Ok so warning, this will be a little off from the actual storyline of the game. I just tried to fit Akari in this as best as I could XD
III ~ Reunited Hearts
Even though the world was so new to him, Sora couldn't help but feel a bit nostalgic when he, Donald, and Goofy venture out into the deeper part of town. Still, he couldn't get his mind off the second pod that was beside his. He felt as if there was someone there he was expecting to meet, it's just he had no clue as to who that person was. "Sora? What's wrong?" Goofy asks, concerned at Sora's odd silence. "Huh? It's nothing... just thinking about Akari again..." Sora tells them truth fully, staring back down at the seashell in his hand.
Donald walks over and puts a hand over the seashell. "Sora... We've told you before she saved us," he reassures the boy. Sora shakes his head and pulls away, saying, "But I was supposed to protect her...! It was my duty as the Keyblade's chosen to protect the Purest of all Hearts! I failed her... And I'll never see her again..." Donald and Goofy just silently stood by his side, at a loss on what to say that will make him take his mind off Akari. They both were just as upset over what happened to Akari, but Sora was taking it in harder than the both of them.
She knew the dangers of protecting Sora when he was a heartless, but she reassured all of them she was going to handle the heartless. "Look," it was the final straw for Donald, "you did your job! And she wanted to be the one to protect you for once! Don't let her sacrifice be in vain if all your gonna do is mope around!" He wanted to listen to Donald. He really wanted to! But no matter how hard he tried, Akari's face would always pop up at the back of his mind. Goofy intervenes by telling Sora in a much calmer manner, "What Donald is trying to say you can't let the past get ya. Akari only did what she did to protect you."
He bit his lip and walks past them. As he continued on, her face continued to haunt his mind. 'Sora!' a familiar voice calls out. Sora quickly turns around much to Donald and Goofy's surprise. "Akari...?" he mutters out loud.
Somewhere else...
Inside the Castle that never was, Saix walks through the soundless prison in silence and makes his way to one certain cell. He stops in front of the cage door, glaring as the person inside sits on the ground lifeless. "Such a waste of time... I don't know why Xemnas would waste his time with such an empty shell," Saix said, opening the doors and summoning two beserkers by his side as a counter measure. The prisoner may seem helpless but he didn't heed Xemnas' warning for nothing. Just as the two beserkers were about to life the prisoner up, a keyblade appears and instantly destroys the two in one instant.
It appears in the hand of the prisoner and reveals to be the starlight keyblade. Saix scoff at this, "Even with a shard of heart the keyblade still follows the calls of its master... fascinating... I wonder what his motives are to let the shell go away after going through the trouble capturing her. What a waste of energy."
Twilight Town...
Axel, Namine, and Riku (Me: If you know the game you can see why I outright said his name) gathered together at the spot where they can see the so-called mysterious Ghost pass by as it heads towards the Mysterious tower. Namine stares down at her sketch pad, a drawing of Sora and Roxas holding hands in one page, then is flips to the next one to reveal Kairax standing next to a blue haired girl beside her. "I'm sorry you two... I was unable to keep her safe," Namine apologizes. Riku reassures her in the voice of Ansem (seeker of darkness), "It was not your fault. None of us had expected the organization to come in like that."
Akari was meant to wake up, but before she could, Xemnas had appeared and took her away. "So what will you do now Axel?" the girl asks the man as he stood there staring at the direction the train disappeared to. He sighs and ruffles his spiky red hair, "Well for one thing I'm gonna get creamed once I get back... If Kairax- I mean, Akari is really with Xemnas then there's a tiny chance we'll ever see her again in one piece. And if she is the Purest of all Hearts, there's no way she can get away that easily..."
Riku made no other choice but to entrust Namine's safety to Axel. After all that's happened, it would be surprising if Axel decided to go back to the organization just like that. "Can I trust you Axel?" Riku asks him one last time before the Corridor began to close. Axel simply gives him a short salute then steps into the Dark Corridor after Namine ran in. "Akari... I hope you're okay... for Sora's sake," Riku mutters as he watches the portal close.
