Hey! UknownHero here and welcome to another chapter of Awaken by Time! I seriously gotta start updating more of my stories, since this one hasn't been updated since… holy crap! Since October! Sorry for not updating as much as I can on my other stories, kinda got caught up with some of my others. Anyway, time to start this thing!
Load Game… Start!
Chapter 4: A Great Destiny
Sora was looking at Aqua as he swam around looking for fish. She looked depressed all morning, all during the boat ride and probably the whole day at this rate. It was worrying him and his mother too, 'She keeps saying that she's fine, but why do I feel that she's not?' Sora thought before finding diving down and grabbing a fish. He was lucky to grab one that can be eaten fresh since making a fire on the raft is a big no. It was the last fish Kairi needed so he swam back to shore and quickly dried off, 'I guess all I need now is that mushroom.' He looked around and saw the entrance to the Secret Place, 'I think I remember seeing a few in there.' Sora took one last look at Aqua, who was just drawing lines in the sand before sighing and going towards the cave.
While Sora was going through memory lane, Aqua was really upset even though she tried to deny it. Here she was, back at Level 1, trapped on Destiny Island until she somehow regains enough of her power to at least make herself a Keyblade Glider and leave to find her friends. She was up all night trying to figure out if it was the fact that she was in the future now (though, it looked like nothing has changed much), or the fact that people thought she was dead and broke their bonds with her. All she knew was that she was stripped of her title and her abilities, her friends & Master are somewhere out there and Xehanort was either in hiding, dead (hopefully) or destroying more lives. She sighed and stood up, knowing that she should stop thinking and feeling sorry for herself. She needed to regain her strength and become a true Keyblade Wielder once more. Now, all she needed was someone to train with. And she knew who.
"Sora!" Aqua called out as Sora got out of the cave, "Come over here!" Sora looked at Aqua and smiled and started running towards her, happy that she was at least,
"What do you, Aqua?" Sora asked as he skidded to a stop,
"I want to have a spar with you." Sora looked surprised and he asked for a reason, "Well, I saw your spars against Tidus, Wakka and Selphie and then I saw you defeating all of them at once so I might as well see test my own skills."
"Sure but…" Sora was about to say that she didn't really look like someone who would fight, but something at the back of his mind was stopping him, "Um, sure. You got a weapon?" Sora asked as he pulled out his wooden sword. Aqua looked around and quickly grabbed another sword. The two nodded and walked a few feet away each other before turning around and going into their battle stances, "Get ready Aqua, 'cause I won't hold back!"
"I guess I won't as well." Aqua said, getting ready. She may feel rusty but she can beat a kid.
Right? (AN: Warning: I'm not that good at fight scenes)
-Aqua vs Sora-
Aqua readied herself as she saw Sora charging at her. She quickly did a cart wheel to get out of the way and then countered with quickly blow to Sora's abdomen. Sora fell back before quickly jumping out of the way of another attack. He landed on his toes and then jumped towards her and use an air combo on her. Aqua saw this coming and blocked every attack before hitting Sora in the back before he hit the ground. He rolled away from the Mage and gained some distance away from her. Sora saw that though Aqua isn't much of a heavy hitter, she makes that up for in skill. He needed a plan to take her down. Aqua saw Sora thinking so she started charging towards him, hoping that he doesn't snap out of it. Sora almost was hit but he snapped out of his thoughts and started blocking Aqua's attacks. She was hitting Sora as fast as she could and Sora knew that if he got hit he was screwed so when he saw his chance he ducked under Aqua's swing and quickly hit her with up-slash to her chin, stunning her. Sora then started giving everything he had and started attacking her mercilessly before Aqua blocked one of his attacks and knocked him away. Sora was getting pretty tired but Aqua looked like someone from after a light jog. She had better stamina so that ruled out tiring her out. He had to rely on his strength and hitting her as fast as he could. He got up and started running at her. Aqua just sighed, knowing that it was useless so she decided to start running at Sora. She didn't expect him to jump at the last second, step off her head and hitting the back of her skull. Sora didn't give her a chance to recover so he started hitting her back and knocked her away. Her back was pretty sore now but it didn't stop her. They both charged at each other and they started trading blows, though Aqua was getting in more hits than Sora since he kept using the same three attacks. But Aqua noticed as Sora was starting to get frustrated since by now he was lucky to even get a scratch, he was starting to get faster and landing more hits, even though he was causing less damage with each hit. Aqua was really starting to struggle until Sora jumped back and throw his sword into the air, surprising Aqua before he grabbed it.
Back handed.
'What!?' Aqua thought as she saw Sora go into a familiar stance. She couldn't help but see Ventus, 'Maybe he just changed up his stance and it happens to be like Ven's.' She thought frantically, 'Then why do I-' her thoughts were cut off when Sora used the pommel of the sword and slammed it into her gut and hit the side of her head, knocking her to the ground. The attack really did a number to Aqua, finding herself unable to get up, "I guess you won." Aqua groaned as she sat up, "You're good."
"I guess…" Sora managed to say between breaths, "B-But *pant* I don't *pant* why I did that. *Pant* It just *pant* came to me. If you *pant* didn't freeze *pant* you would've got me."
"Yeah, I know." Aqua admitted as Sora helped her up. She rubbed on some of the sore spots on her body, "You just… remind of someone I kno-knew. Someone I knew."
