I want to deeply apologize for the lack of updates. School has had me in a wreck this semester. The math is really killing me. The semester is almost coming to an end with only a month left. I will be updating a lot more. My best friend/artist did a lot of concept art for the characters in this story. I will be posting links in my about me much later. You must see them, THEY ARE AMAZING.

Anyways, let's move on shall we?

p.s. I truly appreciate the magnificent reviews you all have been leaving me. It also made me feel bad because you begged for more and I did leave you with quite a chapter...[forgive me]

Song inspiration:Berserk Golden Age Arc I: The Egg of the King OST- Blood and Guts (closing credits)

Chapter Dedication: All of my NEW reviewers. - Thank you all so much for the inspiration.

Kairi:

My body feels light, a feather almost. I'm falling into a never-ending abyss shrouded by a tenebrous atmosphere. I'm floating but gently downwards, but to what? Where will this end?

What would I encounter as I hit the bottom? The pressure hits my back as I descend into the shadows below. I open my eyes, slightly covered by my bangs, and take a soft breath.

My eyes have adjusted to this darkness. How long have I been falling? I cannot remember how I even got here. Is any of this for real...or not?

Kairi...

Someone is calling me. I fully look above me as I fall. Blackness. But where is that voice coming from? It's the voice of a girl. My head begins to ache. My body moves on its own, tilting to my feet. I have finally reached the bottom. My feet slap upon the non-existent floor. I look around. My head feels very light-headed. With hesitation, I take a few steps forward. A giggle echoes into the depths of this place. Suddenly, a presence runs behind me. I quickly turn to meet with another void.

Is this...a nightmare...? I thought to myself. An eerie feeling enters my soul, sending spine shivering feelings down my back. Something or someone is here with me...

I hear the light tapping of shoes running around me. Rapidly, I turn trying to find my phantom.

"Hello!" I desperately call out in vain. My eyes might be playing tricks on me, but as I turn I spot a glimpse of a shadow, moving at a rapid pace. My heart begins to race. This ghost brought upon a menacing atmosphere. As I turn around quickly, I try to catch the shadow's image. Suddenly, I feel something grasp my wrist.

I let out a shriek and jump. Upon looking down at the tiny, ice-cold hand that tamed my wrist, my heart gives away.

"..."

Her frail body, the gentle blue eyes, the very same red hair, the ghost of my past.

"Who...? I find myself asking although I already know the answer. She smiles at me, her tiny fingers clenching my wrist as I attempt to pull away.

"You must remember." Her raspy voice slips through her ruby lips. A tremendous amount of feeling hits me like a boulder. I fall back,

"Ah!" I catch myself and feel the heat of flames. I open my eyes and regain my moment brought upon the birth of despair. Breathing the air of this city's antiquity, I grasp the scene before me. A grand city engulfed in flames. People ran for their lives around me.

Frantically, I turn around calling out to them, but they cannot hear me. I look at my hands and I can nearly see through myself. My eyes glance at the rest of my body in a panic.

"What is this, where am I?!" Shouting only to myself.

Step forward... Her voice is heard again. I'm terrified. I hesitate but there was nowhere to run.

I walk down the trail of tears. Everyone's homes, burning, gunshots ripping through the dark open skies. People trapped under their own homes as it's on fire. My heart could take no more of this.

"What is happening?!" I scream in agony. Tears begin to fall in place of my heart. The sight of charred bodies of children makes me sick to my stomach. I forcefully continue down this path, walking through what seems to be a street of a town. I've noticed many bodies with gaping holes in their chests.I reach a grassy area and fall to my knees. My hands reach up to my eyes, catching my droplets.

"I can bear no more..." My voice shaken. " please, let me leave."

Through the screams of the innocent people, and soldiers shouting orders, I hear,

"Kairi, Kairi, we must leave!" An elderly voice calls out. Reacting to my name, I look up.

Upon getting up, I rush forward,looking for the woman calling my name. I arrive at what seems to be a castle. The soldiers are fighting, but against what? The foes seem to be invincible. Pain surges through my head.

"Ugh!" I scream, gripping my head with my hands as I fall to both of my knees.

"Make it stop!" I plead. As the pain eased, a shadow grew from beneath the ground beside me. I jump and land on my butt. This menacing foe, it was black with a tint of blue with a devilish appearance. It turns to face me and I gasp.

Shaking from this instilled fear, I assure myself,

it has...yellow eyes...

This cannot be, I tell myself. I look back at the soldiers and was finally able to see their enemy. This kingdom was not being invaded by man, but by...heartless.