The Mysterious Tower...
After saying their farewells to the three (Hayner, Pence. and Olette) back in Twilight Town, they took the mysterious train to their next location, and that's to a very strange tower waiting for them. When they first arrived, Sora was the first to take notice of the disappearance of the train once they stepped off of it. "Well there goes our rides..." As they walk up the tower, they notice someone trying to peek in through the front door. They all decided to confront whoever it was. "What's going on?" Donald asks.
The stranger chuckles and cluelessly tells the group, "I sent some of my lackeys inside to see if the master of this here tower is as big and tough as they say. Word is, he's a real powerful sorcerer, which would make him the perfect bodyguard for me." The poor guy was so clueless he didn't have a clue to who he was ranting to. "See," he goes on, "it don't matter how tough he is- once he's a heartless, he'll do as I say!" "A heartless!?" Donald exclaims as they all got in a defensive stance.
He just kept ranting on and on about what he was doing, "That's right. They're those things that come outta the darkness in folks' hearts. Why, with all those heartless at her side, my dear friend Maleficent is gonna conquer everything!" That made the three stand up straight and look at one another with confused looks. "And since I have a debt to pay," he tells them more about his plans, "I'm goin' 'round to a bunch of different worlds and buildin' an army of Heartless, special for her." The stranger waves them off after having enough of telling them all of his plans. "Oh why am I talkin' to you pipsqueaks anyway? Go on, scram! I'm behind schedule as it is."
Goofy decides to make a suggestion, "You oughta find something nicer to do." "Says who? Wha... AAAH! It's you!" Pete yells in anger, turning around to confront them only to jaw drop in shock. "Pete!" Donald and Goofy exclaim with wide eyes. "What are you two nimrods doin' here!?" Pete demands. "What are YOU doing here!?" Donald yells back. "You know him?" Sora asks, confused at what's going on. Goofy nods, explaining, "We sure do! Pete's been causin' trouble for ages! His majesty banished him to another dimension a long time ago. I wonder how he escaped."
Pete cackles at their reactions. "You wanna know how, eh? Well, Maleficent busted me out, that's how! Now, your world- no, no, no, all worlds- are gonna belong to yours truly. Cause Maleficent is gonna help ma conquer 'em." "Maleficent, huh?" all three of them began to laugh at this. "What are you laughing at!? Why, Maleficient's power is so great that-" Sora bluntly interrupts Pete, "She's toast." "Huh!?" "Sorry, but Maleficent can't help ya now," Goofy said. "Whaddya mean!?" Pete asks the group, lost at what's going on.
Finally, it dawned on him, "You! So you're the ones that did it!" Sora puts his hands behind his head and says proudly, "Well... we mighta had something to do with it."Errrrr... Heartless squad! Round up!" A few shadow heartless began to appear on Pete's orders, but they were instantly taken out without any effort.
"No one! And I mean no one, messes with the might Pete!"
"So 'mighty' Pete, who lives in this tower anyway?"
"Oh, ya don't know eh? Well it's old Yen Sid. 'Course he's probably a heartless by now!"
Donald is taken aback at this and yells, "Master Yen Sid lives here!?" Not wasting a second, Donald runs up the steps and enters, leaving the tree behind to watch as he does so. Goofy takes it upon himself to enlighten Sora, "Master Yen Sid is the king's teacher!" "Wow! Sounds powerful!" the boy comments, both of them dashing off after their friend and completely forgetting Pete in the process. Pete fumes at the trio and yells, "Darn it! If only Maleficent took care of that pure hearts brat we should have won by now!"
Sora stops himself from going inside. "Sora don't- Wah!" Goofy falls back in surprise when Sora suddenly jumps at Pete with his keyblade out. Pete shuts his eyes, awaiting for the keyblade to strike only for it to be inches away from his face. He opens one eye and fell into the water by accident, relieved to be spared by the wrath of the keyblade master. Donald hears the commotion from inside, looking up at the stairs one last time before reluctantly going back outside to see what's going on.
