Disclaimer: I don't own it.
I'll try to finish this story this week, if I can't get the rest of it out tonight. It's not very long, but I hope you guys like it anyway. I'm not even sure if anyone is still reading this, please review! Okay, this is where the sanity of this story totally goes to Hell.
I'll create some fan art of this upcoming scene if you guys honestly can't visualize it, but keep in mind, it's modeled somewhat after the stair and doorway thing in the movie. Only with bookcases and metal balconies, m'kay?
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"Please, Sora. I love you." Kairi whispered, hugging Sora as tight as she could. She made eye contact with Riku, fighting the urge to help him as he swayed weakly behind Sora. Oblivion disappeared, returning to key chain form in Sora's pocket.
"… Oh God, Kairi..?" Sora whimpered, pushing her away from him and looking down at her. His sea-blue eyes managed to focus for a moment, fading back into their former blank appearance as he stumbled back.
He spun around, stomach lurching as he saw Riku, silver hair dripping with blood. "No.. No!!" He screamed, falling to his knees as he ripped at his hair. A pool of shadow formed around his and he sank into it.
"Sora, wait!" Kairi cried, dashing forward to grab him. She was too slow, he vanished into the shadows, his screams of anger reverberating around the gates. She collapsed in the dirt where he had been, pausing for a moment before standing back up and wiping her face off.
"Riku.." She whispered, steadying him as the gates swung back open, Donald and Goofy barreling back inside.
"What happened?!" They demanded, grabbing Riku as he passed out from blood loss.
"Curaga!" Donald shouted, pointing his staff at Riku's limp form. He stopped bleeding, and Kairi watched in amazement as the gash across his cheek knitted itself back together. Donald cast Curaga again and they watched the gash as it quickly became a barely visible line against Riku's cheek.
Kairi took out some water and a cloth, wiping the blood and dirt from his face and checking to see if all his wounds had closed up. She struggled to pull of his mangled t-shirt, throwing it aside and wiping the blood off of his chest, sighing in relief when the cuts all over his body appeared to have healed fairly well.
"That's a powerful spell." She smiled gratefully up at Donald, shifting around until Riku's head rested in her lap. She absently washed the mess of blood from his hair as she looked up at Donald and Goofy.
"How long until he wakes up?" She asked, hugging her friend protectively.
Donald leaned down, "Not too long, he's pretty strong. It's the loss of blood we'll have to worry about, maybe you should go ahead. You don't have much time left." He quacked.
Kairi gazed down at Riku, smiling sadly at the thought of leaving her friend in this state. "Alright, be careful." She said, leaning down and kissing his cheek before she stood up. She hugged Donald and Goofy before dashing out the gates, heading straight into the empty city.
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The streets were generally deserted, but every once in a while Kairi would have to duck behind a wall as a Heartless wandered past. She snuck down the side-streets, weaving through the buildings as the castle loomed closer.
After what seemed like hours, she finally started up the steps to the castle. As she approached it, the heavy doors swung open, revealing a dark hallway. Cautiously, she stepped inside, jumping as the doors shut behind her with a resounding boom.
She gazed around at the hallway, noticing several doors and corridors branching off from it. She paused for a moment as she remembered Sora, puffing out her think chest and stomping angrily down the main hallway.
A set of large double doors loomed before her, creaking open as she approached. She emerged into a wide circular room, the walls made out of stained glass windows reaching up to the ceiling. A long black table sat at the far end of the room, an empty matching leather chair behind it. Two spiral staircases rose from the floor on either side of the desk. The room was deserted.
"Ansem!!" Kairi shouted, not caring if anyone else heard her. "I'm here you bastard! Give me back my islands and Sora!!" She yelled.
It was silent for several minutes, and she was about to shout again when a tiny shadow Heartless rose out of the floor and wriggled its antennae at her. It began moving up one of the staircases, and Kairi leapt after it, nearly trampling it as she barreled up the stairs. It jumped up and latched onto her shoulder, but for some reason it didn't seem to bother her.
