Chapter 1
And I don't own Kingdom Hearts :(
The sun shined on his face, warmness brightening his radiant features. He is a spiky brunet, clad in his magic outfit given to him by fairies. Sounds weird, yes, but convenient.
His name is Sora.
Sora was sitting on the paopu fruit tree, admiring the sun as graced the islet known as Destiny Islands. Could life get any better? Sora didn't seem to think so. He had just come off a long journey a week ago, travelling to many different worlds, made many new friends, he would miss them all, and hoped to visit them all again someday, but nothing was better than being at home.
The waves of the sea crashed against the shores. It's your ideal beautiful day at the Islands.
Sora lifts his hand up just a bit, and waits for a split second. Soon, a weapon popped into his hand. It was the Keyblade, it had a long silver end that looked identical to that of a key, with a yellow handle. Sora admired his weapon.
We've been through a lot, huh? Sora thought to himself, as someone taps on his shoulder. Sora jumps as lands on the sand below. He turns around in his signature battle stance, his legs spread out and his blade in protection. But his face softens when he sees a gorgeous auburn-haired girl looking at him, giggling at Sora's spontaneous behavior.
Sora gives her a frown, though he was not really upset. "Not cool, Kairi."He exclaimed.
The girl, known as Kairi, walked by the tree and up to Sora, her hands behind her back. She was still in her short pink dress she wore during their last adventure.
"You're so stupid." Kairi chuckled, as Sora summoned his Keyblade away, crossing his arms. "What were you doing up here?" Kairi asked.
Sora gave her a half smile before turning to the sky. "Just looking at the sun." He answered, "It's funny how things can stay the same for so long."
"Sora," Kairi began. "It's only been about two years. You make it sound like you were gone for ten years."
Sora turned back to her and rubbed his nose, the smile still plastered on his face. "Well, it feels like a lot longer." Sora chuckled as he folded his arms behind his head.
Kairi gave him a warm smile, which Sora had to attempt and halter the flush rising to his cheek from seeing such a sight. He loved her smile. "Mind if I join you?"
"Not at all." With that, Sora helped Kairi up on the paopu fruit tree, then proceeding to lift himself up on the tree, sitting next to her. The two then conversed into a conversation, laughing and giggling. This had been going on for about an hour, and the two were enjoying every minute of it.
Sora couldn't help but notice how beautiful Kairi looked. Before the island fell to darkness way back when, she didn't look nearly as attractive. He always thought she was cute, but now, by god...she was mesmerizing. He had to use all his power not to just end up staring at her from time to time, who he had to settle on occasional glances.
All Sora really wanted to do was tell her how he truly felt about her. Yeah, how he felt her romantically. He wanted to tell her before something bad happened, such as another adventure or, even worse, Riku.
Riku, Sora's best friend, with long silver hair and well-toned muscles. He loved Riku (as a best friend, of course) but Sora could never shake the feeling of him having a thing for Kairi. And if that was the case, that meant bad news for our Keyblade wielder.
As far as Sora was concerned, Riku was far better looking than him, and having to compete with Riku would just make him look like an idiot. If he did have a thing for Kairi, there's no way she'd even bother with Sora. Sure, he didn't think he was ugly, but was he really on par with Riku? He didn't want to know the answer.
"SORA!" Kairi yelled, snapping Sora out of his trance. Sora blinked a few times before looking at the girl he lo-no, liked. Maybe love was too strong, at least right now.
Kairi was frowning at him. "Where'd you go, Sora? You were just in space for like five minutes."
Sora nervously rubbed the back of his head. The things this girl did to him. "Sorry..." he simply apologized. Kairi shrugged it off, Sora never had the biggest attention span in the world.
"You okay? You've seemed to be in another place ever since we came back," the auburn beauty asked. Sora looked at the sky in thought. Why was he in such a bubble all the time? Could it be that he was starting to feel a little out of place? After all, he spent months travelling to other worlds, battling the Heartless and Organization XIII. Could it be that he was starting to miss having Donald and Goofy hanging around all the time? Even though things were a little rocky between him and Donald earlier on, the trio blossomed a very important friendship in Sora's heart. Not to mention King Mickey, who he also grew fond of.
