerfully, "Hello, how may I—" He suddenly stopped and frowned. "Ah, it's just a kid. Dangit. Ugh, what do you want?"
Reni, slightly insulted, blinked a few times. "Well, excuse me!" Something was familiar about him. She squinted a little. Had she met him befo—oh man, she had.
"UNCLE CID?!!" Reni screamed, running and nearly busting the counter to pieces. Cid stared at her.
"Do I know you?"
"Yes! Yes you do!" Reni, ignoring the counter, squeezed Cid to death—I mean, HUGGED Cid. "I'm Twerpy Number Two!!! Ya'know, from ten years ago! I'm Reni!"
Ungluing her from him, he said, "Wha? Twerpy Number Two?! Where's Twerpy Number One?"
"I dunno we were sent to this island and it was being swallowed by darkness and I was following Riku but then I saw Kairi and she wouldn't come out then Sora had a key thing and it was all like weeeeeeeeeeeee an' stuff and he went to get Kairi out and then I flew..." Reni said all in one breath.
Cid stared. "Who what when where why?"
Reni sighed heavily, "Me and Riku were on this island, and I went to check the secret place, where Kairi was, she wouldn't come out, so I ran to where Riku was supposedly, and Sora was there with this key thing, and we ran back to Kairi, and he went into the secret place, and then I was flying through the air or something."
"I have no idea what or who you're talking about," Cid stated, "but you know how to fight right?" Reni nodded.
"But I don't have my bow and arrows with me."
Cid pointed to the ceiling, "There are some synthesizing Moogles up there, they'll make you a bow and some arrows. You'll have to get the ladder down yourself though. I'll put it back up when you're up there. Once you're done getting your little archery set, go to the Second District. Do you remember Squall, Yuffie, and Aerith?" Reni nodded, and Cid continued. "Go to the hotel and yell for them. You'll at least find Aerith. She'll help you." Reni nodded again, to show she understood, and looked at the ladder.
Swiftly, she crawled onto the fireplace in the corner, and took a running leap to the ladder. She grabbed it, causing it to fall down, and for her to smack the ground forcibly. "OW ERASER!!!!" She shrieked after hitting the ground. Slowly, Reni lifted herself up.
"I said get the ladder down, not to commit suicide." Cid told her sharply. She stuck her tongue out at him and painfully climbed the ladder.
A few minutes later, Reni had a pretty kickbutt bow and some kewl arrows. They even gave her a quiver that tied around her waist instead of the normal tying around her back. The quiver was designed to never run out of arrows.
"Thanks guys!" Reni chirped to the moogles. "Gotta go! Bye!" And she exited through the upper door. She walked over to the Second District door.
Meanwhile, a certain brunette was woken up sharply when a yellow dog pounced on him.
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Neki slowly opened her eyes to find herself on a weird floating island. Bolting to an upright position, she looked around in alarm.
"Hello?!" She yelled, standing up. "Riku?! Riku where are you?!" She looked at the floating islands below her and saw the said male three islands below. "Riku! Hold on, I'm coming!" She quickly hopped down every island to Riku.
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"Okay, hotel," Reni sighed, entering the hotel hallway. She took a big, deep breath, and then screamed, "LEEEEEEEEEOOOOOOOONNN!!!! YUUUUUUUUUUUUUFFFFFFIIIIIIEEEE!!!! AAAAAAAEEEEERRRRRRIIIIIITTTTHHH!!!! IIIIIIIIIIIII AAAAAAAMMMM VEEEEEERRRRYYYYYY COOOOOONFUUUUUUUSEDDDDD!!!"
A woman in a pink dress came out of one of the rooms and stared at Reni. "I'm Aerith, do I know you?"
"Yes! I'm Reni!" Reni exclaimed, jumping up and down. "Remember ten years ago?! Reeemmmmeeeeemmmbbeee—Ooh, I like your dress!" Reni ran over and began to play with Aerith's skirt, giggling like an idiot.
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((A/N: Okay, this next part isn't what was in the game, but it's in the Manga...aaaand I'm too lazy to start a new KH1 game right now, so I'm just following the manga XD))
Sora ran around everywhere, looking for his friends. That's what Cid said to do. He ended up back in the First District again, and revisited Cid. Cid said to go look some more, so, sighing, Sora walked back out of the Accessory Shop.
"They'll keep coming after you," A voice said. Sora looked around in alarm. A man walked into view, and continued his sentence. "As long as you continue to wield the keyblade.
"What?" Sora asked, backing away. The man kept walking forward.
"I'm sorry, but I'm gonna have to ask you to take a little nap." The man swung his humongous sword.
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Sora slowly opened his eyes, and blinked them a few times. He saw a pair of eyes above them. They looked like Kairi's.
"You okay?" Asked a voice.
"Ooh...Kairi...?" Sora groaned.
The eyes stared at him like he was crazy. "Kairi? Who's Kairi? I'm the great ninja Yuffie!" Sora launched himself into a sitting position. No, this wasn't Kairi! "I think you overdid it, Squall." The great ninja Yuffie told the man Sora assumed was 'Squall' and recognized as the man who had attacked him.