"Ansem!!" She shouted again, skidding to a stop when the stairs opened into an enormous library. One wall was completely made from stained glass windows that each sported a Heartless emblem. Shelves upon shelves of books lined the walls and created and intricate maze across the floor, balconies twisting around the labyrinth of bookshelves and reaching all the way up to the ceiling. The sight of it took Kairi's breath away.
She stepped farther inside, the Heartless skittering away to hide in the shadows as the sound of footsteps filled Kairi's senses. She spun around, stepping back as she realized that Ansem was standing right behind her. Taking a deep breath, she looked up into his bright orange eyes.
"I'm here, now give me back my islands." She demanded, the hair on the back of her neck rising as he laughed.
He reached into his pocket, drawing back out the black orb and levitating it inches from his palm. "This? Is that all?" He asked almost challengingly.
Kairi almost gasped, "Release Sora, too. You have no right in keeping him!" She cried angrily, stomping her foot.
Ansem laughed again. "That wasn't part of our agreement. I'll make a deal with you. You have twenty three minutes left, if you can reach Sora by then, you can have him. However, if you can't reach him in time, you have to stay here with me." He grinned wickedly at her.
A chill ran down her spine as she gazed up at him, "Only if you restore my islands and return Riku, Donald, Goofy, and Pluto home." She said boldly.
Ansem grinned down at her, the orb spinning rapidly before it vanished. "There, happy now?" He asked, leaning down toward her.
She gave him a dark look and stepped back again. He only laughed. "You might want to get going, then. Only twenty two minutes left!" He said, watching as she stepped away from him and scanned the room.
She caught a glimpse of Sora on the balcony above her, staring blankly down at her before vanishing around a bookshelf.
"Sora!" She cried, dashing up a spiral staircase and flinging herself out onto the metal walkway. She looked over, Sora was seated comfortably on a walkway to her right, staring in the opposite direction.
She sighed, this is going to be harder than I thought.
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I'll try to finish this story this week, if I can't get the rest of it out tonight. It's not very long, but I hope you guys like it anyway. I'm not even sure if anyone is still reading this, please review! Okay, this is where the sanity of this story totally goes to Hell.
I'll create some fan art of this upcoming scene if you guys honestly can't visualize it, but keep in mind, it's modeled somewhat after the stair and doorway thing in the movie. Only with bookcases and metal balconies, m'kay?
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"Please, Sora. I love you." Kairi whispered, hugging Sora as tight as she could. She made eye contact with Riku, fighting the urge to help him as he swayed weakly behind Sora. Oblivion disappeared, returning to key chain form in Sora's pocket.
"… Oh God, Kairi..?" Sora whimpered, pushing her away from him and looking down at her. His sea-blue eyes managed to focus for a moment, fading back into their former blank appearance as he stumbled back.
He spun around, stomach lurching as he saw Riku, silver hair dripping with blood. "No.. No!!" He screamed, falling to his knees as he ripped at his hair. A pool of shadow formed around his and he sank into it.
"Sora, wait!" Kairi cried, dashing forward to grab him. She was too slow, he vanished into the shadows, his screams of anger reverberating around the gates. She collapsed in the dirt where he had been, pausing for a moment before standing back up and wiping her face off.
"Riku.." She whispered, steadying him as the gates swung back open, Donald and Goofy barreling back inside.
"What happened?!" They demanded, grabbing Riku as he passed out from blood loss.
"Curaga!" Donald shouted, pointing his staff at Riku's limp form. He stopped bleeding, and Kairi watched in amazement as the gash across his cheek knitted itself back together. Donald cast Curaga again and they watched the gash as it quickly became a barely visible line against Riku's cheek.
Kairi took out some water and a cloth, wiping the blood and dirt from his face and checking to see if all his wounds had closed up. She struggled to pull of his mangled t-shirt, throwing it aside and wiping the blood off of his chest, sighing in relief when the cuts all over his body appeared to have healed fairly well.
