Alrighty everyone, I'm going to keep this as short as I can PLEASE PLEASE read this before starting my story as there are some important details. I have nothing against Nomura or anyone at Disney/SE. I respect that KH III is part of Nomura's vision, however I disagree with the way the ending was handled, not just what happened in the last four seconds but the entire ending sequence. I was expecting more payoff in terms of the characters and the story, and a lot more background. Also the way they handled Kairi's development was just honestly a bit of a letdown, and Namine…..…..I digress. Once I finished the game I just felt…empty. All this time has gone by when I was waiting for it and, then it's just kind of over? Don't get me wrong, there were definitely some highlights, playing alongside Kairi and Axel was pretty amazing, and I love the trio reunion cut scenes. Also yes I'm aware that there will be DLC in the near future, but I have to judge the game/story for what it Is today and ultimately I just couldn't accept that this was the ending to the saga, so I decided to write my own.
For what it's worth I didn't hate the game by any means, to be honest I really liked it. I just didn't love it, even as much as I wanted to it just wasn't enough. I respect if people liked the ending, I even respect if people don't like some of the decisions I ended up making or things I ended up changing. That's fine, but please let's all be respectful and considerate in the comments.
Now with that out of the way, I want to go over some basics. I will try and reply to every comment at the beginning of the chapter, please do not get offended if you don't get a response. I am human, and like everyone else I make mistakes sometimes. Also be forewarned, I wrote this all myself and I do not have an editor. I've done my best to remove grammar mistakes but in the event I've missed any, I am sorry in advance for it. Next up, when will chapters be uploaded? The plan is for me to release a new chapter every 2 days. I do not have an exact time when chapters will go live, but I will push to have them up as soon as possible. Again this time is NOT guaranteed but I will do my best. There will be ONE day where more than one chapter is uploaded, and I will explain why later in the story. Any chapters that are more on the long side will be broken up using the symbol KH. If you're still reading this and have decided to give my story a shot, thank you very much I greatly appreciate it, if not I respect that as well.
Also want to give a shout out to Runa, CometEJay00, and Iamkingdomhearts1000, there are seriously entire segments I would not have been able to do without these three so thank you all so much! Without further ado, when you're ready Chapter 1 is down below. Take a deep breath, you're in for an adventure
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In Radiant Garden Vexen and Demyx were having a quiet discussion. Demyx's eyes grew wide "Whaaa" "Quiet you dunce!" Vexen replied placing his hand over Demyx's mouth before slowly removing it. Demyx continued "But dude, why would you pick me?"
"I cannot let the chosen catch wind of this, understand?" Vexen added Demyx nodded "Oh I see! Its because I got benched!"
"I got benched too!" "Wha-hey quiet" he said covering his hand over Vexen's mouth momentarily before removing it. Vexen cleared his throat, before turning to walk away.
Vexen sighed and turned around, Demyx continued "Okay man, look. Real talk? Backstabbing those guys would be stupid. If they find out, we are yesterday's toast. I mean, what's in it for me?" Vexen paused and then turned around "Forgiveness"
"Huh? For what?"Vexen sighed "Men like us-in the pursuit of science, we sometimes make terrible mistakes. Lost sight of our mission to help people. But now I can help someone with my research. Now, I can atone."
"Hmph, I'm not a scientist" he turned and began to walk away. "Wait! Wait! Wait!" Vexen said grabbing him by the shoulder and turning him back around.
Demyx rolled his eyes "Cmon dude, I'm useless we're not friends. I can count the number of times you and I have hung out on one hand, no less than one hand! I didn't even know you in the old life!"
"Fine! Fine! But listen!"He leaned in close and whispered something into Demyx's ear, his eyes widened "No way!"
"Its true. The whole thing was his idea"
"Huh? No stinkin way"
"He wants to atone too. But he is one of the chosen so his hands are tied. Hence my actions on his behalf, hence my need for you to act on my behalf should all go awry. As you said, we are far from friends. No one would ever suspect you."
"Hmmmm…so I'm not doing any fighting?" Vexen nodded "Correct. And more importantly, no benchwarming."
"Ha! Yeah baby! Sign me up! Demyx time!"
Meanwhile, Ienzo at the computer still studying endless data. "We've come a long way to our goal, but without…..yeah right. Bodies don't grow on trees Ienzo. It's the backup plan or nothing now. But the backup plan isn't a true solution"
Unbeknownst to Ienzo, just behind him a corridor of darkness appeared. "Finally. About time." He turned around suddenly to see Demyx walking out of it, carrying what appeared to be a large white blanket draped over his shoulder. "Ohhh. Nice place."
"Demyx? Is that you?!"
"Hey Zexion! Long time!" he set the massive blanket down to the ground.
"How's humanity treatin ya? I rejoined the Nobodies, but like I just can't shake the feeling I've been sweet talked, y'know? We have soooo got to have a chat"
"Whoa, back up what?"
"Oh! Sorry, sorry. I'm getting ahead of myself. I'm actually here on a top secret mission. Apparently I'm so off everyone's radar, that I'm just the guy to handle a special delivery" with that he turned around and walked back toward the darkness corridor, before moving to the side.