"That's Leon." Squall/Leon corrected sharply. They all stopped when they heard some glass-shattering screaming becoming louder and louder. Suddenly, there was a bang at the door. Leon stared at the door behind him as if it had just sprouted feet and was doing the chicken dance.
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"Leeeeeeeeoooooon!" Goofy yelled into the empty alley as Donald yelled, "Where are you?!"
"I wonder where he is," Goofy pondered aloud.
"This town is too huge!" Donald growled unhappily. "If we don't hurry, we'll never find the key!"
"Uh-yuh!" Goofy agreed.
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The doorknob began to jerk ferociously, and then a familiar blonde girl burst into the room glaring with the fiery passion of a thousand suns.
Before Sora had a chance to yell 'Neki', for that's who he thought it was, the said girl tackled him. "SORA WHY DID YOU MAKE ME STAY OUT THERE! I could've helped in the secret place and got Kairi outta there! But nooooo you had to be Mr. 'I'm-a-big-boy-now' and leave me out to be sucked into the air, and flung here!"
Sora pushed her off of him, and said incredulously, "Hey, you're not Neki! You're Reni!"
Reni's anger seemed to disappear, and her eyes widened. "Neki's here?! Where?! And where's Riku?" She turned to see Yuffie and Leon. "Yuffie! Squally-poo!"
"Short-stuff!" Yuffie squealed, glomping Reni.
"I'm Leon." Leon glared at the girl.
Reni blinked at him through Yuffie's arms. "Awwwwwww, I got the wrong person."
"Nope, that's Squall turned Leon!" Yuffie detangled herself from the younger girl and jabbed a thumb at Leon. Reni squealed and then hugged Leon around his middle while he rolled his eyes.
"Wait, wait, hold up!" Sora interrupted, causing everyone to look at him. "Okay, you all, know her." He pointed from Yuffie and Leon, to Reni. "You, know them." He pointed from Reni to Yuffie and Leon. "Okay, that doesn't add up! What's going on here?"
Reni paled considerably, her eyes wide. "Uhhhhh..." She then looked at Yuffie and Leon. "Uh, who the heck are you guys?! I don't know you!" She lied lamely. "Oh well, gotta go! Nice seeing you Sora!"
Just as she was about to escape through the door, there was another big bang at the door along with scratching sounds along with clinking armor. Reni backed away from the door as if the door had sprouted legs and was doing the chicken dance.
"Darn, they're already here!" Leon yelled. "Yuffie, GO!" He commanded.
"What? Hey!" Sora protested, glaring.
"Just follow me!" Leon yelled, bursting out onto the balcony.
"We'll explain later!" Reni shouted to him, trailing Leon and pulling out her bow and arrows. Grumbling, Sora followed.
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Finally, they reached the Third District.
"Ugh, can you tell me NOW?!" Sora yelled at Reni as he fought off a soldier heartless in the middle of the square.
"Fine!" Reni retorted, aiming and firing at far off Shadows on the stairs. "Neki and I came to the island from a different world ten years ago, and the world we used to live in was the same world Leon and Yuffie lived in!" She let an arrow fly. "Happy now?!"
Sora didn't get to answer, for he heard some yelling above him:
"Let's get em, Goofy!" A strange, scratchy voice yelled. Then there was a loud thunk, a bright light, and a duck and a dog thing were flying through the air, and straight towards Sora.
"Wha—" Sora yelled, and he began to run. "Ahhh!"
Bonk.
The Duck and the Dog were now on top of Sora, who was holding his Keyblade out in front of him.
"Ouch..." Sora groaned under all the weight.
"Oh, the Key!" Goofy and Donald exclaimed happily.
"Sora!" Reni yelled as walls shot out of the ground, imprisoning Sora, Donald and Goofy.
BOOM. Sora looked ahead, seeing a giant armored foot in front of him. BOOM. Another appeared. Bonk, there's a body. Clank, clank, arms. Thok, a head.
"Uhhhhhhhhh..." Donald stared at the Giant Armor.
"Not again!" Sora whined, preparing himself for battle.
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Neki silently cradled Riku's head in her lap. He wasn't waking up yet. Neki wondered why he wasn't waking up, but she had, but decided not to go to deep into that.
Despite she was worried, Neki felt proud of herself. To tell the truth, when the darkness had come out of the ground, she had been totally freaking out, but she still launched herself into that vast of swirling black, just to follow Riku.
Hrmm...maybe that's why I woke up before him... Neki silently thought. Maybe my heart's stronger than his...
Stroking his hair a little, she shifted so his head was on her stomach, so she could lie down and rest.
I wonder if Sora's okay, I didn't see him reach Riku's hand before we were swallowed. She mused silently. And Reni and Beaver. Riku was there, so Reni had to be somewhere on the island, and I saw Beaver's boat, so unless Reni stole it to follow Riku, Beaver was there too...I hope they're all okay.
She let her mind wander until she fell asleep.
