This story IS NOT set in the game canon. This story is a sequel to my Kh3 fanfic. It takes place years after KH3.
I will add footnotes to fill in gaps that people joining this story may not know.
Main ships within this story are: Sora/Kairi, Riku/OC, Roxas/Xion, Terra/Aqua, Ven/Naminé, Vanitas/OC, and Lea/OC.
Kingdom Hearts © to Disney and Square Enix!
My OCs © to me!
Chapter 1
"His laboratory is here."
Sora looked down at the map before him. "Do you think we'll get there in time?"
"I think so." Ven sighed. "I called you as soon as our spies found the lab and his research."
Xion clenched her fists. "I can't believe anyone would ask a mad scientist to experiment on their children!"
"Well, Tene Bris(1) will do anything to overthrow this world, even turn her own children into weapons."
Sora stared at the map, his stomach churning. How could Tene Bris allow her children to be turned into weapons? And how could this scientist, Viorel Hamelin(2), experiment on babies!?
It was… horrible…
He felt like throwing up at the thought.
"We need to move. I can't stand the thought of them being in there for another second." Terra's fist shuddered.
Riku nodded. "Yeah, let's go."
As they walked from their small encampment deeper into the mountains, the air thinned, the cold biting through their clothes.
A metal door camouflaged itself amongst the gray rocks with only a small blinking light causing it to stand out a little.
"9S, I need a way in." Ven looked down at his gummi phone.
The screen flashed with the face of a boy; his eyes covered with a blindfold. "I'll hack into the door."
A minute later, the door slowly rose up, revealing a long passageway deep into the mountain.
Sora resisted the urge to run forward. The thought that two children in danger lay at the end of this hall tugged at his heart.
His eyes glanced at the others.
All tense. Their arms and legs ready to spring into battle at a moments notice.
Just like him.
"I'm detecting a strong current ahead. The main lab is directly in front of you."
"Thanks, 9S." Ven pocketed his phone before his pace quickened.
The hallway seemed to never end…
But finally, a door rose up before them, slightly ajar.
Viorel wasn't expecting company.
"You've had them here for years, how do they still look like infants. It's like they haven't aged a day."
Tene Bris.
"Ah, but you want to get the best soldiers you can, correct? At this age, their bodies are the most malleable, so I put them in stasis. It has been difficult to add many modifications due to their biology. Elf biology is interesting enough, but when you get half human-half elf, things tend to be far more complicated. But I am ready to begin the larger modifications."
Viorel…
"Do it. But remember, I need at least one alive."
"That's why there's two right. I'll test things on the younger one, and if they don't work… well, too bad."
Sora grit his teeth, his heart pounding in his ears.
No.
Not happening.
"Go."
Terra burst in the door first.
The scruffy haired scientist fell back in shock. "Wh-what!? Who are you!?"
"We're here for the kids."
"Oh, are you." A woman with white hair and red eyes hissed. "They are my children. You have no right."
Ven stormed in, eyes blazing. "I think we do."
Tene raised an eyebrow. "Prince Ventus(3)? How very interesting. I've wanted to kill you for some time." She raised a hand, flames exploding from it.
Leaping to Ven's side, Terra blocked the flames. The two charged at Tene as she cast another flame spell.
Sora, grabbing floored scientist by the shirt collar, snapped. "Where are they Viorel!?"
"Wh-whatever do you mean?"
"The kids!"
Viroel's grey eyes shuddered with fear. "Look, it's not my fault! That witch forced me t-"
"Save it." Riku huffed. "Where are the kids?"
"Th-they're in stasis. The console… I-It's called Project Joining. Just please… don't hurt me!"
What a coward.
Xion ran to the console, typing for a moment before the wall behind her hissed. A panel opened up, revealing two tanks. Two infants with white hair floated in the tanks.
"Their vitals are stable." Xion stepped away from the computer as the tanks began to drain.
Sora hurried over to the tanks as Riku cuffed the scientist. The tanks opened, the infants laying on the bottom with oxygen masks on their mouths.
They were so small… how soon after birth had they been put here?
