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: "Do I really have to say this again? Fine. I don't own Kingdom Hearts but I wish I did. There. Happy now? Good. Sorry if I sound a bit grumpy, my annoying little brother was, well, annoying me. But anyways, on with Chapter 3!
Quick A/N: I'm gonna put Riku in this chapter, ok? I know, I know, he doesn't appear until after you beat the Jungle, but, I promised to make a love triangle and I'm gonna keep my promise.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Raine's POV~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"I can't believe I told 'im. Now I'm gonna feel so awkward around him." I muttered as I walked down the dark and desolate streets of Traverse Town. (A/N: Desolate? * looks it up in dictionary * Geez, I didn't know I knew that word! Writing and reading fanfics make you so much more intelligent.) I could feel my eyes glaze over when my mind drifted off into its own little world.
(A/N: Raine is daydreaming)
I was back on Destiny Islands. Sora and Riku were waving at me from the water. 'Wait. Why is Riku here? Don't I like Sora? Aren't the people you really care about in daydreams like this?' I thought. 'Do I care about Riku? Well, of course. As a friend. But, usually when I daydream, only people I love or care for are in the dream. Ah, well, all this thinking is making my brain hurt.' I looked around and gasped. "Mom? Dad? Alex?" I whispered. My family was there. Mom and Dad were sitting on the shore and my brother, Alex, was playing in the water with Riku and Sora. They turned to me and smiled. I could feel tears welling up but I blinked them away and ran over to my parents.
"We're glad to see you, Raine." My mom said softly as I hugged my dad and she. (A/N: Yes, that is correct grammar. Microsoft Word says so.) I let go and ran into the water. Riku, Sora, and Alex stopped splashing to look at me. An evil plan formed in my mind. I walked over and hugged my brother. When he hugged back, I dunked him under the water. Alex came back up and dunked me under. Soon we were all dunking each other into the water and splashing each other, laughing all the while.
Our fun only seemed to last for minutes, but obviously hours had gone by. The sun was going down and stars were starting to come out. We sighed and started walking towards the shore. I was glad my parents had left, because if they'd been here to see what happened next, I'd be totally embarrassed. Riku grabbed my wrist gently and turned me around. I looked at him and confusion and the confusion turned to shock when he leaned his head towards mine and kissed me. To my surprise, I kissed back. I realized what I'd done and pulled away. I turned around and caught up to Sora and Alex. 'What's wrong with me? I can't believe myself. I love Riku AND Sora? Maybe this is just one of my weirder daydreams.'
(A/N: End Raine's daydream)
I returned to the world of reality when I bumped into someone. I felt an arm wrap around me as I began to fall. When my vision cleared, I gasped softly. "Riku?" He nodded and let go of me. I blushed a bit as I remembered my daydream but quickly shook it off. "Where've you been all this time?"
"I woke up in a castle kinda place. This woman, Maleficent, told me I was in Hollow Bastion. She's been letting me stay there. Have you found Sora or Kairi?" I nodded.
"I found Sora. He's somewhere in the Third District right now." I looked behind Riku as a woman in black carrying a staff-kinda thing emerged from the shadows.
"There you are, Riku. We have to go." She looked at me. "Who's this?"
"Maleficent, this is Raine. Raine, Maleficent." Riku explained.
"Nice to meet you, Maleficent." I hid my fear by standing up straight and thinking happier thoughts. This woman was very sinister-looking; I didn't think I could trust her.
"Raine, would you like to come back with me to Hollow Bastion? It doesn't look like you have a place to stay around here."
I shook my head. "No, I have to go to other worlds with Sora."
"Sora? You mean that brown-haired boy with the key?" I nodded and she chuckled. "Why would you want to go with him?"
"Because, well, I have my reasons."
She put a hand on my back and led me away from Riku. Maleficent whispered, "Because you love him? Don't you know he loves Kairi?" I gulped and shook my head. "Tch tch tch, you poor thing. In love with a boy that doesn't love you back. So, is there really any point in traveling with him? You'll get tired and hungry, but, if you come with Riku and I, you'll sleep on a comfortable bed and be well fed." I had a feeling I couldn't believe all this.
"I'm sorry, but, if he really loves Kairi, then I want him to be happy. Therefore, I'm going to help him find her." Maleficent frowned.
