This is my first attempt at writing a fanfic...so don't be too harsh in reviewing (but do review please). I don't own any of these here characters, they are all owned by Squaresoft or Disney.
This story takes place on the 1 year anniversary of the beginning of the Kingdom Hearts adventure. The first chapter will set up a new adventure (well that IS the name of the chapter after all). Should be plenty of action in chapters to come...and the more reviews I get the faster I can get more chapters out. Also, the first chapter may seem like any other Kairi goes on quest to find Sora fic, but hopefully after chapter 1, it will be very original. Now...onto the story!
Kingdom Hearts: Darkness Reigns
Rated: PG-13 (for later chapters)
Chapter 1 - The New Adventure Begins
It had been one year since the last adventure had begun with the destruction of Destiny Island by the heartless. One year since Sora was transported to Traverse Town where his story began. Sora, along with Donald and Goofy had saved Kairi and locked the heartless behind the Door of Light. All of the worlds destroyed by the heartless had been returned and the princesses of heart. All was right in the world.
Well...maybe not ALL. Sora had yet to return to Destiny Island. While most had anxiously waited on the heroes return, most had already accepted that he would not be back. Most had already returned to their normal daily lives. Kairi was not most people. She sat on the beach every day waiting for her love to return to her. She knew he'd be back. He promised her.
The one-year anniversary of their adventure was like every other day for Kairi. She sat on the beach as the sun rose. She admired the beauty of the red and orange mixing on the surface of the water. She looked off into the horizon, hoping to see a gummi ship carrying her Sora back to her. Selphie, Kairi's perky friend, walked over to where Kairi was sitting and sat down next to her. Selphie put her arm around her friend's shoulders.
"Kairi," Selphie said, "you've got to move on. We all know you loved him, but it really hurts me to see you like this. Come on! Let's go play a game of blitzball with Wakka! Him and Tidus have been talkin' alot of trash. I think we can take 'em!"
Kairi smiled at Selphie's offer, but how could she go play at a time like this. She had to be there to greet Sora with open arms when he returned. "Thanks Selphie," Kairi responded softly, "but I don't feel up to it."
Selpie frowned and hugged Kairi close. "Awwwww, come on. Don't be so down. Suit yourself though, feel free to change your mind."
Selphie stood up and walked away from Kairi. Selphie walked down the beach to where Tidus and Wakka were kicking the blitzball around on the sand. Tidus kicked it in the air to Wakka, but Selphie leaped into the air and caught it. She landed between the two and smiled. "You boys are going down!" Selphie exlaimed.
"What about Kairi?" Tidus asked.
"Nothing's working," Selphie replied, "I don't know what else to do. She's an emotional wreck."
"We've got to think of sumtin' to cheer her up, ya know..." Wakka said.
"I think she's going to have to realize the truth herself." Selpie said. "She's gotta get over it."
The day went on with Selphie, Tidus, and Wakka playing together on the beach while Kairi sat on the side continuing to look off in the distance. She soon became very sleepy as the sun began to set. She laid back in the sand and drifted to sleep.
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Kairi was covered in sand from head to toe. How long had she slept. It was extremely dark outside. She could barely see her own hand infront of her eyes. "Selphie?!" "Tidus?!" "Wakka?!?" There was no answer to her yells. She heard footsteps in the sand.
"Kairi...it's me." A voice said.
Tears began to fill Kairi's eyes. She knew that voice. "SORA!" She ran towards the voice, but she found no one. "Sora! Where are you?!"
"Over here." Sora's voice replied, this time to the left of Kairi. She ran to her left, but once again found no one. "Sora, this isn't funny...where are you?!"
"I'm right here!" Sora replied, this time coming from behind her. Kairi ran to the voice...
"No...here....No...here..." Sora's voice continued to say as Kairi ran in circles, tears streaming from her eyes. She finally dropped to her knees in the sand and screamed. "SSSOOORRRAAAA!!!!!!!"