With all that said, he supposed it all felt missing. Like a chapter of his life was now complete, but he didn't necessarily want it to be over. All the pain during his adventure, there were also the fun times.
"I don't know, Kairi, I guess...being here, at this island...it's almost uneasy being in a relaxing area. I haven't truly relaxed in forever."
Kairi gave him sympathetic aqua eyes as she placed a hand on his. "Don't worry...you miss the King and the others, right?"
Sora was surprised she guessed that. Though it didn't surprise him that much, she was amazing after all.
"I assure you, we'll see them again." Kairi gave Sora a warm smile. Sora, embarrassed once again by that cute smile, turned his head while rubbing his nose.
"I know..." he replied.
Kairi started getting giddy as she tugged on Sora's shoulder.
"Ooh, ooh! Tell about what happened during your journey!" She exclaimed. Sora chuckled at her giddy side, which she didn't show too often.
"What are you talking about, Kai? Weren't you in my heart during half of it? You should know."
"Not that part, the other part. What happened while I was waiting for you two to come home. You never told me about it. Besides...you always tell the best stories."
Sora smiled. He began telling her about what happened after he woke up in a mysterious abandoned mansion. He reminiscing while doing so.
Sora and his companions, Donald and Goofy, arrive at a grim-looking town. The sky is pink and the clouds are grey. Donald ponders for a moment, taking in their surroundings.
"This place feels familiar..." Donald quacked. Sora then looked up to see a huge castle in construction, and it looks rather familiar.
"Oh! This is Hollow Bastion!" Sora exclaimed, the excitement oozing out of him. Donald and Goofy give each other an excited look as well.
"Oh boy!" The duck chanted.
"Gawrsh," Goofy said, his eyes attached to the castle he and his two buddies once battled the heartless in,"I wonder how the old gang is holdin' up."
"Let's take a look around." Sora suggested, and the three set off into town.
...
The three arrived in town, after having a brief conversation with Donald's Uncle Scrooge, who was trying to perfect an ice cream flavor he once adored, they come across a weird holographic device, surrounding them.
"Whoa!" Sora yelled. The three looked at it with caution, not knowing what it was.
Suddenly, a group of nobodies appeared, surrounding the heroes of light. They were dusks, according to Master Yen Sid. Sora summoned his Keyblade as Donald and Goofy brought our their weapons. For Donald, it was a blue staff in which he used to cast magic with, for Goofy, it was a shield.
They got into their stances, but before they could attack, the holograms from earlier take out the nobodies with ease, leaving the trio dumbfounded.
"Sora?! Is that really you?!"
The three tried to see where the familiar voice was coming from, until they set their eyes above to a certain "great" ninja with a big grin on her face above.
"Yuffie!" Sora exclaimed. Yuffie landed right before them.
"Hey, you guys! Long time no see!"
"Yeah, it's great to see you." Sora gave her his goofy grin as Donald and Goofy waved at her from behind.
Yuffie then clomped Sora into a big bear hug, squeezing the life out of him. "Look at you! All older and handsome!"
Sora didn't know whether he was embarrassed or flattered as she finally let go of her tight hug. She noticed his new, more complexed but cool-looking attire as well. "Nice clothes, too."
Sora folded his hands behind his spiky hair. "Thanks. I see you're exactly the same as before."
"Of course!" She replied. "Nothing brings me down! But hey, where in the moogle were you guys? It's been a year." Yuffie crossed her arms, almost looking like a stern mother concerned for her children. The three tried to find the right answer.
"Uh...it's kind of a long story..." Donald half-explained.
"Just tell me!" Yuffie whined.
"Let's save that for later." Sora answered, a sweat drop running down.
"Aw poop, you're no fun." Yuffie playfully teased. She began skipping to off while gesturing them to follow. "Come on! The secret base is right around the corner!"
Sora, Donald, and Goofy exchanged looks. "Secret...base?" Sora asked rhetorically.