"Very well. Go say good-bye to Riku, he and I must be going." I nodded and walked over to Riku.
"So, I take it you're not coming with us?" he asked.
"Yeah, I'm sorry. I jus-" I was cut off when Riku wrapped his arms around my waist and gently kissed me. He pulled away and let go, then walked away with Maleficent. 'What, just, happened?" I thought as I exhaled a breath I didn't know I'd been holding. I opened my backpack, one I'd been wearing all this time and forgotten about until right now, and took out my CD player. I put the headphones on my head, turned the music up to full volume, and walked around like I always did when I was nervous, scared, depressed, or confused. In this case, I felt all of those feelings.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Sora's POV~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I had decided to find Raine and tell her what I thought after Jiminy had left. I'd searched every inch of the First District, and was now entering the second. Heartless didn't appear and munny was scattered on the ground, so I figured Raine had come here. I ignored the munny and walked toward the sound of a voice. I didn't think it was Raine's. True, her talking voice was sweet and pretty, but this voice was singing, and it sounded too beautiful to belong to a 14-year-old.
"Round and round the planets revolve around the sun.
And we always seek after love and peace forever more.
Growing, growing woe baby, we can work it out.
Look up at the sky, every heart is shining all today."
(A/N: Every Heart (English) by BoA. It's an InuYasha song, and no, I don't own it either. Yes, I realize the lyrics make no sense, but that's how the song goes. This has nothing to go with her current situation, I was just listening to the song while I was typing) I followed the voice, wondering if this person knew where Raine went. I entered the Dalmatian House to see Raine sitting in the center of a circle of puppies, singing. Her eyes were closed as she sang. They fluttered open when the song ended. She looked at me, blushed, and pushed a button on a CD player. (A/N: Do you think CD players exist in the Kingdom Hearts world? * shrugs *)
"That sounded really great, almost like a, hmmm, forgot what they're called."
"Siren?" she asked.
"If it's a lady that sings and then guys go gah-gah, then yeah." She giggled and nodded.
"Yes, that's what a Siren is." She sighed and I sat down next to her, putting my hand over hers. I watched her look at our hands and blush from the corner of my eye. I grinned.
"Y'know whatcha said on the roof?" Her pinkish face turned crimson and she nodded. "Well, I thought about it, and I think," Now it was my turn to blush.
"You think? What?"
"Hmmm. Lemme see your CD player." She handed it to me and I put one of the speakers to my ears. I pushed play and jumped when very loud music came on. I turned the volume down and said, "You're gonna hurt your ears." She rolled her eyes.
"Yes mom." She said. We laughed for a minute before I returned to looking for a song that expresses my feelings. I found one and smiled.
"Listen to this, it should explain it." I said as I put the headphones on her head. She turned up the volume and listened.
"Fly me to the moon,
And let me play among the stars.
Won't you let me see what spring is like,
On Jupiter and Mars?
In other words, hold my hand.
In other words, darlin' kiss me.
Fill my heart with song,
And let me sing forever more. Cuz, you are all I long for,
All I worship and adore.
In other words, please be true.
In other words, I love you." (A/N: Fly Me To the Moon by Utada Hikaru. I know, that Sinatra (sp?) guy sings it, but I like Utada's song better.)
I pressed the stop button when I saw the look of shock on her face. Raine looked at me and smiled. "I love you too." She whispered before she leaned towards me and put her lips to mine. I put my arms around her and traced around her lips with my tongue. She pulled away and blushed when she shook her head. "N-not, now. Not yet." I smiled and pulled Raine into an embrace. She wrapped her arms around my neck and laid her head on my chest.
The doorknob started to turn and we parted, pretending like we'd been playing with the puppies. Donald and Goofy came in. "Sora, Raine, we've gotta stay here for tonight. Our Gummi Ship needs to be fixed up before we leave." Donald explained. We nodded and they left. Raine sighed.
