KH Dream Drop Distance: Distance Connects Us All
Chapter 5: Brave
"Hey, Axel. You haven't forgotten?" Roxas asked.
Axel was about to take a bite of his ice cream and turned to his friend.
"Hm? What?" He was confused.
"You made us a promised. You've forgotten already haven't you, silly?" Phoenix asked.
"I did?" He asked.
"That you'd always be there…" Roxas stated.
"To bring us back." The red haired nobody finished the boy she loves' sentence.
"Yeah…" Axel trailed off.
"Got it memorised?" Phoenix and Roxas asked as they faded away.
"Best friends forever." The red haired pyro laughed.
"Where… what happened to me?" Lea stood up and blinked. He felt so light headed. "Roxas…Phoenix?" He asked.
He looked at himself at his reflection
"That's me." He stated and touched his face. The marks under his eyes, the ones which were the same as his sister's, were gone.
He then turned around to see 4 people on the floor and they were waking up too. "Dilan, Aeleus, Even and Ienzo." He mumbled and realised something. "Wait, we're people again. But, only the ones who joined the Organisation here, I guess Xehanort doesn't count where are Braig and…Isa?" He asked himself.
The red haired man blinked and stuck his hand in his pockets. He felt something soft and took it out. In Lea's hand was a red Chrysanthemum flower which was still beautiful. He smiled at this and a tear fell down his cheek. This was one of some of the flowers his baby sister was allergic to.
"My little Ruka." He furrowed his eyebrows and gasped. "She's still out there. Haruka, I'm gonna find you. I love you kiddo."
Destiny Islands:
Haruka opened her eyes and yawned whilst stretching. She went to the bathroom and had a nice refreshing shower. She dried her hair and got changed. She got looked outside the window and looked up at the sky. The red haired teen placed her hand on her heart and felt something.
'Lea, now I feel as if you are truly out there. Where are you?' She thought.
The Princess had her breakfast and was so happy today.
"So Princess Haruka, where are you off to today?" Kyo asked with a smirk. Haruka laughed at him calling her that.
"Well dad, today I'm going to Radiant Garden." She said and Kimiko turned to her.
"Your home?" She asked and the girl nodded.
"I'm gonna bring Kairi along; it's her home too. Plus I wanna find some people from the past and my original home." Haruka said.
"Well you can spend as much time there as you want." Riku's father stated.
"Hey, I'll come back with a surprise for you guys!" She exclaimed. "Well, I gotta go. See you guys!" The red haired girl got up and sprinted out of the house.
"What an energetic daughter we have." Kyo stated with a big smile as he read the paper.
The red haired Princess knocked on the Mayor's door and he himself answered it.
"Hi Mr Mayor!" She grinned and he blinked.
"Hello Haruka, what brings you here this morning?" He asked curiously.
"Is Kairi home?" She asked and he nodded.
"Yes, she's in the living room. Would you like to come in?"
"Why yes, thanks!" She exclaimed and ran into the house. The Mayor watched her and blinked; that girl was very different.
The green eyed 17 year-old entered the living room to see other girls with Kairi and Selphie was there. The other girls were Kairi's friends from school and they didn't like Haruka at all. They all turned to her.
"Hey Kairi!" The red haired teen grinned and her smile dropped when she saw the others stare at her like she wasn't welcome. There were 6; Ava, Chloe, Lucy, Scarlett, Karin and Megan. Selphie and Kairi however smiled at their friend. "Um, bad timing?" She asked whilst scratching the back of her head.
"No it's okay, Haruka. What's up?" Kairi asked.
"I just came to ask you something but you're busy." Haruka stated.
"What did you want to ask me?" Her other friends (except Selphie) glared at Kairi. The Princess of Light and Dark noticed this.
"I'm going to Radiant Garden today, would you want to come?" She asked and Kairi's eyes widened. She smiled sadly and so did her friend. "Our home."
"You're really gonna take me?" Kairi asked and the others gasped.
"Yeah and I'm gonna help you find your grandma!" Haruka exclaimed.
"Oh my gosh, Kairi you should go!" Selphie said and the said girl stood up.
"I'm going with you." She said with determination.
"Selphie, you wanna come too?" The red haired girl asked.
"Yeah!" The brown haired teen stood up too.
"Um, you both! Where do you think you're going?" Lucy asked.
"Yeah, like you can't just leave us here!" Chloe exclaimed.
"This is like our first day of holiday." Megan stated as she flicked her hair. Haruka rolled her eyes at this; seriously?
"Yeah we were supposed to chill and talk about stuff!" Scarlett said.
"Kairi what kind friend are you to leave us?" Ava questioned and the red haired teen was beginning to get boiled up.
"Now you listen all of you!" Haruka yelled and they jumped. "I have you that Kairi would rather choose something more important than her friends; her home and her family. How can you people judge her?! Now leave her alone!"
"What are you gonna do about it?" Scarlett asked and the Princess smirked darkly.
"You don't know who you're dealing." She stated and glared at them. They gulped and were very afraid of her. "I've always tolerated you 6 when I was a child, but no more. Now if you girls have a problem with that then you can kiss my ass!"
"What kind of girl ARE you?" Karin questioned.
"One of a kind." She said smugly. "Come on Kairi, Selphie. Let's go!"
"Haruka, I got a question; how do we get to Radiant Garden?" Selphie asked.
"Watch."
