The Crystalline Key
Summary: A girl from our world (in other words, Earth) has wanted to get the Kingdom Hearts game since it came out. which hasn't been very long. only a week. When her friends' mom gives her a special copy, she gets something better than the game. What might that be? An adventure she'll never forget and love. Sora/OC (OC = Original Character for you dense peeps)
Disclaimer: "Nope, still don't own it." Is playing tug-o-war with the people who made Kingdom Hearts and the prize is getting to keep the game. "Almost got it... Aaack!" Is pulled forward, lets go, and falls into the mud pit. "Darn."
Quick A/N: I'm using some actual dialogue from the game. Is that OK? Cuz I wanted it to go by the actual plot. Oh well. Here's CH 2, Heartless and Feelings
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*In*Traverse*Town*
Goofy, Captain of the Royal Knights in King Mickey's court, and Donald, court wizard and King Mickey's loyal servant, roam the streets of Traverse Town, looking for Leon who supposedly had information on where to find the 'key'. Pluto, the king's pet dog, sniffs around, smelling for any strange scent. Goofy looked up to the starlit sky.
He pointed toward the sky and said, "Look! A star's goin' out!" Donald looked up to see a star flash brightly and then fade away. He sighed.
"We'd better hurry." Goofy and Donald begin to walk up the steps in the First District while Pluto strays off to the side. Donald does not notice the dog as he wanders away. "Where could the key be?"
"I dunno. Maybe we ought to go find that Leon guy. Uh, Donald? Ya know, I betcha that," he begins as he watches Pluto turn into an alley.
Donald continues walking, not stopping to turn around. "Aw, whadda you know, you big palooka!" Goofy rubs his chin and looks up as he thinks.
"What do I know? Hmmm." He stops thinking and continues walking. "Come on, Pluto!" he calls to the dog.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Sora's POV~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"What a dream." I mumbled. I felt a warm, thick liquid on my cheek and I slowly opened my eyes. A dog was licking my cheek. "Ew, dog slobber." I said as I wiped it off on the back of my glove and on my pants. "Wait," I paused to stand up and look at my current surroundings. I was in a dark alley and there were some crates beside me. "Where am I?" I looked down at the dog and squatted next to him. "Hey boy, do you know where we are?" I looked around and continued, "And where Raine is?" The dog ran off. "Hey wait!" I shouted as I ran after him. I turned a corner and gasped.
I was in another world. It was a dimly lit and quiet town. I looked around while muttering, "This is totally weird. I'm in another world! Wonder where Raine got to." I explored around for a while. Checking out the café, talking to some people, and such. None of the people I talked to were very friendly and they didn't tell me where I was. I climbed some steps and looked up at the sign above a building. It read, "Accessory Shop". "Maybe someone in there can help." I said as I walked inside.
A man at a counter was been wiping the counter off. "Hey there, how can I-" he stopped to look at me and sighed. "Aw, it's only a kid." He went back to wiping the counter off. I frowned and crossed my arms over my chest.
"I'm not a kid! And the name's Sora!"
He looked at me and sighed again. "Okay, okay, simmer down. So, why the long face, Sora? You lost somethin'?" he asked.
I nodded. "Yes, I can't find my friend, Raine. She's my age, has long brown hair, and blue eyes. You seen 'er?" The man shook his head. I sighed and looked around. "Hey, do you know where we are?" He gave me a confused look.
"Huh?"
"I guess I'll have to explain it to you. Okay, I lived in this place called Destiny Islands. As you can probably guess, it was an island. My friends, Kairi and Riku, found Raine on the beach the other day. That night, there was a huge storm and shadow creatures were everywhere. There was this weird black sphere in the sky. I found this," I paused to hold up the key and continued, "And Raine got something like it too. We battled this huge black thing and then we were sucked into a black vortex. I woke up here. So, where am I?"
"Traverse Town." He answered.
"Traverse Town. So, gramps is this really another world?" I snickered when I saw the look on his face.
"Don't call me gramps! The name's Cid! Anyway, not sure what you're talkin' about, but this sure ain't your island."
"Hmm. Guess I'd better start looking for Raine, Riku, and Kairi."
"Well, good luck with whatever it is you're doing. If you ever run into trouble, you come to me. I'll look out for you."
I bought some equipment with the little munny I had and walked out the door. "Thanks Cid!"
"Anytime, Sora!"
I walked toward two large doors and pushed them open. A man ran by and fell to the ground. He looked behind him and screeched in horror as a shadow appeared and stuck its clawed hand into his chest. The man screamed in pain as the shadow took out his heart and devoured it. Black smoke swirled around the man and he turned into a shadow. Then more shadows seeped out from the ground.
'It's those things from the island!' I thought as they stalked towards me. I slashed at them with the key. 'I hope Raine and the others don't come up against these.'
