Kairi sat on her bed, thinking of Sora.
Still.
"Oh Sora." She whispered through tears. "Why can't I tell you? Why do I have to hide this from you?"
Suddenly, her room darkened. The lamps started to shake.
"W-what's going on?" Kairi clutched the covers on her bed.
A dark hole of darkness exploded in the middle of her room. Kairi backed away, screaming.
Out stepped a man. His clothes were torn, his face was tired and his skin was bruised.
"K-Kairi. How I have missed you." He opened his arms.
"Who are you?" Kairi screamed in fright. "What are you doing in my room!"
The man looked upset. "You don't remember me?"
Kairi didn't reply. Her lip trembled. There was something about him that seemed so familiar. But she couldn't put her finger on it.
"Kairi, it's me."
"What?" Kairi squinted her eyes. She remembered him from somewhere.
It was at Hollow Baston. The memory was so far away, yet so close. Everything seemed like a blur to her. He was there. That man. He was the one who-
Her thoughts escaped her mind and tumbled through her mouth "-captured me and used my power." She raised a trembling finger at him. "Y-you. You're the one." All the painful memories flooded back to her head. Her grandmother's story was haunting her once again.
"You did it!" She shouted, curling into more of a ball. "You!"
"Kairi." He reached out. "I never tried to hurt you.."
"How can you say that!" Her voice was rising. Tears were pouring down from her eyes like rain. "You tore me away from everyone that I loved just to use me." She buried her face in her hands. "How could you." She whispered weakly.
"I wanted to see my daughter again." The man said weakly. "I wanted to be with you-"
"You're lying!" Kairi said in pain. "You just wanted to destroy everything! It's all your fault!" She got off of her bed and stood up. "You hurt the one I loved." Her hand searched around blindly for her teddy bear. It was still there, close to her. "You hurt him."
"He was only a boy." Her father was sneering in disgust now. "How could you love such a pathetic fool."
"How could you love me?" She turned the question around. "By hurting the ones I love? Leaving me?" It was all clear now. Now she remembered. "By making mom LEAVE?"
"Don't argue with me, girl!" He cast his had forward and a powerful force threw Kairi back against the wall. Pain seared through her. Her body ached. Not only was she hurt on the outside, but she was dying on the inside.
"Listen to me." He hissed. "I came back all this way to see you, and this is what I get? Anger? Words of hurt and blame? I never met to chase your mother off. I loved her." His hand was in a clenched fist and his eyes were shut tight. "She had complained so much when I went to study the heartless. When you were born, she loved you so much, but blamed me for never being home to be with you." His voice softened. "But that's now in the past. She left and now I am stronger."
A thick, dark black smoke surrounded him. "So come, my daughter. Join me. This is a chance we have to spend time together. To reunite with my daughter." He held out a hand. "Come."
Kairi was still propped against the wall in pain. Half of her longed to be with her father again, and the other half was fighting to hold back. "I don't know what to do..." She was so confused. "I don't know what to do." A single tear dripped from her eyes and trickled down her cheek.
The smoke disappeared. "Don't be sad." He took his daughter's hands. "I give you a chance to join the darkness. Be with me."
The pain seemed to disappear. She felt so empty. But something was coming over her. It was a strange feeling, like whatever her father said was right, and it was going to be ok. She felt like he knew what he was doing. And what he was doing was right. "What about Sora?" Her voice was faint.
"Sora will understand."
"Yes, he'll understand." She said in a blank voice. "He will. Father, I've missed you."
"And I've missed you." He hugged Kairi. "Now come on. We have much work to do." He lifted his daughter up and carried her into the dark black hole. Immediately it was sealed up with a flash of light.
"Kairi?" Her grandmother said outside of her door. "Kairi? What's going on up there?" She opened the door and found an empty room.
"Oh no." She murmured. "I was too late. He came already." She slowly walked over to the purple dress messily thrown onto Kairi's desk. Her sparkling eyes looked out the window in curiosity. "Take care of her..Ansem."
