Rewind

Rated: T for obvious reasons.

Pairings: SoKaiKu(Destiny OT3), VenQuaErra(Wayfinder OT3), AkuNami, RokuShiVan(Copy OT3)

Thoughts

'Roxas'

'Xion'

'Ven'

'All'

Warning: Time Travel, so spoilers! That is all.

Dislcaimer: Not`a mine! Really, I don't own Kingdom Hearts…

AN: 3D was released after I created the original one-shot, so anything 3D and after will not be referenced as canon history in this. Though, the games themselves may be referenced (if that makes any sense).

Part 1

The First

Chapter 01

Island Days

You're really interesting...! Excellent.

~Kano Shuuya, Kagerou Project

Sora narrowed his eyes at the tall tree. Why were the coconuts so high anyway? How did he get them last time? He couldn't quite remember, mostly because everything before he left the islands was rather hazy.

Even the combination of future and past hims hadn't made the memories any clearer…

'Namine would probably say something about your older self's personality and memories being more dominate, so even if you combine your two selves together, your older self will still come out on top.'

'…You spent too much time with Namine, I think.'

'Shush, you.'

The teenager shook his head at the sounds of his nobody and sort-of replica arguing. In the very back he could feel Ven quietly enjoying the show the two were making of themselves. Sora smiled slightly.

Any ideas, Ven?

'Well…You could just climb. But your younger body is a lot weaker, so it might be kind of hard…'

That's the only thing I could come up with too. So, I guess I'll just try that and hope for the very best.

Placing his hands on either side of the trunk, Sora attempted to climb the thick palm tree. He made it to about half way when he lost his grip and ended up sliding back down. Quietly he cursed.

"My, my, you've got quite a dirty mouth now. Did you get that from Wakka?" The spiky brunette jumped slightly and turned to see an older girl standing there.

Like his own hair, her dark-brown-or-auburn hair was slightly spiky in places, though it was only where her hair was short. Unlike Sora, her eyes were a brilliant grassy green and she smirked more then smiled. Her outfit, an ensemble of tank top and knee-high shorts, was mainly white with red accents along the edges. Likewise, her plain sandals were a bright, almost bloody, red. He cringed slightly at the thought that he automatically connected that color to the color of blood.

Drawing his attention back to his sister's face, Sora rubbed the back of his neck. "Er, if I said 'no', Aiko, what would you do?" Aiko, Sora's elder sister by three years, smirked.

"I may just tell mom and dad."

"…About me swearing?"

"No, about that raft."

"…"

"How odd," Aiko said, stroking her chin. "You'd normally jump to argue that it would be your only way off the islands…Or that Riku said it was the best way to go see other places." She gasped. "Oh no! My Little Brother is growing up before my very eyes! What shall I ever do!"

He rolled his eyes. Aiko began to shake with silent laughter. Soon enough, her laughter became loud and bright and, without being to, Sora ended up joining with. The two shared a moment of laughing before Aiko calmed down.

She patted his head. "So, what were you trying to do anyway?"

"…Get some coconuts."

"…Why?" She looked mystified.

Sora sucked in a breath. "I'm gonna line `em up, paint faces on them, and call them all Larry. I shall then have a long conversation on the ethics of tree climbing with them."

Aiko snorted.

The two fell silent before the elder shook her head. "Well, anyway. Have you really forgotten how to get coconuts? You have to hit the tree, remember?" Sora paused, tapping his lower lip.

"…I remember now, Ai."

Aiko laughed and shook her head. "Right. Anyway, I need to be heading home. Mom and Dad only sent me to make sure you weren't dying in the surf or something." He rolled his eyes: His parents were still overprotective, even three years ago.

Three years.

As his sister left him behind to gather the coconuts, Sora couldn't help but think of his new situation. That is, being stuck in the past for good. What the heck was he going to do?

'Stop Riku from destroying the islands?'

'Keep Kairi safe? And not stuck in your heart like last time?'

'Come wake me up!'

….Can't do the first, I kind of need the Keyblade. It feels wrong not to have it…and I'll try to do the second. Sorry, Ven, but I'll have to wait till I can figure out a way to allow both Roxas and Xion to have their own bodies before I do that…I don't need any of their sexual tension.

'WHAT!'

'We do not—'

'Have sexual tension!'

'Nevermind, that sounds like a good idea, Sora.'

'VEN!'

Ven snickered in the back before disappearing into the 'shadows.' Xion and Roxas followed him, each with a scream of rage. Sora laughed quietly out loud as he picked up the fifth coconut. "Wish I had magic pockets right now…" He mutters as he piled the edible plants into his arms to take back to the raft.

Riku decided then would be the best time to randomly pop up from nowhere. "Hey, Sora." Said boy choked and dropped all of the coconuts to the ground and tackled the silverette.

"ACK—! Oi, what the hell are you doing?" Sora paused, blushing in embarrassment. He quickly got off the older teen and began to pick up the coconuts again. "Honestly," Riku said as he brushed himself off, "What's with you? You've been really jumpy all day…"

Sora gave him a weak grin.