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Raine's POV~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I felt pain in my chest and my eyes shot open. A shadow, much like the one from the island, was sticking its hand inside me. I screamed and smashed it into the ground with the crystalline key. I looked at it, and everything that happened yesterday came back to me. I tried to think of what I'd read on the many websites I'd been to, but I couldn't remember anything. "Oh great." I muttered as I stood up. I floundered around a bit, leaning against a wall for support. I walked out of the alley and into the streets of this place. "Where am I?"
"Traverse Town." I gasped and whirled around. A man and a girl were standing there.
"Wh-who're you?" I asked.
"Yuffie. That's Squ- I mean, Leon." The young girl, Yuffie, said as she pointed her thumb at the man beside her. "Who are you?"
"Raine. Have you seen-" I began but was interrupted when something tackled me. It was another shadow. It stuck its hand into me and I yelped. I stepped on my bad ankle and something hit my side, the side that had hurt in the vortex. This pain was too much for me, and I collapsed. The pain in my chest was gone when the shadow was knocked off of me.
"Yuffie, take Raine to the abandoned house. I'll take care of the Heartless."
'So that's what they are. Heartless.' I thought before I closed my eyes. I was unconscious.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Sora's POV~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
After running out of potions, I returned to the Accessory Shop. I sighed as I paid Cid for the Potions and Elixirs I bought. "Still haven't found 'em, huh?" Cid asked. I looked up at him and nodded. "Keep your chin up. You'll find 'em. Try takin' another look around town." I nodded again and walked out the door.
"They'll come at you out of nowhere." I turned around and saw a man and a girl. (A/N: Guess who.)
"Who are you?" I asked.
"And they'll keep on coming at you, as long as you continue to wield the Keyblade. But why? Why would it choose a kid like you?" he continued without answering my question.
"Hey, what's that s'posed to mean?"
"Never mind. Now, let me see that Keyblade." He demanded, holding his hand out.
"What? There's no way you're getting this!" I tightened my grip on my 'Keyblade', as he called it, and put myself in a fighting position.
"All right, then have it your way." The man said as he charged at me. I jumped back when he slashed his sword. I slashed him across the chest while his guard was down. We fought until he kneeled on the ground, still holding his sword.
"Now you're, you're gonna," I said between breaths before I fell unconscious, still holding the Keyblade.
"Aw, you're slipping, Leon." The young girl said.
"I went easy on him. Looks like things are worse than we thought. A lot worse."
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Meanwhile, Goofy and Donald are still searching for Leon and the Key. Goofy looks around, feeling a bit uneasy about the silence. "Gawrsh, there's nobody here. Sure is spooky."
"Aw, phooey. I'm not scared." Donald said, looking very confident. Donald felt a tap on his shoulder and jumped about ten feet into the air. When he landed, he whirled around, breathing rapidly, to see a young woman dressed in pink behind him.
"Excuse me, did the King send you?" she asks politely. Goofy and Donald nod. She smiles. "Follow me." She walked away with Goofy and Donald following close behind.
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"Come on, lazy bum. Wake up." I knew that voice. 'Kairi!' I thought as I slowly opened my eyes. "You okay?" she asked.
"I guess..."
"Those creatures that attacked you are after the Keyblade. But it's your heart they really want, because you wield the Keyblade."
"I'm so glad you're okay, Kairi."
"Kairi? Who are you talking about? I'm the great ninja Yuffie."
I blinked. A girl was standing in front of me, but it was not Kairi. I sighed and looked down at my shoes. (A/N: Which are GIGANTIC! Wonder what size they are..)
"I think you might've overdone it, Squall." Yuffie said.
"That's Leon."
"The Keyblade. Yeah, we had to get it away from you to shake off those creatures. It turns out that's how they were tracking you." Yuffie said to me.
Leon looked at me and said, "It was the only way to conceal your heart from them. But it won't work for long. Still hard to believe that you of all people are the chosen one." Leon walked over to me and picked up the Keyblade. It disappeared in his hands and reappeared in mine. "Well, I suppose beggars can't be choosers."
"Why don't you start making sense?! What's going on here?" I asked. I heard a moan from the corner of the room and looked over. Raine was starting to sit up and rub her eyes. "Raine!" I ran over to her, kneeling next to her and looking at her cuts, gashes, and bruises. "What happened?"
Raine blinked and shook the sleep out of her. "One word: Heartless."
"What?"
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"Okay, you know there are many other worlds out there besides your castle and this town, right?" Aerith asked.
"Yeah." Donald answered.
"But they're s'posed to be a secret." Goofy added.
"They've been secret because they've never been connected. Until now. When the Heartless came, everything changed."
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"The Heartless?" I asked.
"The ones who attacked you, you remember?" Yuffie asked.