Still.
"Oh Sora." She whispered through tears. "Why can't I tell you? Why do I have to hide this from you?"
Suddenly, her room darkened. The lamps started to shake.
"W-what's going on?" Kairi clutched the covers on her bed.
A dark hole of darkness exploded in the middle of her room. Kairi backed away, screaming.
Out stepped a man. His clothes were torn, his face was tired and his skin was bruised.
"K-Kairi. How I have missed you." He opened his arms.
"Who are you?" Kairi screamed in fright. "What are you doing in my room!"
The man looked upset. "You don't remember me?"
Kairi didn't reply. Her lip trembled. There was something about him that seemed so familiar. But she couldn't put her finger on it.
"Kairi, it's me."
"What?" Kairi squinted her eyes. She remembered him from somewhere.
It was at Hollow Baston. The memory was so far away, yet so close. Everything seemed like a blur to her. He was there. That man. He was the one who-
Her thoughts escaped her mind and tumbled through her mouth "-captured me and used my power." She raised a trembling finger at him. "Y-you. You're the one." All the painful memories flooded back to her head. Her grandmother's story was haunting her once again.
"You did it!" She shouted, curling into more of a ball. "You!"
"Kairi." He reached out. "I never tried to hurt you.."
"How can you say that!" Her voice was rising. Tears were pouring down from her eyes like rain. "You tore me away from everyone that I loved just to use me." She buried her face in her hands. "How could you." She whispered weakly.
"I wanted to see my daughter again." The man said weakly. "I wanted to be with you-"
"You're lying!" Kairi said in pain. "You just wanted to destroy everything! It's all your fault!" She got off of her bed and stood up. "You hurt the one I loved." Her hand searched around blindly for her teddy bear. It was still there, close to her. "You hurt him."
"He was only a boy." Her father was sneering in disgust now. "How could you love such a pathetic fool."
"How could you love me?" She turned the question around. "By hurting the ones I love? Leaving me?" It was all clear now. Now she remembered. "By making mom LEAVE?"
"Don't argue with me, girl!" He cast his had forward and a powerful force threw Kairi back against the wall. Pain seared through her. Her body ached. Not only was she hurt on the outside, but she was dying on the inside.
"Listen to me." He hissed. "I came back all this way to see you, and this is what I get? Anger? Words of hurt and blame? I never met to chase your mother off. I loved her." His hand was in a clenched fist and his eyes were shut tight. "She had complained so much when I went to study the heartless. When you were born, she loved you so much, but blamed me for never being home to be with you." His voice softened. "But that's now in the past. She left and now I am stronger."
A thick, dark black smoke surrounded him. "So come, my daughter. Join me. This is a chance we have to spend time together. To reunite with my daughter." He held out a hand. "Come."
Kairi was still propped against the wall in pain. Half of her longed to be with her father again, and the other half was fighting to hold back. "I don't know what to do..." She was so confused. "I don't know what to do." A single tear dripped from her eyes and trickled down her cheek.
The smoke disappeared. "Don't be sad." He took his daughter's hands. "I give you a chance to join the darkness. Be with me."
The pain seemed to disappear. She felt so empty. But something was coming over her. It was a strange feeling, like whatever her father said was right, and it was going to be ok. She felt like he knew what he was doing. And what he was doing was right. "What about Sora?" Her voice was faint.
"Sora will understand."
"Yes, he'll understand." She said in a blank voice. "He will. Father, I've missed you."
"And I've missed you." He hugged Kairi. "Now come on. We have much work to do." He lifted his daughter up and carried her into the dark black hole. Immediately it was sealed up with a flash of light.
"Kairi?" Her grandmother said outside of her door. "Kairi? What's going on up there?" She opened the door and found an empty room.
"Oh no." She murmured. "I was too late. He came already." She slowly walked over to the purple dress messily thrown onto Kairi's desk. Her sparkling eyes looked out the window in curiosity. "Take care of her..Ansem."