Donald sighed with a smirk on his beak. "Some things never change."
"And then we met up with Leon, Aerith, Cid, and Merlin."
"Oh yeah! I remember Leon, Aerith, Yuffie, and Cid! Back at Traverse Town, after you saved me..." Kairi remembered.
Sora nodded, "That's right. They were all really worried about you, Kai."
Kairi smirked. "Not as worried as you if I can recall."
"Huh?"
Kairi playfully rolled her eyes. "Don't act like you don't know what I'm talking about. You were worried sick about me that whole time. Did we forget that we were one and the same at the time?"
Sora blushed as Kairi poked his cheek, giving him a mischievous look on her face.
"A-Anyway, where was I?" Sora covered.
Sora, Donald, and Goofy were plopped through a door. They sat up and took a look at their surroundings. Everything was black and white like an old cartoon, and they seemed to be in some sort of plain.
Goofy noticed the sphere with a light emitting inside of it. He pointed to it.
"Hey, look!" Goofy started. "There's the cornerstone of light!"
Sora rose to his feet and made his way to the cornerstone of light. The cornerstone of light was something used in Disney Castle to protect the castle from darkness or threats. What was it doing here?
Sora started checking himself out. He looked rather cartoonish.
"I don't get it..." Sora started, quite puzzled. "Where are we? And why is everything black and white?"
"This place feels...familiar..." Donald started, tapping his foot, trying to look into his memories to pinpoint the reasoning for his deja vu.
Goofy was thinking the same thing. "It does feel familiar, don't it? Like that one sayin', Me ya poo."
Sora gave Goofy an odd look. Donald, knowing what Goofy meant, just face palmed himself. "That's DEJA VU, you idiot!"
"Oh..." Goofy simply replied. Sora could only smile at his two pals bickering, but then turned his attention to a gruff voice coming from behind him.
"'Scuse me!" The three gave the person their full attention, who looked very familiar. "Hey fellas, seen any scruffy lookin' joes around town?"
Sora and the others knew who this was, or who they thought it was. It was Pete! The fat old loser who was always getting in the way, at least in Sora's point of view. He looked slightly different, what with him being all silken in black fur and wearing a pair of overalls, but it was no doubt that it was Pete, Maleficent's lackey.
Sora looked at his friends, as if telepathically communicating with them, and they nod in respond. The three take out their weapons and charge at Pete.
"What the-?!" Pete is shocked. These three seemed like nice enough boys to him, never did he expect them to be so cruel and violent. The three began attacking Pete. Nothing fancy like when they're up against the heartless or the nobodies, just a plain old beat down.
Pete is finally able to break free. "WHAT'S THE BIG IDEA?! WHAT WAS THAT FOR?!" Pete yelled in frustration.
Donald gave him a look like he was from mars. "What are you? An idiot?"
"Well, maybe..." Pete realized what he said and quickly covered it up. "But that's not the point! I was just gonna ask if you three saw a bad guy tuggin' my steam boat around! But I can see you little pipsqueaks got yer selves a little attitude problem, so get lost!" Pete proclaimed. Never had he been so disrespected, especially by a bunch of unfamiliar faces.
Sora and Goofy, feeling a little guilty, put their weapons away. Donald still looking suspicious.
"Guys, I think we may have made a mistake." Said Sora.
"I think you're right," Goofy agreed. "He hasn't even called out any heartless."
"But it's obviously Pete! I'd recognize that gruesome mug of his and irritating voice of his anywhere!" Donald exclaimed.
Goofy lifts an eyebrow at Donald, where Sora just gives him the 'oh really?' look. "You're one to talk." Sora said.
"What?" asked Donald.
"As if you're voice isn't irritating."
"My voice isn't irritating! Daisy told me my voice sounds like an angel."
Sora gives him a look of disbelief. Did Donald really fall for that crap? But he shrugged it off, focusing on the matter at hand again. "Anyway, we got a door to find, and whether or not this is Pete, it doesn't look like he's gonna get in our way, so I guess we should just say sorry and get outta here."
