disclaimer: don't own kingdom hearts.
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"I'll keep my promise Kairi...I'll return...and everything will be back to normal again..." Riku repeated in his mind. He only spoke mentally of such words out of reassurance for himself, knowing that there might still be a chance that all will go wrong again. A strong focused light shot out from his Keyblade to reveal another keyhole. "I wanna go home, back to the Destiny Islands. I wanna go back to her..." he said. He stepped closer slowly toward the keyhole, still holding his keyblade forward. "Take me home!"
The keyhole shined along with the wall it lied against. This time, Riku didn't bother to close his eyes. It kept glowing until Riku could see nothing but light. Then slowly, the light diminished. Riku was left standing there, alone. Mickey wasn't standing behind him anymore. He stood in front of a large wooden door in a famliar dark cavern.
"This place..." he said slowly. Riku walked to the pictures of chalk on the stony walls. He noticed a drawing. He could tell that one of them was a picture of Sora, and the one next to it was indeed one of Kairi. He'd seen it before, long ago, but something was added. A someone drew Paopu fruits in it. He touched it lightly.
"Sora...you drew this..." he whispered. He then looked around him. "This...it's...home. This cavern...we used to come here all the time...I'm home...I'm home!" he laughed. He smiled and laughed all at once. Eager to see Kairi's face again, he ran through the winding route of the cave and out the entrance where the light of day shone. "I'm back, hahaha!!!" he laughed and threw out his arms and raised his head to the sunlit sky. "Hey everyone! I'm back!! Selphie! Wakka! Tidus! Kairi!!! I'm home!!!" he exclaimed in ecstasy. But a sudden shocking epiphany ran down his spine like a frigid frostbite. His smile turned into a frown of confusion. He looked around him.
Riku ran up the ladders to the balcony over the water. "Tidus!?" He looked back and forth...no one. "Wakka, Selphie!!!" he called as he ran to the docks. No one was there either. He searched frantically for everyone everywhere on the deserted island. He then came to the door which led to where the finished raft was made before 'that day'. Riku rushed as quick as possible to the shores. "KAIRI!!!" he yelled. He then slowed down to a trudge through the golden sand. He stood there, alone. The breeze wafted by, causing his slate hair to drift along with it. He stared across to the horizon.
"Where is everyone...?" he asked himself. "Where am I...? This...this place...it isn't home..."
Riku then sank his gaze to the sands. "Where are they...? Where are you...Kairi...?"
He then glanced up again. He looked hard to the far shallows of the beach. "Kairi...?" Riku then sprinted off, kicking the sand toward the distant figure standing in the waves. Smiling once more, he waded against the waves and reached the girl, who had her back to him. "Kairi...is it, is it really you...?" he asked, laughing happily.
She turned around. "Riku..." she smiled like usual and giggled.
"It is you!! Kairi!" he shouted and hugged her.
She grinned. "You're still so naive..."
"Wha--?"
"Riku...I told you...I'm only the image of what you want."
Riku let go of her and stared in astonishment.
"Silly...I know you wanna go home. But there's still a little something missing. You wanna go home, but it just won't happen...not today."
"Then what do I have to do?" he asked, holding her shoulders.
The girl simply smiled. "You have to believe. You have to find the missing piece...once you do...you can go home..."
"Missing piece...?" he repeated.
Kairi's image back away from him. "I have to leave now. I am what came from the depths of your heart. Now that you have found a way...I can't see you anymore, and you'll lose me."
Riku's eyes widened.
"This isn't real, none of it is...you know it. It's what you desire...and behind the doors...a light, your light, broke the deep darkness. With that little light, you were able to create a whole fantasy of what you want...but it will never be true...not behind those doors. You haven't made it yet, but once you depart...remember, you have to believe...that's the only way you'll find the missing piece."