The beach was suddenly fully lit and Sora was standing right infront of Kairi. She reached for him, but her hand went through him. A dark smoke wrapped around Sora and clenched him tight. "KAIRI!!! HELP! HELP ME KAIRI!" Kairi continued to try to grab Sora, but he wasn't really there. Sora was soon engulfed by the darkness. The image disappeared. Kairi was left crying in the sand.
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"SSOORRRAAAAA!!!" Kairi screamed as she awoke from her dream. She shot up from the sand and looked around the beach. It was night...everyone had already gone back to their homes. Kairi was left alone on the beach. She wiped away a tear from her eye.
Kairi then remembered her dream. "Sora's in trouble..." she said to herself. Just as she said this, a blast of thunder was heard overhead. It began to pour down raining. Kairi ran off the beach as the storm began to get worse as lightning struck down from the sky. Kairi had to find the nearest place to find shelter. She saw the hole leading to her secret place. She quickly ran to it and climbed in, escaping the storm.
Kairi sat down on the hard rock floor...cold and wet. She knew something was wrong. Sora was in trouble...that dream wasn't just any dream. It was an image that she was meant to see. She closed her eyes, hoping to receive another vision...nothing.
When she reopened her eyes, a door appeared in the cave. "Oh no...that can't be good," she said to herself. She moved to the door, remembering what happened last time a door had appeared there. "Kairi..."
Kairi spun around to see a cloaked figure looking right at her. She looked for a face, but the hood covered the figure perfectly. Nothing but darkness could be seen inside the hood. "Kairi, it's begun again."
"Who are you? What are you doing here?" Kairi demanded.
"Kairi...you're assumptions are correct, Sora is in trouble. You are the only one who can save him."
"What's going on?" she questioned.
"I can't disclose it all right now. All I can tell you is that your adventure is beginning. The heartless have returned."
"But how? Sora defeated them and sealed them! You're a liar!"
Kairi couldn't listen to the figure any longer. She ran past it and back into the storm. But what she found was more than she could handle. The water in the ocean had turned completely black. Small heartless were running around the beach and a large Darkside creature was emerging from the water. Kairi ran towards her house only to find all the inhabitants of Destiny Island acting very strange.
The people of Destiny Island were all walking slowly towards Kairi. They're eyes were completely dark and a dark smoke surrounded them. She turned around and ran away from them. She ran back towards the secret place, but she was stopped by Selpie, Tidus and Wakka. "What's going on guys? We gotta get out of here!" Kairi told them...but they aren't listening. She realized they too were acting strangely. They all had dark eyes and a dark smoke around them. Tidus brought out his wooden sword and pointed it at Kairi.
Kairi was confused. Were her friends trying to kill her? She backed up and then ran at them. She jumped into the air and grabbed onto a branch. She swung back on the branch and then swung foward, kicking Tidus and Wakka in the face. They both fell to the ground. She dropped back down to the ground. She ran past Selpie and entered her secret place.
The cloaked figure was still there waiting. "Still think I'm a liar?" It asked.
"What am I supposed to do?" Kairi asked.
"You have been chosen Kairi." The figure said as it pulled a keyblade from inside the cloak. He pointed the keyblade at Kairi. The keyblade disappeared from the cloaked figure's hand and then reappeared in Kairi's. She looked at the keyblade as it glowed in her hands. "Begin your journey to save Sora now..."
The figure pointed towards the door. Kairi turned and pointed the keyblade at the door. A beam went from the keyblade to the keyhole in the door. The door slowly opened up. "I have to go through the door?" Kairi asked, but when she turned back around, the cloaked figure was gone.
The heartless began to flood into the cave. Selphie, Wakka, and Tidus also appeared. "We must get her" Tidus said in a monotone voice.
"Yes...the darkness wants her..." Selpie replied also in a monotone voice. Kairi looked at her friends, then at her keyblade and then at the door. She turned and ran for the door. She leapt through the door as it shut behind her.
Well, that's Chapter 1. I hope you enjoyed it. Please review it after reading it so I can know people are reading. Feel free to e-mail me with suggestions at scorpane@hotmail.com.