"Those without hearts. The darkness in people's hearts - that's what attracts them. And there is darkness within every heart." Leon added.
"Hey, have one of you heard of someone named Ansem?" Yuffie asked us. Raine and I shook our heads.
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"Ansem?" Goofy asked Aerith.
"He was studying the Heartless. He recorded all of his findings in a very detailed report." Aerith informed them.
"Gawrsh, uh, can we see it?"
"Its pages are scattered everywhere." She answered.
"Scattered?" Donald asked.
"To many worlds." She told them as they walked along.
"Oh, then maybe the king went to find 'em." Goofy said.
"Yes, those were my thoughts exactly." Aerith agreed.
"We've gotta find him quick!"
"Wait! First, we need that 'key'!" Donald reminded Goofy.
"That's right. The Keyblade."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Sora's POV~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"So, this is the key? And the crystal one Raine has is one too?" I asked as I carefully lifted the Keyblade, not wanting to wake Raine who'd fallen asleep on my shoulder.
"Exactly!" Yuffie exclaimed, clapping her hands.
"The Heartless have a great fear of the Keyblade. That's why they'll keep coming after you and the girl no matter what." Leon said.
"Well, I didn't ask for this. And I'm figuring Raine didn't either." I said.
"The Keyblade chooses its master. And it chose you, so tough luck." He said.
"How did all this happen? I remember being in my room. Wait a minute! What happened to my home? My island? Riku! Kairi!"
"You know what? I really don't know. Sooner or later, the Heartless will find you. You'd best prepare yourself." Leon said in monotone.
"Prepare myself?" I asked.
"To fight for your life. Are you ready?"
"I'm ready!" I answered.
Leon stood up and turned to Yuffie, "Yuffie, let's go join Aerith. She should be there by now with the other visitors."
Yuffie nodded and looked behind Leon. She screamed, "Leon!"
A Heartless soldier appeared in a puff of smoke.
"Yuffie, go!" Leon shouted. Raine stirred and sat up.
"What's going on?" She said, picking up her Keyblade and rubbing her eyes. "We goin' someplace?"
Yuffie grabbed Raine's hand and ran. Upon opening the door, she accidentally smashed Donald Duck against the wall.
"Oww." Donald moaned.
"Yuffie?" a female voice asked.
Aerith follows Yuffie and Raine gets free of Yuffie's grasp. Leon, Raine, and I readied our weapons.
"Sora, let's go!" The Heartless Soldier jumped out of the window and Leon followed. Raine and I hurried down to the first floor and outside. "Don't bother with the small fry. Find the leader! Let's go!" Leon yelled to us. We nodded and took off for the Third District.
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Goofy watched as Raine and Sora ran by below and suddenly, he was surrounded by Heartless.
"Gawrsh, are these the Heartless guys?" Goofy asked.
"Let's go get 'em, Goofy!" Donald said while charging at one. The Heartless attacked Donald and Goofy and they were sent flying into the air.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Raine's POV~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I looked up at the sky, thinking I'd heard an explosion and screams. My eyes widened. "MOVE SORA!" I yelled as I jumped out of the way.
"Why?" he asked as he looked up. A dog-like man and a duck landed on top of him.
"That's why." I said.
"The key!" the two strangers said simultaneously. They looked at my key.
"Another key?" the duck asked. I nodded.
"Yup. And it's mine, you can't have it." A black sphere turned into a vortex overhead, and we readied our weapons. A gigantic Heartless wearing purple armor appeared. Sora went after its right arm, I went after its left, the dog-man attacked the left foot, and the duck attacked the right. We were all hit at least five times. But, each time Sora, the duck, or the dog-man healed us with potions. When the final blow was delivered, a bright light flashed and the head of the Heartless spun around. It disappeared in a puff of smoke.
"So, you were looking for me?" Sora asked after we'd met up with Leon and the others.
"And me?" I asked.
"Uh-huh." Donald and Goofy, who'd told me their names earlier, replied in unison.
"They, too, have been seeking the wielder of the Keyblade." Leon stated.
"Thank you Captain Obvious." I said. Leon glared at Sora and I as we started laughing a bit.
"Hey, why don't you come with us? We can go to other worlds on our vessel." Goofy suggested.
"I wonder if I could find Riku and Kairi."
"Of course!" Donald reassured him.
"Are you sure?" Goofy whispered to Donald.
He whispered back, "Who knows? But we need him to come with us to help us find the king."
"Sora, go with them, especially if you want to find your friends." Leon said.
"Yeah, I guess."
"But you can't come along looking like that. Understand? No frowning. No sad face. Okay?"
"Yeah, ya gotta look funny, like us!"
"This boat runs on happy faces."
"Happy?"
I smiled, trying to cheer Sora up. "C'mon Sora, don't be sad! Smile!" Sora looked at us, and grinned a very silly-looking grin. We burst out laughing.
