Disclaimer: I do not own Kingdom Hearts, Disney, Square Enix, Final Fantasy, or any of the songs mentioned in this fanfic.
This chapter gets a little modernized. But it makes for good humor.
Chapter 7 ~ Starts with an S.
Sora felt odd following a living broom. The guest quarters were quite far from the throne room and Mickey's study. He had rejoined Roxas, Riku, and Lea. They told him that Minnie had led them to the practice grounds and they decided to stay there and spar. Apparently, Namine and Kairi had stayed in the kitchens to help Daisy, Minnie and a handful of brooms prepare dinner.
"Wait, did you guys see Goofy there? The King said that he would be there." Sora really wanted to see his friend.
"Nope, the range is huge. He probably was there, but we didn't see him." Riku felt sorry for Sora. He seems to get separated from his friends a lot.
There was a guard standing at the entrance to the guest wing. "How many?"
"Six." Sora replied.
The guard checked his list. He shook his head. "Very sorry, but we only have four open guest rooms right now. However, two of these rooms have two beds in them. Would anybody mind sharing rooms?"
Roxas looked at Sora. Sora nodded. "Me and Sora will share a room, and our friends Kairi and Namine will share the other."
"Very well then." The guard lifted his spear and allowed them to pass. The broom gave them the keys to their rooms, and gave Sora the key for Kairi and Namine's. He inserted the key and walked into his room. It was grand. Two queen sized beds, a large bathroom, and even a balcony. Wow. Was all he could think. Roxas crashed on a bed. Sora threw him the key.
"I've got some stuff to take care of." And with that, Sora left.
The broom had given him a map of the whole castle. The mage's wing was extremely close to his room. He went there first.
Sora had to climb another grueling flight of stairs. Donald, being the Royal Magician, just had to have his room at the top of the tower. Upon arriving at the top of the tower, there was no door. A small panel was attached to the wall, bearing 5 symbols. Sora inspected them, and saw a large fireball, a blizzard, a thunderbolt, a tornado, and a medical cross. He knew what he had to do.
"Firaga." He whispered. A large fireball encompassed the room. The symbol of the fireball ignited, and the fireball dissipated. "Blizzaga." The room was overcome by snow. The symbol became cold to the touch. "Thundaga." A cloud occupied the top of the room and let out a massive thunderbolt. Its symbol began to spark. "Aeroga." A tornado encompassed the space and vanished. Wind began to circle the symbol. "Curaga." The room became bright. Sora felt himself be healed.
The final symbol began to glow. The entire panel vanished, and in its place a door appeared. Sora took an ether out to drink just in case. He opened the door to see Donald practicing spells on an unfortunate apprentice.
"Donald!" Sora said in disapproval.
Donald turned around. "Who's there? How did you get in? Sora!" He ran up to Sora and tackled him. "What are you doing here?"
"I came to see the King." Sora pushed Donald off playfully.
"About…"
"A dream I've been having." Sora told Donald the tale of his dream, and Mickey's comments.
"Really?"
"Yeah, but I just came to visit you guys." Sora smiled. "Wanna come with me to see Goofy?"
"Sure. Even I haven't seen Goofy in a while." Donald began to leave. He turned around and said, "Curaga." The apprentice he had been torturing was healed. "You can go." The apprentice scurried out the door and fell down the stairs in a frenzy.
The practice range was a large courtyard situated behind the library, and one could overlook the whole range from there. The King often did that, longing to join in, but he would be too powerful for them, and Minnie would not allow it.
It took a while to find Goofy, but Sora summoning his Keyblade seemed to do the trick. Donald and Goofy had been trained to sense the Keyblade, and when Goofy felt its presence, he went running towards it. Without thinking, he tackled whoever it was, hoping it was not The King, Roxas, or Riku. He had sensed them before, but they were on the other side of the range.
"Sora!" Goofy shouted happily.
"Hey! What's new?" Sora was ecstatic to see his old friend.
"Well, The King moved me up to Royal Strategist, and I'm still head of the guards. But there is one more thing. Me and Clarabelle, we had a son." Goofy was glad that his two best friends finally knew.
