Author's Note: Special thanks to everyone who reviewed or e-mailed me with feedback. It was very appreciated. I hope everyone enjoys this next chapter.
Chapter 2: A Look Into The Past
Kairi had become the new wielder of the Keyblade and now she had ventured through the door where the Kingdom Hearts adventure began one year ago. But now Kairi had a mission of saving Sora. But where would she go? Where did this door lead?
Kairi found herself looking down from above on a field. It was like she was floating in air. "Is this a dream?" she thought.
"We've been searching for hours," said a familiar obnoxious voice. "this path goes on forever. King Mickey is nowhere to be found!"
"Garsh, I don't know Donald," another familiar voice replied. "I sure am getting tired of walking."
Kairi knew those voices. It was Donald and Goofy. She looked towards the voices and saw the two walking along the path through the field. "Hurry up Sora!" Donald yelled back.
"Sora?!" Kairi thought to herself. She tried to yell down to Donald and Goofy, but she had no voice. "This IS a dream." she thought once again. She then saw the boy she had longed too see for so long. Sora ran up to Donald and Goofy, keyblade in hand.
"Sorry guys, my legs are going to give out on me. How long have we been on this path anyway? It's like it goes on forever. Haven't we passed this bush fifteen times already?"
"I lost track of time. Weeks? Months?" Donald replied.
"But we're stuck here whether we find King Mickey or not. We have no Gummi ship to leave on." Goofy stated.
"We've GOT to find a way out of here! I promised Kairi we would be together again!"
"Oooooh, how sweet." Donald said sarcastically.
"That not funny Donald." Sora said as he looked down at Donald. "Fellas! Fellas!" Goofy said as he separated the two. Just then, the sky grew dark.
"Huh?!" All three heroes said at once. Suddenly, a loud blast was heard and a Gummi Ship came flying through the air and landed near the three. The door to the ship opened.
"Who goes there?" Goofy yelled to the inside of the ship. Leon stepped out from the ship with the gunblade in his right arm. "LEON?!" Donald, Goofy, and Sora said in unison.
"How?" Sora asked. "The barriers were restored when we sealed the heartless."
"Something has gone terribly wrong." Leon said calmly. "There will be time to explain later, right now we need to lock the keyhole here before it's too late!"
"There's a keyhole here?" Sora asked?
"Yes, this planet is empty now, but if we save it from the heartless, it can be used to harbor those who have already lost their worlds. Now hurry, the keyhole is over here."
Leon rushed over to the bush that Sora commented on earlier. Sora and company quickly followed Leon. He used his gunblade to blast the bush out of the way. While he did this, heartless began to rise from the ground. They opened their mouths and released a dark smoke. "HURRY! LOCK THE KEYHOLE!" Leon screamed. The darkness began to wrap around Leon. Sora pointed the keyblade at the keyhole. The light was sent from the keyblade to the keyhole. A bright light emerged from the keyhole as all the heartless began to disappear.
The keyhole vanished, but the darkness that was engulfing Leon had not been destroyed with the other heartless. The black smoke tightened its grip on Leon. "Leon, what do we do?" Sora asked as he watched his friend try to fight off the darkness.
"Save yourselves!" Leon said. "Use the Gummi Ship and go to the Magic Kingdom...King...Mickey......." Leon now found it hard to talk as the smoke began to enter through his mouth. "...will...tell...." Leon dropped to his knees. "Go...NOW!"
Donald and Goofy began to run towards the Gummi Ship, but Sora could not go with his friend like this. Goofy stopped and grabbed Sora. "Come on Sora, we have to go!"
Donald pulled Sora along with him to the Gummi Ship. They boarded it and after a few moments, it took off with the destination of the Magic Kingdom. Now Kairi could see Leon lying on the ground motionless.
It was only a minute later before Leon slowly rose to his feet. His eyes dark and the same black smoke that had been around her friends were now around Leon. This new Dark Leon looked around the empty world and smirked.
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"Kairi." said a girl's voice. "Kairi? Are you awake?"
Kairi's eyes opened slowly. She saw Aerith looking down at her with wide, gentle eyes. "Oh good, you're okay. I was beginning to get worried."
Kairi shook off her drowsiness and sat up on the bed. "Where am I?" she asked Aerith.
"Traverse Town." Aerith responded. "The Traverse Inn to be exact. I found you in the alley. You must've come by a door."
"What are you doing here? Don't you live in Hallow Bastion?"
"Yes, but with the return of the Heartless, Cloud brought me here. He said I'd be safer here. Don't see how though, the heartless are just as likely to come here as they are Hallow Bastion. Cloud said he had some answers to get...so who knows where he is now."
"It's good to see you again Aerith. I had the strangest dream..."
Kairi was interrupted in telling Aerith about her dream by a loud crashing sound from outside the hotel room. A scream was heard from an inn worker. The door to Kairi and Aerith's room was blasted down. Standing in the doorframe was the Dark Leon.
