Ok, as you guys may or may not know, this is a fanfic written by Kchan929(total noob at this; ) and Naomi Iori(not a noob). It is a brilliant cross-over for two of the world's most popular video games: Kingdom Hearts and Fire Emblem.(Fire Emblem 7 to be exact) So yeah, let's just go ahead and get this started!
Naomi: ..Disclaimer.
Kchan: Right! We do NOT own Kingdom Hearts or Fire Emblem because if we did, the Fire Emblem world would be in the actual game.:P So there.
Beyond Distant Worlds
Ch. 1
My Heart's A Battleground
"It's finally time…to open the door…I'm going for it, Master…" the girl said approaching the large doors leading to the realm of dragons, "If I can just get some quintessence from at least one dragon, it may be enough…to revive you…"
With all of her strength, she began to open the Dragon's Gate. "All for you…Master…"
Just as she felt that she was out of strength, the door slowly starts to open.
"Yes! Yes! It's working! I can't believe it!" The girl starts crying, "All for you, Lord Nergal! You shall be back soon! And then, we can be together again. Now! GATE! OPEN! Bring me to the realm of the dragons!"
As the door opens, a large dark figure appears from the other side. "Yes, yes, that's it!" The girl's golden eyes flashed in excitement. "Come out dragon, and enter the world of the wretched humans!"
The figure slowly emerged, revealing a large, dark shadow with a hole in its chest shaped like a heart.
The girl stumbled back. "Is that... a dragon?...No...it can't be...then...what IS it?"
Just as the dark figured loomed out, the door started filling with more shadows and soon more and more of the heartless enter the world of humans and ran amuck.
The girl quickly moved to the wall before being trampled by the hordes of different beasts. As the last one entered, she sank to the floor and clutched her chest. Her ebony hair fell to her face. "Something...has gone wrong...what ARE those things?"
A single shadow that was searching the room, spotted her and went to her. The girl instantly reacted. "Get away monster!" She automatically removed its heart and absorbed it into her body. "What the-? This...energy? It feels like quintessence...only stronger..."she smirked, "I can find a use for these monsters yet. Soon, master...you will return...I'll make sure of it..."
On another side of the world, in a small village just outside Pherae, a problem arose.
Sora started looking around as everything came into view. "What's going on!?" he said as everything was in chaos.
A lone soldier rides up to the party. "The village is under attack!" "Impossible!" said Marcus, "Is it bandits?" "No sir, it's...those things!" The soldier points to an upcoming heartless. Serra squealed. "Ewwwwwww! What IS that thing?!?" "A heartless!" Sora yelled knowing them instantly, "What are they doing here!?"
Rhea the tactician ruffled her nose. "They're from your world, I assume?" she asked. "Yeah, there's no time to explain though! We have to hurry before they start stealing people's hearts!" "Right!"
Rhea let out a nervous sigh and reached for her dagger. This would be her first real battle after all the training she had. A bead of sweat rolled down her face. My first fight...I can do this...even though I've never fought anything like these things in my entire life!
Lyn interrupted her thoughts. "This is your first battle, isn't it?" she asked. "...I was too much of a burden before. I was always giving out orders and making battle plans, but never doing any fighting myself..." Lyn put her hand on Rhea's shoulder. "You weren't a burden to us...and never will be." "...Thanks." Rhea smiled a little.
"Well then, Rhea? What are our orders?" Lyn asked. "Well, I know we've never fought an enemy like this before, but I'm sure we can do it," Rhea then addresses the party, "Ok everyone! We must defeat these...heartless?...or at least drive them out of the village. Make sure that all the villagers are safe. And be careful everyone! Let's move out!"
"Right!" Sora said charging already like an idiot going to fight off heartless like he always used to do. A shadow heartless approaches Rhea. She stared at it nervously for a little while until it decided to lunge at her. "Augh!" Rhea quickly slashed at it, subduing it. The heartless vanished and a small heart appeared. Rhea watched it float into the sky and then vanish. "What...was that?" She wondered. "Looked like a heart," Hector replied.
