Prologue
During the events of the Keyblade war during Kingdom Hearts 3
"Thank you, come again."
Sakura picked up her bag and exited the small shop. She thought of a new recipe for food pills and wanted to try it out. If it worked, then the effects could help a shinobi recover their chakra faster. That would help out in battle.
As Sakura walked, she passed by the academy. She couldn't help but stop and look at the school building. It felt like a lifetime ago; attending classes, practicing justu, admiring him. The paper bag crinkled as her grip tightened.
Sasuke
Where was he? She still remembered that night as though it was the last. When she found him, leaving the village. She begged him to stay; she promised that she would do everything in her power to make him happy, if he did.
But he didn't. He began to walk away. She threatened to scream if he didn't stop. He couldn't leave, he just couldn't. Then, he thanked her before knocking her out… and he was gone.
She couldn't stop him, and she couldn't go after him, so she begged Naruto to find him and bring him back. He tried, he tried so hard. So hard, that it brought him back to the village in beaten and bloody. Sakura wasn't mad at him, not that she had a right to be mad. She was a ninja, wasn't she? Why couldn't she fix her own mess.
That was why she trained so hard the following few years. She wanted to finally catch up to Naruto and Sasuke. Now, she could destroy an entire training field in a single blow.
"What do you want to play today?"
Sakura couldn't help but overhear a few kids talking. It must had been recess. Three young children; two boys, one girl, where gathered together discussing what game they wanted to play.
"We could play ninja," one of the boys suggested.
"We played that yesterday," the girl sighed.
"But it's fun," the boy whined.
"Well you can be a ninja," the girl said, "I want to be a keyblade wielder."
Sakura let out a silent giggle when she heard the girl. Iruka-sensei must have told that story in class.
How cute, she thought when she closed her eyes for a second. However, when she opened her green eyes, the light didn't return fully. In fact, it was fading.
Sakura turned up towards the sky. How could that be? It was only two in the afternoon. Something, beyond the sky beyond everyone's sight, was darkening the sun. It wasn't the moon; it couldn't had been. The moon's position was nowhere near the sun, it was also obvious just by looking at the sky it wasn't an eclipse. Darkness was streaking over the sun, like black tentacles were slithering over the celestial orb, covering it, consuming it, until there wasn't a single ray of sunshine left.
The whole hidden leaf village was covered in darkness. At first, there was silence, shock stunned the people, who were suddenly forced into darkness. That silence was quickly destroyed by screaming. People were panicking, confused, Sakura was one of them.
"What's going on?"
As if to answer, the ground shook. Sakura could barely keep her balance. Trying to find stability in the chaos. This was not good, the villagers were already scared and confused. Now people were bound to get injured. She began thinking of what to do when…
"Sakura!" Sakura quickly recognized the voice as Hinata's. She felt her fellow kunoichi hold her steady.
"Hinata, what are you doing here?"
"Our byakugon lets us see in the dark. My clan has been sent out to help any villagers," Hinata explained.
Sakura felt relief, knowing the Hyuga's visual prowess, the villagers wouldn't get hurt in the dark.
"What's going on?" Sakura asked, "Is this a mass genjutsu? Is Orochimaru attacking us again?"
"I don't know," Hinata said, "We haven't seen anything that suggests an attack of any kind."
Finally, the earthquake stopped. Sakura sighed in relief. That was one less thing to worry about, "Now maybe we can-…"
ZAP
A white light had cast a glow over the land, but it wasn't the sun. Sakura and Hinata looked towards the source of the light. Their eyes widened; their mouth's gaped.
A giant beam of bright, white, light, was shooting into the now darkened sky. As though it were a sword cutting through the darkness. It was so bright, so powerful and constant. Like a force of nature. Sakura tried to see the source of the beam but realized she couldn't. The unseen source was beyond the horizon of the tree lines. It was beyond the village, maybe beyond the land of fire.
Sakura steeled herself. This wasn't a time to panic. She needed to see her teacher; Tsunade, the fifth Hokage.
"I need to see Lady Tsunade."
"I'll stay here," Hinata said, "I'll make sure the academy and the children are safe."
With a nod Sakura ran. Her bag of ingredients forgotten as she began to jump over the rooftops. The light from the beam lit up the sky again, so she could see again. She could see the civilians of the village panicking. She could see every ninja from genin to jonin trying to keep the order in a confusing time.
