Kingdom Hearts- Dirge of Twilight
Chapter -1: A Beginning
Prologue: It's been three years since the events that took place during the final battles with organization XIII, during those years Sora and his friends have been working for the King. Taking on different types of missions from exploration of old bases used by nobodies and Heartless, to exterminating large numbers of the two creatures whenever they so dared to invade towns.
Sora and company just recently received a message Donald and goofy explaining to them the current situation with Radiant Garden. Donald and Goofy paid a visit there and were immediately informed of a dire situation. They sent the later out to Sora as fast as possible. Sora and friends now waited for the two to come and take them to Radiant Garden.
~Destiny Islands~
Saturday: 9:35 am
* Sora's home*
Sora is sleeping soundly in his bed, the rays of the sun barely shining through his blinds, the silence of the room was broken by the loud ringing of his phone. "Ugh who's calling me this early; he groaned I know it's early in the morning. "He yawned as he looked at the clock resting on the small dresser where his phone stood on next to his bed. " Its 9:35 oh WAIT! emphasis on wait as it suddenly hit him.
"Donald and Goofy are supposed to be picking us up at ten aw crap-crap-crap; he palmed himself in the head, as he reached for the phone and hastily ran his thumb across the face of it, pressing the talk button he slaps the phone against the left side of his face.
"Hello"
He spoke groggily into the phone as he waited for a second for the person to respond, "Hey Sora I hope you weren't still sleeping... ugh I can't believe it you were weren't you" The female voice booming through the phone, " I'm sorry Kai I'll be there soon I promise. He got out of his bed and walked over to his fully body mirror as he told her.
"Well you better be here soon damn it don't think for a second that we wont leave you behind" He chuckled slightly at her statement come on now babe you know you wouldn't do that" he said with grin on his face, well see you when I get there. "Alright honey Love you" she spoke softly as she said it to him
"Love you too I'll see you soon bye, Sora hung up the phone then proceeded to stare at himself in the mirror, He only had on a pair of long shorts, staring sort of blankly into the mirror,he admired his build as he started to make flexing poses . "Oh yeah baby all that working out and battling really paid off "Sora your just too hot, heheh if you were any hotter the sun would stop shining for you out of jealousy. "He spoke confidently as he continued his little modeling show. His body has gotten more mass over the years although he still retained a small frame over all. "I have to fix my hair up first, hmm…I suppose cutting it was a good idea I can do a little more with it this way. He reached into his pocket and pulled out his comb and began to straighten his hair, running it through his spikes again and again; after he was finished he threw the combo to the side, "I guess it's sort of convenient that I sleep with that on me. Chuckling as he thought more about the fact that he sleeps with combs and the like on his person, he made one more pose in the mirror as he finally began to reach for his clothes he had already laid out the previous night.
*Hang out Island*
Riku sat on the side of the pier as he awaited the arrival of his friend, "Where the hell is he…he's late as crap that stupid idiot, Riku sighed in aggravation not believing Sora could be late for something important like this. Riku kicked his feet through the water a few times before standing up and stretching, He took a small and thin silver band out of his pocket and brought his hands up to the back of his head, he began to put his long sliver hair into a pony tail. After he was finished with his hair he began to walk away from the pier stopping for a moment because he thought he heard someone call his name; he looked over to his right and saw Tidus running over to him waving and calling out his name.
"Hey…Ri...ku..Riku I caught you in time…; Tidus was hunched over holding onto his knees with both hands, as he spoke while trying to catch his breath" I was afraid I would have been too late to catch you guys, He stood up straight having regained his breath. "What do you mean catch us… are you trying to say you plan on coming with us", Riku paused for a moment to make sure he understood completely. "Yeah that's right dude I do you guys have been going on adventures for a few years now and I've been stuck here doing nothing besides being the star of my schools blitzball team. Riku chuckled at Tidus because no matter what he is talking he always finds a way to toss in something about himself he feels makes him cool or great. "So this time I'm going to come along and see all the awesome things you guys do for myself, Riku's face frowned up a little as he thought about the idea of Tidus tagging along in this mission.
"Fine you can come but you better be useful to us or else. Tidus smiled happily at Riku excited he finaly gets to come along for the ride, he dances around Riku. "Don't worry man you don't think I have been only playing blitzball and hanging out here when you guys aren't around do you?. I have been getting sword training from my old man and he is really good at it so I know some stuff. Tidus spoke in a cocky tone as he closed his eyes and smirked. "We'll see about that come on we're going to go wait for Goofy and Donald to get here Riku said as he proceeded to walk towards the center of the island, where Kairi was already waiting with Wakka and his girlfriend Lulu. "Hey Riku did you see any sign of Sora yet? Kairi asked with a worried and slight irritated expression on her face. "Nope but don't worry I'm sure he will be here soon. As soon as Riku finished his sentence Sora landed in between him and Kairi , the force of his landing caused sand to blow all around, Kairi covered her face while Riku simply stared.
"Sorry I'm so late guys I got tangled up in some stuff and then my mom made me do something for her, he placed his right hand of the back of his head, rubbing through his hair he laughed nervously. "You're lucky they didn't come on the dot or you would have been left behind. Kairi began to fuss at him her arms waving around wildly as she barked at him. Unseen by the rest of them an transparent Namine stepped forth from Kairi; she placed her hands on her hips as she leaned forward towards Sora. "Well just what did take you so long. "Well it's not my fault its all his, Roxas came out of some in the same fashion Namine had come out. "You see when he hung up with Kairi the guy spent the next few minutes posing in the mirror and fixing his hair. Namine giggled as she thought about how silly Sora must've looked doing that.