Haruka held out her hand and closed her eyes. She controlled the powers within her and felt her hair dance in the wind.
There was a portal of light with many colours around it like a rainbow. The Princess of Light and Darkness opened her eyes and smiled at the warmth it invited.
"Wow…" Kairi and Selphie slurred. The other girls just stared awestruck.
"I'll call it the Opening of Light." Haruka said.
"Good idea, Ruka!" Kairi exclaimed. The red haired teen giggled with her hands behind her back as her head tilted to the side.
They started walking but Haruka stood still. She looked at the ground and placed her hand on her heart.
Master Eraqus was panting very heavily and Haruka ran to him. She held onto his robe and looked up at him. Terra was slowly walking to him with a shocked face. He was clutching onto his chest.
Suddenly, something hit his heart and he blinked. Terra and Haruka's eyes widened and the little girl felt her heart break. His Keyblade fell onto the ground. He fell onto his knees and they both hugged him. Then he disappeared into orbs of light.
The brown haired teen turned to the little girl who was looking around with teary eyes. He ran to her and picked her up. They watched as the Castle was breaking but Terra tried to make the little girl not look. The ground beneath them was breaking and she held tighter onto him.
The Opening of Light disappeared before Selphie and the Princess of Heart could enter. They turned to their friend and watched her as she fell onto her knees.
"Haruka?" They asked.
She gripped onto her shirt and felt that indescribable and immense pain in her heart. She started groaning with pain and that turned into screaming. Her 2 friends ran up to her side and kneeled down. The brown haired teen placed her hands on her back whilst the blue eyed girl held her hand. Tears kept falling down her cheeks like a waterfall.
"Haruka, what's wrong?" Kairi asked.
"Are you okay?" Selphie questioned.
"My….my heart…." She whispered.
"Breathe in and out slowly." The auburn haired 15 year-old stated.
Haruka started to breathe in and out very slowly, but the pain was getting worse. The red haired teen then fell flat onto the ground and wrapped her arms around herself.
"Haru!" Selphie and Kairi yelled. The Mayor rushed into the living room and the 6 girls gathered around.
She started getting light headed and her vision was fading. She closed her eyes and fell unconscious.
"Ruka!" Kairi yelled with tears falling down her cheeks.
3 in the afternoon…
"What's happened to her, doctor?" Kimiko asked with tears falling down her face. Riku's parents, the Princess of Light and Dark, Kairi and Selphie were in Haruka's room as she lied down on the bed.
The best doctor on Destiny Islands looked at her parents with a serious face.
"She'll wake up very soon. But I don't know what is wrong with your daughter." He stated as he took his glasses off.
"Ruka, don't be scared." He whispered with tears falling down his cheeks. He kissed her forehead and smiled at her. "I know that you will become so strong in the future. I love you."
"I love you too, Terra." She said and kissed his cheek.
"Grandpa…Eraqus…" The red haired teen mumbled and they turned to her. "…Terra…" A tear fell down her cheek as her bright green eyes fluttered open. She looked around very confused.
"How…how did I get here?" She asked curiously.
"Haruka, you fell unconscious." The red haired placed her hand onto her head and sat up. "Please tell me what happened before?"
She looked at him and sighed.
"I don't know what it was. But I felt this pain in my heart; it was so intense, the worst kind of pain." Haruka explained.
"Would you know what caused the pain?" The doctor asked.
"I just remembered a very traumatising moment in my past. Something which will haunt me" Haruka stated but she looked up with determination. "But I'll make sure he didn't die for nothing; his death won't go in vain." She stood up and stared at her.
"Who's death?" Kairi asked.
"Grandpa Eraqus, he took care of me and protected me." She said. "Kairi, Selphie let's get going."
"Young lady, don't you need rest?" The doctor questioned. Haruka turned to him with a smirk.
"I'm strong. Don't worry about me." She said bravely. Kairi and Selphie smiled at this.
"Kyo…" Kimiko whispered with tears falling down her cheeks. He held onto her hand reassuringly.
"What is it?" He asked quietly.
"She just reminds me so much of Hiromi." Riku's mother frowned and Kyo rubbed his wife's back. "I'm beginning to think; is she Hiromi's daughter?"
They both left and Haruka watched them leaving. She frowned at this and sighed; what was wrong?
Kimiko and Hiromi were best friends and they cared about each other so much. Haruka's mother's dream was to go to the outside world and become a Keyblade Master. She also wanted to bring peace to worlds and unite them. So Hiromi got off the islands and became a Keyblade Master. She got married and had children. The last time the best friends saw each other was when Hiromi was 8 months pregnant with her youngest child and Riku was just born.
The Princess paid the doctor and told Kairi and Selphie to wait for her. She exited the room and ran to her parents.
"Mom, dad!" She called out and they turned to her. She looked at them worried. "Is everything okay?"
They smiled at her and Kimiko held her hands.
"We were really worried, that's all." She stated.
"Sweetie, we need to talk to you about something important tonight." Kyo said. The red haired teen furrowed her eyebrows.
"Is it bad?" She asked curiously.
"No, it's just the truth that's all. We just need to ask you one question." Riku's father said and she nodded.
"Well I better get going." She said her goodbyes to her adoptive parents.
Omg! Kimiko knows Hiromi?! How will Haruka react? Next chapter: Kairi, Selphie and Haruka go to Radiant Garden!
~Parisa01