"What gives you the right to talk about Akari like that!? She's already gone... Her heart was destroyed a long time ago! Isn't that enough!?" Sora yells at him in a shaky breathe, his grip on his Kingdom Key weakening. He fell on his knees as Donald and Goofy runs up to aid their friend. "Why don't you buzz off already Pete!" Donald yells, helping Sora up on his feet. "Yeah! Akari may be gone, but you don't have ta go 'round talkin' nonsense!" Goofy added just as upset as the others. Pete steps out of the pond drenched wet, gawking at the trio weirdly then bursts out laughing, much to Sora's confusion.
The large cat (me: It took me forever to remember what he is!) wipes a single tear and mocks them, "You runts really don't know do ya? I thought since one of you is the babysitter, you knew all about the prophecy. Man this sure makes my day! Hahaha!" "Prophecy? What prophecy?" Goofy asks, Pete smirks and points up at the tower, "Can't tell ya! You need to ask the old coot upstairs! If he isn't a heartless yet." Sora grips his keyblade one last time then desummons it, running inside in order to avoid further confrontation.
He knew if he stayed there any longer, he might take his anger out on Pete. And Sora didn't want to vent it out like that in a three ran back inside, all agreeing to check if Yen Sid was safe. During that time, heartless appeared on the way up, and this gave Sora the chance to take out his anger on the heartless before meeting Yen Sid. Every heartless that he destroyed, memories of Akari filled Sora's mind up until they arrived at the final part of the spiral stair case. "Heartless heartless heartless! I'm sick and tired of these things already!" yells a frustrated duck, zapping one final heartless.
"Do ya think master Yen Sid alright?" Goofy asks, staring at the final stair case nervously. "Of course he's okay! I hope..." Donald gulps. After fending off the remaining heartless, rushing up the stairs, they finally arrived to meet Yen Sid. Donald and Goofy were the first to go in, practically pushing Sora aside just to meet with the teacher of Mickey. Shrugging it off, Sora steps inside the room to see his two friends saluting and then bow. Sora looks down at them both in confusion, lost at what's going on and what he himself was supposed to do next.
"Master Yen Sid! It's an honor!" Donald greets formally. Sora, on the other hand, simply greets the old man sitting before them casually, "Hey there!" Both of them look up at Sora in shock. Donald scolds him, "Sora! Show some respect!" Yen Sid calms the two down and spoke up, "So, you are Sora. The next protector of the Purest of all hearts." Sora flinches at the familiar title, pain filling his pain as guilt struck in his eyes, all three of them watching the boy with sad eyes. Yen Sid decided to change to topic- "Now then, have you seen the king yet?"
Altar of Naught...
Kingdom Hearts was reacting to their prisoners presence just as they had hoped it would, the problem was that its reaction wasn't as strong as Xemnas had hoped for. The remnant of Kingdom Hearts simply glowed even brighter for only a second once she was placed before it, but its light died not long after. Xemnas contemplates on the results, "The purest of hearts is indeed the key to controlling Kingdom Hearts... but with her incomplete heart it's meaningless... There has to be a faster way to bring the pieces back together."
Behind his turned back, Xigbar appears through a dark corridor and walks casually towards his leader. "So whatcha need from me? I'm pretty sure it has to be serious to call me during the middle of a mission," says the one eyed man, stopping in place after seeing who it was Xemnas was watching. Xemnas turns to face him and orders, "She'll be waking up soon now that Sora is awake. Their hearts are connect, and she knows she has to be with him. You will be the one to take care of her until then."
"What!? Why don't you let Saix do it?" Xigbar yells, throwing his arm up in the air with a displeased look.
"The Purest of all Hearts is in a dream-like state. As long as the shards of her heart isn't awaken, she'll continue to sleep until then. Either way, she won't be much of a fight if she doesn't even remember them nor remember her own name."
"Yeah but... you're talking about letting her-"
"That's all a part of the plan. If we want complete control of Kingdom Hearts, she'll need to be entirely whole in order to do so."
Deep in her slumber, she found herself floating in a cypher... lost in the pitch black darkness that surrounds her...