He picked up the smaller of the two, a little girl, and gently slipped the mask from her face. Xion picked up the other twin, a boy.
The baby coughed before she began to whine, thrashing in Sora's arms.
"Shh, it's ok. You're safe now."
"Th-they're in pain." Viorel stammered. "The few tests I performed probably h-"
Sora glared at the man, silencing him. "You better be grateful that we didn't beat you into a pulp for this."
SMASH.
Tene Bris, courtesy of an attack from Terra, smashed through an empty tank further back in the lab.
Her eyes spied the children. "They belong to me!"
She lunged, only for Ven to knock her into a wall. "They're children, not weapons!"
Terra grabbed the witch's arms, pulling them behind her back as he cuffed her. "And according to the king here, we have permission to take them somewhere safe, and away from you."
"Oh…" The witch's eyes flashed as she looked at Sora, "but do you know whose children you hold? If you did, you wouldn't care so mu-"
"Save it. We know. One of Xehanort's former companions told us of the plan. These are Xehanort's children(4). And they deserve a good and loving home because they are innocent. They are not you, and they are not their father."
Tene continued to yell as Terra took her away, joined by Viorel, who screamed that he was nothing but a victim in this plot.
"There we go." Sora smiled as the baby in his arms stopped crying. She looked up at him with bright eyes, one red eye and one golden eye. "You and your brother are safe now. We won't let anyone hurt you."
He and Xion carried the infants out of the lab. Away from the hell that had been and would have been their lives.
Ven waved as the gummi ship took off, carrying Sora and the rescued twins to their new home.
"Well, that went better than expected."
"Yeah." He turned to the blonde woman who stood at his side. "And we all made it back safely."
Naminé smiled, laying a hand on her enlarged abdomen. "I can't imagine anyone doing such things to their own children."
"Me neither… speaking of, how is our little one?"
"He's moving a lot more. Only a few more months left till he arrives."
Ven smiled, touching his wife's abdomen. He felt the gentle movements of the little life inside. "Have you chosen a name yet? I know you've been researching for the perfect name."
"I'm thinking… Anan."
"Anan. It sounds regal."
"Well, he will be a prince."
Ven laughed. "That's true. So, Anan it is."
The two smiled as they walked back into the castle, hand in hand.
Terra stretched his arms as he stepped out of the Keyblade corridor.
"Daddy!"
A little girl with brown hair ran across the training grounds, slamming into his legs. He laughed as he scooped her into his arms. "Hey Vita! Did you miss me?"
"Uh huh! Mommy an' I were tal'ing names for my new si'ter!"
"We don't know if they'll be a boy or girl yet, Vi."
The child pouted. "Girl!"
Aqua walked over, laughing to herself. "She insists the baby is a girl. But we did pick some names. What do you think of Marius if the baby is a boy?"
Terra nodded. "Marius is a great name. What about for a girl?"
"Vita insists we should name her Flower. I think Carina would be a nice name."
"I agree. Marius or Carina."
Terra set his little girl down, letting her chase a butterfly around the training grounds. "We managed to save the kids."
"Good. Any problems?"
"Nope. Sora's taken them back to the islands."
"Well, they'll have good lives there, and they'll be safe." Aqua's hand went to her abdomen. "You know… it feels so strange to think that we all will have kids soon. It feels like yesterday that we defeated Xehanort."
Terra nodded. "It does. But we've grown up, and we have Vita now."
"And we'll have our other little one soon."
"Yeah."
Ienzo looked down at his gummi phone. "Looks like Sora and the others succeeded."
"That's good." Ansem the Wise sighed, flexing his fingers.
Age finally seemed to catch up to the man. He could barely walk at times, and everything ached. He would most likely be in a wheelchair in a year or so.
But right now, he enjoyed watching the children play outside, running like he used to be able to.
Lea and his wife Sera sat as their eldest child, Eldar, tottered around in the flowers. Sera held their new baby, gently stroking her fiery red hair. "Are you sure that the others will be alright without out?"
"Sera, they can take care of themselves. I couldn't leave you here to take care of a sick new baby."
"She's fine though."