"Leon? What are you doing?" Aerith asked.
"HAND OVER THE KEYBLADE" The Dark Leon said in a very deep voice that was not of his own.
"Leon! What has gotten into you?!" Aerith ran at him, but Leon grabbed her and tossed her into a chest. Aerith dropped to the floor. Several small heartless slowly appeared from the ground.
"ATTACK HER! GET THE KEYBLADE"
The creatures ran and leaped at Kairi. She grabbed her keyblade. She had never done anything like this before, so she shut her eyes and just took swings in the air. She managed to slice through every heartless. "Stay back!" she yelled at Dark Leon.
Leon darted towards Kairi with the gunblade. Kairi rolled out of the way to safety. Leon turned to her and swung his gunblade, but Kairi used the keyblade to defend herself from it. She kicked him in the stomach causing Leon doubled over from the pain and Kairi raised the keyblade into the air.
"Wait....Kairi!" Aerith said, fighting off her pain. "You can't hurt him. It's not really Leon...there has to be another way!"
Kairi backed off as Leon stood back up. He smirked and began to walk towards Kairi. "HAND IT OVER!"
Kairi quickly ran out of room to back up and found herself back against the wall. She closed her eyes and pointed the keyblade at Dark Leon. To her surprise, the keyblade emitted a white beam the connected with Leon's chest. The dark smoke around Leon vaporized. The entire room glowed with a bright light. The light slowly went away and Leon was left lying facedown on the floor of the room.
Aerith slowly got to her feet. She stumbled over to Leon and crouched over him. "He's alive. Looks like whatever that smoke was is gone now." Aerith carefully rolled the fallen Leon onto his back and placed both hands on his chest. She focused in on her healing powers and her hands began to glow with a white light. The light began to flow over Leon's body until he was fully healed.
Kairi, still in shock over what had just transpired, made her way over to the bed and sat down. She began to talk to herself. "I don't think I can handle this...it's too much...so...it wasn't just a dream?"
Aerith helped Leon back up to his feet. "Ow...what a headache." Leon said as he rubbed his head.
Aerith looked Leon in the eye and said, "Leon, I think I speak for Kairi when I say...what the Hell is going on?!"
"Well...."
Author's Note: Well that's all for Chapter 2. The plot is slowly unfolding for our hero, Kairi. The next chapter should reveal more about the new powers of the heartless. And more about Kairi's vision and will there be more visions to come? Please review, and remember all suggestions can be sent to my e-mail (check first chapter or my bio.)
Chapter 2: A Look Into The Past
Kairi had become the new wielder of the Keyblade and now she had ventured through the door where the Kingdom Hearts adventure began one year ago. But now Kairi had a mission of saving Sora. But where would she go? Where did this door lead?
Kairi found herself looking down from above on a field. It was like she was floating in air. "Is this a dream?" she thought.
"We've been searching for hours," said a familiar obnoxious voice. "this path goes on forever. King Mickey is nowhere to be found!"
"Garsh, I don't know Donald," another familiar voice replied. "I sure am getting tired of walking."
Kairi knew those voices. It was Donald and Goofy. She looked towards the voices and saw the two walking along the path through the field. "Hurry up Sora!" Donald yelled back.
"Sora?!" Kairi thought to herself. She tried to yell down to Donald and Goofy, but she had no voice. "This IS a dream." she thought once again. She then saw the boy she had longed too see for so long. Sora ran up to Donald and Goofy, keyblade in hand.
"Sorry guys, my legs are going to give out on me. How long have we been on this path anyway? It's like it goes on forever. Haven't we passed this bush fifteen times already?"
"I lost track of time. Weeks? Months?" Donald replied.
"But we're stuck here whether we find King Mickey or not. We have no Gummi ship to leave on." Goofy stated.
"We've GOT to find a way out of here! I promised Kairi we would be together again!"
"Oooooh, how sweet." Donald said sarcastically.
"That not funny Donald." Sora said as he looked down at Donald. "Fellas! Fellas!" Goofy said as he separated the two. Just then, the sky grew dark.
"Huh?!" All three heroes said at once. Suddenly, a loud blast was heard and a Gummi Ship came flying through the air and landed near the three. The door to the ship opened.
"Who goes there?" Goofy yelled to the inside of the ship. Leon stepped out from the ship with the gunblade in his right arm. "LEON?!" Donald, Goofy, and Sora said in unison.
"How?" Sora asked. "The barriers were restored when we sealed the heartless."
"Something has gone terribly wrong." Leon said calmly. "There will be time to explain later, right now we need to lock the keyhole here before it's too late!"
"There's a keyhole here?" Sora asked?
"Yes, this planet is empty now, but if we save it from the heartless, it can be used to harbor those who have already lost their worlds. Now hurry, the keyhole is over here."
