Solar Advent Chapter 2: A New Beginning, a kingdom hearts fanfic

None of the Kingdom Hearts items belong to me. Only this plot and my Chihiro belong to moi.

Okay, so to start off, I wrote this a long time ago, it's a really long story, but I love plot, so you have no choice, I'm going to keep updating this whether or not you like it, or review it. It's already been written, so publishing it will be a task. (Really long story, I wrote it when I was like…ten…eleven? Right now it has 58,000 some what words, but as I edit it, it should size down a bit, and end up being as big as The Surface….maybe) So even if you don't read it, I'm putting it up because I love this story, the characters and the plot.

It's not like Kingdom Hearts stories get much attention as it is, since there's so many, many plots have already been fulfilled (or written by writers who don't know what they're doing, or written by good writers, doesn't matter) what I'm saying, is that most of the good plots have already been read, reviewed and such, you'll probably not find anything much new about this one, so I hope it's at least written well….okay enough rambling……

In the end, what I'm saying, is the only reason why you probably won't read this, is because, out of all the other Kingdom Hearts stories filing in, this one doesn't stand out, you have to read it before you find how good it is (in your opinion). I'm horrible at summaries…

Please...bare with me...and do enjoy this chapter...

2: A New Beginning

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Some one nudged me forward whispering words into in my ear, "Go."

I stepped up to the plate, standing opposite the keyblade bearer in the dirt arena. I smiled lightly. We approached each other, meeting at the center.

"It's really good to finally meet you," He commented politely, taking my hand in a firm shake.

He smiled back at me, "Yeah, Sora. You too."

He did look a bit shocked at my choice of words, but didn't have a chance to question the matter as Phil howled out another command.

"Walk back to your battle positions, and start when I blow the whistle."

I walked back to my former spot and waited. Words silently rang through the air, he was calling his keyblade. Only the ears of a keyblade bearer could hear such a soft sound. His keyblade appeared in his hand, a faint glow surrounding it. I smiled; it's the simple things in life you treasure. I called my own weapon, the same tingling feeling washing over my knuckles as my keyblade shot through my fist, where I took hold of its hilt. I looked over at my opponent, he was stiff, I could take him. Then Phil blew his whistle, the boy didn't do anything, he just stared at my keyblade.

"Sorry!" I said quickly and quietly as I ran forward and knocked him over with the side of the round blade. I put the end to his throat, declaring my win.

"And Chihiro wins!"

"Where'd you get that?" Sora breathed, clear alarm streaked across his face.

"The same place you got yours." I said simply.

"You…….How come I've never met you?"

"Mickey wanted it that way, but now he wants me to go back to the castle with you." I said lifting my key from his neck.

"Okay, so your name is Chihiro? I'm Sora."

I climbed inside Sora's gummi ship, and sat down in the co-pilot seat. "So you've met Mickey and the others?" He asked, glancing side ways at me.

"Define others?"

"Riku and Kairi."

"Not in person…..but on my missions I've seen them."

"Missions? What was your job?"

Boy, he'll give me the whole twenty questions, won't he? Well at least this way maybe I won't have to explain it to the others either. "My job was to keep you guys alive. Or that was what Mickey had me doing."

"Really? Did I really get in trouble that much?"

I nodded, chuckling to myself. "What would happen if the famous keyblade bearer died? Find a new one? Not likely. Mickey needed yet another keyblade bearer to keep the other safe, maybe because he was too lazy to do it himself," I said, rolling my eyes. Mickey was a piece of work, man that guy –mouse—gave me problems, why did I have to deal with him?

"So you followed all of us around all the worlds?"

"Yup."

"So you knew where Riku and Kairi where while I was in the dark a couple years ago? And you never told me!" I nodded solemnly.

"I had no choice. It was what Mickey wanted. Mickey didn't know, so don't blame him, only I did, since I had this nifty bracelet." I held it up for him to see. "With it, I can find any one of you, see those charms? I have one for each friend Mickey has had me looking after. I press one when it flashes, and boom, I'm where they are, put on pressure and supposed to heal that person without them getting a look at me."

"But why didn't Mickey want you to be seen?" The curious Sora, started to look a little hurt that Mickey hadn't even trusted this information with him.