"Yes, but...why did it do that? Why did it float up into the sky like that?" Rhea continued to stare at the sky.
Eliwood called out to them. "What in the word are you two doing?!?" "Worry about the little things later! We have to drive these things away from the village!" Lyn said. Rhea snapped out of it. "Oh...sorry! Back to the fray!" "Calm down, I'm coming!" Hector yelled back running off.
"Rhea!" Sora said running towards her. "A lot of the villagers are running around! That can't be good!" "Oh no! We have to get them to settle down!" "I'll go this way!" Sora said running off stupidly again before he could really get Rhea's say in it.
"Calm down, everybody! Hurry and go back to your homes!" Sora yelled to the panicking villagers. The villagers, of course, completely ignore him.
A girl wanders around appearing to look lost and confused. Drat! Where did these mercenary people come from? They're ruining all the fun! She thought. She flipped her ebony hair back in frustration.
"Hey, don't ignore me!" Sora yelled frustrated. He knew more about the heartless then they did! He then saw the girl. "Hey! You have to get home before the heartless takes your heart!" The girl jumps. "Hey, what are you talking about you dumb- I mean ok!" She then runs off. "Wow...talk about bipolar." Sora said before running off to relocate Rhea.
"Please ma'am! You must calm down and return to your home! We will take care of this!" Rhea tried reasoning with a villager woman. "You? But you're just a child! Ahhhh! We're doooooomed!" the woman screamed. Please don't remind me. Rhea thought, " Listen. Lord Eliwood and his army are here. And we're fending off these...um...things...as we speak. So please ma'am. Return to your home. Everything will be fine." "...Alright, but you need to be careful out there child. This is a battlefield and a battlefield is no place for you!" the woman ran away.
Rhea just stood there looking a bit disappointed. "She obviously doesn't know who I am." She then moves on to the next panicking civilian. "Don't worry. We will handle this, sir!" Rhea reassured an elderly man. "Well, alright, but you might want to look out behind you!" he pointed and ran. "Wha-!!!" Rhea turned around and saw a heartless sliding on the ground then come up from it and jump at her.
"Thunder!" Sora said, casting a spell with his keyblade, making the heartless get struck before it could jump Rhea. "Are you ok!?" he said running to her with concern. Rhea came out of her temporary moment of shock. "Yes, I'm fine." Already I have to be saved? I'm pathetic. "Some people around here are really evil. One girl yelled at me then just changed personalities!" "That is strange. But she is safe, right?" "I guess," Sora shrugged. "Good. She is a civilian after all, no matter how bratty or strange they may be." Rhea responded. "Right," Sora said, somewhat understanding the situation. "All the villagers are safe then. The only problem left is the heartless..." "Don't worry, leave them to me! This is all I need!" Sora said showing off his keyblade. Rhea looked skeptically at the weapon. "I've been meaning to ask. Exactly HOW do you fight with a giant key?" "It's the keyblade!" Sora said overly happy, "It's what the heartless fear!" Why is he so cheerful in the middle of a battle? Well I guess it's my fault for asking…she thought. "Um...if you say so."
Sora smiled brightly at Rhea. "Hey, smile," he said. Rhea looked at him baffled. "Um...why?" "Just try it!" he demanded. Rhea quickly smiled then shook her head and sighed. "We're in the middle of a battle!" "But act happy. We're fighting to protect these evil people! You gotta think positive!" Sora explained to her. Evil people? Rhea thought. "Um...right then...positive." She put on a smile that made her mouth twitch a little. "Looks like we'll need ALOT of practice." Sora joked talking about his smile. He was used to smiling. His mom would always say in school pictures to "smile so wide we can see all your teeth!" So he's used to it.
Hector wandered by. "Being lovey-dovey on a battlefield? Shame on you children!" he teased. Rhea blushed. "Wha? What are you talking about?!?! W-we were discussing our c-current situation!" Ugh, the nerve. She thought. Sora laughed. "Very funny. C'mon, let's go!" he said while running off but not before looking back to smile at Rhea. She blushed a little and looked at the ground.