"You'll have to wake up soon..." a voice spoke up. She answers tiredly, "I can't... it feels so... empty..." "What does?" There was no answer. The voice sighs at this and presses, "You'll have to get up someday. He's waiting for you! You can't make him wait forever!" "Who is...?" asks the blue haired girl, now taking interest. "S-"
"So...ra..." Xemnas and Xigar turn to face her, slightly taken aback to hear the name of the Keyblade master slip out of her own lips while still asleep. She shouldn't even know the name to begin with. "Interesting..." a small, yet eerie, smirk crosses Xemnas' lips. Something which Xigbar caught sight of at the corner of his eye. (Me: Haha! See what I did there? XD Lame but... okay moving on)
Back at the Mysterious Tower...
There was so much to take in, King Mickey's fighting the heartless, Riku might me alright, Nobodies, organization XIII- so much has been going on during their one year slumber. 'If a nobody is born when a heartless is made...' Sora shook his head, not wanting to continue on the topic anymore. Yen Sid notices Sora's silence to the information and decided to inform them, "You did not destroy Akari if that's what you're thinking." All three of them gap at the master in pure shock, none of them had expected to hear this kind of information, especially Sora.
Yen Sid stood up from his seat, walks up toward star shaped and spots a certain star gleaming much brighter than the other stars around it. "When Ansem retrieved her heart," the old man spoke up, "he reminded you of what is to happen to Akari's empty vessel if the heart is removed by force." Sora takes it upon himself to recite the very same story he's heard many times, "If the Purest of hearts loses her light (heart) then the darkness shall take over her vessel and use it to purge every single world in darkness."
The wizard nods but finishes the story, "And it is the protectors' duty to prevent this. I see you still remember the tale." Sora scratches the back of his head, "Yeah... More than one person has told me that too many times to count. It's really hard not to forget it." "But wasn't it Akari's heart was-" Donald instantly slaps a hand over his friend's mouth as Goofy himself puts both of his hands over Donald's'. "I know very well of her hearts' destruction," Yen Sid spoke up. "I saw it happen myself from this very window. Her star glimmered and then shattered into pieces the moment Ansem saw you defeat the Purest of Darkness."
About one year ago, Akari had fought with Sora against her will when her heart was taken, allowing the darkness to take over and take control of her body. When Sora defeated her, Ansem destroyed her heart. None of them knew it was even possible to destroy a heart like that, but it happened right before their eyes and Akari faded in Sora's arms.
He continues to explain to the three, "But that does not mean she is lost forever. What you three fought really wasn't her darkness, it was her heartless that you had confronted. Her heartless was not complete as Ansem had her heart in his grasp, and because of that he was able to easily manipulate Akari's heartless into fighting the three of you. Her consciousness was still inside, but because her heart was being manipulated by the darkness she had no other choice except to fight you. You three are very lucky, if now the unspeakable would have happened if he didn't keep her heart. If the heartless were to be completed than all would've have been lost"
"But that story-" Donald was interrupted, "That is just a ruse made by one of your past predecessors to scare off those who fear the light. The very first protectors thought it would've been safer for the purest of all hearts if no one dared to remove her heart, but it seems it only made the darkness want her more." "So what are you saying?" Sora asks, hoping there's still a chance for Akari to come back.
Destiny Island...
On the leaning paopu tree where Sora, Riku, Kairi, and Akari used to stay at to watch the sunset was a hooded stranger, silently sitting on the tree with a paopu fruit in hand. Up about the orange sky, a shooting star passed by. "The light can easily be destroyed... but it can also be restored by the chosen of the keyblade... only he can recover the lost fragments of her lost light..." An organization member appears behind her turned back. "Huh...? I know I said it's impossible to get out but..." He looks around to check if anyone was watching, and when he sees the coast is clear, he removes his hood and reveals himself as Axel.