This story takes place on the 1 year anniversary of the beginning of the Kingdom Hearts adventure. The first chapter will set up a new adventure (well that IS the name of the chapter after all). Should be plenty of action in chapters to come...and the more reviews I get the faster I can get more chapters out. Also, the first chapter may seem like any other Kairi goes on quest to find Sora fic, but hopefully after chapter 1, it will be very original. Now...onto the story!
Kingdom Hearts: Darkness Reigns
Rated: PG-13 (for later chapters)
Chapter 1 - The New Adventure Begins
It had been one year since the last adventure had begun with the destruction of Destiny Island by the heartless. One year since Sora was transported to Traverse Town where his story began. Sora, along with Donald and Goofy had saved Kairi and locked the heartless behind the Door of Light. All of the worlds destroyed by the heartless had been returned and the princesses of heart. All was right in the world.
Well...maybe not ALL. Sora had yet to return to Destiny Island. While most had anxiously waited on the heroes return, most had already accepted that he would not be back. Most had already returned to their normal daily lives. Kairi was not most people. She sat on the beach every day waiting for her love to return to her. She knew he'd be back. He promised her.
The one-year anniversary of their adventure was like every other day for Kairi. She sat on the beach as the sun rose. She admired the beauty of the red and orange mixing on the surface of the water. She looked off into the horizon, hoping to see a gummi ship carrying her Sora back to her. Selphie, Kairi's perky friend, walked over to where Kairi was sitting and sat down next to her. Selphie put her arm around her friend's shoulders.
"Kairi," Selphie said, "you've got to move on. We all know you loved him, but it really hurts me to see you like this. Come on! Let's go play a game of blitzball with Wakka! Him and Tidus have been talkin' alot of trash. I think we can take 'em!"
Kairi smiled at Selphie's offer, but how could she go play at a time like this. She had to be there to greet Sora with open arms when he returned. "Thanks Selphie," Kairi responded softly, "but I don't feel up to it."
Selpie frowned and hugged Kairi close. "Awwwww, come on. Don't be so down. Suit yourself though, feel free to change your mind."
Selphie stood up and walked away from Kairi. Selphie walked down the beach to where Tidus and Wakka were kicking the blitzball around on the sand. Tidus kicked it in the air to Wakka, but Selphie leaped into the air and caught it. She landed between the two and smiled. "You boys are going down!" Selphie exlaimed.
"What about Kairi?" Tidus asked.
"Nothing's working," Selphie replied, "I don't know what else to do. She's an emotional wreck."
"We've got to think of sumtin' to cheer her up, ya know..." Wakka said.
"I think she's going to have to realize the truth herself." Selpie said. "She's gotta get over it."
The day went on with Selphie, Tidus, and Wakka playing together on the beach while Kairi sat on the side continuing to look off in the distance. She soon became very sleepy as the sun began to set. She laid back in the sand and drifted to sleep.
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Kairi was covered in sand from head to toe. How long had she slept. It was extremely dark outside. She could barely see her own hand infront of her eyes. "Selphie?!" "Tidus?!" "Wakka?!?" There was no answer to her yells. She heard footsteps in the sand.
"Kairi...it's me." A voice said.
Tears began to fill Kairi's eyes. She knew that voice. "SORA!" She ran towards the voice, but she found no one. "Sora! Where are you?!"
"Over here." Sora's voice replied, this time to the left of Kairi. She ran to her left, but once again found no one. "Sora, this isn't funny...where are you?!"
"I'm right here!" Sora replied, this time coming from behind her. Kairi ran to the voice...
"No...here....No...here..." Sora's voice continued to say as Kairi ran in circles, tears streaming from her eyes. She finally dropped to her knees in the sand and screamed. "SSSOOORRRAAAA!!!!!!!"