"Sakura!" The rosette looked over her shoulder towards the source of the voice.
"Kakashi-sensei."
"I take you're going to see lady Tsunade as well?" The masked shinobi asked.
"Unless you know what's going on?"
"Not a clue," Kakashi said, "It's as if the itself sky; is at war."
But with what?
Both ninja approached the villages headquarters. ANBU ninja were seen on top of the building, with Tsunade giving orders, "Try and keep the villagers calm, we can't have them panicking and going out of control while we try to figure what the hell is going on!"
The ANBU dispersed to carry out the Hokage's orders.
"Shizune! Have the new lookouts arrived yet?" Tsunade barked at her assistant.
"Yes ma'am," Shizune quickly responded as she carried a stack of papers, along with Ton-Ton, her pig.
"Lady Tsunade!"
"Sakura, Kakashi, good you're here," Tsunade saw them arrive.
"What's going on?" Sakura asked.
"Believe me, I wish I knew," Tsunade said, "First the sun vanishes, then there's an earthquake, and now there's a goddamned laser shooting into the sky," the Hokage was clearly under a lot of stress, "What the hell is next?"
Kakashi and Sakura took a step back, they last thing they wanted, was being near an angry sanin.
"Kakashi," Tsunade barked, "Go to the southern lookout point and search for enemies. We cannot be caught off guard, in case this is an attack!"
"Right," with that Kakashi was gone. Maybe his sharigan eye could detect enemies.
"Sakura!"
"Ma'am?"
"Go to the hospital," Tsunade began, "Even with the shinobi in the streets, there will still be panic induced injuries. You need to-…" Tsunade trailed off, as something in the sky drew her attention. Sakura was nervous but turned to look anyway. What else besides the pitch-black sky and the laser could possibly be wrong?
Within the darkness in the sky, a new light had appeared, like a star. It grew, got brighter, and brighter until, a blinding white light casted aside the darkness and enveloped them all. Sakura had to cover her eyes to protect her sight. Sakura waited for something to happen; she didn't know what. She didn't know what was happening. Was all this a sign of something terrible? An omen of danger? Were they strong enough to stop it?
After a few minutes, Sakura finally lowered her arms and cracked her eyes open… she blinked, she blinked again. She looked over the village; everything, was fine. The darkness that consumed the sky was gone. The laser over the horizon was gone. It was as if nothing had happened and it was just a nice sunny day.
Cha! What the hell just happen? Sakura's inner voice demanded.
Sakura turned to her mentor, "Lady Tsunade?" She then flinched. Tsunade was trembling, boiling in anger. She marched over to the nearest wall, and with a single punch, sent part of the building sky high.
"WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON HERE?" Tsunade bellowed. Both Sakura and Shizune flinched.
"Eh…" Shizune went to her fellow student and gently pulled her into the building away from the hostile Hokage, "Come on Sakura, let's go clean up the library."
Sakura and Shizune spent the next couple hours cleaning up the library. The earthquake had knocked several books off the shelves. While they cleaned, they couldn't help but hear Tsunade shouting at all the reports she received that day. The good news was, no one was injured during the chaos. Also, apparently it wasn't an attack by Orochimaru, or the Akatsuki, or anyone for that matter.
Except, no one knew what was happening. Tsunade had started to receive messages from other villages. They all experienced the same thing, even in other lands. The darkness that swallowed the sun, the giant laser that shot into the sky, the blinding light that seemed to just magically make it all go away.
What's going on?
Sakura decided to finish putting away the books and look for Kakashi and Naruto. She only had three left.
The Sage of the Six paths, it went on the third shelf.
The Terror of Ten-Tails, it went on the left.
And the last one went on the very left. As she put it away and turned to leave, she barely noticed the title of the book, The Keyblade Wielders and Dawn City.
**** Five months later*****
The sun set was beautiful. Possibly the most beautiful sunset Kairi had ever seen. It wasn't any different from the sunset yesterday or the day before that. The warm hues of the sunlight as it reflected of the sparkling ocean. It was the same. What was different was the hand she was holding. Sora's hand.
It was warm, it was bigger than her hand, and it was so comforting. The war was over, the fighting was over, the enemies were finally gone… forever. Everyone she loved was safe and with her. She could finally live happily… or at least, that's how it was supposed to be.