"I knew everything you didn't; I guess it'd kinda be like cheating….but I guess that's not the only reason. Mickey…has a strange way of doing things, and believe me, I've learned that over the many years he's had me working. He took me away when I was ten saying some gobbledygook about me being the keyblade bearer, and ripping me away from love and happiness…..I lost my family forever. And now that I'm sixteen….I…..I can't help but not be able to remember them….they're distant memories…."

Sora looked sad for me, trying to smile through it. "I'm sorry about your family."

"Don't be, it's not your fault," I said, smiling vaguely.

Finally, we landed, the cockpit was filled with enough tension and I couldn't take much more of it. A small mouse rounded the corner of the hangar, dressed in a pink French gown, lace decorating the elegant sleeves.

"Chihiro? Chihiro! I haven't seen you in ages! It's so great to have you back," Her petite form rushed up to me, excited.

"It's good to be back."

"Well come on, your bedroom misses you too."

I smiled. "Thank you. I am quite tired," I walked silently over to the metal door that lead out into the garden. "See you later Sora," I said.

The shrubbery looked hard and crispy due to the small amounts of rain that had fallen, but the grass was healthy, maybe Minnie had some one watering it. I quietly entered the colonnade, the sound of my sneakers muffled into the red rug. I took a right turn at the first hallway, and found myself in a wide hall full of richly colored doors. One iron number plate was nailed to each of the doors, as far as I knew, there were many rooms in the large, white castle. But mine was number four. A tall crooked shape emerged from the shadows, coming to reveal itself to me. The light that found its way into the dark hallway hitting the man's stunning hair color, almost reflecting off it. It was the one and only, Riku. I had actually been anxious to finally meet him in person, but as I knew –or at least thought in my head--- Riku was often an arrogant guy. Or he had been.

I turned to my door, not even looking twice over at him; I could take my time getting to know the insufferable freak. But that's going too far, he's probably a nice guy…..yeah right….no guy is perfect.

"Hey!" He called over to me, I half wondered to myself if I should ignore him. "Hello! Who are you?" Ah! He was rude! I turned to him at last, his prodding attitude getting annoying. "Are you the owner of this room?" He asked curiously. Unintentionally, I could feel myself giving off an angry aura; this guy ticked me off for some reason. He seemed like the womanizer type….the girl-player. Blech. When my prejudice mind returned, I answered with a sarcastic tone, "It happens to be, yes."

Riku raised an eye brow, "I don't know you. Are you a long distant cousin of Kairi's?"

My jaw clenched, and I narrowed my eyes a bit. "No. I'm a keyblade bearer, slave to the mouse king." I tried to keep myself from laughing as I turned back to the door, afraid Riku might see my struggling expression.

I did ignore him this time, ad I left him out in the hallway as I retreated into my dusty room. I looked around; everything seemed to be in order, just as I had left it.

I collapsed onto my bed, the dark silk catching at my shape and folding around, it had been washed while I was away, thank goodness. When was the last time I had been here? A year and a half at least. I buried my face into my cold pillow; my encounter with Riku had been quite disturbing. I slid off of the bed, getting up to inspect the bathroom. I turned the lights on, everything had been cleaned since last I had been here, new shampoos and soaps placed neatly in the shower. As I pulled the drawers open I saw that everything had been replaced with new. New toothpaste, toothbrush, wash clothes, so on, so forth. It was good to know that at least Minnie was glad to have me back; she was such a kind queen. So had practically raised me from the ten year old, into the girl I am today. She always said she wanted a daughter though, so I was her substitute.

A hard knock on the door caught me out of daydreams, and I got to my feet. I wasn't in a hurry to answer the door; after all it probably was Riku.

As I pulled the heavy wooden door open, the sight of a small crowd of people alarmed me.

Minnie was at the front of the tiny group, and she smiled gently, looking up into my eyes. "May we come in?"

I nodded, giving out a polite smile at once, opening the door wider and standing to the side as I watching several people file in. There was Minnie, Sora, Kairi and Riku. Geez, why'd Riku have to come too? Each of them took comfortable spots in my large room, there was a couch to sit on, my bed, the floor, you pick. Kairi and Sora took the couch with Minnie, and Riku stood at its arm, right by the door. I stepped away form the door, closing it quietly before walking over to my massive bed and sitting door, crossing my legs. I looked up expectantly at Minnie.

"What do you need?"

"They would like some questions answered, then I have a little announcement for you all," Minnie explained. I nodded, intertwining my fingers and closing my mouth in fear of saying something totally out of whack –Riku was still on my nerves…..he was looking at me funny. "First of all," Sora started, "So you carry the bronze keyblade…? If you were a keyblade bearer before me, then why didn't you get the silver one?"