"Believe...?" he whispered to himself. Kairi backed away again. She then closed her eyes and disappeared into a million tiny glows. "Believe in what?!!" he called at the sparkles floating away. "KAIRI!!! TELL ME!!!" he yelled, but to no avail. He scowled at his own stupidity. With all out rage and grief, he struck the water around him. "I don't know what to do...where do I go...? I'm lost..." he muttered. Tiny specks of shimmering tears fell into the ever-flowing waves of the vast sea. He didn't want to give up, but it all looked so hopeless. Riku was trapped in a dream world he created, but he couldn't settle for just a fantasy. He wanted his life back, he wanted it to be normal again...like it was before that fateful day. When it was only him, Kairi, and Sora, fooling around on endless days on the beach under the sun. It was a perfect life. But the whole thing just faded from his mind. He wanted to feel the happiness again.
"Riku!" a voice echoed from nowhere.
He looked up, as if it came from the sky.
"Riku, wake up!"
His eyes shot open, as if he had woken up from some simple dream. He panted and looked around. "Wha-w, was it all a dream...?" he asked himself mentally. He looked over to the person beside him. It was King Mickey. He then looked around, they weren't in the dark void behind the doors anymore. It looked like a new pure world. He then looked down to the object in his hand's grasp. "The Keyblade...what was all that...?"
"Riku...you all right?" Mickey asked again.
He eased his breathing and answered, "Yeah...I'm fine." Then he stood up. He looked around. They were in a whole new place, but strangely...it was a beach. "I have to believe..." he repeated again.
"What was that?" Mickey asked.
"N-nothing...nothing."
"Well, this place looks a bit deserted. Wonder where everyone is...?"
Riku looked from each end of the shoreline as well, seeing no one. He then looked everywhere and noticed an old run down home of a sort up the steps leading down to the shore. He then decided to proceed with utmost vigilance.
A/N: Ok...that was done a lot quicker than I expected. I hope I can do this constantly cause I have a lot of hw to do everyday. The only getting me to write anything at all is that I really love Kingdom Hearts and that I actually wanna continue this. Oh and I'm sorry if the first chapter seemed a bit confusing really. I read it over myself and thought it could've used a bit more work to it but it's been done so I guess it's a bit too late now.
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"I'll keep my promise Kairi...I'll return...and everything will be back to normal again..." Riku repeated in his mind. He only spoke mentally of such words out of reassurance for himself, knowing that there might still be a chance that all will go wrong again. A strong focused light shot out from his Keyblade to reveal another keyhole. "I wanna go home, back to the Destiny Islands. I wanna go back to her..." he said. He stepped closer slowly toward the keyhole, still holding his keyblade forward. "Take me home!"
The keyhole shined along with the wall it lied against. This time, Riku didn't bother to close his eyes. It kept glowing until Riku could see nothing but light. Then slowly, the light diminished. Riku was left standing there, alone. Mickey wasn't standing behind him anymore. He stood in front of a large wooden door in a famliar dark cavern.
"This place..." he said slowly. Riku walked to the pictures of chalk on the stony walls. He noticed a drawing. He could tell that one of them was a picture of Sora, and the one next to it was indeed one of Kairi. He'd seen it before, long ago, but something was added. A someone drew Paopu fruits in it. He touched it lightly.
"Sora...you drew this..." he whispered. He then looked around him. "This...it's...home. This cavern...we used to come here all the time...I'm home...I'm home!" he laughed. He smiled and laughed all at once. Eager to see Kairi's face again, he ran through the winding route of the cave and out the entrance where the light of day shone. "I'm back, hahaha!!!" he laughed and threw out his arms and raised his head to the sunlit sky. "Hey everyone! I'm back!! Selphie! Wakka! Tidus! Kairi!!! I'm home!!!" he exclaimed in ecstasy. But a sudden shocking epiphany ran down his spine like a frigid frostbite. His smile turned into a frown of confusion. He looked around him.
Riku ran up the ladders to the balcony over the water. "Tidus!?" He looked back and forth...no one. "Wakka, Selphie!!!" he called as he ran to the docks. No one was there either. He searched frantically for everyone everywhere on the deserted island. He then came to the door which led to where the finished raft was made before 'that day'. Riku rushed as quick as possible to the shores. "KAIRI!!!" he yelled. He then slowed down to a trudge through the golden sand. He stood there, alone. The breeze wafted by, causing his slate hair to drift along with it. He stared across to the horizon.