"So I'm ready for when I get attacked by Heartless, Riku!"…was what he wanted to say but instead he said: "Just really tired…and Aiko tackled me this morning to wake me up, so I guess I'm subconsciously reacting to that still?"

Riku blinked at him.

Crap, I used a big word.

'Dumbass.'

'Oi, Don't say that Roxas! It's your fault he knows how to use most of those words mean anyway…'

'He's kind of right.'

'…Shut up.'

While his inner selves were bickering like children, Riku had waved off the odd occurrence by saying that it 'Must be either Aiko or Kairi's influence on you.' Sora silently thanked Kingdom Hearts.

The duo walked together the rest of the way to Kairi, each holding two of the coconuts(the fifth lay forgotten in the sands). When she looked up, hearing their approach, she laughed lightly. "So, you decided to help him, huh, Riku?" Riku rolled his eyes and muttered something that sounded like 'too many coconuts for one person.'

Sora snickered to himself.

Kairi clapped her hands. "You know, that leaves only two things left! Some mushrooms…and a name for our raft!" Sora blinked. Huh. Had they really collected that much already?

'Yes.'

Ssssh-ush, I wasn't being serious, Ven.

Riku crossed his arms. "We'll do the name last." He tuned to Sora. "There are some mushroom in the Secret Place. I'll go get the one by here, alright?" The spiky brunette shrugged with a light 'sure.' The trio split up, Kairi staying at the raft, Riku to the nearest cave, and Sora to their Secret Place.

The teenager paused in front of the cave entrance. Last time he had been here…Yeah, the drawing. And…that Ansem-Wannabe. Xehanort's Heartless. A frown tugged at his lips. What the heck was he going to say? Sora would be far too tempted to just punch the guy in the face for hurting Riku…Even though that technically hadn't even happened.

Gah.

Time Travel.

'Agreed.'

He shook his head: No time to focus on that. Especially when it's better to get something like this over with as quick as possible.

'Like tearing off a band-aid?'

…Pretty much, yeah.

Sora ducked into the dark tunnel. The tips of still dark brown hair slid across the dusty roof of the tunnel. He frowned as he tried to see through the darkness: The Secret Place hadn't been this dark before. The brunette bit his lip, hesitant to continue.

'It only seems that dark because you can 'sense'—(sort of) –Shush, Roxas—The heartless that's hiding out here. You know, Xehanort.'

'She's right.'

'I'm going to have to agree with that.'

Okay, okay. Don't need you three to tell me that.

'…I disagree on that bit…'

Ignoring Xion's last comment, Sora slid further into the darkness. He grasped a currently non-existent keyblade in his hand as he stared hard through the misty darkness. Where was he…?

Oh, whatever.

He turned from where he thought the man would be to where he knew that drawing between him and Kairi was. Silently, the brunette picked up a rock, their 'paint brush', and began to add to the drawing. Once he finished, Sora swept away the shavings of cave wall.

"You know nothing."

Ah.

Seemed he decided to show up.

"And you will continue to know nothing."

"Uh, what? One, how in the hay did you even get in here without me noticing and, two, what medication are you taking? I think it's a bit too much."

"…."

Sora frowned. The Heartless man wasn't being as talkative as usually.

'…Problem.'

What?

'He can sense your heart's strength. Add to the fact that me, Xion, and Roxas are all awake and both of the last two of budding hearts of their own, it kind of makes you stand out like a beacon.'

…eh?

The information about Xion and Roxas' apparently budding new hearts was, well, news to him. Of course, would Xehanort's heartless even recognize them?

'Not me or Roxas.'

'But he might recognize Ven.'

Shit.

"Hey, creep? Can you, like…I don't know. Go away, maybe? You're really freaking me out with all the staring." Sora edged away from the hooded man. Simultaneously as he was doing that he slowly leaned down to pick up a mushroom clinging to the edge of the cave wall.

The hooded heartless shifted slightly towards him. Oh, hell no. Sora made a mad dash through the smoky haze and out into the tunnel. To his surprise, Xehanort's heartless did not pursue him. What, is he a vampire or something?

'Seems like it.'

The quartet (which is what they really were, never mind they were all sharing one body) stepped lightly back onto the beach. "Yo, Sora, ya okay? You look like ya saw a ghost, man." Wakka shook his blitz ball in his general direction. Sora grinned at him and reassured the red-head he was fine. He ended up having to do the same for Tidus and Selphie after they appeared, concerned for him as well.

Finally, the brunette returned to the raft where Riku and Kairi were chatting. When the latter saw his still pale face, her expression morphed to one of concern. "I'm fine," Sora said automatically. Riku raised an eyebrow, but didn't question him. Instead, he brought up the topic of the raft name up.

'Oathkeeper!'

'No, no, Oblivion!'

'Sora. Use Wayward Wind.'

No.

"How about Destiny Trio?"

The other two blinked. Sora grinned. "Because we made it together, right? And we're three people and islands are called Destiny Islands…so, Destiny Trio!" Kairi clapped her hands, looking amused.