"Now." Lea tapped the baby's nose. "Auriel, you better not be this much trouble when you're older." The little baby yawned.
Sera smiled warmly, her cloudy blind eyes staring off into the distance. "Our children will be fine."
"Um, Lea." Ienzo walked over. "Sora and the others succeeded."
"Good!"
"By the way, where is your wife?" Sera patted Eldar's brown hair as the boy ran over.
Ienzo let out a light chuckle. "Off exploring again."
"Isn't she pregnant?"
"Yes, but you know as well as I that nothing could stop her."
"This is true."
A pair of small hands grabbed Lea's leg. "Daddy, can I go p'ay with Rose?"
"Go on, just watch out for her mom."
"Lea…"
"What!?"
"Welcome back, Riku!" Chip and Dale waved from the control center.
A female chipmunk, Gadget, hopped over toward the gummi ship. "Did the mission go well?"
"It did, thanks for asking."
"My Mr. R," a duck in a pilot outfit walked over, "how'd she fly?"
"After your last crash, she flew very well, Launchpad."
Riku walked up out of the gummi hanger into the castle garden. Minnie sat nearby, reading a book. She smiled, closing her book. "Welcome home."
"Nice to be back."
"Hara is in the kitchen with Clarabelle. I think they're swapping recipes."
Of course.
Riku walked through the castle, looking around at the ornate walls. He still couldn't believe that this was his home now. A year before, not long before Riku married Hara, Mickey made Riku an offer.
To be his heir.
Mickey and Minnie couldn't have children, so they needed an heir for their world. They offered the position to Riku.
A simple islander to become king of an entire world… His fiancé at the time was just as shocked as him. But after the two discussed it, Riku agreed.
It still felt like a dream.
"Oh that is delicious, Hara!"
"Thank you, Clara!" He walked into the kitchen, seeing his wife and the castle chef standing over plates of food.
Hara glanced up, brushing a strand of curly black hair away from her brown eyes. "Riku! You're back! How did it go?"
"We managed to rescue the kids."
"Wonderful!"
"So, what are you ladies doing?" He walked over, looking down at the two plates.
Clarabelle laughed. "Hara is teaching me to cook her famous egg rolls."
"And Clara is teaching me to make her vegetarian burgers. They are delicious!"
"Oh your egg rolls are even better than anything I've ever made!"
Riku smiled. "Well, may I have a taste?"
The girls glanced at each other. "Only if you teach us one our your recipes."
"Well, the best I've got is a fish soup my mom taught me."
"That will do."
Xion walked toward the mansion, passing by the sign outside the fence that read "Twilight Town Children's Home", before walking inside.
"I'm home!"
"Miss Xion! Miss Xion!"
A group of six children came running up, gathering around her feet.
"Hey kids!" She knelt down. "Jill, how did the meeting go?"
"Really well! They're gonna adopt me!" The little girl giggled.
Roxas came down the stairs, carrying a black-haired baby boy. "The kids have been perfect angels."
Xion smiled before taking the baby from her husband. "And how is my little Kazuya?" The sleepy baby nuzzled his face into her shoulder.
"We've all been working together to take care of Kazuya. So, how was your trip?"
Trip.
They weren't about to tell the kids about a rescue mission to save some kids that were being experimented on.
To them, it was just a business trip.
"It went well. We got what we needed to done."
A little boy grabbed her hand. "Can you come play with us?"
"Let her get some rest," Roxas putted the boy's head, "she's probably tired."
"He's right. I'll come read you to sleep tonight, alright?"
"Alright."
Sora set down the two baskets by his feet as he knocked on a door. Inside the baskets slept the rescued baby girl and boy. The door opened revealed an older man with gray-streaked purple hair and green eyes.
"Hey Areth."
The man smiled. "Nice to see you, Sora." He looked down at the baskets. "Is that…"
"Your half-siblings."
Areth knelt down by the baskets. "How are they?"
"A doctor checked them out before we left Tech Town. They're alright. Whatever experiments were performed on them either didn't leave a lasting impact or didn't work." Sora gently rocked the basket containing the little boy. "Are you sure you're up for this, Doc?"