"Where is everyone...?" he asked himself. "Where am I...? This...this place...it isn't home..."
Riku then sank his gaze to the sands. "Where are they...? Where are you...Kairi...?"
He then glanced up again. He looked hard to the far shallows of the beach. "Kairi...?" Riku then sprinted off, kicking the sand toward the distant figure standing in the waves. Smiling once more, he waded against the waves and reached the girl, who had her back to him. "Kairi...is it, is it really you...?" he asked, laughing happily.
She turned around. "Riku..." she smiled like usual and giggled.
"It is you!! Kairi!" he shouted and hugged her.
She grinned. "You're still so naive..."
"Wha--?"
"Riku...I told you...I'm only the image of what you want."
Riku let go of her and stared in astonishment.
"Silly...I know you wanna go home. But there's still a little something missing. You wanna go home, but it just won't happen...not today."
"Then what do I have to do?" he asked, holding her shoulders.
The girl simply smiled. "You have to believe. You have to find the missing piece...once you do...you can go home..."
"Missing piece...?" he repeated.
Kairi's image back away from him. "I have to leave now. I am what came from the depths of your heart. Now that you have found a way...I can't see you anymore, and you'll lose me."
Riku's eyes widened.
"This isn't real, none of it is...you know it. It's what you desire...and behind the doors...a light, your light, broke the deep darkness. With that little light, you were able to create a whole fantasy of what you want...but it will never be true...not behind those doors. You haven't made it yet, but once you depart...remember, you have to believe...that's the only way you'll find the missing piece."
"Believe...?" he whispered to himself. Kairi backed away again. She then closed her eyes and disappeared into a million tiny glows. "Believe in what?!!" he called at the sparkles floating away. "KAIRI!!! TELL ME!!!" he yelled, but to no avail. He scowled at his own stupidity. With all out rage and grief, he struck the water around him. "I don't know what to do...where do I go...? I'm lost..." he muttered. Tiny specks of shimmering tears fell into the ever-flowing waves of the vast sea. He didn't want to give up, but it all looked so hopeless. Riku was trapped in a dream world he created, but he couldn't settle for just a fantasy. He wanted his life back, he wanted it to be normal again...like it was before that fateful day. When it was only him, Kairi, and Sora, fooling around on endless days on the beach under the sun. It was a perfect life. But the whole thing just faded from his mind. He wanted to feel the happiness again.
"Riku!" a voice echoed from nowhere.
He looked up, as if it came from the sky.
"Riku, wake up!"
His eyes shot open, as if he had woken up from some simple dream. He panted and looked around. "Wha-w, was it all a dream...?" he asked himself mentally. He looked over to the person beside him. It was King Mickey. He then looked around, they weren't in the dark void behind the doors anymore. It looked like a new pure world. He then looked down to the object in his hand's grasp. "The Keyblade...what was all that...?"
"Riku...you all right?" Mickey asked again.
He eased his breathing and answered, "Yeah...I'm fine." Then he stood up. He looked around. They were in a whole new place, but strangely...it was a beach. "I have to believe..." he repeated again.
"What was that?" Mickey asked.
"N-nothing...nothing."
"Well, this place looks a bit deserted. Wonder where everyone is...?"
Riku looked from each end of the shoreline as well, seeing no one. He then looked everywhere and noticed an old run down home of a sort up the steps leading down to the shore. He then decided to proceed with utmost vigilance.
A/N: Ok...that was done a lot quicker than I expected. I hope I can do this constantly cause I have a lot of hw to do everyday. The only getting me to write anything at all is that I really love Kingdom Hearts and that I actually wanna continue this. Oh and I'm sorry if the first chapter seemed a bit confusing really. I read it over myself and thought it could've used a bit more work to it but it's been done so I guess it's a bit too late now.