Axel walks over and attempts to take her with him, but Xigbar runs out of a dark corridor behind his back. He stops to catch his breath then notices Axel carrying the very prisoner Xigbar was looking for in his arms. "Ah Axel...! Where have ya been man? Xemnas has been looking all over for ya after Sora woke up! I thought you betrayed us... but it seems you already caught our little doll back!" Axel clicks his teeth and walks past Xigbar. His original plan was to use the girl to get Kairax back, and if she comes back there's a chance that Roxas would have come back as well.
But thanks to the sudden unexpected arrival of No. II, he had no choice except to go along whatever the one-eyed man thinks Axel is trying to do. "What? Did I say something wrong?" Xigbar runs after Axel, confused at the man's silence. The hooded girl lifts her head up and the paopu fruit she held earlier left behind on the sand floor, reaching out for it as the dark corridor opens up and her vision begins to darken again as the portal closes. Xigbar scratches his head in confusion and mutters out loud, "For someone that barely has a heart... she sure knows how to sneak right under my nose... Xemnas won't be happy if he found out I lost her."
He was so sure that she wouldn't be able to move in the state she's in. But as soon as he turned his back on her for just a second, she suddenly disappeared through a light corridor. There was one weird thing he saw about the girl before the corridor closed, he swore he almost saw Kairax or someone else with pink hair running in her place.
Mysterious Tower...
After reading the book and getting new outfits, which was a struggle for Sora between the three fairies, began to discuss further more about Akari. "Can you tell me... how I became her protector?" Sora asks out of nowhere. Much to their confusion, Yen Sid began to chuckle at the question as if the answer was obvious. "I'd like to speak to Sora alone," he suddenly requests without facing them. "You two can wait outside for now. You are not to listen a single word I am to tell the protector, it is for his ears only. Not anyone else's."
This made the two know the consequences if either of them tried to peek, so they looked at Sora one last time then silently made their way out of the room. "Tell me Sora, what do you know about the purest of all hearts?" Yen Sid asks him. The answer was simple for Sora, "The Purest of all hearts is just like the princesses of heart, untouched by darkness. The difference is that the purest of all hearts can purify hearts filled with darkness." Yen Sid hums at his answer and says, "I'm not surprised you'd think that. If not explained properly on her true purpose that is the first thing a protector would think of if not given clear instructions."
That was true, when Sora first found out what Akari was he just assumed that's what she was. Leon and the others did not entirely know what the Purest of all Hearts was, and all of the enemies that knew Akari didn't really help either. Finally, Yen Sid turns to face him with a much more serious gaze. "You must remember my words carefully protector," he instructs Sora by his other title, "as this information is only passed down from to those previous to you. Not your friends or allies can know about this." Sora crosses his arms then realizes something.
"Protector to protector... Does that mean you were also a protector!?" asks the keyblade master with his jaw dropping down. Yen Sid smiles at his reaction, "A long time ago long before you were born. You aren't the first one to protect the Purest of all Hearts, but you shall be the last." "What do you mean?" asks the boy with crossed arms and a raised eyebrow.
"From the beginning when darkness was born- keyblade masters, such as yourself, have fought against the darkness and there were times both sides almost lost the war. Sometimes the light would have the upper hand, then there were times when the darkness would turn the tables. But through a miracle, a child pure of light came in contact with Kingdom Hearts itself and it gave birth to a heart so pure both light and dark feared it. That is the birth of the Purest of all Hearts. The Purest of all hearts isn't given a definite title yet, her purpose is to decide the future outcome of this endless war between light and dark. Only at the coming of age can she choose between the two. For now, her heart is filled of light. And shall she choose one day whether to allow the light to prevail, or allow darkness to take over all worlds all depends on her. Because of that, the darkness fears of her choice and tries to prevent it by any means possible. Even if by turning her into a heartless."
"And that's why a protector is needed..."
"She may be able to fend them off, but there is little she can do. For generations the purest of all hearts has had her heart taken from her and is reborn again once her heartless if destroyed. It takes many years before the next purest of all hearts is born. Every time she is reborn, a keyblade wielder is assigned to protect her. But regardless they have all failed. And the cycle has continued for a very long time. It is said by the very first protector that if the cycle is broken, than that means there will someday the purest of all hearts will no longer need to be reborn again. She will finally be able to choose what her destiny is."