Sora and Donald were speechless. "Really? That's great! Did you name him after me?" Sora always knew what to say.
"No, we named him Max." Goofy slapped his hand on his forehead.
Donald sucked at expressing his emotions. He yelled; "Why didn't you tell me?" He was actually really happy for him.
"Well, I never see…." Goofy stopped halfway. Donald was hugging him. (Author's Note: THIS IS NOT MEANT TO SUGGESITVE OF A YAOI OF DONALD AND GOOFY. DONALD IS JUST REALLY HAPPY FOR HIM AND HAS NOT SHOWN REAL EMOTION IN YEARS.)
"I'm so happy for you buddy! I can't believe it!" And then Donald started crying. He let go of Goofy. Sora was going to burst out laughing any moment.
Sora checked his watch. They had five minutes to get to the dining hall. Sora grabbed Donald and Goofy and began running.
"Sora, where are we going?" Donald asked.
"Dinner… in… five… minutes…" Sora panted. He was running as fast as he could. Donald and Goofy wrestled free and ran alongside him. They began gliding, and they moved faster. They got a lot of weird looks from the brooms and denizens of the castle. They glided through the mechanic courtyard, and arrived at the throne room. Roxas, Riku, and Lea joined them in running.
"C'mon! The dining room is just down the hall!" Sora yelled as he went into valor form. Thank goodness for Quick Run. He powered down and entered the room. He looked at his watch. Right on time. The Queen and Isa were already there. He took a seat at the table and sighed. The others came in and followed suit. A few minutes later, The King walked in and took his place at the head of the table.
"Sorry I'm late." He said to Minnie.
"It's no problem. Sora and his friends came in just minutes ago." Minnie gave the King a smile. Kairi and Namine walked in and sat down next to Sora and Roxas.
"Ok, everyone's here. Before we start dinner, I have a small gift for each of you." Mickey said as a broom came out with small, individual packages on a silver platter. "I had been anticipating your arrival, because Master Yen Sid had seen in in a vision. There was a gift I was meaning to give all of you a long time ago, but I didn't have them back then."
The broom went around the table, passing out the packages. Sora got a golden one, Roxas got a yellow one, Kairi got a pink one, Riku got an orange one, Namine got a white one, Lea got a red one, and Isa got a blue one. "Go ahead, open them." The King said.
Sora tore his open like a little kid on Christmas. Namine and Kairi unfolded the wrappings, saving the paper. Lea burnt the paper off his, which startled everyone. Roxas ripped a hole out of the paper, and pulled out the contents. Riku ripped his open casually. Isa waited until everyone else had opened their boxes, and stared at the his own Lea got impatient and burned the paper off.
Everyone opened their boxes. They all pulled out a cell phone and an mp3 player.
Sora admired his cellphone, a white and gold slide phone with a QWERTY keyboard. It had a black print of the Kingdom Key on the back. His mp3 player had a touch screen, and it had the same colour scheme and print as his cell phone. Roxas had gotten Sora's phone and mp3 player in dark yellow with a silver print of his nobody spikes. Lea got a red touch screen phone with Eternal Flames on the back, which matched his shirt. He also got a small, compact mp3 player with the same design. Kairi got a pink phone with a full keyboard on it, without a flip or slide. It had a white print of a Paopu on the back. Kairi also got a small mp3 player with a 1.5 inch screen and a trackpad. Namine got the same things with an inverted colour scheme. Riku got a bright orange touch screen phone with a slide out keyboard. There was a black Heartless emblem on the back. He got the same mp3 player as Sora and Roxas. Isa obtained a blue touch screen phone with silver nobody emblem emblazoned across the back. His mp3 player looked exactly the same as his phone. Donald and Goofy smiled. They knew that these guys were going to have trouble figuring them out.
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" They all said in unison.
"You are all very welcome. Just imagine how much easier your first adventures would have been if you had these!" The King laughed.
Inside Sora's head
Sora was in Castle Oblivion. His phone rang. It was Namine. "Hey, Sora, I'm not the one who you are searching for. Organization 13 made me mess up your memory so you thought I was the one you were trying to find so that they could use you. The real girl's name is Kairi. I'm her Nobody, too. Bye!" one adventure simplified.