Donald and Goofy were pretty content with Sora's idea and soon they walked up to the still frustrated Pete. He noticed them looking at him.
"Whaddya want? Can't you see I'm busy?!"
The three sweat dropped. Whether this was Pete or not, he definitely was irritating. Sora put his hand out to help Pete up.
"Hey...uh...sorry about that. We thought you were someone else." The heavy man hesitantly took Sora's hand as he helped him up. He dusted himself off while eyeing the boys, still not fully trusting them. With good reason. After all, they did just go off and 'violated' him for seemingly no reason.
"Hmph." He ruffed.
"Is your name Pete by any chance?" Goofy decided to ask.
"Ah, I see you've heard of me! Yep, a pretty nifty sailor, even if I do say so myself."
Sora begins wondering again. "Um...ever heard of the heartless?"
"Heartless? What are you talking about? I don't know what that is!"
Sora whispered in Goofy's ear, "You think he might have had his memory zapped?" Goofy only replied with a shrug. He was just as confused as Sora.
"Hm...well, anyway, we truly are sorry." Sora said once again. Donald crossed his arms and closed his eyes, stubbornly facing another direction.
"Tch, I'M not." Donald mumbled. How could Sora and Goofy be falling for this? There's no way they could trust Pete, he thought.
Sora, now getting annoyed with Donald's stubbornness, whacks him in the shoulder when Pete wasn't paying attention.
"Wak!" The duck exclaimed.
"Is that right?" Pete began, "Well, if you're really that sorry...how about you go out and find the little runt what stole my boat. Then I might actual believe this pathetic apology of yours."
Sora, trying to maintain his respectful manner, responds,"Okay."
Donald's eyes widen, but he doesn't say anything. Did Sora just forget that Merlin told them they have to find a door? Sora was in for a stern yelling after they got away from Pete.
"Well, whaddya waitin' fer? Hop to it, you little chumps!" Pete scolded.
Sora gritted his teeth, trying to compose himself from taking out his Keyblade and whacking Pete right where the sun don't shine. "Yes, sir."
Kairi couldn't help but laugh. The way Sora told his stories made them all the more entertaining. She loved the humorous way he put things, even if he didn't mean it to be funny. He was so adorable. Wait, what?
"Yeah, I swear I was gonna knock him out. But we found out later on that we were in the past, and the Pete we were talking to was from the past as well, meaning, he hadn't become a doofus yet." Sora explained.
"You had some crazy times." Kairi said.
"Tch, that was nothing. That was probably one of the more lighter moments. Everything was going great until we went to Twilight Town the second time. I remember the first time we went to Twilight Town, too. It was where me, Donald, and Goofy woke up, and we met Hayner and the gang.
Sora and his friends begins walking to a weird-looking area, with a gate opened and a red cloth hung over something. They decided to go back there, before Sora stopped.
He looked around the town, why did it look so familiar? He could have sworn he had been here before. Donald and Goofy notice they're short of a teenager with spiky locks sporting clothes that no longer fit him.
They turned around, and there he was. Zoning out again.
"I hate when he does that..." Donald simply said.
"Hey, Sora." Goofy tried getting Sora's attention back. Sora snapped out of it.
"Huh?"
"What's wrong?" asked a concerned Donald.
Sora gave his friends a smile. He was so glad to have them back. For some reason, he felt like he hadn't seen them in forever. Must have been some nap.
"Nothing."
Sora walks in with his buddies trailing behind. They take a look around, the area looked almost like a basement of a teenager. There were posters on the walls, a dart board, and some teenagers were lounging around on some pretty beat up sofas, chairs, and stools.
"What do you want?" one of the teenagers rudely asked. Today was just one of those days for him. He felt like he just lost someone important, but he didn't know why? His two best friends were right there, and it had always been just the three of them, right?
This boy had on army pants that went down to above his shins, a black shirt with a skull design on it, with a vest overlapping.
"Oh, uh, nothing. Just wanted to know what was back here." Sora replied nervously.
"We'll get out of your way now." said the odd-looking anthropomorphic dog.