"Doesn't seem like you were 'discussing our current situation' to me," Hector teased. "…You're a jerk, you know that, right?" "Grr, c'mere you!" Hector gave Rhea a strong pat of the head with his massive hand and said, "Now stop daydreaming and start fighting!" He dashed off.
Rhea blushed more and rubbed her head. "I wasn't...daydreaming." She runs off in another direction.
The girl pouted. "Drat! All the people are gone! ...Oh well, I guess I've had enough fun letting them run for their very lives." She snapped her fingers and all the heartless disappeared. "Stupid mercenaries...wait a second...could they be...the same mercenaries that-" A noise cut her off before she could say anything else. She whipped up a ball of dark magic in her hand. "Who's there? Show yourself!"
A smaller blue-haired girl slowly came out of hiding not saying a word. "Oh great, it's a kid," the older girl said. The dark magic disappeared and she started to walk away. The smaller girl followed, making the older one walk faster. She still followed but at the same pace as last time.
The older girl smirked. Try to keep up now! Just then, the smaller girl picked up a rock and threw it at her head. The older girl tumbled to the ground. "Ow!" she cried, "What the hell is your PROBLEM!" "I dunno." The older girl growled, "Well, don't throw rocks at me or else you'll be sorry!"
And with that, the little girl threw a rock at her head once again. The older girl snapped. "DAMMIT! YOU LITTLE BRAT! I'D BETTER NOT BE BLEEDING!" "…" The little girl didn't hesitate to catch up to her. The older girl rubbed her head and glared at her. "Look, what do you want?" "Nothing."
The elder girl felt as if her head were about to explode. "UGH! You're wasting my time!" "Sorry." "Thank you. Now if you'll excuse me," the girl started to walk away again, the smaller one resumed following her. The older girl grew irritated and stopped. "Is there a reason in particular as to WHY you're following me?" she asked as politely as she could. "I dunno."
The girl felt steam coming from her ears at this point. "Whatever!" She continued walking. The smaller girl caught up but this time hugged her leg, making the older girl fall to the ground. She grew furious. "Look kid, I don't know WHY you're following me, but GO HOME," she yelled. "I can't," the little girl responded. "And why not?" the elder girl sighed. "Daddy will beat me." "Well BOO HOO for you!" Tears formed around the little girl's eyes. "…Please?" Unable to take it anymore, the older girl rolled her eyes and said, "Fine. Just don't get in my way or else." "Ok." The little girl got up and allowed the older one to stand as well.
The older girl sighed again. "I'd hate to ask this but…what is your name?" "They call me Lucretia…"the little one responded. "Wonderful. I'm Irene. Let's go," the older girl said staring to walk again. "Ok," Lucretia said following her.
"I think that's all of them." Sora said to the rest. "You have some explaining to do!!" Serra told him. "Yes, I do believe she is right." Rhea crossed her arms. Sora looked at everyone who all had looks that could kill.
"Um ok. So there's these heartless that go around stealing people's hearts. They go around stealing hearts because they don't have one of their own," Sora said making different hand motions for the "special" people, "Um, and well, they keep collecting hearts because they thrive for the biggest and strongest heart! The heart of the world!!!" Sora said making an exaggerating hand sign of total annihilation. Serra jumped and hid behind Erk. "Noooo! Don't let the nasty things take my heart away, Erky!" she screeched. Erk sighed.
Rhea rolled her eyes. "And you say that these heartless fear your...keyblade, was it?" "Yup!" Sora said proudly showing everybody his keyblade which shone in the light.
"Wow...a key's supposed to save us all...great." Hector said sarcastically. "Hector!" Eliwood warned.
Matthew looked at the keyblade in awe. "I bet that could open so many treasure chests!" "It can open anything!" Sora bragged. Matthew gasped. "You must let me try that sometime." "Sure!" Sora said folding his arms over his head as soon as his keyblade disappeared. Serra screeched. "Eep! Erky! It disappeared! Did you see?" Erk sighed again, "Yes, I saw. Let go of me." "Don't worry. It will come back when I need it!" Sora assured with a smile.