Sora called Riku. "Dude, where are you?"
Riku answered; 'For the millionth time, Sora, I don't want to be found!"
"Is that you talking to the emperor of the Land of The Dragons?"
"Yeah, why?"
"Turn around."
Riku hung up and turned around. Sora was standing there. Riku pulled his hood down.
"It's Riku… Riku's here! I looked everywhere for you!" Sora began to cry.
Riku smacked his head.
"Where's Kairi?"
"On the islands."
"C'mon! Let's go get her!" Sora tugged on Riku's arm. Riku reluctantly followed.
"Wait… What about the Organization?"
Two adventures simplified.
Wow, life would have been so much easier with these before.
Back in Reality
Sora started mashing random buttons on his phone. It made a beeping noise, and he stopped. "Mickey, what's a text message?" He said, looking at the screen.
Roxas's phone began to play "The Other Promise". He hit the "Ok" button, and a message showed up. It read FADFASFBABAdvafjbiajps jjrtjrowavkbnt.
From Sora. Roxas rolled his eyes and tapped away on his keyboard. Namine's phone began to play "Hikari". She slid it open, and blushed.
"The instruction manual will explain everything." Mickey handed Kairi a small, red pocket-sized book. She opened it and read it with incredible speed. She then assisted everyone with texting and making calls.
"Apparently, The King sprung for the Universal Plan, so we have unlimited talk, data and text in every single world." Mickey smiled as Kairi said that.
"No, Sora, it's not edible." Sora frowned and pulled his phone out of his mouth.
"There you go, Namine, you've got it." Namine smiled as Kairi patted her shoulder.
"Roxas! Put Oblivion away! I'll fix it." Roxas was about to chop his Mp3 player in half. A half hour later, Kairi was exhausted.
"Now, as you can tell, your Mp3 players are preloaded with songs, and you all have each other as contacts preloaded already." As The King was speaking, a host of brooms came in, carrying heaping trays of food. "It appears that the food is ready. I would like to thank Namine and Kairi for their assistance." The girls both gave a slight nod.
The brooms carried in plates and plates of food. Steak, salads, everything. Sora, Riku, and Roxas unfolded their napkins to get forks. Small chains fell out. They picked them up. Keychains. They all thought. The three boys summoned their Keyblades and startled everyone. Sora detached his Kingdom Key chain and attached the new one. The keychain looked like a stone surrounded in a tornado. He looked at his Keyblade, and saw that he was actually holding it wrong. He flipped it around and admired it. It had a wide guard, although it was to one side. It was a deep green, and it had large, mechanical teeth as the strike zone.
"I found these keychains a long time ago. I thought you three might like them." Mickey said as Sora stared at his new Keyblade.
"I don't know why, but I wanna call this Keyblade Fresh Breeze." Sora swung it around and almost knocked a large roast chicken off the table.
"When you first get a Keyblade, true masters will know its name." Mickey said.
Roxas attached his keychain to Oblivion. It was shaped like a stick of Sea-Salt Ice Cream. His Keyblade transformed into a beautiful, articulate replica of the Clock Tower in Twilight Town. Part of tower was taken out. The handle was there, shaped to look like ice cream sticks glued together. The strike zone was three sticks of Sea-Salt Ice Cream of varying lengths. "Sweet and Salty, just like the ice cream."
Riku attached his. It was a white version of Sora's crown necklace. Way To The Dawn was enveloped in a white light. An inverted Oblivion was there before him. Instead of the black-wing guard, they were replaced with white, angelic wings. The purple, diamond-like gem turned into a circular, yellow pearl. The shaft was pure white, with the chain of Oblivion lining it. The strike zone was a loose variation of the Kanji for heart.
"Reincarnation." Riku muttered.
"Well, let's get eating!" Minnie said almost too cheerily. The boys put their Keyblades away and sat down.
Sora and Roxas devoured a whole turkey, a bowl of salad, five liters of Kingdom Cola, an entire bowl of mashed potatoes, and twenty dinner rolls together. Kairi barely ate anything. She had been snacking on food in the kitchen before dinner. Namine ate as much as she could. She had never had this much good food in her life. Riku ate a slice of turkey, a bit of salad, and some mashed potatoes. He was going to keep a good reputation as long as he could.