"But I was never appointed as her protector. I was told that I've been her protector from the start," Sora tells Yen Sid after hearing the last part. Yen Sid takes a blue orb from his right sleeve. "Let me show you something." He tosses is in the air and the moment a tiny bit of light hits it, it bursts into light and projects a long row of people from up towards the sky to where they are. Yen Sid gestures to the boy, "Look closely Sora, what do you notice about them?" Cautious of what's going on, Sora looks around in confusion and stares at all the girls.
He did spot one thing they had in common. "They all look like Akari... but they're not her?" he questions himself, unsure if he was seeing things correctly. He earns a nod of approval from the wizard. Yen Sid holds his hand up, "All of the girls you see are her predecessors. Reborn in different worlds as a new person with a new life, and a new protector." He waves his hand to the side, and as he does so, almost all of them disappear except for three. One of the three was brought closer for Sora to see. She seemed slightly older compared to the others he saw. "This girl was the closest to choosing but..." Yen Sid sadly looks down at the girl as he once again swipes his hand, the girl vanishing just like the rest.
He sighs, "She didn't make it... her protector was once the very man who had destroyed Akari's heart..." Sora's eyes went wide as he yells, "Ansem!? The seeker of darkness!? Why did he become her protector!?" Even if this wasn't Akari, it indirectly made Sora feel like it was Ansem's fault again on hurting her. "I do not know what had happened, but there have been ideas he failed his duties just like the rest or had taken her heart instead," this answer almost made Sora want to jump on the gummi ship and search for Ansem himself. Next was the girl beside Akari, she had pink hair like all the rest but had her hair up in a side pony tail.
"The previous Purest of all Hearts was different from the rest as well," Sora calmed down when he heard this. "Instead of accepting the protector assigned to her, she chose someone else. This was another sign that made us think this time she would be the last." "But she wasn't," Sora spoke up, realizing where this was going. Yen Sid made her image vanish and brought Akari's up, continuing, "She and her protector were both lost. But what's different about Akari's birth is something none of her past lives have ever done. She was born on the very same day the heart of her previous life was taken, and her form was chosen by the predecessor herself before completely becoming the Akari you grew up with. All of this happened ten years ago."
Doubt still filled up inside of his heart. As glad as he is to know the history of how Akari became the purest of all hearts, it's still didn't answer the one thing has been asking himself constantly after he lost Akari. "Why me...? Why did I become Akari's protector?" It was relieving to know that he wasn't the first to fail, but it still hurt just as much to know what she had to go through long before she met him. A hand was placed on Sora's shoulder. "Sora... she chose you the day you gave her a name."
Tears came to Sora's eyes, took over whelmed to know this much.
The young Sora decided to stay on the beach a little bit longer. Riku was reluctant at first, but after seeing his best friend suddenly cry like that he decided to at least wait for him off the playground island. As he walked back towards the ocean shore, a single shooting star moved across the sky. Sora saw this and put his hands together in a prayer, "Oh! I better make a wish! I wish...to see her again and be by her side forever!" He pulled his hands apart then stared down at them in shock, surprised at the strange wish that made without thinking.
"What was that about?" His actual wish was entirely different than what he had thought of earlier, all he wanted to wish for was for whoever is the one that's sad to find happiness again. At the corner of his eye, another shooting star flew across the sky but something was wrong with this one, it seemed much larger than a regular stars that flew in the sky. The star drew closer and closer to the island and then, at the last minute, it crashes on to the smaller portion of the island where the leaning paopu tree was. Sora felt a strange thump in his chest, like something was telling him to go there.
And without any hesitation, he ran off in the direction of the light as it glowed brightly, like as if it was calling out to him. He decided to swim over and climb up the ladder instead of going up the stairs, too excited to face whatever it was that was calling out to him. Once he jumped out of the water and climbed up the short wooden ladder, Sora stuck his head out to see a... girl? The girl sat on the paopu tree, holding the paopu fruit in her hand as she stares down at it in wonder. She had light blue hair that reached down to her shoulders and sky blue eyes, wore a short white dress and was shoeless. She looks up, causing Sora to immediately dive back down.