"So yeah sorry that's kind of why we were really late, Roxas slid his hands into his pockets once he was finished talking. " I wonder if he does that everyday Namine asked with a curious look on her. "Well yeah mostly for the past 2 months he has been. "Namine then burst out laughing after she had heard that, "Man I gotta tell Kairi about this… see you later Roxy she smiled warmly at him as she faded back into Kairi. Roxas frowned at the pet name she had giving him as he faded back into Sora. After about two more minutes Kairi was done yelling at Sora he simply stared wide eyed at her, " I'm sorry I'll make sure not to let it happen again he frowned a little bit then smiled giving her a kiss on the head. " Kairi couldn't help but cheese at him before hugging and forgiving him. " Please be sure to not let it happen again, she was wailing on you so hard I started to feel like I had do something wrong and it was my head getting chewed off. Riku shook his head and missed around with his ears a little, they were still ringing from Kairis loud voice.
Wakka just laughed at the whole scene as his girlfriend just folded her arms and shrugged, Tidus made his appearance on the scene holding his head up high. "What are you so proud for? Sora asked him as he placed one had on his side. "Well I get to come with you guys now, Riku volunteered me…uh so to speak. " Really Riku you actually said he could come? Kairi questioned his decision but then quickly shrugged it off and turned away from the group she was now facing the sea staring out into the distance and up into the sky, looking out for their ride. Tidus held his sides and looked around cheerily "I can't believe I'm going on an adventure finally. And to think we being the oldest out of you three I would have been made sure I'd come along a lot sooner than now.
Riku just threw his hands into the air and shrugged, abruptly, quickly and without warning Sora came at Riku with a jump kick. "Whoa! Riku let out in surprise as he hastily side stepped Sora's attack. "What the hell is this all about Sora? Tidus stared in confusion; Sora hit the ground and disappeared from their vision, suddenly reappearing besides Riku in a crouching like position, Riku who had anticipated his move as to where he was already turning around to his right with his left leg up and cocked back. With a great amount of force he swung his leg forward bringing it up to Sora's face, who by now threw his arms up in an attempt to guard Riku's counter attack. "Gwoah! Sora let out a grunt as the blow made impact on his arms, the force of it caused Sora to slide away from the group along the sand a couple of feet. His feet dug through the beach until he finally stopped himself.
"Wow not a bad kick you got there Riku" Sora spoke confidently as he stood straight up to look ahead to see Riku, but to his surprise the sliver haired teen was no longer there. "What the hell" Sora couldn't tell where Riku had move to, the speed of his movement catching him off guard. "Gah! He let out a cry of pain as he felt a blunt force strike him in the spine. It sent him tumbling forward through the sand bouncing and twisting. As he did so Riku was standing there with his right leg extended outward with his foot turned to the side where as the tip of his shoe was facing the sea. Sora landed at Kairi's feet, the red head looking down at her lover in slight shock. "Heh I guess I'm still better than you Sora. The brunette looked up to see Riku standing in front of him, looking down at him with a sharp grin on his face.
"Ugh damn it all…there is no way your better than me by this much I thought I closed that gap a long time ago. Sora balled up his right hand into a fist and began to pound it into the sand a couple of times. " I thought I had you off guard for sure man; Tidus walked over to Sora with his hand extended towards him, after helping Sora up, he began to dust him off. " Thanks Tidus He said to his friend, as Tidus gave him a nod in appreciation as well. "Well that might have been true three years back when we fought the org13 and whatnot but. Since then you and I haven't sparred anymore and we both continued to grow in power from all our missions and unseen training I bet. But it looks like it has gone back to the good ol days of me being better. He chuckled and smirked as he looked Sora in the eyes.
"Well while you two were having your skirmish and stuff, some weird ship became visible in the distance, I think that's the people you were waiting for Yah? Wakka pointed the ship out to the group after alerting them of its presence. "Yeah they're finally here I can't wait to see them it's been a little while since we last saw them or the King. Sora said to Riku and Kairi. "Yeah it sure has no doubt about that, well it looks like they are ready to land, as Riku finished responding to Sora the gummi ship was now landing a little ways away from them. The ship looked completely different darker colors and decked out with new engines and wings as well. The loud noise of the booster caused Lulu to cover her hears, Wakka gritted his teeth together, neither of them used to hearing a sound that loud.
Moments later the shipped finally landed and powered down, the hatch on the side of the ship opened up and stairs extending out then slammed onto the sand, shortly after Donald hopped out of the ship followed by Goofy. Being the clumsy guy that he is, he lost his footing on the first step tumbling down and landing face first onto the beach. "Gowarsh… that could have gone better Ghyuck. Donald slapped himself on the head as he took a deep breath. " Aw brother… Goofy you really oughtta be more careful. "Yeah I know I'll be sure to be careful next time. Goofy proceeded to wipe himself off, he stopped for a moment and looked further down the beach Sora was running over to them. "Hey well would ya look at that Donald there's Sora.