"Ta-da!" suddenly another lone figure stepped out. Ienzo's eyes grew wide "Master Ansem!"
"Ah, well met little Ienzo" he looked down in shame "They told me you'd gone mad. That you abandoned us. I was just a boy, but I should've known better. I am truly deeply sorry" Ansem stepped closer, grabbing both of his shoulders.
"I think what matters is that you recognize the mistake. Peace, Ienzo. It was I who was consumed by hatred, who failed you in my obligations as your mentor. Forgive me."
Demyx as always had to be his normal self by ruining the moment. "Um excuse me…..soo uh, are we cool to get on with things here?" they turned to the blanket lying on the ground "Got ya a present from Vexen, this was all he could manage for the time being but hey, he figured you guys would know what to do with them"
Ienzo's widened and he moved in for a closer look. Leaning down he unzipped the blanket "Wait, why are there…" he turned to Ansem in confusion "Master?"
"There's much for me to explain Ienzo…"
"Well if all is well here, I'm gonna get going" Demyx said moving towards the corridor.
"Where are you headed?" Ienzo asked.
Demyx smirked "Heh, somewhere the organization won't find me, good luck with your experiments" before anyone could say anything else, he stepped into the corridor which promptly closed behind him.
Much much later on….
Sora sat at the controls of the gummy ship, pondering potential next steps. They had just completed the San Fransokyo world, which was a nightmare to say the least "Where to next?" he blurted out loud. Goofy scratched his head "Well gawsh maybe we should-" suddenly his gummiphone pinged, and then pinged again and again.
Sora dug it out of his pocket "What the, what's wrong with this thing?" numerous missed calls and text messages flooded the screen. Sora scrolled through "There must be over 100 messages here!" suddenly the gummiphone began to ring. Sora immediately hit the green button, and to their surprise Ienzo appeared
"Sora! Donald! Goofy! You're alive!"
"Ienzo, I got a bunch of messages what's going on?" he sighed "You've been missing three years" "WHAAAAT" Donald and Goofy got out of their seats and moved up to the phone, firing off questions. First Donald, then Goofy and back and forth it went.
"Where's the king?"
"Is everybody alright?"
"What happened to the organization?" Sora fought to get a word in, but again was pushed towards the back.
"You guys have got a lot to catch up on but we'll just have to get to that later. The most pressing thing right now is that the King and Riku may be in danger"
"What kind of danger? Are they-"
"GUYS!" Sora called out at the top of his lungs.
They jumped in shock, "Can I get a word in please? Sit down, you can hear it from your seats"
"No need to get pissy about it" Donald complained moseying over to his chair, Goofy sat in his seat as well "Sorry Sora"
Sora let out a heavy sigh. "Its fine, ok so what's going on with the king and Riku?"
"They're in the realm of darkness, no one's been able to reach them for quite a while"
"Wait who are you talking to?" a voice said from the background.
Suddenly the phone shifted "Axel!"
"Where the heck have you guys been?!"
"That's what we need to figure out, but after we rescue the king"
"You know Kairis really been really worried about ya"
"Tell her I'm alright and that I'll see her soon, got it memorized?" he smiled "Ha will do, here's Ienzo again" the phone moved back over to him.
"So how do we get to 'em?" Donald inquired. "Now we can ask?" Sora added. Everyone ignored his question, "Its not like we can use that old door anymore, its completely gone" Goofy pointed out Sora nodded "Yeah we defeated it after beating Ansem"
"And we certainly can't ask the king or Riku" Goofy stated.
"Because you wouldn't let me ask" Sora pointed out.
Ienzo stepped in "King Mickey is the only one who can open a door to the realm of darkness. He has a special Keyblade of darkness that can open the way to-" suddenly the phone went dead the plethora of messages having drained the battery.
"Now what do we do?" Donald asked.
Sora thought for a moment "May my heart be my guiding key…it'll show us the way!" he summoned his kingdom key and pointed it outward. A beam of light appeared at the end, opening a worm hole for them to fly through. "A gate!" they all said simultaneously.
Sora grabbed the controls "Everyone strap in, here we go" reaching down he hit the warp button and the gummi ship shot through at nearly the speed of light. Moments later, they descended through the world's atmosphere "Wait a minute, I know this world…..its Destiny Island!" Sora exclaimed. Sure enough his home island came into view, and he steered the gummy ship towards the beach, smiling as the raft they'd built as kids was still there. After landing, they stepped out "I think I know where we can go, follow me" he lead them around the beach to the waterfall. "I wonder why that gate took us here" he blurted out loud, suddenly he stopped at the sight of a mysterious Keyblade laying at his feet. He picked it up in curiosity, it had a smooth grey shaft, a boxy guard made up of two light grew boxes with a square grip with E shaped teeth at the end.
"It looks so old!" Donald added. Sora turned it around in his hand "How did it end up here?" Goofy scratched his head "Hmm maybe it's another guiding key"
"To guide us where?" Sora looked at the Keyblade once more, and then held it out in front of him. Almost immediately a blue beam of light fired off towards the cave where him and Kairi used to play as kids, causing a doorway to appear.