"I'm kinda tired, I think I'll go to sleep on a rooftop somewhere." She picked up her CD player and left. I decided I'd stay in the Dalmatian house for the night. I walked toward the couch and lied down. Soon, I drifted off into a peaceful sleep.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Raine's POV~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The atmosphere in Traverse Town wasn't too warm and wasn't too cool. It was the perfect temperature and the sky didn't have a single cloud hovering in it. Yes, this rooftop would be a perfect place to sleep tonight. I sat down and leaned against a chimney. I closed my eyes and soon fell victim to the Sandman's sleeping sand.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~When everyone's asleep~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Maleficent waved a hand over the crystal ball on the top of her staff. "Bring her to me. She may be useful." As Maleficent said this, an image of Raine appeared in the crystal. A black bubble formed around Raine's sleeping body and lifted her off the roof and out into space.
During the trip to Hollow Bastion, Raine awakened and blinked. "Huh?" She pounded on the bubble. "Lemme out!" As she said this, a light emitted from her necklace and pierced through the bubble, causing it to pop. Raine fell from the sky and passed out from lack of oxygen on the way down. The necklace glowed around her and made a silver bubble. Raine floated safely into the streets of Agrabah, where the bubble popped and she landed on the ground with a very faint * thud *.
A boy (A/N: Let's play 'Guess Who' again) ran from the palace guards, and almost tripped over Raine's sleeping figure. He looked back at the guards, and, seeing they were far behind, he picked up the girl and ran off to his home.
The guards slowed and looked around. The leader of them shouted, "I'll get you Aladdin!"
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~End CH 3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Raine almost got kidnapped! Luckily, she fell into the hands of Aladdin. Yay for her! Wonder how mad Maleficent's gonna be and how worried Sora's gonna be.. Thanks for reviewin'! You people are so nice! * Sniffles * Well, I'm gonna get to work on CH 4. Buh byez!
~Raine Minamino
Review Responses
Cloud-123 - I promise to update every single day unless I'm tending to my mother who just got outta the hospital.
FlikFreak - I'm glad you think so! Yayness! Eep! * Pulls you out * Hooray! I'm a heroine! Cool!
Meheria - Thanks for the offer, but I've found a Game Script on GameFAQs. It's not very descriptive though and I had to add some details myself. So if anything is kinda messed up, you know why. 6 months? I wasn't as mad as you might've been. We were only visiting my cousin for a week, so, as you can guess, I only spent all of that week on it. Like I think I said before, I'm extremely bored. So expect a new chapter or Author's note every day.
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: "Do I really have to say this again? Fine. I don't own Kingdom Hearts but I wish I did. There. Happy now? Good. Sorry if I sound a bit grumpy, my annoying little brother was, well, annoying me. But anyways, on with Chapter 3!
Quick A/N: I'm gonna put Riku in this chapter, ok? I know, I know, he doesn't appear until after you beat the Jungle, but, I promised to make a love triangle and I'm gonna keep my promise.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Raine's POV~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"I can't believe I told 'im. Now I'm gonna feel so awkward around him." I muttered as I walked down the dark and desolate streets of Traverse Town. (A/N: Desolate? * looks it up in dictionary * Geez, I didn't know I knew that word! Writing and reading fanfics make you so much more intelligent.) I could feel my eyes glaze over when my mind drifted off into its own little world.
(A/N: Raine is daydreaming)
I was back on Destiny Islands. Sora and Riku were waving at me from the water. 'Wait. Why is Riku here? Don't I like Sora? Aren't the people you really care about in daydreams like this?' I thought. 'Do I care about Riku? Well, of course. As a friend. But, usually when I daydream, only people I love or care for are in the dream. Ah, well, all this thinking is making my brain hurt.' I looked around and gasped. "Mom? Dad? Alex?" I whispered. My family was there. Mom and Dad were sitting on the shore and my brother, Alex, was playing in the water with Riku and Sora. They turned to me and smiled. I could feel tears welling up but I blinked them away and ran over to my parents.
"We're glad to see you, Raine." My mom said softly as I hugged my dad and she. (A/N: Yes, that is correct grammar. Microsoft Word says so.) I let go and ran into the water. Riku, Sora, and Alex stopped splashing to look at me. An evil plan formed in my mind. I walked over and hugged my brother. When he hugged back, I dunked him under the water. Alex came back up and dunked me under. Soon we were all dunking each other into the water and splashing each other, laughing all the while.