"No!" the voice of a little girl cries. I turn and follow the very familiar voice to behind the castle where the ocean meets with land.

I stare at the back of an elderly woman, doing something on a tiny boat.

"I want mother and father with me!" A little girl's voice shouts. I walk further to the side and realize who the voice belongs to. I fall back and hold my breath.

"..."

"They cannot be with you now..." The old woman said tearfully.

That...that is me... I told myself. The shaking, dirty, bruised up and crying child...is me.

"Grandma, please, don't leave me all alone!" My child self sobs. I shake my head.

"This cannot be...Why don't I remember any of this?" I say aloud.

A feeling of something jumping through my body broke me out of my cogitations. A heartless leaps through my transparent body, ripping through the old woman's body with its claws.

My body freezes at the sight. A numbing feeling overcame me and my head began to spin. The beast took the heart from her delicate body and as she fell to the floor, a puddle of blood was her bed.

I look to my younger self who bears the same reaction as me. The monster faces her. Without a thought, I run forward towards the fearful child. Before reaching her, someone impaled the monster arriving from the heavens. I stop in my trail and glare upon this man who could be friend or foe.

The remains of the heartless splash upon the child's face. The man who fell from the sky, leaping from the castle's tower, stood up. He had spiky brown hair and yellow eyes. very strong and muscular in his appearance. He was wielding a weapon in the shape of a large key. I move in front of the boat despite knowing my presence meant nothing, I cannot sit here and do nothing.

The man looks at me and I notice that his eyes changes colors into a blue. His description reminds me of someone, but whom? I look down and ponder. I thought real hard but he walked through me, entering the small boat, kneeling beside my younger self. Terrified, the girl was shaking uncontrollably. The man puts his thumb on her forehead, and a light shines from it.

"Don't be afraid..." His tone gentle in its nature.

I watch myself faint into his arms- my past self anyways.

"I'm sorry you had to suffer this way." He softly says as he lays her down. He steps back and kicks the boat into the water. He turns and summons his weapon, a keyblade. He looks out into the war-torn city in anguish.

"Yellow eyes that can change back into a blue. A warrior that strikes down the heartless which has been given birth from...experimentation..."

I softly spoke to myself looking at this man in shock.

"T...Terra...?" I took the chance and utter. He turns his head my way as if he had heard me. Like a smear painting, everything fades away.

I'm back into the empty place I was before. The floor beneath me starts to rumble. I try to hold myself up from falling. A troubling feeling came over me.

I spin around to see a large shadow before me. His piercing yellow eyes, spaghetti hair and large body terrorizes me.

I back up shaking my head.

"What do you want from me?!" I scream.

you must fight.

My younger voice echoes in this desolate battlefield. I feel the soft fingers of a child on my hand. Quickly, I look down to see myself smiling up at me.

"It is responsible for most of the destruction of our home." she goes on to say. "You must fight to free yourself of your demons." Such words spoken from a child.

She holds out her hand and out of my control, my hand follows. Another voice rings within my ear.

"Sanctus Espiritus, redeem us from our darkest hours.

The goddess of Death, Etro, may reveal its gates if countless

souls descend from this land in a period of time."

Alarmed, I look up and shout "That voice!" I know that gentle. angelic voice.

Sanctus Espiritus lucis , bless us with your power.

I, Aerith Gainsborough call upon you as a Cetra, I bow to thee as an Ancient,

a servant to the planet. I beseech the to heed my prayer.

The time has come for another protector and grant me to become the next Judgement.

"An Ancient..?!" I say aloud out of confusion. Just then, a great amount of power surges through my arm. It brought me comfort, releasing me from this anxiety. A bright light shines from my hand, it was warm and radiant. I look down at my younger self who nods to me and disappears into the same light. A sword appears in the palm of my hand, my fingers grip it tightly beyond my control. No, I look again. It's a keyblade but its design was very different from the one I had seen before.

The towering heartless roars in its rage. I no longer feel afraid or empty but courageous.

"I know who I am..." I begin to say.

"and why I was made to remember..."

"My destiny, the duty of freeing the restless souls of the many that had perished. For those who've endured,I will be their salvation!"

The images of the burning homes and people enter my mind as well as my past self.

"I will fight!"

Well, I hope you all don't think I made Kairi a little too -badass-

But this is how she came to be in my story. I gave her a gruesome past fitting for her to change. In case you guys are wondering how she forgot, Terra blocked it out of her memory since it was very scarring. I will update again and this time soon!

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p.s. Terra's concept art is...SMEXXY!