After everyone was done eating, the brooms brought in desert. "Paopu cake." One of them announced.
Kairi then added; "Don't worry, we brought a single paopu for everyone from the islands." Kairi winked at Namine.
Roxas took a bite of his cake without even thinking. Namine smiled as he did. She quickly took a bite of hers. Sora saw more food placed in front of him, and just devoured it. Riku poked it around his plate with his fork, and eventually took a bite. Kairi nibbled on the edges of hers. Lea made sure his was "extra crispy" before he took a bite.
After everybody had finished eating, Mickey decided to strike up a conversation with Sora. They began talking about Heartless. Sora told him about being overpowered by 10 Shadows in The World That Never Was. Mickey laughed, and they shared stories for hours while everybody else was talking. Mickey turned around and looked at the large grandfather clock behind him. It was nearing midnight.
"Alright, I think it's time for bed." Mickey said has he stood up. Everybody thanked The King and Queen and went to their rooms. "Breakfast is at 10:30 tomorrow morning. Good night!"
Sora, Lea, Kairi, Namine, Roxas and Riku turned left down the hall. They arrived at the guest rooms, and went their separate ways. Roxas pulled Sora over.
He whispered; "Hey, I'm switching rooms with Kairi. Namine asked her at dinner and she said ok." Sora's heart skipped a beat. He… was sharing a room… with Kairi? Score! Sora tried to hide his content. Roxas winked as he left for his new room.
Sora stepped into his room to find Kairi crawling into bed. He was thankful that he didn't see her, because something… might have happened. He shook his head and stepped into the bathroom. Kairi didn't see him come in. She grabbed a book and began to read.
He placed his phone on the counter. Sora grabbed a pair of flannel pants with crowns all over them and put them on. He threw a white t-shirt over his head and went out the door. As he went, his phone started to play "Darkness of the Unknown". He picked it up, and pushed the 'enter' button. A map showed up on screen. Apparently, this thing had a GPS too. He noticed that it led out of his room to a large square, about 500 feet from his location. There was a text message attached.
"Code is 3582. Take swimming trunks. And Kairi. Have fun!" The message was stamped with a crown, meaning it was from the King. How did Mickey know he was with Kairi?
Sora stepped out of the bathroom, surprising Kairi. "Sora? I thought I was sharing a room with Namine!"
"Roxas and Namine tricked us. Roxas told me that you agreed to switch rooms with him." Sora sighed. "Wait… what are they doing then?" Sora held his ear to the wall and cringed. "Ugh." He shook his head.
Kairi sighed as well. "Well, what can we do now."
"We could go swimming. The King just sent me a map to the pool, I think."
Kairi perked up. "Okay!" She hopped out of bed and Sora immediately turned around. He scurried into the bathroom and pulled a pair of shorts on. He also put on a black t-shirt that was a little small.
"Ready to go?" Sora asked her as he turned around. Oh my G… he thought as he turned around. Kairi was wearing a pink bikini, and Sora had trouble holding back. Kairi was the most beautiful girl he knew. Sora wanted to just stare at his girlfriend in all her beauty all day, but he knew what would happen if he did. He had to do something to suppress those urges. "I'll race you to the pool!" He exclaimed.
"You're on!" Kairi sped past him out the door. Sora ran after her as fast as he could. Kairi had gotten a lot faster. Sora was never going to catch up to her at this rate. He tried to go into valor form for quick run, but realized that he was not wearing his regular clothes. All he could do was run. He jumped into the air, and glided to catch up. Eventually, they tied at the gates to the pool. Sora punched in the code and they went in.
The pool was huge. It had an abstract shape to it, and was full of crystal-clear water. Elegant chairs lined half of the poolside. The pool was warm. Sora took his shirt off, which attracted Kairi's attention. She stared at his chest and muscles for longing moments, until Sora jumped into the pool. He jumped in simply so that he could actually look at Kairi without her seeing what she made his body do.. She is so beautiful…stupid hormones! He snapped back into reality as she slipped into the pool. The depths of the floor created seats in the water. Sora sat back on one, and put his hands behind his head. Kairi sat on the edge of the pool, kicking her legs.