Many questions raced through Sora's mind- Who was she? Where did she come from? How did she get here? He's never seen her on the island. Sora knew everyone- literally everyone- on Destiny Island, and yet here on the playground island is a complete stranger he's never met in his entire life! Curious, Sora took another peek but this time kept himself hidden from view. The girl stared up at the starry sky, her eyes twinkled and lifts up the fruit to compare. Much to his shock, a single tear falls down her cheek when she sees a certain spot in the sky. Sora follows her gaze and sees a single star glowing brightly then instantly disappears from the sky.
He didn't know why- but a single tear fell down his cheek when it happened. "Somewhere out there, there's this tree with star-shaped fruit. And the fruit represents an unbreakable connection. So as long as you and your friends carry good luck charms shaped like it, nothing can ever drive you apart. You will always find your way back to each other. An unbreakable connection. I wonder who it was... that said that?" she says. Sora turns back to look at the girl to see her hugging the fruit and crying. Unable to hold back any longer, he finally decided to reveal himself to the girl.
Both of them found themselves staring at one another in shock, at the same time feeling a strange sense of familiarity to one another.
Dive to the Heart...
I felt so empty inside. All I want... is to be by his side again.
Who is 'he' exactly...?
The one who'll make you feel whole again.
Whole...? But I'm right here...
He really misses you, you know. He's been feeling so much pain ever since that day.
Can you tell me... who exactly that person is...?
I can only tell you this... He's the one who gave you your name. Do you remember your true name? Before he presented you your new life?
My name...? It's...
Finally able to open my eyes, the first thing I saw was a small bit of light glowing in the darkness that surrounds me. That's when I came to realize I was falling- straight towards the light and watch as it grew bigger and brighter the closer I got. I shield my eyes when the light began to blind my vision. As if there was something with me, my body began to shift around and I found myself slowing floating down towards the source of the light. There were two floating platforms, slowly circling around one another until one came to a stop the closer I got. Once I stepped foot on it, both stopped in place.
I tried to speak but all that came out were soundless noises. The other two platforms began to move into position, mine staying dead center in place as the two found their perspective places in the dark area.
Light... darkness... two polar opposites that continue to fight one another for the sake of all worlds... but neither one can live without the other... It has been like that ever since the beginning when darkness was born... Wars were waged... countless lives were lost... the lost masters where never to be heard from again... and the light was thought to be lost forever in the hearts of many...
It felt like I've heard this before from someone, someone who I once knew and trusted. But the longer I stood there the more I felt this weird aching feeling in my chest. I collapse onto the white floor at the sudden sharp pain that struck both my head and my chest. It was static at first, but I first saw four armored figures standing in the center of a field filled with key-like weapons surrounding them. Then an old man and a masked boy began to walk up towards the four. The old man had no hair and had dark skin, yellow eyes that felt so familiar just looking at them.
The next thing I knew, I found myself watching through the vision of one of the armored strangers and found the old man grinning evilly right in my face. There was a familiar ache piercing my chest. Soon static blurred my vision and I found myself staring straight into same yellow eyes, but the eyes belonged to a much younger boy. He had the same dark skin except had white spikey hair on his head. Darkness began to surround and I found myself free falling back down into the dark abyss below, a white light in the shape of a heart comes out from my chest.
I look over my shoulder and saw a circular large platform, a layout of a girl with short blue hair and wore a white dress with her eyes closed surrounded by strangers that felt so familiar and yet- I have no idea who they are. Once I came in contact with the large platform, I broke through it and watch as its fallen pieces fall with me. The heart shaped light glows one last time them it too shatters into pieces.
The endless cycle must be broken... unlike the others who have been fated to fall... it is not your time yet... Your journey is not over yet...
The last thing I remember is being surrounded by light and found myself in a tree holding this weird star shaped fruit. I don't know where I am nor do I remember how I got here, but the fruit in my hand and the orange sunset felt all too familiar to me. I just couldn't put my finger on it. Then, out of nowhere, I heard two voices behind my back, exchanging words that I couldn't comprehend. But I could tell one of them was upset. Soon I found myself being picked up and carried away from the tree, dropping the star shaped fruit in the process.