"That's a powerful spell." She smiled gratefully up at Donald, shifting around until Riku's head rested in her lap. She absently washed the mess of blood from his hair as she looked up at Donald and Goofy.
"How long until he wakes up?" She asked, hugging her friend protectively.
Donald leaned down, "Not too long, he's pretty strong. It's the loss of blood we'll have to worry about, maybe you should go ahead. You don't have much time left." He quacked.
Kairi gazed down at Riku, smiling sadly at the thought of leaving her friend in this state. "Alright, be careful." She said, leaning down and kissing his cheek before she stood up. She hugged Donald and Goofy before dashing out the gates, heading straight into the empty city.
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The streets were generally deserted, but every once in a while Kairi would have to duck behind a wall as a Heartless wandered past. She snuck down the side-streets, weaving through the buildings as the castle loomed closer.
After what seemed like hours, she finally started up the steps to the castle. As she approached it, the heavy doors swung open, revealing a dark hallway. Cautiously, she stepped inside, jumping as the doors shut behind her with a resounding boom.
She gazed around at the hallway, noticing several doors and corridors branching off from it. She paused for a moment as she remembered Sora, puffing out her think chest and stomping angrily down the main hallway.
A set of large double doors loomed before her, creaking open as she approached. She emerged into a wide circular room, the walls made out of stained glass windows reaching up to the ceiling. A long black table sat at the far end of the room, an empty matching leather chair behind it. Two spiral staircases rose from the floor on either side of the desk. The room was deserted.
"Ansem!!" Kairi shouted, not caring if anyone else heard her. "I'm here you bastard! Give me back my islands and Sora!!" She yelled.
It was silent for several minutes, and she was about to shout again when a tiny shadow Heartless rose out of the floor and wriggled its antennae at her. It began moving up one of the staircases, and Kairi leapt after it, nearly trampling it as she barreled up the stairs. It jumped up and latched onto her shoulder, but for some reason it didn't seem to bother her.
"Ansem!!" She shouted again, skidding to a stop when the stairs opened into an enormous library. One wall was completely made from stained glass windows that each sported a Heartless emblem. Shelves upon shelves of books lined the walls and created and intricate maze across the floor, balconies twisting around the labyrinth of bookshelves and reaching all the way up to the ceiling. The sight of it took Kairi's breath away.
She stepped farther inside, the Heartless skittering away to hide in the shadows as the sound of footsteps filled Kairi's senses. She spun around, stepping back as she realized that Ansem was standing right behind her. Taking a deep breath, she looked up into his bright orange eyes.
"I'm here, now give me back my islands." She demanded, the hair on the back of her neck rising as he laughed.
He reached into his pocket, drawing back out the black orb and levitating it inches from his palm. "This? Is that all?" He asked almost challengingly.
Kairi almost gasped, "Release Sora, too. You have no right in keeping him!" She cried angrily, stomping her foot.
Ansem laughed again. "That wasn't part of our agreement. I'll make a deal with you. You have twenty three minutes left, if you can reach Sora by then, you can have him. However, if you can't reach him in time, you have to stay here with me." He grinned wickedly at her.
A chill ran down her spine as she gazed up at him, "Only if you restore my islands and return Riku, Donald, Goofy, and Pluto home." She said boldly.
Ansem grinned down at her, the orb spinning rapidly before it vanished. "There, happy now?" He asked, leaning down toward her.
She gave him a dark look and stepped back again. He only laughed. "You might want to get going, then. Only twenty two minutes left!" He said, watching as she stepped away from him and scanned the room.
She caught a glimpse of Sora on the balcony above her, staring blankly down at her before vanishing around a bookshelf.
"Sora!" She cried, dashing up a spiral staircase and flinging herself out onto the metal walkway. She looked over, Sora was seated comfortably on a walkway to her right, staring in the opposite direction.
She sighed, this is going to be harder than I thought.
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