"We should still do the race, to make it fair." Riku was stubborn, as usual. But whatever, Sora could deal with that. He was actually somewhat glad to see his friend so carefree…

'Yeah, Like Terra was before the Master Exam.'

'And Axel…'

Sora smiled slightly at the thought of the two men that he had only either seen in memory or spoken a few words to. He could feel the other three echo his smile. Riku interrupted his thoughts by telling Kairi to begin the countdown. Crap, had he really not been paying that much attention?

Assuming the track was the same as the last time they had this race, Sora took off. Before The silverette could take advantage of the tower, the younger stole the slider and flew down the rope. Riku made a frustrated noise somewhere behind him as Sora landed in the sandy turf and skidded up the hill. Tuning out to the world around him, Sora smacked the star after several jumps and left before he saw it light up. Passing Riku on his way up, the brunette streaked across the sandy beach.

The younger two of the trio sat and waited for their older friend to appear. When he did, looking slightly wet, Sora grinned. "Guess I won one for once. So, I guess the raft is called Destiny Trio, then?" Riku shrugged.

Hmmm….Wasn't there something else included in that race? Sora couldn't remember if there was or not.

Whatever.

It probably wasn't anything important anyway.

The sun was setting.

"I can't wait for us to get going." Riku murmured to the wind.

Kairi leaned forward to see her silver-haired friend. "I suppose so. But aren't you worried about our parents and what they'll think?"

Riku closed his eyes, thinking. "…We all have to grow up some time. Right, Sora?" He turned his head to the brunette. Said blue-eyed boy was staring intently at one of the paopu fruits growing from the tree. "What are you doing?"

Sora grinned. "Well, why don't we share a paopu? All three of us!" The other two blinked owlishly at him. "What?"

"Sora, those are for couples."

"No, no, no, you don't get it!" I know that, moron. "The fruit is supposed to represent an unbreakable connection, right?" Kairi's nod was a little more enthusiastic then Riku's. "So! Why don't we share one? We're already good friends…and we care about each other right? We've got more of the pre-whatevers already! Let's just do it!"

The other two exchanged bemused looks. "Reckless as usual. Alright, alright. Fine, we'll risk it." Sora stuck his tongue out at his friend before retrieving one of the yellow skinned fruits. Its skin was tough beneath his fingers as he tore it apart into thirds.

"On the count of three!" Kairi said, grabbing her piece.

"One…"

'Maybe this'll convince that silver idiot that you're being sincere in Traverse Town.'

"Two…"

'That would be nice….'

'If a bit naïve.'

"Three!"

The trio bit into the fruit as one. Sora's nose wrinkled slightly at the somewhat sour taste that came from the fruit's juice. Not yet ripe, huh? He finished it regardless of the flavor though.

Riku was the last, being a somewhat more picky eater then the other two. Kairi was smiling lightly. "Kind of sour, huh?" The silverette blushed slightly and looked away. Sora grinned and poked light-hearted fun at the elder was they walked away from the tree and to the docks.

Maybe…

Just maybe Riku would listen to him.

"Sora!"

Ah, crap, Mom!

The brunette woman spun the young boy around in a fierce hug. "You're alright!" His father was merely shaking his head in the background and Aiko was giving him a teasing grin.

Sora puffed out his cheeks. "Of course I am, mom! Don't worry about me…Wait. Is that something burning?" The older woman squealed and dashed into the kitchen, his father following with what seemed to be the fire extinguisher.

Aiko walked forward. "Little rascal. I can smell the paopu juice on your breath. What'd you do?" Sora scratched the back of his neck before giving a quick run down of the recent events to his older sister. She laughed. "Guess I was right on the little rascal part, huh?"

Ruffling his hair, the darker haired girl then proceeded to drag the younger into the house and towards the hazy kitchen.

'Sora, Remember…'

'Tonight…'

'Is the night the islands disappear.'

Chapter 01

Island Days

End

Riku

The 15 year old version of SORA's best friend. The silver haired teen is always very stern and tries to act like a role model to most of the other kids.

Kairi

The 14 year old version of SORA's other best friend. The auburn haired girl is kind and gentle and hates fighting. She enjoys hanging out with SORA and RIKU.

Aiko

SORA's older sister. She likes teasing her younger brother about pretty much everything. In appearance, she takes after her mother, though her slightly spiky hair is something she shares with her father and little brother. Despite sometimes being slightly mean to SORA, she really is proud of him. (OC)

Tidus

One of SORA's other friends. He likes fighting with a long staff by using it as a sword and often is found sparing either with WAKKA or SORA himself.

Selphie

One of SORA's other friends. SELPHIE fights with whip like objects so she carries around a jump rope to practice with. Hopeless Romantic.

Wakka

One of SORA's other friends. WAKKA often is found messing around on the beaches of DESTINY ISLANDS, teasing Tidus and Selphie just for the heck of it. He fights with a spiked Blitz Ball.

WORLDs

Destiny Islands

SORA's home world. It consists of a small island chain with a smaller population. Pretty much everyone knows everyone.