AN: My first chapter of my KH fic. I hope you all like it...I'd really appreciate it if you reviewed, but, of course, just reading is good too. I'm not exactly sure where it'll go, I usually get my ideas as I'm writing, and it (most of the time) turns out good so...I look forward to hearing your thoughts on it, kupo.
Disclaimer: I wish I owned Kingdom Hearts...but I don't own Kingdom Hearts, Disney, Squaresoft or any of the characters (unless I decide to put made up ones in, which isn't likely)...but if I did own it, I sure would be rich, no?
Just a Game
I'd never questioned life, as each day came and went I was content just to live like the child I was. And childish, indeed, was never a bad thing. My mother took me to the tree house to play with Riku all day sometimes. Destiny Island was a peaceful, wondrous place, even to a five-year-old. Everything my friends and I said was in our young, childish tone.
"Did you go to Seaside Shack yesterday?" Riku asked at one of our playtimes.
"No...mom wouldn't let me. She said I had to clean up my room before I went anywhere." I explained.
"Did you clean?" He asked.
"I did...but...by the time I was done...it was nighttime." I said laughing.
I squeezed my toes and stood up, walking around. Riku stood also.
"Sora, lets do something today." He said.
"Last time you said that...we got caught in a bunch of moss..." I argued.
He shrugged. "I have a better idea, though. Come on." He said, going outside and climbing down the ladder.
"I don't know...what if we get in trouble? What if we are not back by the time our parents come to get us?" I said, worried.
"Stop whining. Are you coming or not?" He asked, laughing and looking up at me from below. I had not yet decided to climb down the ladder, but did so now.
"Of course I'm coming." I said boldly.
I was about to reassure him of my bravery when a suddenly I was smacked upside the head. I felt a soft pain and my pride dropped, but I was not about to cry in front of Riku. He may call me a baby...We both turned around to see Wakka. He laughed and waved.
"Hey Wakka." Riku said, emotionlessly.
"Sorry Sora. You're it now, ya?" He said, taking his ball and running.
I roared out a childish battle cry and ran after him.
"Not for long Wakka! Just wait till I catch up to you." I threatened.
Riku ran along, quickly catching up to Wakka and tackling him.
I caught up while they were wrestling.
"What took you so long Sora?" Riku asked, laughing.
I scowled.
Wakka and Riku sat in the sand, flinging it at each other playfully, but my eyes were elsewhere. The small land out in the water, connected to ours by a bridge, had caught my attention. Though Riku and I went there often, I saw Selphie and another girl sitting on OUR tree. Riku and I had claimed the Poapu Tree when we were very young, pretending to be explorers. Ever since we threw the fruit at the other kids pretending they were bombs.
"We have to save the Poapu Tree!" I declared.
Riku nodded and Wakka stood.
"I'll come with you guys, ya?" He said.
Riku nodded.
"Sure. We have got to get those girls away from that area." He replied.
This was the age in which girls had germs and such. We raced across the bridge, drawing our stick-swords s we ran.
"Be prepared to fight!" Riku shouted.
"Let's go!" I agreed.
We reached the Poapu tree and stood pointing our weapons at the young girls.
"Freeze and surrender yourselves or prepare for the merciless beating of your lives!" Riku and I chorused. We'd practiced this line many times.
"Uh...what they said!" Wakka agreed.
Selphie jumped up.
"Hi guys! You want to fight us? Why don't we play mermaids instead?" She offered.
We all sighed.
"No way Selphie!" I said, annoyed.
"How about pirates?" The other girl suggested, in a soft voice.
"Wait wait wait!" Riku said, "Who are you, anyway?" He asked skeptically.
She giggled.
"Sorry, I'm Kairi. I just moved here." She explained.
"Where'd you come from...?" I asked.
She shrugged.
"Somewhere far away."
"I'm Riku, that's Sora, and he's Wakka." Riku introduced.
We all agreed to play pirates and did so for the whole day until our parents came searching for us.