"So, why did Namine seem so happy during dessert?" Sora turned back to look at Kairi and got lost in her eyes.
Kairi couldn't stop looking into Sora's eyes. So blue… just like the water… I can't take my eyes off him. Kairi shook her head. "Oh, you noticed that, did you?" For a boy who tries to eat his cell phone, he sure catches on to some things pretty quickly. "Well, Namine 'accidentally'" Kairi put air quotes around accidentally, "used the same paopu for her and Roxas' desserts."
Sora's mouth was agape. "You… didn't do that with us… did you?"
"No, of course not! I wouldn't sneak you something like that." She smiled. "I want ours to be more special than that."
"Well, I'm glad." Sora got up and went underwater to the deep end of the pool.
"Hey! Where are you going?" Kairi followed after him. Both of them had gotten used to having their eyes open underwater, from living on the islands. Kairi followed Sora all around the pool. They met in the middle of the pool, and Sora took her in his arms. He moved in and brushed her lips with his. Sora looked into her eyes, which said; Kiss me for real.
Sora moved in closer, as did Kairi. They met at the exact center of the pool. They held together for simple moments, as the euphoria of each other took their breath away. They had to resurface, but they held together until they did.
Sora took a deep breath. They had been underwater for quite some time. Of course, Sora had experience with breathing underwater from Atlantica, but Kairi had no such experience. Her breathing was labored, mostly because she was breathless from the kiss.
Sora took Kairi in his arms and carried her out of the pool. Kairi was shivering. The water was drastically warmer than the air outside. Sora could not find a towel anywhere, so he used fira to place a small fireball on the table next to her. Sora used the heat to dry off, turning and lifting up his arms or moving to get closer to the fireball. Kairi relished every moment of this, seeing nearly every crevice of his well-toned body.
Luckily, she had been breathing deeply before he started drying off, so Sora could not tell that he was making her breathless still.
After the best moments of Kairi's life, Sora threw his shirt back on. He checked his watch. "Three A.M? How?" as he said this, he heard footsteps. A guard was doing his nightly rounds. "Hide!" He whispered to Kairi. She hid behind a large rock. Sora readied himself at the gate. Just as the guard tapped in the code, Sora summoned his Keyblade and whispered; "Stop!" The guard was frozen. He beckoned for Kairi to follow him. They ran all the way back to their room, avoiding every single guard.
As Sora and Kairi burst into their room, they burst out laughing. Sora propped himself up on the wall, and Kairi just fell to the floor. Sora darted into the bathroom to get changed. He threw on the flannel, crown-adorned black pants and left the black shirt he wore to the pool on. He stepped out of the room to see Kairi back in her nightgown, listening at the wall.
"Whatever Roxas and Namine were up to, they're done now." She said as she pulled her ear away from the wall. She slipped into her bed and whispered "Good night." with a smile on her face. Kairi rolled over and tried to fall asleep.
Sora crashed onto his bed. He wasn't tired yet, so he put his hands behind his head and stared at the ceiling. The King's personal symbol adorned the ceiling, and by the time he was halfway done counting them, he almost nodded off to sleep. "He whispered "Good night." back to Kairi, and closed his eyes.
A few minutes later, Kairi rolled over. "Sora?" she said, sounding like a child calling her mother in the middle of the night.
Sora fell asleep just as she said his name. He snapped back to life in an instant. "What is it?"
Kairi peeled the comforter off of the bed. "I'm cold. Can you come and sleep with me?"
Sora, still half asleep, crawled out of bed while nodding. Kairi moved over, to give him some room. Apparently, Sora's hormones were still asleep, because he wasn't having any particular thoughts about what he was doing. He slipped under the sheets and wrapped his arms around Kairi.
"Much better." She said with a smile as she fell asleep.
Okay, I'm kinda stuck. I need some help for the next chapter. If you have any ideas, leave them in a review. No Original Characters, but characters from Final Fantasy or Disney that haven't been introduced in KH at all are ok (Ex. Rinoa, Clarabelle Cow).Remember to Review!