"No, wait," Someone said. They looked up to see a plump boy walking up to them. He had on a red jersey which sported a odd design of a bone dog with the words "Dog Street" plastered vertically. The red jersey was overlapping a white T-Shirt of his, and he had on baggy jeans with a large pair of blue and white shoes on. He also had a headband to wrap up his shaggy hair. (yes, I am looking at pictures for reference :p)
"Have we er...met before?"
Sora takes a look at the pudgy boy. His face didn't ring any bells. "No, I don't think so."
"Hm, well, my name is Pence."
"Hey. Nice to meet you." Sora replied with his signature grin.
The girl, who was sporting an orange tank top with flower designs at the bottom, and beige khaki's, found herself looking at the human boy among the trio. She was a brunette, and had a nice reputation of being one of the cutest girls in Twilight Town.
She couldn't help but think about how cute that boy was. He had the most adorable features, but he could use some new clothes. The ones he were currently sporting made him look a little less attractive. Nonetheless, she introduced herself as she made her way towards him.
"Hi, my name's Olette."
The grumpy boy kips himself off the couch and starting walking out the place, they called, the Usual Spot. "Well, we're kinda busy, so later."
"What's his problem?" Donald asked as soon as the grouch made his way out.
Olette rolled her eyes, "Don't mind Hayner, he's being an idiot today."
"So, where'd you all come from?"
Sora and his friends pondered. How DID they end up here? And whatever happened to Ansem? The last thing they remember was chasing Pluto on a long road, but finally gave up and took a nap.
Sora woke up and followed down the path, finally making it up to a mysterious castle, and everything after that is just...blank. Even Jiminy's journal was of no use. Best they had was an entry that said, "Thank, Namine'.", whoever that was.
"Actually..." Sora began.
"We don't remember." Donald finished for him.
"You don't remember where you came from? Now that's mysterious!" Pence turned to Olette. "Shall I investigate?"
Olette shook her head. "Did you forget about the homework? We don't have time to be getting sidetracked."
Olette was always getting on the boys for not studying or incomplete homework. More so to Hayner, but occasionally Pence as well.
Pence pouted, "Aw, you're no fun..."
"Anyway..." Olette continued, "As much as I hate to agree with Mr. Grouch out there, we are kinda busy. But hey, come back here some time and we'll show you around the town."
"Sure." Sora said. "By the way, I'm Sora. This is Donald and Goofy. They're some close friends of mine."
Pence and Olette exchange looks, how familiar did those names sound.
"Hey, uh, do you three happen to know a short guy with large, round ears?" asked Pence. The three took a minute to think, but it grew obvious.
"The King!" They all responded in unison.
"I'll take that as a yes." Smiled Pence.
"He came here not too long ago looking for you. He said if we saw you, to go meet him at the station." Olette explained.
"The station, thanks!" Sora replied.
...
Later on, the three make their way inside. They had just done battle with a flee of nobodies and encountered the King, who was in a black coat for some odd reason, and he had given Sora a pouch full of munny.
They were tired, but excited. Why did the King want them to get on the train? It must be important. They had already bought their tickets and were heading up to the train, but it had not arrived yet.
"Hey!" Called a familiar voice. The three turned around to see Hayner, Pence, and Olette running up to him.
"Hey, what's up, guys?" Asked Sora.
"This may sound a little weird but...we came to see you off." Hayner awkwardly replied, given to the fact that he was being such a bitch earlier.
"I don't know why, but I feel like something we should do." Olette said.
"Thanks, guys." Sora gave them his grin, to which they all gave grins back. The six newly made friends started up a conversation. Hayner apologized for being so grumpy earlier, and Sora and Donald told them about their previous adventure. Goofy only sat back and listened. Sora and Donald tried acting it out and were getting all hyped up about it, which caused laughs from the rest of the group. Sora and Donald could have made a great comedy duo.
Eventually, the train arrived. Donald and Goofy said their goodbyes, and waited on the train for their Keyblade wielding companion.
"Well, goodbye." Sora said.