"Because you were the one Mickey chose to save the worlds, I was to save you and your friends, to help you save the worlds." I answered quickly, thinking it over carefully.

I looked over at Kairi for a moment; it'd been a while since I'd seen that friendly face. She smiled over at me, "Do you remember where you used to live? What was it like when Mickey brought you here?" I thought for a moment, those harmful thoughts didn't bring back any good memories, but I could still hear them in my mind.

"I lived in the Land of Dragons, in a small town in the east, where the cherry blossom tress grew. I remember their enticing scent like I do an old nursery rhyme, I grew up with it. Mickey had picked an ordinary day in the middle of autumn, when the leaves and flowers were descending. I had been sitting out in the yard, sketching. As a child I loved to draw and color, it relaxed me –not that I was a spunky child—I was drawing the cherry blossom with colored pencils. I was laughing, as the wind played in my hair, gently blowing the trees blossoms onto my lap, through my hair…..before I knew it, something small had taken hold of my shoulder, with that, the whole world seemed to be swirling around me, falling apart at the seams. Teleportation. Next I found myself in the courtyard, sitting on dark shrubbery, flowers still around me, my hair smelt of the old cherry blossom trees. Mickey came into my view and told me everything, good and bad, my mission, everything. I asked him why he recruited me so early if this boy was coming in the future, and he said that I needed trained, and that before he came, there were other things to be done. I learned a lot, but….I lost something dear to me, my family, my friends, and for a time, I couldn't feel my heart there, things had never been normal for me, but that's another story….its not that great of a story either," I finally finished.

The room went silent, I could hear Kairi swallow. The look on Kairi's face suggested that she not ask any more family related questions. "When's your birthday?" She asked at last, I had that feeling if anyone asked that question, it would be her. She was so kind. "July twelfth," I gave her a little smile, sweet but untouched by the annoyance I felt for Riku.

"You're sixteen, right?"

I went rigid at the sound of Riku's voice; it hit me like a snow ball in the back of the neck. So he decided to jump into the conversation? "Yes…" I tried not to hiss. I also tried not to ask, 'And your point is…?' But I held my tongue. "You're sixteen also, no?" I asked instead, it seemed harmless….though probably not towards a boy, I wasn't implying anything!

"I am."

"Any other questions?" I felt my sarcastic side trying to reach out, thoughts of what I'd like to say running uncontrollably through my tired mind. 'Any more meaningless and trivial questions you might want to ask…..?' the dark side of me strikes yet again. Hopefully none of that stuff will ever fall out. Riku looked at me with a certain wondering in his eyes, I met them and raised one eye brow. "Yes Riku?"

"If you know so much about Kingdom Hearts, tell me one thing," Smug Riku.

I nodded, "I'll try my best," I coated the words in enough sarcasm for everyone in the room.

He didn't seem fazed. "Where is the door to light?" I felt my shoulders droop. Such an easy question! What was he doing? Was this some kind of creepy test to ask if I was dense or not? Freaky cheese head, I'll get you for this. "It's inside your heart," Blandly put. I watched his face carefully, would it break? His eye twitched. HA! Why was that funny? Goodness, I'm tired. "Well, I'll tell you the news, as it seems that you kids are finished," Minnie announced. She stood –though it didn't make much difference in her height—and pulled a rolled up piece of parchment from her ribbon pocket. At the end of the scroll looking paper, there was a golden seal, it had been holding it together, but it had been broken already, so it fell open.

Before Minnie read from the paper, she looked up at all of us and said, "There is to be a ball coming up, honoring all the keyblade bearers at this castle. Since Chihiro has finally come home to us, she is to be joining the group; you will not have to leave again. This is your home coming, but mostly the keyblade ball, so we will celebrate it together." She looked down at the paper then. "It going to be held this Friday evening, the dress wear will be formal, no jeans or normal skirts, dresses and tuxes have been arranged, so they'll be ready for the ball. Okay? Does that sound good?"

I smiled warmly, "That sounds great."

Give it some time, I know it's long, so only hard core readers will probably get through this first chapter…ugh. Please review if you read it, I like knowing if people actually got through it….instead of clicking on it…than realizing it wad too long and leave (I know, I've done it before). Kay, thx, bye! (Next chap will be shorter)