Gently smiling at the infants, the man smiled. "I raised one child by myself, so I think I can raise these two, especially since my daughter has offered to help." He picked up the little boy. "So, what are their names?"
"They don't have names yet."
"Well, I'll fix that soon." He patted the baby's white hair. "Thank you for saving them. I'm happy that my siblings are safe now. I'll take good care of them." Holding the boy in one arm, he picked up the basket with the little girl.
Sora smiled.
These two would have a wonderful life now.
Now, he had his own set of twins to go home to.
As he walked through the darkened streets of the islands, a figure watched him from the rooftops.
"Sora, Sora… You should be caring about your own family, not Xehanort's."
He followed across rooftops until Sora walked into his home.
Inside the house, Sora heard his wife upstairs singing gently. He walked up to the only bedroom where his wife stood over a crib, singing.
"They asleep yet?"
Kairi turned around, smiling gently. "Almost."
Sora walked over to one of the two cribs, leaning over to ruffle the wild brown hair of the baby girl. "Goodnight Koharu." He kissed her forehead before going to the other crib. He kissed the forehead of the brown-haired baby boy in the crib. "Goodnight Kyo."
Koharu cooed slightly but yawned. Well on her way to sleep.
The two young parents stepped out of the room, gently closing the door. "So, how did it go?"
"I just dropped off the kids at Areth's. They seemed to mostly be alright. Areth should be able to help them with any trauma they endured too."
"Poor babies." Kairi sighed. "But at least they'll have a good life. And they'll grow up beside our kids."
Sora nodded as they went downstairs. "It's kinda funny. Xehanort's kids being raised at the same time as ours."
"Yeah."
As the two went downstairs, a figure watched them from an adjacent rooftop. As soon as the young couple walked completely away from the staircase, the figure warped into the bedroom with the twins.
His feet tromped across the floor as a single golden eye glittered under his hood; he pushed it back, letting his silver and black hair fall down his back.
"You should be more careful, Sora." He walked over to one of the cribs. The little baby girl lay inside, her eyes closed.
Gently, he scooped her up. The baby squirmed in his arms, her shining blue eyes pierced through the darkness, studying the strange man who held her.
Downstairs, Sora and Kairi stepped into their bedroom, about to close the door, when a screaming cry rang out from upstairs.
"Huh!?"
This was no cry for food.
This was no cry for a dirty diaper.
This was a cry for help.
The parents ran up the stairs, throwing open the bedroom door.
A man stood before them, his one eye glaring in their direction as he held their oldest child.
Before the two had time to really register the situation, the man smirked, warping out of the room, baby in hand.
"BRAIG!"
Sora turned and ran.
Down the stairs.
Out the door.
Braig stood further down the road, a dark corridor behind him.
"See ya later, hero."
He stepped back, into the portal. Little Koharu screamed in his arms as the darkness enveloped them both.
"KOHARU!"
Sora lunged.
But caught nothing but air. He slammed into the ground right where the corridor had been.
"No… no!"
Kairi came running after him, holding Kyo in her arms. "N-no… Koharu…" Her knees hit the ground as her breathing came hard and fast.
Kyo whimpered, as if sensing his mother's discomfort.
Hands shaking, Sora fumbled for his phone. With the press of a button the phone began to ring.
"Sora?"
Riku. Roxas. Lea. Aqua. Ienzo. Mickey.
All of them stared back at his dirty, tear-stained face.
"I-it's Braig… he… he's taken Koharu…"
"Sir Braig, we were not sure when you would return."
Braig pulled down his hood, adjusting the cloth bundle in his left arm. "Neither did I Hermione. Is my wife home?"
"Of course."
The man walked up the steps of an ornate hall.
He'd picked a very nice hiding spot. Those heroes would never think to look for him in a place like this.
His hands pushed open a heavy wooden door, behind which sat a woman with dark brown hair, dressed in a long mauve gown.
"Hey Holly, I'm home!"
"Braig!" The woman stood up, smiling. "Wonderful to see you've returned. How was your journey."