"This is so weird," Pence started, "I feel as if I'm saying goodbye to a friend I've had for a long time. But how? We only just met."
"Hm...that's strange." Sora replied.
"Sora, you sure we haven't met before?" Asked Hayner.
Sora thought for a moment. Nope, only other teenager friends he remembered were Selphie, Tidus, Wakka, Riku, and Kairi. "Positive. Why do you ask?"
Hayner thought for a moment. Why did he ask? He never seen this weird kid before. "I dunno." Hayner said, giving Sora a smile.
Sora couldn't help but return the smile, but for whatever reason, a tear began to drop down his eye.
Hayner and his crew were shocked. Why was he crying?
Sora noticed the odd stares and touched his cheek, feeling the salty stream drip down his face. "Oh!" Sora rubbed his eye out quickly.
"You okay?" Asked a concerned Olette.
"Y-yeah...don't know where it came from." Sora stuttered. Why was he crying? He couldn't figure it out. Sure, these guys were nice, but he had only just met them.
Hayner put a hand on his waist. What a weird kid. "Pull it together, man."
Sora rubbed the back of his head, slightly embarrassed that they saw him get slightly emotional. "R-right...See ya."
"Are you gonna come back?" Asked Pence.
"Yeah, you should come back and hang out with us some time." Olette said.
"Yeah...I promise I'll come back." Sora always keeps his promises. Well, almost. There's a certain Blondie with a sketchpad he sort of gave a promise to, but that's another story.
Sora walked up onto the train, and turned around, giving them one final wave as the door shut. The three have sad looks on their faces. The train then began driving off, and Pence, still puzzled, still wondering why this boy was having such an affect on him in such a short time, walks with the slow moving train, peering into the window trying to see if he can recognize Sora one last time.
No avail, as the train starts driving at a more content speed, and Pence stops. The chubby boy sighs, he missed Sora already. He turned around to look at his friends, where he saw Hayner cross his arms and put his head down in thought, Olette not looking too bright herself.
After grieving in silence for a bit, Hayner finally spoke up, chuckling to himself a little. "What a weird kid..." he said. Brightening up Olette and Pence a little. Pence folds his hands behind his head and stares off in the distance where the train left.
"But..." Pence began. "you know...it feels like we've met him before."
"Aw..." Kairi complained. "That's so sad."
"I still don't know what was up with me that day. But something tells me that Roxas had something to do with it."
"Roxas?" Asked Kairi. Then she remembered. "Oh, your nobody."
Sora nodded. "Roxas..." he murmured.
Kairi wasn't feeling this intense air. "Okay, enough about that, tell me more about your adventure."
And Sora did just that, he told her about all the worlds he visited, from Land of the Dragons, to the Pride Lands. He even told her about Tron's world and the 1000 Heartless battle, and how he thought Goofy died at one point. There were laughs, intense moments, and fun. Kairi secretly admired Sora for being able to visit so many worlds. Sure, she visited a couple, but never truly on her own. Sora was always there to pick up her slack.
Kairi found a new admiration for Sora once he was done with his story. He didn't even bother to tell her about what happened at the Organization's world, since she was there as well.
Kairi remembered the hug she gave him when they finally came into contact again. Oh, how she wished she could have given him a kiss instead of that lousy hug.
Truth is, even though Sora had doubts about Kairi returning the feelings he had for her, Kairi actually does like Sora, just as much as he likes her. Back when they were fourteen, and before the islands fell to darkness, Kairi liked Sora, but she didn't like like him. She thought he was cute, but that's as far as it went.
He was like a brother to her that she always had to take care of, and she was oblivious to the feelings he had for her. But once her heart went into his, she got to, in a way, get to know him better. Throughout Sora's first adventure when he first obtained the Keyblade, Kairi had gained so much respect and admiration for Sora.
The way he learned how to fight, the way he handled things, the way he matured. She was slowly starting to fall for him. She confirmed that she did in fact, fall for him, when he released her heart from his with Ansem's Keyblade.
Donald and Goofy were waiting by a large heart shaped keyhole, which was pretty colorful, but was emitting darkness. The keyhole was the reason why Hollow Bastion was infested with heartless.