"That's one funny face!" Goofy said.
"Okay, why not? I'll go with you guys."
Sora and I placed ours hand on top of Donald and Goofy's hands.
"All for one, one for all." Goofy shouted.
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Hades yelled, "That little squirt took down that Heartless! Who'd have thought it?"
"Such is the power of the Keyblade. The child's strength is not his own." Jafar informed him.
"Why don't we turn him into a Heartless? That'll settle things quick enough." Ursula suggested.
"And the brat's friends are the king's lackeys, 'cept the girl. Swoggle me eyes, they're all bilge rats by the look of them." Captain Hook shouted.
"You're no prize yourself." Said Oogie Boogie as he laughed.
"Shut up!" Captain Hook snapped at him.
Maleficent appeared and said in her usual monotone voice, "Enough. The Keyblade has chosen him. Will it be he who conquers the darkness? Or will the darkness swallow him? Either way, both of those children could be quite useful."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Raine's POV~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I sat on a rooftop, waiting for Donald and Goofy to get the Gummi Ship ready. I heard footsteps behind me, so I turned around. I smiled. "Hi Sora." He sat down next to me.
"Whatcha thinkin' about?" he asked.
I sighed. "My home. How I'll get back. And," My voice trailed off as I felt the heat rise into my cheeks.
"And?"
I shook my head. "How do you feel about all this? Y'know, bein' a Keyblade master and all?"
He looked down at the streets below. "Confused and a little scared. Worried and anxious."
"How so?"
"I'm confused about my being the Keyblade master. And it seems like there's only s'posed to be one of 'em, but you have one. I'm scared and worried about you and the others. You're my friends, and I don't want you guys to get hurt. I'm also anxious to find the others." I nodded.
"That's how I feel. Except I also feel depressed. Ya see, I don't live in this dimension. I live in another dimension, where other worlds don't exist. Unless you count the continents as other worlds. No, I guess you wouldn't, since everything's on the same planet. I'm beginning to miss my family already, even my annoying little brother. I-I'm afraid that I won't be able to return home. But then again, part of me doesn't want to go home. Part me wants to stay wi-" I clasped my hand over my mouth. I was about to say, 'Part of me wants to stay with and get to know you'. I looked at Sora, who was looking at me. I looked away, feeling like a total idiot.
"With who?" he asked.
'What is it with boys? Don't they know when to stop asking questions?' I thought. I tried to think of a way to get out of this, but I decided the only way would be to lie, or to act childish. I didn't want to do either, so I stood up and began walking toward the crates that I had climbed on to get up. Before jumping down on the crates, I answered, "With you." And then I left.
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"What did she just say?" I said aloud as I stared in the direction she'd left. "She wants to stay with me?"
A voice said, "Yup. That's what she said." I looked around and spotted a cricket on my shoulder.
"Who're you?" I asked.
"Jiminy Cricket. I'm a conscience for someone, and I suppose I can be your conscience too."
"O-kay."
"Well, what do you think of her?"
"Well, she certainly is pretty. I like her personality too. I may not know her that well, but," I paused to think.
"But?"
"But maybe it's one of those 'love-at-first-sight' things.."
Jiminy grinned. "Thought so. I'm always right about these things. Well, I'll be leaving now." With that, he hopped away, leaving me to ponder what I'd just said.
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* gasps * What is Maleficent planning?! Sorry that I couldn't
make Raine get lost. I promise I will in the next chappie. Mm-k?
Ooh! Raine and Sora sittin' in a tree! K-I-S-S- * is bonked on the
head with Sora's Keyblade * Itai. Ja ne.
Review Responses:
Meheria - Actually, I did play Kingdom Hearts and I almost beat Riku the second time (In Hollow Bastion. My cousin deleted the game * growls *). But, that was in November, so I've forgotten it. And my cousin moved across the country. Luckily, I've gone on GameFAQs and refreshed my memory, though; it's not at all descriptive. I think I'll have to do my own game script on there. But, that's off the subject. I will update often. I'm on summer vacation and I'm EXTREMLY bored cuz my friends are in different states or busy. If I don't update, I'm probably doing social stuff or taking care of my mother who just got home from the hospital.
Starrgazer - I'm glad you like it! I thought I was gonna get complaints about Mary-Sues and such. * sticks her tongue out at the hurtful people *
FlikFreak - Really? I didn't think it was good at all. But, I guess everyone thinks that about most of the stuff they create. EEPERS! Dun kill meh! Then I can't write any more. ^.^ Hm. I already posted choice 3, since I didn't wanna keep readers waiting (I know how that feels. I hate it). I'll add extra fluff for ya to make up for it. Mm-k?
Riku lover() - Hmmm. Well, I kinda already planned out the story, but I can make it a love triangle! Mm-k?