Our fun only seemed to last for minutes, but obviously hours had gone by. The sun was going down and stars were starting to come out. We sighed and started walking towards the shore. I was glad my parents had left, because if they'd been here to see what happened next, I'd be totally embarrassed. Riku grabbed my wrist gently and turned me around. I looked at him and confusion and the confusion turned to shock when he leaned his head towards mine and kissed me. To my surprise, I kissed back. I realized what I'd done and pulled away. I turned around and caught up to Sora and Alex. 'What's wrong with me? I can't believe myself. I love Riku AND Sora? Maybe this is just one of my weirder daydreams.'
(A/N: End Raine's daydream)
I returned to the world of reality when I bumped into someone. I felt an arm wrap around me as I began to fall. When my vision cleared, I gasped softly. "Riku?" He nodded and let go of me. I blushed a bit as I remembered my daydream but quickly shook it off. "Where've you been all this time?"
"I woke up in a castle kinda place. This woman, Maleficent, told me I was in Hollow Bastion. She's been letting me stay there. Have you found Sora or Kairi?" I nodded.
"I found Sora. He's somewhere in the Third District right now." I looked behind Riku as a woman in black carrying a staff-kinda thing emerged from the shadows.
"There you are, Riku. We have to go." She looked at me. "Who's this?"
"Maleficent, this is Raine. Raine, Maleficent." Riku explained.
"Nice to meet you, Maleficent." I hid my fear by standing up straight and thinking happier thoughts. This woman was very sinister-looking; I didn't think I could trust her.
"Raine, would you like to come back with me to Hollow Bastion? It doesn't look like you have a place to stay around here."
I shook my head. "No, I have to go to other worlds with Sora."
"Sora? You mean that brown-haired boy with the key?" I nodded and she chuckled. "Why would you want to go with him?"
"Because, well, I have my reasons."
She put a hand on my back and led me away from Riku. Maleficent whispered, "Because you love him? Don't you know he loves Kairi?" I gulped and shook my head. "Tch tch tch, you poor thing. In love with a boy that doesn't love you back. So, is there really any point in traveling with him? You'll get tired and hungry, but, if you come with Riku and I, you'll sleep on a comfortable bed and be well fed." I had a feeling I couldn't believe all this.
"I'm sorry, but, if he really loves Kairi, then I want him to be happy. Therefore, I'm going to help him find her." Maleficent frowned.
"Very well. Go say good-bye to Riku, he and I must be going." I nodded and walked over to Riku.
"So, I take it you're not coming with us?" he asked.
"Yeah, I'm sorry. I jus-" I was cut off when Riku wrapped his arms around my waist and gently kissed me. He pulled away and let go, then walked away with Maleficent. 'What, just, happened?" I thought as I exhaled a breath I didn't know I'd been holding. I opened my backpack, one I'd been wearing all this time and forgotten about until right now, and took out my CD player. I put the headphones on my head, turned the music up to full volume, and walked around like I always did when I was nervous, scared, depressed, or confused. In this case, I felt all of those feelings.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Sora's POV~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I had decided to find Raine and tell her what I thought after Jiminy had left. I'd searched every inch of the First District, and was now entering the second. Heartless didn't appear and munny was scattered on the ground, so I figured Raine had come here. I ignored the munny and walked toward the sound of a voice. I didn't think it was Raine's. True, her talking voice was sweet and pretty, but this voice was singing, and it sounded too beautiful to belong to a 14-year-old.
"Round and round the planets revolve around the sun.
And we always seek after love and peace forever more.
Growing, growing woe baby, we can work it out.
Look up at the sky, every heart is shining all today."
(A/N: Every Heart (English) by BoA. It's an InuYasha song, and no, I don't own it either. Yes, I realize the lyrics make no sense, but that's how the song goes. This has nothing to go with her current situation, I was just listening to the song while I was typing) I followed the voice, wondering if this person knew where Raine went. I entered the Dalmatian House to see Raine sitting in the center of a circle of puppies, singing. Her eyes were closed as she sang. They fluttered open when the song ended. She looked at me, blushed, and pushed a button on a CD player. (A/N: Do you think CD players exist in the Kingdom Hearts world? * shrugs *)
"That sounded really great, almost like a, hmmm, forgot what they're called."
"Siren?" she asked.
"If it's a lady that sings and then guys go gah-gah, then yeah." She giggled and nodded.
"Yes, that's what a Siren is." She sighed and I sat down next to her, putting my hand over hers. I watched her look at our hands and blush from the corner of my eye. I grinned.