"Sora! Sora, look!" Donald yelled.
"The...the keyhole!" Panicked Goofy.
Sora had almost forgot about the Keyhole. He was so busy taking care of Riku, who was possessed by Ansem, seeker of darkness. Nowadays it had been confirmed that it was only Xehanort's heartless, but again, that's a different story.
Sora walked up to the Keyhole and whipped out his Keyblade, pointing it at the large assiduity. Nothing happens.
"It won't work. The Keyhole's not finished yet!" Goofy exclaimed.
Sora put his Keyblade away. "What can we do?"
The three sighed, thinking it was hopeless. But then, Donald's eyes shot open. "Kairi!"
"Huh?" Asked a confused Sora.
"I think we need to wake Kairi up. The Keyhole needs all seven Princess's hearts to be complete. But Kairi..."
"I see..." Sora said. "If we can free her heart. But...but how?"
His gaze fell to the black Keyblade that the possessed Riku used to combat with him moments ago. What did Ansem say earlier? It was-"A Keyblade that unlocks peoples hearts. I wonder..." Sora smiles. He know what he must do.
Sora begins walking up to the Keyblade, Goofy looking concerned. "Sora?"
Sora kneels down and picks up the Keyblade. Donald and Goofy exchange looks. No way was he going to do that!
"Sora, hold on!" Goofy yelled, panic being tattered across his voice.
"No, wait!" Donald exclaimed. He too was worried. Funny, because he couldn't stand Sora when he first met him. Now he was afraid of losing him.
Sora takes a good look at the Keyblade. His mind was set. Anything for Kairi. If saving her meant sacrificing himself as a price, well, he'd pay that price. Sora turns to his friends, their faces full of worry. He sure was going to miss them. He gives them that toothy, goofy grin of him, as if saying 'no worries'. With that, he places the edge of the blade to his heart, and sticks it right in.
Light from his heart emerges and Sora lets his hands down. The hearts of the seven Princess's manifest from the Keyblade and make their ways to their respective bodies, which were held in capsules down below.
The final heart escapes Sora and makes it's way to Kairi, and Kairi's eyes immediately open.
Sora takes a look at the Keyhole, it becomes completed once Kairi gained her heart, that means she was okay. His job was done. He decided to close his eyes once again as he allows his body to be consumed.
Goofy is at a lost for words. Donald, however, can't bare to see this happen to Sora. He charges to his friend, his eyes a little watery, but he didn't allow them to fall.
"Sora...Sora!" the duck chants.
Kairi, bounces right up after hearing the duck yell Sora's name. She is horrified by the sight in front of her. "Sora!"
Kairi runs up to Sora, but right when she does, Sora's body facades into nothingness, light only trailing away. She can't believe her eyes, did Sora just do that...for her? What was that feeling in her heart? Why did she feel this way?
Donald was at a loss. He couldn't believe it. "Sora! COME BACK, SORA!"
Painful, painful memories. But it was okay, because now they're here, and Sora is alive and well, with that smile of his. It looked almost identical to the one he gave Donald and Goofy before he freed Kairi's heart. Sora then turned to look at the sky, it was sunset.
"Man, we've been out here for a while, huh?"
"Yeah...I'm a little tired." Kairi said while yawning.
"I'll walk you walk home."
"Thanks, baby." Kairi said, not really meaning to let the second word slip out.
"Wha-huh?!" Sora exclaimed in shocked. Baby? Not that he didn't mind, hearing her say that to him actually sounded kinda hot, but it just came out of nowhere.
"I-I mean, baby! My mom's having a baby!" Kairi quickly covered.
"Oh..." Sora said. Was that a hint of disappointment she heard in his voice? "Cool." He finished.
Kairi turned around and smacked herself in the forehead. Her step-mother wasn't having a damn baby! Oh well.
Sora and Kairi walked down to the pier, where they took Sora's boat and went back to the town.
A/N: Okay, this is my first attempt at a fic, I just wanted to try it out. :)