Kairi looked at Sora, who sat next to her on the tree… or where he was supposed to be. All of a sudden, he had vanished, dimmed, disappeared. He was gone. He said he'd do anything to protect her, give his life for her, and he just proved it.
Tears ran down Kairi's face as she stared at the space Sora was just in. She was alive… but she was alone. She didn't want this. She didn't want Sora to sacrifice himself for her, she wanted him next to her. She placed her hand on the empty spot on the tree. It wasn't fair. For him or for her.
"Why not go find him then?" An unfamiliar voice caused Kairi to look behind her, towards the bridge.
Step, scrape, step, scrape, step, scrape. Like a quiet melody, the noises became louder to the red head.
A long black, Victorian like dress, that tussled with every step came closer to Kairi. A long metal rod was scrapping in front of the dress, brushing at everything on the ground to look for something that would hinder her approach.
Finally, the figure came to a stop at the foot of the bridge. Kairi got off the tree so she could get a better look.
Standing there was a woman. Her dress was pitch black; the bell-shaped skirt did have a lace on the edge of the skirt. A red ribbon wrapped around her waist like a corset, showing off her hourglass figure. The top part was buttoned up to a red ribbon, that was accented with the symbol that Terra, Ven, and Aqua wore. Her long black hair was pulled back into an intricate bun, but what was most eye catching about the woman, was the black strip of fabric over her eyes; she was blind.
Kairi looked at her seeing cane, then her eyes widened with realization. That wasn't a seeing cane, that was a keyblade. It had a very long reach. Its body was long black rod that was embroidered with black vines that shined in the light, ending in a silver point. The handle was silver, the handle guard's, were silver wings that wrapped around the handle. The blades teeth were a silver ivy that grew from the silver spike at the end.
Kairi looked at the woman, expectantly. This woman, this keyblade wielder, was blind, but Kairi could feel it. She knew she was in front of her, she knew exactly where she was. She was beautiful. She looked like she belonged at a gala, not on the battlefield.
The woman sighed, before tucking her keyblade under her left arm, and walking straight towards Kairi. Kairi stiffened when she approached her. The woman started to pull off one of her long black gloves, the motion didn't make Kairi relax.
She arrived at Kairi's location, her glove fully removed. Kairi held her breath when she reached out to her. She closed her eyes at the stranger's actions.
Then opened them when she felt fabric wiping her tears away. The woman was using her glove as a handkerchief.
"Now, now, there's no need to cry," the woman said soothingly.
Kairi couldn't help but wonder if she was actually blind.
"Yes, I'm really blind." The woman said as if reading her thoughts. After she dried Kairi's face, she put her glove back on, "There's no need to be sad, he's not dead. You know that."
"I do," Kairi confess, "But I don't know what to do. If I do what he did, I'll get lost just like him, then he'll just do the same for me. We'd just be going in circles. Sacrificing one for the other, when we just want to be together."
"It's good to have someone who loves you like that, and you would do the same for him," the woman said, "There is another way to save both of you."
Kairi looked at her confused, "How?"
"It won't exactly be easy, the world you need to visit is… it's not exactly a vacation spot."
"What do you mean? How can I save Sora?"
The woman was silent for a minute, then she sighed and answered, "You must find Dawn city."
Kairi's eyes opened. Her vision blurred into existence as she looked up at the ceiling of her room. She sat up and looked out the window. She could see the first light of the sun rising over the mountain range of the Land of Departure.
Deciding it was as good a time as any to get up, she got out of bed. She went to the bathroom to brush her teeth and take a shower. Then she got dressed. Her signature pink mini dress, then she brushed her hair. The tangles came out easier, one of the reason's why she kept her red hair so short.
She tied her shoes on, then went out to the training field. Time for her early morning practice.
Authors Note
Sue me, I prefer English Dub to English Sub!
Hello everyone! It has been months since I posted a fic. It has been difficult, but I'm back baby. I'm kicking off my return with a Kingdom Hearts Naruto crossover!
The blind keyblade woman, is an OC, that shall be introduced next chapter, but I must confess. She is based off another OC. A RWBY OC, called Angel, by tommylau74 (If you're a RWBY fan, check out his YouTube channel). It is not my intention to rip off tommylau74, his character just inspired me to created someone for this particular fic. She is important and will be explained later down the line.
I hope you enjoy.