"Y'know whatcha said on the roof?" Her pinkish face turned crimson and she nodded. "Well, I thought about it, and I think," Now it was my turn to blush.
"You think? What?"
"Hmmm. Lemme see your CD player." She handed it to me and I put one of the speakers to my ears. I pushed play and jumped when very loud music came on. I turned the volume down and said, "You're gonna hurt your ears." She rolled her eyes.
"Yes mom." She said. We laughed for a minute before I returned to looking for a song that expresses my feelings. I found one and smiled.
"Listen to this, it should explain it." I said as I put the headphones on her head. She turned up the volume and listened.
"Fly me to the moon,
And let me play among the stars.
Won't you let me see what spring is like,
On Jupiter and Mars?
In other words, hold my hand.
In other words, darlin' kiss me.
Fill my heart with song,
And let me sing forever more. Cuz, you are all I long for,
All I worship and adore.
In other words, please be true.
In other words, I love you." (A/N: Fly Me To the Moon by Utada Hikaru. I know, that Sinatra (sp?) guy sings it, but I like Utada's song better.)
I pressed the stop button when I saw the look of shock on her face. Raine looked at me and smiled. "I love you too." She whispered before she leaned towards me and put her lips to mine. I put my arms around her and traced around her lips with my tongue. She pulled away and blushed when she shook her head. "N-not, now. Not yet." I smiled and pulled Raine into an embrace. She wrapped her arms around my neck and laid her head on my chest.
The doorknob started to turn and we parted, pretending like we'd been playing with the puppies. Donald and Goofy came in. "Sora, Raine, we've gotta stay here for tonight. Our Gummi Ship needs to be fixed up before we leave." Donald explained. We nodded and they left. Raine sighed.
"I'm kinda tired, I think I'll go to sleep on a rooftop somewhere." She picked up her CD player and left. I decided I'd stay in the Dalmatian house for the night. I walked toward the couch and lied down. Soon, I drifted off into a peaceful sleep.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Raine's POV~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The atmosphere in Traverse Town wasn't too warm and wasn't too cool. It was the perfect temperature and the sky didn't have a single cloud hovering in it. Yes, this rooftop would be a perfect place to sleep tonight. I sat down and leaned against a chimney. I closed my eyes and soon fell victim to the Sandman's sleeping sand.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~When everyone's asleep~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Maleficent waved a hand over the crystal ball on the top of her staff. "Bring her to me. She may be useful." As Maleficent said this, an image of Raine appeared in the crystal. A black bubble formed around Raine's sleeping body and lifted her off the roof and out into space.
During the trip to Hollow Bastion, Raine awakened and blinked. "Huh?" She pounded on the bubble. "Lemme out!" As she said this, a light emitted from her necklace and pierced through the bubble, causing it to pop. Raine fell from the sky and passed out from lack of oxygen on the way down. The necklace glowed around her and made a silver bubble. Raine floated safely into the streets of Agrabah, where the bubble popped and she landed on the ground with a very faint * thud *.
A boy (A/N: Let's play 'Guess Who' again) ran from the palace guards, and almost tripped over Raine's sleeping figure. He looked back at the guards, and, seeing they were far behind, he picked up the girl and ran off to his home.
The guards slowed and looked around. The leader of them shouted, "I'll get you Aladdin!"
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~End CH 3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Raine almost got kidnapped! Luckily, she fell into the hands of Aladdin. Yay for her! Wonder how mad Maleficent's gonna be and how worried Sora's gonna be.. Thanks for reviewin'! You people are so nice! * Sniffles * Well, I'm gonna get to work on CH 4. Buh byez!
~Raine Minamino
Review Responses
Cloud-123 - I promise to update every single day unless I'm tending to my mother who just got outta the hospital.
FlikFreak - I'm glad you think so! Yayness! Eep! * Pulls you out * Hooray! I'm a heroine! Cool!
Meheria - Thanks for the offer, but I've found a Game Script on GameFAQs. It's not very descriptive though and I had to add some details myself. So if anything is kinda messed up, you know why. 6 months? I wasn't as mad as you might've been. We were only visiting my cousin for a week, so, as you can guess, I only spent all of that week on it. Like I think I said before, I'm extremely bored. So expect a new chapter or Author's note every day.
