Disclaimer - None of these characters belong to me, they belong to, well, thats not important, the
only important thing is that they are not mine, don't sue me, you'd waste your time and get nothing
for it.

*Note - I know that Link is not a Disney character, but I think he is really cool and I thought it would
be cool and original to pair Kingdom Hearts and Zelda. The story takes place a couple years after
Kingdom Hearts; Sora and Kairi are 18 and Riku and Link are 19.

This is my first fan fic., hope you enjoy, read and review please!

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Sora awoke bathed in sunlight that was streaming in through his window. He rolled out of bed,
dressed himself, and headed out of his small but comfortable hut to the shore. He noticed, as he
watched the sun finish rising, that Kairi was already sitting on the sand along the beach.

"Good morning, Kairi," Sora said as he sat down at his usual place to her right.

"Good morning," she replied as she kissed him on the cheek. "Can you believe it, just one more week.
Its strange, I never thought the day would come, but now it's only a week away."

"I know, I can't believe it, just one more week and we shall be wed," said Sora as he turned to look
at her. "Do you remember what I promised when I proposed to you?"

"Of course, Sora, why?"

Sora took her hand and squeezed it. "Just don't forget that promise, ok."

"Don't worry Sora, I won't forget."

"Hey lovebirds," Riku said from right behind them.

"Whoa! Hey, geez, you scared me Riku," Sora exclaimed as he jumped to his feet. "I didn't hear you
coming."

"So I noticed," said Riku laughing. "You two ready for the big day next week? It's going to be truly
incredible, with King Mickey, Donald, Goofy, and half of Traverse Town coming."

"Yeah, I'm nervous," Kairi said as Sora helped her to her feet. "Hey, what do you say we all go to the
hideout and expand on our wall art."

Sora laughed, Riku smirked, and the three of them headed to the secret hideout.

"Hang on guys, I'll go get chalk, go on ahead," Kairi said as she turned to walk to her hut.

"Hurry back, Sora might have a seizure if you take too long." Riku said smirking, as usual, as he
slugged Sora on the arm.

The two headed into the cave and started looking at the drawings on the wall. They were all drawn
years ago when they were kids, except for one, which was the three of them standing with their arms
around their shoulders. That drawing they drew four years ago after their battle with the heartless
that was fought throughout the different worlds. But all that was in the past, the heartless were
locked behind the Door of Light and the barriers between worlds sealed. King Mickey and the rest of
Sora's friends would be coming only through an ancient power known only to King Mickey.

"What's taking Kairi so long?" Sora questioned suspicously.

Riku just rolled his eyes and replied, "You see, I knew it, you can't go five minutes without seeing that
girl."

"No, seriously-" Sora's statement was interrupted by a blood-curdling scream.

"What was that?" Riku asked.

"Kairi!" Sora exclaimed as he ran out of the cave with Riku right on his tail. The two emerged outside
to a pitch black sky; rain was pouring down hard and lightning struck constantly.

"Kairi! Kairi!" Sora shouted over and over again as he ran up and down the beach frantically searching
for her. Then suddenly a large portal opened up and countless little heartless flooded the beach. By the
time the portal closed, Destiny Island was swarming with hundreds of heartless. Sora muttered a quick
incantation and his Ultima Keyblade appeared in his hand.

"My sword, I got to go back to my hut to get my sword," Riku cried as he ran towards his hut.

As Riku was retrieving his sword, Sora charged at the nearest group of heartless in a rage and started
screaming as he slashed his way through them with all his might. Sora was slaying them with ease, but
for every heartless he killed, three more seemed to take his place. Soon Sora was tired and was being
pushed back further and further. Exhausted, Sora turned and ran from the heartless back toward the
hideout.

As he entered panting, he noticed that the door at the back of the cave was glowing and there was a
keyhole on the door! That was impossible, Sora sealed up the all the keyholes, how could there be one
here when the only with the power to open the door supposedly was King Mickey? Suddenly the same
mysterious hooded figure that appeared near that same door four years ago reappeared.

"Keyblade Master, it is time for you to pick up your keyblade once again and continue on the journey
that you started four years ago," the hooded figure said mysteriously.

"Where is Kairi?" Sora demanded.

"Your only hope of finding Kairi is to walk through that door now. Hurry, for the door is a portal I
have opened but can not sustain for much longer."

"What about Riku?"

"Hurry! Go NOW!"

Sora hesitated for only a moment and then headed towards the door. As he did, the door opened,
revealing a swirling mass of dark clouds. Sora walked through the portal and...



Sora awakened to sound of someone's voice above him. "Wake up."

Sora opened his eyes to see a boy about his age all dressed in green standing above him.

"Are you ok," the stranger inquired.

"Yeah, I think so...I...where am I?" Sora stammered as the stranger helped him to his feet.

"In the middle of a field just south Hyrule castle. I was riding to the castle when I saw you lying on
the ground and stopped to see if you were ok."

"Thank you, my name is Sora."

"Nice to meet you, my name is Link."