I tried to reach out for the fallen fruit right before the familiar darkness engulfed all around me.
Mysterious Tower...
As the three began to board their new gummi ship, Sora came to a complete stop and took his seashell out again, a small bit of hope rising up in his heart. On the inside, Yen Sid smiles down at Sora as the boy puts the shell back in his pocket and run after his friends.
"You have not lost her Sora... her time in this life is not up yet. She will return to you sooner than you think, even when you least expect it."
Where Nothing Gathers...
"I thought I told you to watch over the prisoner," Xemnas glares down at Xigbar. Xigbar defends himself, "Hey! You were the one that told me she couldn't move at all! How was I supposed to know she can still jump on her own feet like that? Nobody told me a broken doll like that can just move around freely without a complete heart!" At the very center of the circle, the girl lays on the white floor without making a single move ever since she was placed for everyone to see. "The girl is a threat to our plans! Why not get rid of the girl while her heart is still scattered?" Xaldin asks impatiently, already having enough on dealing with the trouble the girl has caused for them.
Luxord shakes his head, "I think she'd play important role in this game. Destroying her would be a waste after all the effort in containing and capturing the poor damsel." Demyx leans closer to take a better look at the girl. "I don't know… She seems pretty harmless to me." "Why don't ya try touching her then?" Xigbar offers in sarcasm. Demyx raises his hands up in the air and rejects the 'kind' offer, "Uh no thanks! I think it's best if I stay here with you guys!" Xemnas raises his hand up, causing everyone to quiet down and intently watch the leader as he began to stand on his seat.
"The Purest of all Hearts in an important asset if we want to take control of Kingdom Hearts. Completing it is just the first step, but in order to fully control its power we need the heart that was born directly from Kingdom Hearts. So far I have seen there is a connection between the two. The problem is that without a complete heart, controlling Kingdom hearts is nothing but a dream if we don't return her back to her protector. Once the protector knows what's become of the girl our plan can finally go in motion."
~After Story~
Lost, the little girl searched around the island for any signs of life, but the night scared her so she stayed in the same spot. "Where is everyone...?" she mutters in a hushed quiet tone, brushing her blue hair over her ear as she went back to her spot on the paopu tree. Unbeknownst to her, the island she was on was a part of a broken world that she could not see. To her, it was simply night time. She waited and waited for the sunrise so she could look for her friends again, but it never rose and she never once noticed this odd occurrence. Alone with no one to talk to, she brought out half a seashell from her pocket and said, "Where are you...? I thought you said you'd never leave my side..."
"Akari!" she lifts her head up and gazes hard into the dark vast ocean before her. At first there was nothing, but the longer she stared she saw figure running up towards her with the sun finally rising up behind its back. Akari jumped to her feet and was about to called out to the person when she realized one thing, she did not know the name of who it was calling for her. She tried thinking hard on the name. Nothing. She knew from the bottom of her heart who it was that was calling out to her, the very name was at the tip of her tongue, but she couldn't bring herself to say the name. By the time she remembered the name it was already too late- an unknown force began to push the figure away in the form of strong winds.
"Sora!"
To Be Continued
I hope I explained enough about the history of the Purest of all Hearts. I've been constantly redoing it every time something comes up in the KH series... When I first played the first game (and got a spoiler of the ending of the game) I didn't know much about the princesses of heart until I finished the first chapter (not this one alright) it all went away when the Princesses of Heart was shown up. It's a good thing my 7 year old self never published any KH fanfics! XD People would keep ranting on and on about it if I didn't change it! It took me forever to figure out a way to explain all of this about the Purest of all hearts! I only changed it last minute due to my inspiration on Avatar. The concept of being reborn around to keep the balance of the world finally gave me an idea on what to do with Akari and Kairax. So like I said before on twitter, I'll be flying to Davao for the funeral and I don't know when I'll be able to update this month. ):