Summary: A girl from our world (in other words, Earth) has wanted to get the Kingdom Hearts game since it came out. which hasn't been very long. only a week. When her friends' mom gives her a special copy, she gets something better than the game. What might that be? An adventure she'll never forget and love. Sora/OC (OC = Original Character for you dense peeps)
Disclaimer: "Nope, still don't own it." Is playing tug-o-war with the people who made Kingdom Hearts and the prize is getting to keep the game. "Almost got it... Aaack!" Is pulled forward, lets go, and falls into the mud pit. "Darn."
Quick A/N: I'm using some actual dialogue from the game. Is that OK? Cuz I wanted it to go by the actual plot. Oh well. Here's CH 2, Heartless and Feelings
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*In*Traverse*Town*
Goofy, Captain of the Royal Knights in King Mickey's court, and Donald, court wizard and King Mickey's loyal servant, roam the streets of Traverse Town, looking for Leon who supposedly had information on where to find the 'key'. Pluto, the king's pet dog, sniffs around, smelling for any strange scent. Goofy looked up to the starlit sky.
He pointed toward the sky and said, "Look! A star's goin' out!" Donald looked up to see a star flash brightly and then fade away. He sighed.
"We'd better hurry." Goofy and Donald begin to walk up the steps in the First District while Pluto strays off to the side. Donald does not notice the dog as he wanders away. "Where could the key be?"
"I dunno. Maybe we ought to go find that Leon guy. Uh, Donald? Ya know, I betcha that," he begins as he watches Pluto turn into an alley.
Donald continues walking, not stopping to turn around. "Aw, whadda you know, you big palooka!" Goofy rubs his chin and looks up as he thinks.
"What do I know? Hmmm." He stops thinking and continues walking. "Come on, Pluto!" he calls to the dog.
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"What a dream." I mumbled. I felt a warm, thick liquid on my cheek and I slowly opened my eyes. A dog was licking my cheek. "Ew, dog slobber." I said as I wiped it off on the back of my glove and on my pants. "Wait," I paused to stand up and look at my current surroundings. I was in a dark alley and there were some crates beside me. "Where am I?" I looked down at the dog and squatted next to him. "Hey boy, do you know where we are?" I looked around and continued, "And where Raine is?" The dog ran off. "Hey wait!" I shouted as I ran after him. I turned a corner and gasped.
I was in another world. It was a dimly lit and quiet town. I looked around while muttering, "This is totally weird. I'm in another world! Wonder where Raine got to." I explored around for a while. Checking out the café, talking to some people, and such. None of the people I talked to were very friendly and they didn't tell me where I was. I climbed some steps and looked up at the sign above a building. It read, "Accessory Shop". "Maybe someone in there can help." I said as I walked inside.
A man at a counter was been wiping the counter off. "Hey there, how can I-" he stopped to look at me and sighed. "Aw, it's only a kid." He went back to wiping the counter off. I frowned and crossed my arms over my chest.
"I'm not a kid! And the name's Sora!"
He looked at me and sighed again. "Okay, okay, simmer down. So, why the long face, Sora? You lost somethin'?" he asked.
I nodded. "Yes, I can't find my friend, Raine. She's my age, has long brown hair, and blue eyes. You seen 'er?" The man shook his head. I sighed and looked around. "Hey, do you know where we are?" He gave me a confused look.
"Huh?"
"I guess I'll have to explain it to you. Okay, I lived in this place called Destiny Islands. As you can probably guess, it was an island. My friends, Kairi and Riku, found Raine on the beach the other day. That night, there was a huge storm and shadow creatures were everywhere. There was this weird black sphere in the sky. I found this," I paused to hold up the key and continued, "And Raine got something like it too. We battled this huge black thing and then we were sucked into a black vortex. I woke up here. So, where am I?"
"Traverse Town." He answered.
"Traverse Town. So, gramps is this really another world?" I snickered when I saw the look on his face.
"Don't call me gramps! The name's Cid! Anyway, not sure what you're talkin' about, but this sure ain't your island."
"Hmm. Guess I'd better start looking for Raine, Riku, and Kairi."
"Well, good luck with whatever it is you're doing. If you ever run into trouble, you come to me. I'll look out for you."
I bought some equipment with the little munny I had and walked out the door. "Thanks Cid!"
"Anytime, Sora!"
I walked toward two large doors and pushed them open. A man ran by and fell to the ground. He looked behind him and screeched in horror as a shadow appeared and stuck its clawed hand into his chest. The man screamed in pain as the shadow took out his heart and devoured it. Black smoke swirled around the man and he turned into a shadow. Then more shadows seeped out from the ground.
'It's those things from the island!' I thought as they stalked towards me. I slashed at them with the key. 'I hope Raine and the others don't come up against these.'