They rushed up to it in surprise "A door?" Goofy pointed out, "Lets go!" Donald added. Sora sighed "Not you guys" they jumped in shock. "The realm of darkness isn't safe for you"
"Forget it. I'm going" Donald complained. "Yeah. You can't make a whole pint without us." Goofy added. Sora turned to them and shook his head, "Come on guys think about it. Even the king and Riku struggle in the realm of darkness. Someone needs to stay out here just in case, if something happens to the rest of us you two need to carry on"
"Sora….stop it!" Donald breathed. Goofy nodded "We understand but we don't want you going someplace dangerous on your own"
"Thanks guys but I'll be fine, I'll make sure Riku and the king are safe. Trust me."
They hesitated for a moment, "You promise to be good?" Donald asked, "And come home nice and safe?" "Absolutely" with that he turned to the door and walked towards it.
KH
Meanwhile in the realm of darkness, Riku and Mickey were having problems of their own. "Riku!" King Mickey stated, he turned to see a tower of darkness headed his way, before it could react he felt himself be knocked back several feet. "Riku! Huh?" he looked down to see the tower sneaking up from underneath his feet, before sweeping him away "Ahhhhhhhh" his Keyblade slipped out of his hand, dropping to the ground below.
Riku sat in shock, watching helplessly as the tower carried the king away into a dark mysterious orb, which seconds later disappeared. Then, silence. The soothing sound of waves crashing up against the beach filled his ears. "Now what do I do? Maybe I'm gonna be trapped here just like-" suddenly a beam of light came down from the sky, creating a cloud of dirt. Riku summoned his Keyblade, ready for a fight "Riku!" Sora said, stepping out of the cloud to see his friend face to face.
His eyes grew wide as the one person he'd never lost hope would return appeared "Sora?" he rushed up to him "Are you ok?"
Riku stood up slowly, wondering if this was some kind of figment of his imagination. Reaching out he touched Sora's shoulder "You're real" '
"Of course I'm real now-"
"Where the heck have you been?!" Sora sighed "Look I'm not sure what happened, right after we lifted off I get a bunch of messages on my gummiphone" Riku sighed "Well I'm just glad you're ok" he smiled "Worried about me?"
"Huh, right. Kairis another story" Sora's face softened. "She ok?" Riku sighed, "We can catch up later, right now the kings been taken by a tower of darkness"
"What?! Oh no! Did you guys find Aqua?"
"No, we've been coming here every day since…" suddenly the dark orb reappeared in the sky. A purple light illuminated from its center, and then an explosion of darkness escaped in the shape of a human body. They both gasped n shock as they saw Mickey's sad face trapped inside the orb, the dark body landed on its feet and walked over to the king's Keyblade.
Reaching down it picked it up "This Keyblade" a girl's voice said. "Is it her?" Mickey said, then the darkness faded away and standing there before them, was Aqua. "Mickey" she turned to face them, her formerly sapphire blue eyes now a shade of bright yellow "You're too late" "Aqua?" Riku said in shock. "What happened?" Mickey asked.
"You abandoned me, that's what. Left me in this shadow prison for more than a decade, knowing what it would do to me….." Mickey lowered his head in shame, "I'm sorry. It's all my fault"
Aqua turned and walked out past the shoreline onto the water. "I reached this shore after endless wandering. Waited forever for help to arrive. But no one ever came. I lost my Keyblade. Had no means of fighting my way back through the heartless. You should have known I was stranded. Do you have any idea how lonely it is here? How frightening it is to have no one?" she sighed, taking a moment to remember what she'd lost in that time. "All that's left in my heart is misery and despair….and now" she turned around to face Sora and Riku. "You can share it"
Riku took a breath, and began walking towards her, stopping just before the waterline "There's no need, got my own" his mind flashed with the memory of when he was lost to darkness. Then he summoned his Keyblade in front of him, but before he could do anything the orb containing Mickey shifted. It then changed form into a demon tower. Taking a deep breath, he charged towards the tower head on.
Riku immediately went towards the center where the king was, taking several swings at it. It then shifted form, angling itself sideways and knocking him to his feet. Getting back up, he summoned dark break swiftly attacking it from above. The second Riku hit the ground, it struck him again, knocking his health to almost zero. He quickly used heal to recover, and started swinging at its base. It then struck him twice more before disappearing into the ground. He looked around to see where it could be, before seeing it reappear over his shoulder. The tower dove towards him headfirst, but not before leaped up into the air "Ahhhhhhhhhh" flinging his body downward, he slammed his Keyblade into the tower finishing it once and for all.
The tower disintegrated and tossed Mickey to the ground. Riku ran over to check on him, but just as he reached the King, Aqua charged at them with full force. Riku turned at the last possible second, just as Aqua swung her Keyblade causing a tower of water to cover them. When everything settled, there was Sora blocking her with the Keyblade he'd found. With a quick swing he pushed her back several feet. "Sora…" he turned to Riku who had a worried look in his eyes. "Watch over the king, I've got this" he turned back around to face Aqua, and then a split second later they began to battle.
That's it for chapter 1, just a sneak peak of what's to come. Let me know what you think of the concept, and well anything else really. See you in the next chapter!