* * *
"Hey Sora..." Kairi said to me a few weeks later. I had been napping in the tee house and blinked up at her sleepily.
"Kairi?" I asked, yawning.
I looked around and walked past her to go out on the balcony. Bright stars littered the black sky. I could hear the sound of the great waterfall nearby, crashing into the tiny pond. It was a simply peaceful sound, but I knew Kairi wasn't used to it like I was. She was wrapped in a light blue blanket and had her pink pajama suit on. Her eyes looked fearful.
"What's wrong Kairi?" I asked as she came out behind me.
"I had a nightmare about my old home." She said, leaning against the wooden balcony fence and staring down at the tree's giant roots.
"Don't be afraid Kairi. It was just a nightmare, okay?" I said, trying to comfort her.
She laughed nervously.
"I'm scared." She admitted.
"Whenever you get scared..." I started, "All you have to do is think about all the good things." I said.
"What if there are no good things?" She asked.
"There's always good things, Kairi, Destiny Island is full of them. I don't know where you came from, but, you're safe here." I said, sounding much maturer then I felt.
She smiled and hugged me.
"Thanks Sora. You and Riku are my best friends." She said.
I took the rest of the night to show here around, which I hadn't had the time to do before. I showed her all my and Riku's secret hide outs and play places. Everything was green and beautiful. The moonlight was reflected off of all the water. Finally, we sat out on the edge off the dock, letting our feet hang over.
"Sora?" She asked after we'd sat in silence a long time.
Yeah Kairi?" I asked, looking at her in question.
She stared up into the sky a long moment, her young blue eyes misted.
"Here." She said, reaching into her pajama pocket and pulling out a silver-chained necklace. The charm, rather large, was shaped like a castle and shone brightly in the moonlight. I fiddled with it with my small fingers and moved it from and to hand, examining the gift.
"Wow...Kairi. Thanks..." I said.
She giggled and smiled.
"You're very welcome Sora." She said dramatically.
"Where'd you get this, anyway?" I asked while fastening it around my neck.
"Someone gave it to me, back at my old home. I don't really remember whom..." She said, staring at the ground.
She looked at me now with a very serious and worried expression.
"I don't know...how I know, Sora, but...please keep it. If you wear it...something amazing is bound to happen someday. I can feel it. Some things...just aren't ordinary." She whispered.
I leaned back, amazed her mind, though younger then my own...could think such things. It put into my carefree life thoughts no child ever thought to think of. I was in to play fights and pretend adventures, where everyday was just fun and no one cared to think outside of our everyday simplicity.
"Are you ordinary?" I asked her.
She just looked at me for a long time.
"No one's really the same, I guess." She said thoughtfully, standing.
I watched her wrap the blanket, which was dotted with teddy bears, around her as a swift wind blew by.
"It's late." She mentioned.
I nodded, standing up and holding out my hand.
"I'll walk you home." I offered.
"Thanks Sora."
We held hands and I walked her to her house where she'd stuck out from and told her she should not worry. Then I left and walked to my house where my mom greeted me.
"Thought you were spending the night in the tree house." She said, sitting on the couch.
"It was cold." I said.
She nodded and picked my up, cuddling me as she returned to the couch. I curled up in her arms.
"Mommy?" I asked, rubbing my eyes.
"Yes?" She replied.
"Is nobody the same?" I asked.
She shook her head, tickling me. I giggled and squirmed.
"No one's the same sweetie. No one looks just like Sora, or acts just like Sora. We're all very important, you see, but in different ways." She explained, grabbing me by my feet playfully and carrying me off to my room upside-down. I squealed and laughed as she dropped me into bed and kissed my forehead.
"Now I want you to go to bed. I don't want to hear ANY video games or action figures or any of that. You need sleep so you can beat Riku at some game tomorrow." She said, winking.
"Okay." I said sleepily, curling up on my pillow and allowing her to tuck me in.
"You want me to keep the hall light on?" She asked.