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I felt pain in my chest and my eyes shot open. A shadow, much like the one from the island, was sticking its hand inside me. I screamed and smashed it into the ground with the crystalline key. I looked at it, and everything that happened yesterday came back to me. I tried to think of what I'd read on the many websites I'd been to, but I couldn't remember anything. "Oh great." I muttered as I stood up. I floundered around a bit, leaning against a wall for support. I walked out of the alley and into the streets of this place. "Where am I?"
"Traverse Town." I gasped and whirled around. A man and a girl were standing there.
"Wh-who're you?" I asked.
"Yuffie. That's Squ- I mean, Leon." The young girl, Yuffie, said as she pointed her thumb at the man beside her. "Who are you?"
"Raine. Have you seen-" I began but was interrupted when something tackled me. It was another shadow. It stuck its hand into me and I yelped. I stepped on my bad ankle and something hit my side, the side that had hurt in the vortex. This pain was too much for me, and I collapsed. The pain in my chest was gone when the shadow was knocked off of me.
"Yuffie, take Raine to the abandoned house. I'll take care of the Heartless."
'So that's what they are. Heartless.' I thought before I closed my eyes. I was unconscious.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Sora's POV~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
After running out of potions, I returned to the Accessory Shop. I sighed as I paid Cid for the Potions and Elixirs I bought. "Still haven't found 'em, huh?" Cid asked. I looked up at him and nodded. "Keep your chin up. You'll find 'em. Try takin' another look around town." I nodded again and walked out the door.
"They'll come at you out of nowhere." I turned around and saw a man and a girl. (A/N: Guess who.)
"Who are you?" I asked.
"And they'll keep on coming at you, as long as you continue to wield the Keyblade. But why? Why would it choose a kid like you?" he continued without answering my question.
"Hey, what's that s'posed to mean?"
"Never mind. Now, let me see that Keyblade." He demanded, holding his hand out.
"What? There's no way you're getting this!" I tightened my grip on my 'Keyblade', as he called it, and put myself in a fighting position.
"All right, then have it your way." The man said as he charged at me. I jumped back when he slashed his sword. I slashed him across the chest while his guard was down. We fought until he kneeled on the ground, still holding his sword.
"Now you're, you're gonna," I said between breaths before I fell unconscious, still holding the Keyblade.
"Aw, you're slipping, Leon." The young girl said.
"I went easy on him. Looks like things are worse than we thought. A lot worse."
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Meanwhile, Goofy and Donald are still searching for Leon and the Key. Goofy looks around, feeling a bit uneasy about the silence. "Gawrsh, there's nobody here. Sure is spooky."
"Aw, phooey. I'm not scared." Donald said, looking very confident. Donald felt a tap on his shoulder and jumped about ten feet into the air. When he landed, he whirled around, breathing rapidly, to see a young woman dressed in pink behind him.
"Excuse me, did the King send you?" she asks politely. Goofy and Donald nod. She smiles. "Follow me." She walked away with Goofy and Donald following close behind.
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"Come on, lazy bum. Wake up." I knew that voice. 'Kairi!' I thought as I slowly opened my eyes. "You okay?" she asked.
"I guess..."
"Those creatures that attacked you are after the Keyblade. But it's your heart they really want, because you wield the Keyblade."
"I'm so glad you're okay, Kairi."
"Kairi? Who are you talking about? I'm the great ninja Yuffie."
I blinked. A girl was standing in front of me, but it was not Kairi. I sighed and looked down at my shoes. (A/N: Which are GIGANTIC! Wonder what size they are..)
"I think you might've overdone it, Squall." Yuffie said.
"That's Leon."
"The Keyblade. Yeah, we had to get it away from you to shake off those creatures. It turns out that's how they were tracking you." Yuffie said to me.
Leon looked at me and said, "It was the only way to conceal your heart from them. But it won't work for long. Still hard to believe that you of all people are the chosen one." Leon walked over to me and picked up the Keyblade. It disappeared in his hands and reappeared in mine. "Well, I suppose beggars can't be choosers."
"Why don't you start making sense?! What's going on here?" I asked. I heard a moan from the corner of the room and looked over. Raine was starting to sit up and rub her eyes. "Raine!" I ran over to her, kneeling next to her and looking at her cuts, gashes, and bruises. "What happened?"
Raine blinked and shook the sleep out of her. "One word: Heartless."
"What?"
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"Okay, you know there are many other worlds out there besides your castle and this town, right?" Aerith asked.
"Yeah." Donald answered.
"But they're s'posed to be a secret." Goofy added.
"They've been secret because they've never been connected. Until now. When the Heartless came, everything changed."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Sora's POV~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"The Heartless?" I asked.
"The ones who attacked you, you remember?" Yuffie asked.
"Those without hearts. The darkness in people's hearts - that's what attracts them. And there is darkness within every heart." Leon added.