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"You were looking for me?" Sora asked Donald and Goofy in surprise. They had just finished the big boss battle and were standing in the First District.
"They too, have been seeking the wielder of the keyblade." Leon answered for them, leaning against the wall with his arms crossed.
"Hey, why not join us?" Goofy suggested. "We can go to other worlds on our vessel!" Donald nodded.
"I wonder if I could find Riku, Neki, and Kairi..." Sora said, staring at the ground.
"Of course!" Donald exclaimed.
"Really?" Goofy whispered to Donald confidentially.
"Who knows? But we need him to help us find the king," Donald jabbed a thumb in Sora's direction.
Leon sighed and stepped forward. "Sora, go with them. Especially if you want to find your friends."
"Yeah...I guess," Sora said even sadder.
Donald waved a finger at him "You can't come looking like that! No frowning, no sad faces," Donald told him "Okay?"
"Yeah, you gotta look funny—like us!" Goofy laughed.
"This boat runs on happy faces!" Donald informed Sora.
"Happy?" Sora asked sadly. There was a long pause, then Sora looked back up at them with the stupidest smile in the world. "Cheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeese...ehh...uhh...wha?" He faltered when he saw Goofy and Donald staring at him.
"HA HA HA HA HA HA HAAA!" Donald and Goofy laughed loudly.
"That's one funny face!" Goofy giggled.
((A/N: that's fun to say! Goofy-giggled, goofy-giggled!))
"Okay, why not? I'll go with you guys!" Sora announced, suddenly happy again.
"I'm Donald Duck!" Donald exclaimed putting his hand out.
"Name's Goofy," Goofy also put his hand out.
"And I'm Sora," Sora told them, putting his hand down ontop of theirs. Suddenly, a thin pale hand slipped it's way onto theirs.
"Reni!" Reni piped up. Sora gaped at her.
"Reni you are NOT coming along!" He demanded.
"What? Why not, Sora?!" Reni whined. "I gotta protect you!"
There was a long period of silence.
Reni fish-eyed them all. "What?! Girls can't protect guys anymore?!"
"They never DID." Sora interrupted.
"Oh, SEXIST!!!" Yuffie yelled shrilly.
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Slowly, Riku opened his eyes, and sat up into a kneeling position. "Where...am I?" He asked.
Neki sat up and stretched, "What?" she yawned.
Riku jumped when she spoke, and whirled around to face her. "Ah! Oh, god, it's only you...where are we?"
Neki shrugged. "We're on a floaty island thingy."
Rolling his eyes, he said sarcastically, "Wow, I'd never guess!" He sighed and stood. Neki remained sitting. "Let's get outta here," Riku held out his hand to help her up.
Neki stared at his hand for a while, wondering if this was what Sora had seen before the darkness took them. Then she took it, and was hoisted up.
"Let's get to the top," Riku said, climbing one of the floating island sides. Neki followed suit, and climbed up.
A few islands later, Riku asked her, "Do you need help?"
"No I don't." Neki answered slowly. "Why do you ask?"
"Well, Reni's not the only one with spaghetti arms, if you get what I mean," Riku informed her. He was hanging from the ledge with one hand, staring down at her.
Neki got defensive, "I do NOT have spaghetti arms! How dare you think I have spaghetti arms?!" She pointed accusingly at him, "I don't have spaghetti arms! You need your eyes—" She lost footing. "che—AAAK!!!" Riku leaned down and grabbed her wrist before she fell.
"Yeah, you have spaghetti arms, Neki," He pulled her up, and propped his knee up for her to sit on. "But I don't mind; they're MY spaghetti arms." He smirked at her.
"Well, seeing as I'm sitting on a silver haired man's knee above many miles of nothingness," Neki began smiling flirtily. "I'm now afraid of heights."
"What's that supposed to mean?" He asked accusingly, but smiling all the way.
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"Okay, to sneak onto that gummi ship," Yuffie whispered softly to Reni. "You'll first need to wear some darker clothing so they have a harder time seeing you—here's some." Yuffie handed Reni some black ninja clothes. "And I suggest that you sneak on before them, and go to the WAY back end of it, preferably a closet, understand?" Reni nodded, already halfway into the black clothing and slipping her bright pink clothes into a convenient pouch on her hip. "Okay, go make me proud!"
Reni smiled insanely, and had to keep from giggling as she ran silently past the talking Sora, Donald, and Goofy to the World Exit door.
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Rainy: AND I LEAVE YOU!!!!
Light: Wow, that's about...9 pages without author comments!
Riku: How long is it WITH author comments?
Rainy: 10 and a quarter. So technically 11.
Sora: Daaaang, and this is coming from a girl on writers' block?
Rainy: Well, I'm only having writers' block on Escape from Memory...but I'm working on that tomorrow.
Light: Hmm...that's nice—PUT THIS ON FANFICTION DOT COM ALREADY!!!
Riku: You know, when the readers see this, it will already BE on the website, right?
Light: I don't care I just feel like SHOUTING FOR SOME REASON!!! REVIEW!!!
Next to write: Light of Heaven!
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