The beach was suddenly fully lit and Sora was standing right infront of Kairi. She reached for him, but her hand went through him. A dark smoke wrapped around Sora and clenched him tight. "KAIRI!!! HELP! HELP ME KAIRI!" Kairi continued to try to grab Sora, but he wasn't really there. Sora was soon engulfed by the darkness. The image disappeared. Kairi was left crying in the sand.
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"SSOORRRAAAAA!!!" Kairi screamed as she awoke from her dream. She shot up from the sand and looked around the beach. It was night...everyone had already gone back to their homes. Kairi was left alone on the beach. She wiped away a tear from her eye.
Kairi then remembered her dream. "Sora's in trouble..." she said to herself. Just as she said this, a blast of thunder was heard overhead. It began to pour down raining. Kairi ran off the beach as the storm began to get worse as lightning struck down from the sky. Kairi had to find the nearest place to find shelter. She saw the hole leading to her secret place. She quickly ran to it and climbed in, escaping the storm.
Kairi sat down on the hard rock floor...cold and wet. She knew something was wrong. Sora was in trouble...that dream wasn't just any dream. It was an image that she was meant to see. She closed her eyes, hoping to receive another vision...nothing.
When she reopened her eyes, a door appeared in the cave. "Oh no...that can't be good," she said to herself. She moved to the door, remembering what happened last time a door had appeared there. "Kairi..."
Kairi spun around to see a cloaked figure looking right at her. She looked for a face, but the hood covered the figure perfectly. Nothing but darkness could be seen inside the hood. "Kairi, it's begun again."
"Who are you? What are you doing here?" Kairi demanded.
"Kairi...you're assumptions are correct, Sora is in trouble. You are the only one who can save him."
"What's going on?" she questioned.
"I can't disclose it all right now. All I can tell you is that your adventure is beginning. The heartless have returned."
"But how? Sora defeated them and sealed them! You're a liar!"
Kairi couldn't listen to the figure any longer. She ran past it and back into the storm. But what she found was more than she could handle. The water in the ocean had turned completely black. Small heartless were running around the beach and a large Darkside creature was emerging from the water. Kairi ran towards her house only to find all the inhabitants of Destiny Island acting very strange.
The people of Destiny Island were all walking slowly towards Kairi. They're eyes were completely dark and a dark smoke surrounded them. She turned around and ran away from them. She ran back towards the secret place, but she was stopped by Selpie, Tidus and Wakka. "What's going on guys? We gotta get out of here!" Kairi told them...but they aren't listening. She realized they too were acting strangely. They all had dark eyes and a dark smoke around them. Tidus brought out his wooden sword and pointed it at Kairi.
Kairi was confused. Were her friends trying to kill her? She backed up and then ran at them. She jumped into the air and grabbed onto a branch. She swung back on the branch and then swung foward, kicking Tidus and Wakka in the face. They both fell to the ground. She dropped back down to the ground. She ran past Selpie and entered her secret place.
The cloaked figure was still there waiting. "Still think I'm a liar?" It asked.
"What am I supposed to do?" Kairi asked.
"You have been chosen Kairi." The figure said as it pulled a keyblade from inside the cloak. He pointed the keyblade at Kairi. The keyblade disappeared from the cloaked figure's hand and then reappeared in Kairi's. She looked at the keyblade as it glowed in her hands. "Begin your journey to save Sora now..."
The figure pointed towards the door. Kairi turned and pointed the keyblade at the door. A beam went from the keyblade to the keyhole in the door. The door slowly opened up. "I have to go through the door?" Kairi asked, but when she turned back around, the cloaked figure was gone.
The heartless began to flood into the cave. Selphie, Wakka, and Tidus also appeared. "We must get her" Tidus said in a monotone voice.
"Yes...the darkness wants her..." Selpie replied also in a monotone voice. Kairi looked at her friends, then at her keyblade and then at the door. She turned and ran for the door. She leapt through the door as it shut behind her.
Well, that's Chapter 1. I hope you enjoyed it. Please review it after reading it so I can know people are reading. Feel free to e-mail me with suggestions at scorpane@hotmail.com.