"Hey, have one of you heard of someone named Ansem?" Yuffie asked us. Raine and I shook our heads.
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"Ansem?" Goofy asked Aerith.
"He was studying the Heartless. He recorded all of his findings in a very detailed report." Aerith informed them.
"Gawrsh, uh, can we see it?"
"Its pages are scattered everywhere." She answered.
"Scattered?" Donald asked.
"To many worlds." She told them as they walked along.
"Oh, then maybe the king went to find 'em." Goofy said.
"Yes, those were my thoughts exactly." Aerith agreed.
"We've gotta find him quick!"
"Wait! First, we need that 'key'!" Donald reminded Goofy.
"That's right. The Keyblade."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Sora's POV~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"So, this is the key? And the crystal one Raine has is one too?" I asked as I carefully lifted the Keyblade, not wanting to wake Raine who'd fallen asleep on my shoulder.
"Exactly!" Yuffie exclaimed, clapping her hands.
"The Heartless have a great fear of the Keyblade. That's why they'll keep coming after you and the girl no matter what." Leon said.
"Well, I didn't ask for this. And I'm figuring Raine didn't either." I said.
"The Keyblade chooses its master. And it chose you, so tough luck." He said.
"How did all this happen? I remember being in my room. Wait a minute! What happened to my home? My island? Riku! Kairi!"
"You know what? I really don't know. Sooner or later, the Heartless will find you. You'd best prepare yourself." Leon said in monotone.
"Prepare myself?" I asked.
"To fight for your life. Are you ready?"
"I'm ready!" I answered.
Leon stood up and turned to Yuffie, "Yuffie, let's go join Aerith. She should be there by now with the other visitors."
Yuffie nodded and looked behind Leon. She screamed, "Leon!"
A Heartless soldier appeared in a puff of smoke.
"Yuffie, go!" Leon shouted. Raine stirred and sat up.
"What's going on?" She said, picking up her Keyblade and rubbing her eyes. "We goin' someplace?"
Yuffie grabbed Raine's hand and ran. Upon opening the door, she accidentally smashed Donald Duck against the wall.
"Oww." Donald moaned.
"Yuffie?" a female voice asked.
Aerith follows Yuffie and Raine gets free of Yuffie's grasp. Leon, Raine, and I readied our weapons.
"Sora, let's go!" The Heartless Soldier jumped out of the window and Leon followed. Raine and I hurried down to the first floor and outside. "Don't bother with the small fry. Find the leader! Let's go!" Leon yelled to us. We nodded and took off for the Third District.
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Goofy watched as Raine and Sora ran by below and suddenly, he was surrounded by Heartless.
"Gawrsh, are these the Heartless guys?" Goofy asked.
"Let's go get 'em, Goofy!" Donald said while charging at one. The Heartless attacked Donald and Goofy and they were sent flying into the air.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Raine's POV~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I looked up at the sky, thinking I'd heard an explosion and screams. My eyes widened. "MOVE SORA!" I yelled as I jumped out of the way.
"Why?" he asked as he looked up. A dog-like man and a duck landed on top of him.
"That's why." I said.
"The key!" the two strangers said simultaneously. They looked at my key.
"Another key?" the duck asked. I nodded.
"Yup. And it's mine, you can't have it." A black sphere turned into a vortex overhead, and we readied our weapons. A gigantic Heartless wearing purple armor appeared. Sora went after its right arm, I went after its left, the dog-man attacked the left foot, and the duck attacked the right. We were all hit at least five times. But, each time Sora, the duck, or the dog-man healed us with potions. When the final blow was delivered, a bright light flashed and the head of the Heartless spun around. It disappeared in a puff of smoke.
"So, you were looking for me?" Sora asked after we'd met up with Leon and the others.
"And me?" I asked.
"Uh-huh." Donald and Goofy, who'd told me their names earlier, replied in unison.
"They, too, have been seeking the wielder of the Keyblade." Leon stated.
"Thank you Captain Obvious." I said. Leon glared at Sora and I as we started laughing a bit.
"Hey, why don't you come with us? We can go to other worlds on our vessel." Goofy suggested.
"I wonder if I could find Riku and Kairi."
"Of course!" Donald reassured him.
"Are you sure?" Goofy whispered to Donald.
He whispered back, "Who knows? But we need him to come with us to help us find the king."
"Sora, go with them, especially if you want to find your friends." Leon said.
"Yeah, I guess."
"But you can't come along looking like that. Understand? No frowning. No sad face. Okay?"
"Yeah, ya gotta look funny, like us!"
"This boat runs on happy faces."
"Happy?"
I smiled, trying to cheer Sora up. "C'mon Sora, don't be sad! Smile!" Sora looked at us, and grinned a very silly-looking grin. We burst out laughing.