"You miss him *pant* don't you?" Aqua only responded in silence, going back to her depressed state, "Aw man…" Sora sighed, 'I guess I shouldn't have brought it up.' Sora thought, before remembering something, "Oh crap! I have to give my supplies to Kairi!" Sora yelled out as he started sprinting towards where Kairi was, somehow regaining his energy. Aqua couldn't help but smile before looking out into the ocean,
'I'll find one day, Ven. Just wait for me.'
(A few hours later…)
Sora was looking at the sun set with Kairi. Riku went home and he was sure that Aqua hitched a ride with since she didn't use one of the other boats. He was still pretty sore and he wanted to get as much sleep as possible before they leave tomorrow but he still had enough energy to at least hang out with Kairi for a few more hours,
"Let's go take the raft and go!" Kairi exclaimed, snapping Sora out of his thoughts, "Just the two of us!"
"Huh? What about Riku? Or Aqua?" Kairi suddenly felt that icky feeling again at Aqua's name, 'Why do I feel like this? I don't like it!'
"U-U-Um… just kidding!" Kairi lied as she scratched the back of her head and giggled lightly,
"What's gotten into you?" Sora asked, "You're the one who's changed."
" Maybe... You know, I was a little afraid at first, but now I'm ready. No matter where I go or what I see, I know I can always come back here. Right?"
"Yeah."
"And…"
"And?" Kairi looked a little nervous, "What is it?"
"S-Sora. I have to tell you something." Sora raised one of his eyebrows before nodding; giving a silent signal saying that she could trust him. Kairi took in a deep breath and pulled out of her pocket a charm. Aqua's Wayfinder, "I remember."
"Huh?"
"I-I remember. Everything." Sora was still confused, until it suddenly hit him,
"Y-You remember your home world!? That's great! Now it'll be easier to find your… home." Sora said as he saw Kairi at the edge of tears, "Kairi…"
"S-Sora," Kairi said in a shaky voice, "I-I don't, I don't think I have a home to go back to." Sora gasped before quickly hugging Kairi as she cried into his shoulder, "I-It's all gone. My f-fa-family, my o-old fr-friends, my w-world…" Sora started shushing her as he rubbed Kairi's back, "I-I remember… someone caused it."
"It's okay Kairi." Sora said, barely holding back his tears. He needed to be strong for her, "W-We'll find out who's responsible and destroy this person." Sora declared, angry at this person, "Even if it's the last thing I do."
"Tha-Thank you… Sora." Kairi managed to say as she continued crying. After a few minutes, she stopped and looked into Sora's eyes, "Sora, don't ever change."
"I won't." He spiky-haired boy simply answered. Kairi smiled and gave him a kiss on the cheek before running off,
"I just can't wait once we set sail! It'll be fun!" Kairi yelled out as she made her way to the docks, leaving a frozen Sora still standing. When she noticed that her friend was still standing there, she yelled out, "COME ON, YOU LAZY BUM! IT'S GETTING LATE!"
"Huh? Wha-" Sora said as he snapped out of his frozen state. He touched the cheek where Kairi kissed him and smiled, 'Best. End to a Day. Ever.' The boy thought as he started making his way to the docks, 'Maybe we should have Aqua join. I'm sure she would be happy.' When Sora got to his boat, he unconsciously rubbed his chest before grabbing the boat's oars and started making his way back to the main island, all while smiling at Kairi, not noticing someone was in the boat with him.
(Yen Sid's Tower)
"Hmm… peculiar." The old wizard said as he looked into a crystal ball (AN: Assuming he has one). The glass orb has been acting up since late in the afternoon yesterday and all day today. He tried studying it and trying to bring out a picture, but to no avail. But now, the ball was working and was slowly creating an image. After a few minutes, he, an all powerful wizard and retired Keyblade Master, gasped. He quickly waved his hand and in two poofs of smoke, a duck and a dog appeared, "Donald. Goofy."
"Master Yen Sid!" The two said as they quickly bowed down, "Why did you summon us? We were kinda on a mission to find the Key." Goofy asked,
"I am terribly sorry for the interruption but I have important news for you two." The Mage & Knight looked at each other before asking what it was, "Do you remember what has happened ten years ago." The two adopted a thinking pose as they searched their memories,
"The King was still your apprentice…" Donald said,
"And he ran away with the Star Shard…" Goofy added in,
"During when the Unversed were running around…"
"And Master Aqua, Terra and Ventus…" Suddenly their eyes widened in realization, "Master Aqua & Ven!" They both exclaimed,
"Gwarsh, you mean they ended up right here!?" Goofy asked excitingly,
"Yes but no." Yen Sid answered somewhat grimly, "Master Aqua has been found in this timeline and may have already affected it, but Ventus is still unknown. And remember, they have arrived at a point where suffering is at it's peak, so it is not something we should celebrate." The two sighed sadly, realizing that Aqua & Ven have landed in a bleak future,
"What do we do, Master?" Donald asked. The old man stroked his beard and closed his eyes in thought,
"Continue with your mission set by the King and find the Key, as actively searching for the displaced Keyblade Wielders will most likely endanger the Key as well as many more lives. When the mission is complete, we will find them and fill in what has happened since the past decade they have been gone." The King's most trusted friends bowed with a 'Yes'. The old man smiled and sent them back to the Gummi Ship. Yen Sid looked into the crystal ball and smiled as he saw Aqua smiling from the docks as she looked at a sweet scene before she jumped onto Sora's boat and waited for the one who'll light the way come, "Aqua, you have a great destiny ahead of you. And an even greater journey."
Save Game… Quit!
Whew! Done! See you next chapter!
UknownHero signing off, my friends!