I yawned.
"No way! That's for babies." I said.
After my mom left I stared at the ceiling and whispered to myself...
"I'll never beat Riku at anything..."
Disclaimer: I wish I owned Kingdom Hearts...but I don't own Kingdom Hearts, Disney, Squaresoft or any of the characters (unless I decide to put made up ones in, which isn't likely)...but if I did own it, I sure would be rich, no?
Just a Game
I'd never questioned life, as each day came and went I was content just to live like the child I was. And childish, indeed, was never a bad thing. My mother took me to the tree house to play with Riku all day sometimes. Destiny Island was a peaceful, wondrous place, even to a five-year-old. Everything my friends and I said was in our young, childish tone.
"Did you go to Seaside Shack yesterday?" Riku asked at one of our playtimes.
"No...mom wouldn't let me. She said I had to clean up my room before I went anywhere." I explained.
"Did you clean?" He asked.
"I did...but...by the time I was done...it was nighttime." I said laughing.
I squeezed my toes and stood up, walking around. Riku stood also.
"Sora, lets do something today." He said.
"Last time you said that...we got caught in a bunch of moss..." I argued.
He shrugged. "I have a better idea, though. Come on." He said, going outside and climbing down the ladder.
"I don't know...what if we get in trouble? What if we are not back by the time our parents come to get us?" I said, worried.
"Stop whining. Are you coming or not?" He asked, laughing and looking up at me from below. I had not yet decided to climb down the ladder, but did so now.
"Of course I'm coming." I said boldly.
I was about to reassure him of my bravery when a suddenly I was smacked upside the head. I felt a soft pain and my pride dropped, but I was not about to cry in front of Riku. He may call me a baby...We both turned around to see Wakka. He laughed and waved.
"Hey Wakka." Riku said, emotionlessly.
"Sorry Sora. You're it now, ya?" He said, taking his ball and running.
I roared out a childish battle cry and ran after him.
"Not for long Wakka! Just wait till I catch up to you." I threatened.
Riku ran along, quickly catching up to Wakka and tackling him.
I caught up while they were wrestling.
"What took you so long Sora?" Riku asked, laughing.
I scowled.
Wakka and Riku sat in the sand, flinging it at each other playfully, but my eyes were elsewhere. The small land out in the water, connected to ours by a bridge, had caught my attention. Though Riku and I went there often, I saw Selphie and another girl sitting on OUR tree. Riku and I had claimed the Poapu Tree when we were very young, pretending to be explorers. Ever since we threw the fruit at the other kids pretending they were bombs.
"We have to save the Poapu Tree!" I declared.
Riku nodded and Wakka stood.
"I'll come with you guys, ya?" He said.
Riku nodded.
"Sure. We have got to get those girls away from that area." He replied.
This was the age in which girls had germs and such. We raced across the bridge, drawing our stick-swords s we ran.
"Be prepared to fight!" Riku shouted.
"Let's go!" I agreed.
We reached the Poapu tree and stood pointing our weapons at the young girls.
"Freeze and surrender yourselves or prepare for the merciless beating of your lives!" Riku and I chorused. We'd practiced this line many times.
"Uh...what they said!" Wakka agreed.
Selphie jumped up.
"Hi guys! You want to fight us? Why don't we play mermaids instead?" She offered.
We all sighed.
"No way Selphie!" I said, annoyed.
"How about pirates?" The other girl suggested, in a soft voice.
"Wait wait wait!" Riku said, "Who are you, anyway?" He asked skeptically.
She giggled.
"Sorry, I'm Kairi. I just moved here." She explained.
"Where'd you come from...?" I asked.
She shrugged.
"Somewhere far away."
"I'm Riku, that's Sora, and he's Wakka." Riku introduced.
We all agreed to play pirates and did so for the whole day until our parents came searching for us.
* * *
"Hey Sora..." Kairi said to me a few weeks later. I had been napping in the tee house and blinked up at her sleepily.