"That's one funny face!" Goofy said.
"Okay, why not? I'll go with you guys."
Sora and I placed ours hand on top of Donald and Goofy's hands.
"All for one, one for all." Goofy shouted.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Meanwhile~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Hades yelled, "That little squirt took down that Heartless! Who'd have thought it?"
"Such is the power of the Keyblade. The child's strength is not his own." Jafar informed him.
"Why don't we turn him into a Heartless? That'll settle things quick enough." Ursula suggested.
"And the brat's friends are the king's lackeys, 'cept the girl. Swoggle me eyes, they're all bilge rats by the look of them." Captain Hook shouted.
"You're no prize yourself." Said Oogie Boogie as he laughed.
"Shut up!" Captain Hook snapped at him.
Maleficent appeared and said in her usual monotone voice, "Enough. The Keyblade has chosen him. Will it be he who conquers the darkness? Or will the darkness swallow him? Either way, both of those children could be quite useful."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Raine's POV~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I sat on a rooftop, waiting for Donald and Goofy to get the Gummi Ship ready. I heard footsteps behind me, so I turned around. I smiled. "Hi Sora." He sat down next to me.
"Whatcha thinkin' about?" he asked.
I sighed. "My home. How I'll get back. And," My voice trailed off as I felt the heat rise into my cheeks.
"And?"
I shook my head. "How do you feel about all this? Y'know, bein' a Keyblade master and all?"
He looked down at the streets below. "Confused and a little scared. Worried and anxious."
"How so?"
"I'm confused about my being the Keyblade master. And it seems like there's only s'posed to be one of 'em, but you have one. I'm scared and worried about you and the others. You're my friends, and I don't want you guys to get hurt. I'm also anxious to find the others." I nodded.
"That's how I feel. Except I also feel depressed. Ya see, I don't live in this dimension. I live in another dimension, where other worlds don't exist. Unless you count the continents as other worlds. No, I guess you wouldn't, since everything's on the same planet. I'm beginning to miss my family already, even my annoying little brother. I-I'm afraid that I won't be able to return home. But then again, part of me doesn't want to go home. Part me wants to stay wi-" I clasped my hand over my mouth. I was about to say, 'Part of me wants to stay with and get to know you'. I looked at Sora, who was looking at me. I looked away, feeling like a total idiot.
"With who?" he asked.
'What is it with boys? Don't they know when to stop asking questions?' I thought. I tried to think of a way to get out of this, but I decided the only way would be to lie, or to act childish. I didn't want to do either, so I stood up and began walking toward the crates that I had climbed on to get up. Before jumping down on the crates, I answered, "With you." And then I left.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Sora's POV~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"What did she just say?" I said aloud as I stared in the direction she'd left. "She wants to stay with me?"
A voice said, "Yup. That's what she said." I looked around and spotted a cricket on my shoulder.
"Who're you?" I asked.
"Jiminy Cricket. I'm a conscience for someone, and I suppose I can be your conscience too."
"O-kay."
"Well, what do you think of her?"
"Well, she certainly is pretty. I like her personality too. I may not know her that well, but," I paused to think.
"But?"
"But maybe it's one of those 'love-at-first-sight' things.."
Jiminy grinned. "Thought so. I'm always right about these things. Well, I'll be leaving now." With that, he hopped away, leaving me to ponder what I'd just said.
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* gasps * What is Maleficent planning?! Sorry that I couldn't
make Raine get lost. I promise I will in the next chappie. Mm-k?
Ooh! Raine and Sora sittin' in a tree! K-I-S-S- * is bonked on the
head with Sora's Keyblade * Itai. Ja ne.
Review Responses:
Meheria - Actually, I did play Kingdom Hearts and I almost beat Riku the second time (In Hollow Bastion. My cousin deleted the game * growls *). But, that was in November, so I've forgotten it. And my cousin moved across the country. Luckily, I've gone on GameFAQs and refreshed my memory, though; it's not at all descriptive. I think I'll have to do my own game script on there. But, that's off the subject. I will update often. I'm on summer vacation and I'm EXTREMLY bored cuz my friends are in different states or busy. If I don't update, I'm probably doing social stuff or taking care of my mother who just got home from the hospital.
Starrgazer - I'm glad you like it! I thought I was gonna get complaints about Mary-Sues and such. * sticks her tongue out at the hurtful people *
FlikFreak - Really? I didn't think it was good at all. But, I guess everyone thinks that about most of the stuff they create. EEPERS! Dun kill meh! Then I can't write any more. ^.^ Hm. I already posted choice 3, since I didn't wanna keep readers waiting (I know how that feels. I hate it). I'll add extra fluff for ya to make up for it. Mm-k?
Riku lover() - Hmmm. Well, I kinda already planned out the story, but I can make it a love triangle! Mm-k?