"Speaking of which, Rhea, this was your first time actually fighting with us, was it not? I have to say you did pretty good kid!" Hector said patting her on the back.
Rhea blushed. "No, I wasn't that great. Honestly..." "Oh, but I must disagree!" Sain interrupted, "You were amazing! Your movement was like a delicate flower swaying in the-" "Sain!" Kent warned. "Thanks Kent. But seriously, I really wasn't good at all!" Rhea said. "Don't worry. This was only your first time. And you're alive, right? You're a great tactician. You can do anything if you wanted to," Lyn replied. Rhea blushed. "Th-thanks Lyn..."
"Are we staying here? I want to check this place out!" Sora exclaimed. "Oh right! I guess our mission had been accomplished. Good work everyone!" Rhea said. Hector laughed. "You expected otherwise? You may be a kid but you get the job done!" "I'd appreciate it if you'd stop calling me a 'kid,' Lord Hector." "Hey, that's right!" Sain said, "Look how much she's grown in the past few months! Our little bud has become a beautiful rose!" Rhea sighed. "That's enough out of you, Sain," Kent said dragging him away. Sora snickered at Sain's comment before running off to check out the sights.
"Don't worry, Rhea! That's just boys for you!" Serra said. Rhea sighed. "I'll go make sure he doesn't get himself lost..." she said walking away.
Sora was just outside the bakery. He saw Rhea walking towards him. "Do they accept munny? I'm hungry." "If by that you mean gold, yes." Sora took out the spherical balls of gold. "Hm…looks like I got 200...I hope that's enough." Rhea stared at the munny. "What in the world is that?" "I said munny!" Rhea looked confused. "Um...no." She took out her bag and pulled out a piece of gold. "This is what they accept." "Oh, fine. I get your drift!" Sora said irritated.
Later on…
"What is he trying to do?" Serra asked Erk. "Don't ask me!" Erk replied. Everyone watched as Sora tried to reduce the size of his munny with his keyblade. Rhea crossed her arms and looked in amusement. "Um Rhea...?" Lyn muttered to her, "What is he doing?" "I really wish I knew..." Rhea responded with a sigh.
"I give up!" Sora said, throwing his keyblade on the floor, making it disappear. "I'm going to buy something whether they like it or not!" he demanded picking up his munny and running inside the bakery, "Hello? I need 3 hamburgers and a pizza! And got any ice cream?" The baker stared at him in utter confusion and fear. "Ham...burgers?"
Rhea walked up to the baker. "Please excuse him," she said dragging Sora back, "Ok, I don't know what in the world you're talking about, but you buy bread at a bakery." Sora look horrified, then sad. "Fine. I'll have some bread..." "I'll handle this," she said walking up to the baker again. She paid for the bread, came back and gave it to him. "Thanks...but why?" Sora asked confused. "Well...you wanted it...right?" "Well yeah, but...-" "Just accept it, alright?" "Alright...thank you," Sora said while smiling. Rhea turned her head and blushed. "N-no problem..." "??"
The rest of the day Sora ate his bread with complication seeing as it was ok but a bit bland. He HAD to eat it. Because Rhea paid for it with her own money! He thought.That and she was watching him like a hawk for some reason.
Either way he found this world to be quite boring, nothing to do without any video games or television.
"I think I'll go to sleep," he declared to Rhea. "Alright. Good night then." "Thanks," Sora said dully while getting up and walking away. Please. I don't care what I have to sacrifice. Just give me Riku and Kairi back…
End of Ch. 1
Kchan: Alright, so that's a wrap for Ch. 1! We hope you all have very much enjoyed it!bows
Naomi: Questions.
Kchan: Right! I'm sure you all have tons of questions!
Naomi: We can't answer them now.
Kchan: But we promise that all of your questions will be answered in future chapters so please stick with us and keep reading. Thank you all very much for reading!
Naomi: R & R please! Thank you.