Leon rushed over to the bush that Sora commented on earlier. Sora and company quickly followed Leon. He used his gunblade to blast the bush out of the way. While he did this, heartless began to rise from the ground. They opened their mouths and released a dark smoke. "HURRY! LOCK THE KEYHOLE!" Leon screamed. The darkness began to wrap around Leon. Sora pointed the keyblade at the keyhole. The light was sent from the keyblade to the keyhole. A bright light emerged from the keyhole as all the heartless began to disappear.
The keyhole vanished, but the darkness that was engulfing Leon had not been destroyed with the other heartless. The black smoke tightened its grip on Leon. "Leon, what do we do?" Sora asked as he watched his friend try to fight off the darkness.
"Save yourselves!" Leon said. "Use the Gummi Ship and go to the Magic Kingdom...King...Mickey......." Leon now found it hard to talk as the smoke began to enter through his mouth. "...will...tell...." Leon dropped to his knees. "Go...NOW!"
Donald and Goofy began to run towards the Gummi Ship, but Sora could not go with his friend like this. Goofy stopped and grabbed Sora. "Come on Sora, we have to go!"
Donald pulled Sora along with him to the Gummi Ship. They boarded it and after a few moments, it took off with the destination of the Magic Kingdom. Now Kairi could see Leon lying on the ground motionless.
It was only a minute later before Leon slowly rose to his feet. His eyes dark and the same black smoke that had been around her friends were now around Leon. This new Dark Leon looked around the empty world and smirked.
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"Kairi." said a girl's voice. "Kairi? Are you awake?"
Kairi's eyes opened slowly. She saw Aerith looking down at her with wide, gentle eyes. "Oh good, you're okay. I was beginning to get worried."
Kairi shook off her drowsiness and sat up on the bed. "Where am I?" she asked Aerith.
"Traverse Town." Aerith responded. "The Traverse Inn to be exact. I found you in the alley. You must've come by a door."
"What are you doing here? Don't you live in Hallow Bastion?"
"Yes, but with the return of the Heartless, Cloud brought me here. He said I'd be safer here. Don't see how though, the heartless are just as likely to come here as they are Hallow Bastion. Cloud said he had some answers to get...so who knows where he is now."
"It's good to see you again Aerith. I had the strangest dream..."
Kairi was interrupted in telling Aerith about her dream by a loud crashing sound from outside the hotel room. A scream was heard from an inn worker. The door to Kairi and Aerith's room was blasted down. Standing in the doorframe was the Dark Leon.
"Leon? What are you doing?" Aerith asked.
"HAND OVER THE KEYBLADE" The Dark Leon said in a very deep voice that was not of his own.
"Leon! What has gotten into you?!" Aerith ran at him, but Leon grabbed her and tossed her into a chest. Aerith dropped to the floor. Several small heartless slowly appeared from the ground.
"ATTACK HER! GET THE KEYBLADE"
The creatures ran and leaped at Kairi. She grabbed her keyblade. She had never done anything like this before, so she shut her eyes and just took swings in the air. She managed to slice through every heartless. "Stay back!" she yelled at Dark Leon.
Leon darted towards Kairi with the gunblade. Kairi rolled out of the way to safety. Leon turned to her and swung his gunblade, but Kairi used the keyblade to defend herself from it. She kicked him in the stomach causing Leon doubled over from the pain and Kairi raised the keyblade into the air.
"Wait....Kairi!" Aerith said, fighting off her pain. "You can't hurt him. It's not really Leon...there has to be another way!"
Kairi backed off as Leon stood back up. He smirked and began to walk towards Kairi. "HAND IT OVER!"
Kairi quickly ran out of room to back up and found herself back against the wall. She closed her eyes and pointed the keyblade at Dark Leon. To her surprise, the keyblade emitted a white beam the connected with Leon's chest. The dark smoke around Leon vaporized. The entire room glowed with a bright light. The light slowly went away and Leon was left lying facedown on the floor of the room.
Aerith slowly got to her feet. She stumbled over to Leon and crouched over him. "He's alive. Looks like whatever that smoke was is gone now." Aerith carefully rolled the fallen Leon onto his back and placed both hands on his chest. She focused in on her healing powers and her hands began to glow with a white light. The light began to flow over Leon's body until he was fully healed.
Kairi, still in shock over what had just transpired, made her way over to the bed and sat down. She began to talk to herself. "I don't think I can handle this...it's too much...so...it wasn't just a dream?"
Aerith helped Leon back up to his feet. "Ow...what a headache." Leon said as he rubbed his head.
Aerith looked Leon in the eye and said, "Leon, I think I speak for Kairi when I say...what the Hell is going on?!"
"Well...."
Author's Note: Well that's all for Chapter 2. The plot is slowly unfolding for our hero, Kairi. The next chapter should reveal more about the new powers of the heartless. And more about Kairi's vision and will there be more visions to come? Please review, and remember all suggestions can be sent to my e-mail (check first chapter or my bio.)