"Kairi?" I asked, yawning.
I looked around and walked past her to go out on the balcony. Bright stars littered the black sky. I could hear the sound of the great waterfall nearby, crashing into the tiny pond. It was a simply peaceful sound, but I knew Kairi wasn't used to it like I was. She was wrapped in a light blue blanket and had her pink pajama suit on. Her eyes looked fearful.
"What's wrong Kairi?" I asked as she came out behind me.
"I had a nightmare about my old home." She said, leaning against the wooden balcony fence and staring down at the tree's giant roots.
"Don't be afraid Kairi. It was just a nightmare, okay?" I said, trying to comfort her.
She laughed nervously.
"I'm scared." She admitted.
"Whenever you get scared..." I started, "All you have to do is think about all the good things." I said.
"What if there are no good things?" She asked.
"There's always good things, Kairi, Destiny Island is full of them. I don't know where you came from, but, you're safe here." I said, sounding much maturer then I felt.
She smiled and hugged me.
"Thanks Sora. You and Riku are my best friends." She said.
I took the rest of the night to show here around, which I hadn't had the time to do before. I showed her all my and Riku's secret hide outs and play places. Everything was green and beautiful. The moonlight was reflected off of all the water. Finally, we sat out on the edge off the dock, letting our feet hang over.
"Sora?" She asked after we'd sat in silence a long time.
Yeah Kairi?" I asked, looking at her in question.
She stared up into the sky a long moment, her young blue eyes misted.
"Here." She said, reaching into her pajama pocket and pulling out a silver-chained necklace. The charm, rather large, was shaped like a castle and shone brightly in the moonlight. I fiddled with it with my small fingers and moved it from and to hand, examining the gift.
"Wow...Kairi. Thanks..." I said.
She giggled and smiled.
"You're very welcome Sora." She said dramatically.
"Where'd you get this, anyway?" I asked while fastening it around my neck.
"Someone gave it to me, back at my old home. I don't really remember whom..." She said, staring at the ground.
She looked at me now with a very serious and worried expression.
"I don't know...how I know, Sora, but...please keep it. If you wear it...something amazing is bound to happen someday. I can feel it. Some things...just aren't ordinary." She whispered.
I leaned back, amazed her mind, though younger then my own...could think such things. It put into my carefree life thoughts no child ever thought to think of. I was in to play fights and pretend adventures, where everyday was just fun and no one cared to think outside of our everyday simplicity.
"Are you ordinary?" I asked her.
She just looked at me for a long time.
"No one's really the same, I guess." She said thoughtfully, standing.
I watched her wrap the blanket, which was dotted with teddy bears, around her as a swift wind blew by.
"It's late." She mentioned.
I nodded, standing up and holding out my hand.
"I'll walk you home." I offered.
"Thanks Sora."
We held hands and I walked her to her house where she'd stuck out from and told her she should not worry. Then I left and walked to my house where my mom greeted me.
"Thought you were spending the night in the tree house." She said, sitting on the couch.
"It was cold." I said.
She nodded and picked my up, cuddling me as she returned to the couch. I curled up in her arms.
"Mommy?" I asked, rubbing my eyes.
"Yes?" She replied.
"Is nobody the same?" I asked.
She shook her head, tickling me. I giggled and squirmed.
"No one's the same sweetie. No one looks just like Sora, or acts just like Sora. We're all very important, you see, but in different ways." She explained, grabbing me by my feet playfully and carrying me off to my room upside-down. I squealed and laughed as she dropped me into bed and kissed my forehead.
"Now I want you to go to bed. I don't want to hear ANY video games or action figures or any of that. You need sleep so you can beat Riku at some game tomorrow." She said, winking.
"Okay." I said sleepily, curling up on my pillow and allowing her to tuck me in.
"You want me to keep the hall light on?" She asked.
I yawned.
"No way! That's for babies." I said.
After my mom left I stared at the ceiling and whispered to myself...
"I'll never beat Riku at anything..."