"Very fruitful. Look what I snagged." He pushed back the cloth of the small bundle, revealing the little face of Koharu. Her blue eyes searched the room, confused and afraid.
"Is that the child of one of those people you told me about."
"That's right."
"She's about the age of our little Briana."
The perfect hiding spot. Who would think that the flighty, conniving sniper would settle down with a wife and kid?
It was so simple.
So perfect.
Nearby, in a bassinet, lay a little baby girl with black hair. His child.
"What are you going to do with her? Kill her?"
"Nah." Braig looked down at Koharu; her eyes looked just like her father's. "This kid will live, but she won't enjoy it."
He set the baby on the bed before changing into clothing far more fitting for this world he now lived on.
Koharu lay on the bed, squirming slightly, quietly whining for her mom and dad.
Holly sat beside the baby. "Your eyes are so bright little one."
"Just like her dad's, and I hate it." Braig picked up the baby, carrying her downstairs. She squirmed, obviously uncomfortable.
Down through the fancy house, lined with tapestries and emerald curtains.
Why didn't he settle down earlier? This was the life!
Through the kitchen, he found himself in a small hut filled made with dipping stone walls. Moss clung to the walls and the foggy windows.
Three women and one man lay on raggedy straw mattresses. One of the woman, the same one who greeted him, stood up. "S-sir Braig, is there something we can do for you?"
"There is, Hermione." He handed the woman the baby. "I found this baby lying on the side of the road, left to die. I think you can take care of her and teach her to serve in this house."
Hermione tucked a strand a blonde strand of hair behind her ear before taking the infant into her arms. "Who would abandon such a sweet child?"
"Not sure, but you take care of her now. And you even get to name the kid. Now, be ready to work in the morning."
He turned, walking back inside the house.
Hermione lit a candle as the other servants gathered around.
"Who is this little angel?"
"I don't know, Paulina."
Paulina tapped the little girl's nose. "Oh, what a darling. Emilia, look at her eyes."
"So blue…"
The only man in the room, looked down at the baby. "Dear, what should we call her?"
"I'm not sure… any ideas, Leontes?"
The man tapped his chin. "What about Perdita? It means 'lost'. A lost little girl…"
"It's fitting. Perdita it is."
The baby stared up at the kind faces above her.
Perdita.
…
Lost.
Here is the first chapter of the new KH4!
I hope you enjoyed the chapter!
Footnotes:
(1) Tene Bris was referenced in Re:KH3 and was in the old version of KH4. She is an elf witch that wants to overthrow Ven's homeworld of Tech Town.
(2) Viorel Hamelin is a scientist I created, based on Nier. Viorel means purple, which is a reference to the Marasaki lab in Nier, since Marasaki means purple. Hamelin is a reference to the Hamelin organization.
(3) In this fic universe, Ven is the prince of Tech Town.
(4) In KH3, before Xehanort knew about his son born from his wife, his younger self decided to keep the bloodline going with Tene Bris.
VAs:
Tene Bris- April Stewart (Selene/Black Queen, Lucrecia Crescent, Christie)
Viorel Hamelin- Phil Lamarr (Ramza Beoulve, Samurai Jack, Bail Organa)
Sera Fahrenheit- Mallorie Rodak (Yukino Aguria, Kiyoko Aura, Solution Epsilon)
Hara Tsuchi- Danielle Nicolet (Storm, Karrui, Shaundi, Captain Marvel, Sareena)
Areth Himitsu- R. Bruce Elliott (Tanka, Makarov Dreyer, Richard Moore, Ginyu)
Holly Stuart- Lara Baily (Lust, Black Widow, Xing Huo, Nadine Ross, Lucina)
Hermione- Kate Higgins (Scarlet Witch/Wanda Maximoff, Sakura Haruno/Uchiha)
Paulina- Liza Del Mundo (Polaris, Hay Lin, Wendy, Leilani, Maggie)
Emilia- Gwendoline Yeo (Domino, Paine, Lady Deathstrike, Lady Shiva, Yuma)
Leontes- Mark Hildreth (Quicksilver, King Lotor, Max Steel/Josh McGrath, Sten)