Hello! I finally updated and wrote a good, decent, long chapter for you
all! Hope you like it! Basically this chapter develops the plot and brings
out the 'adventure' theme of the story.
Disclaimer: I'm sick of all these disclaimers saying how Disney and Squaresoft own the game and rights.yadda.yadda. Well I OWN the game and am proud of it!!!
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Chapter 3~ The Rescue of Riku.
Sora awoke to something sharp sticking into his stomach. He groaned and rolled onto his back.
He blinked and noticed his keyblade leaning against the wall, glistening. Sora opened his clenched fist and saw what had woken him. It was the Oathkeeper keychain.
"Kairi, I'll come back to you, I promise," Sora murmured.
He put the lucky charm into the pocket of his red shorts and picked up the keyblade. His chest felt stiff, meaning he had been recently healed.
He remembered the Unknown's attack and retreat. He remembered his speed, his agility and his strength.
Sora thought of himself as an able fighter, but the mysterious Unknown surpassed all his skills.
It was obvious one or even both would return, but how could he stand a chance against that?
He sat back down on the bed and scuffed the top his foot on the carpet, thinking about the Unknowns and their attack, when Yuffie poked her head in, saw he was awake and came in. Behind her, came Donald, Goofy, Leon and Aerith who all walked in and made them selves comfortable.
Leon broke the silence first. "Donald has told us what happened. Sounds like you're in trouble Sora."
"So. who are they? What do they want?" Sora said exasperatedly.
"Well that's obvious what they want isn't it?" Donald snapped. "They want your keyblade and just recently they wanted you!"
"Touchy," Sora muttered and Donald glared at him. Sora knew he was worried and who wouldn't be? Unusually strong, dark, unknown people were after him.
"They are the Unknown, Nobody. Who is Nobody you ask? They are the nonexistent ones," Aerith said knowingly, answering Sora's first question.
"Gawrsh, can we do it? Against that?" Goof asked and Sora felt a strange feeling of déjà vu. No one answered Goofy's question. Donald changed the subject.
"Leon, where do you think they are hiding?"
"Well." Leon glanced at Sora. Everyone noticed Leon's hesitation and Sora glared at him.
"Yes.?" Donald pressed.
"I think they are at Destiny Islands," Leon said slowly.
"WHAT?!" Sora yelled, causing everyone to jump. Leon looked at him nervously, he had been afraid Sora would react this way. "Why?! How do you know?!" Sora continued.
"Well.we've noticed some extremely powerful magic was used on that island and we suspect the mysterious Unknowns are there and were the ones using the magic, but we don't know"
"What's not to KNOW!?" KAIRI'S THERE!" Sora's voice bounced off the walls in the enclosed room.
"Exactly!" jumped in Yuffie, when Leon looked uncertain. "Kairi is a princess of heart, right? That power isn't gonna sleep inside and wait. It awoke at Hollow Bastion when it was together with the others!"
Sora looked unconvinced. "So.you're saying Kairi's.okay?" He asked quietly, his voice tight.
"I'm sure of it." Yuffie said reassuringly and smiled at Sora. Sora looked away.
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"I'M SURE OF IT?!" Leon screamed at Yuffie, who flinched. "WHAT WERE YOU THINKING OF TELLING HIM THAT?!"
"Well it's true, isn't it? We don't know who used such power," Aerith jumped in to Yuffie's rescue. They were seated at the abandoned café in First District. Leon was pacing, Sora, Donald and Goofy were back at the Small House.
"But I don't think it's Kairi!" Leon said, calming down slightly.
"Look," Yuffie began, regaining her confidence. "What do you think Sora would have done if I hadn't told him that?"
Leon paused and sighed. "He would have run off back to Destiny Islands immediately."
Yuffie looked at him triumphantly satisfied that her point had been made. "My point exactly."
Aerith looked concerned, "But who could the Unknowns be working for? Ansem?"
"Ansem is gone," Leon confirmed.
"How can we be sure?"
"His heart was as black as coal. He believed darkness was the beginning and the end of everything and that Kingdom Hearts was also pure darkness. Sora is the Keyblade Master. The heart of the Keyblade Master is pure and untainted. It can call light when there is none, just as Ansem called for darkness from Kingdom Hearts when Sora defeated him. When Ansem called the darkness from Kingdom Hearts, Sora called the light also. The light overpowered the darkness and burned Ansem into oblivion. He was destroyed.plain and simple. He knew how to control the darkness inside him which Maleficent and the others failed to do but he wasn't immune to the light."
Aerith looked thoughtful, "Then who is it?"
"I can't say. That is still a mystery to me," Leon said.
"Where will Sora go now ya think?" Yuffie asked.
"We'll have to tell him. He's the only one who can save the worlds from what threatens them."
"And what about Riku?'
"Riku is falling. He won't last long."
"Sora'll have to save him but not unless we help. It's risky though but I guess if we have no choice." Leon trailed off.
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"Okay Sora, you know what you have to do?" Leon asked. He and Yuffie were each holding an arm of a squirming heartless and had forced the heartless to lie with his back against a wall.
"Yeah, I guess.but how is this going to help Riku?"
"Well," Aerith began. "Ansem created his own troupe of Heartless, correct? Each creation started with the darkness from Kingdom Hearts so by you jumping into a Heartless will mean he will attempt to take your heart. However, because you are the Keyblade Master, you can access the inside of Kingdom Hearts through him and will find Riku there."
"But I thought Kingdom Hearts was light," Sora said, puzzled.
"It can be both," Aerith said knowingly. Sora continued to look puzzled but Goofy changed the subject.
"And how is Sora gonna get back?" he asked.
"I think he will escape with Riku the same way Mickey did," said Leon and he turned to Sora. "You have to use the light within you to escape."
"How am I supposed to do that?" Sora asked exasperatedly.
"I don't know, I'm not the Keyblade Master," Leon said simply. Sora looked nervous.
"What if he can't get back?" Donald asked the question on everyone's mind.
"The darkness will consume both him and Riku and the worlds will be easy targets with no Keyblade Master. All the worlds will be doomed until a new Keyblade Master is revealed," Leon said gravely.
"Um.just out of curiosity.how long would you say it would take until a new Keyblade Master is revealed?" Sora asked nervously.
"Can't say. Could be years.decades.millenniums." Leon trailed off. Sora began to look increasingly ill. He looked to Goofy for help.
"Couldn't me or Donald go with him?" Goofy asked hopefully.
"You could try, but most likely what would happen is your heart would become trapped in the Heartless while Sora accessed Kingdom Hearts and you would be left behind in the Heartless and would be consumed," Leon told them.
Goofy looked away, dejected.
"Sora. are you sure you don't want to just.give up on Riku?" Donald said tentatively.
Sora's face hardened and his expression became serious and determined. "No! I have to save Riku! He's my friend!" he said firmly.
Leon nodded, "Well.are you ready?" Sora nodded firmly. Yuffie and Leon stretched the Heartless out as far as they could to give Sora plenty of room to dive into it.
Sora took a few steps back and ran straight in the darkness and dived. He felt the cool darkness brush his skin and felt himself falling.falling deeper.
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Riku felt the darkness entwine around his throat, cutting off his air. He thought he heard the faint scream of a girl. Maybe he was going senile.
He felt tired. Had to.rest. No! Have to FIGHT! It's over.you can't win. Did Sora ever give up, even when he lost the keyblade to his best friend? Did Kairi give up when Sora turned into a heartless? No they DIDN'T! And neither would HE!
But. so.tired.
Suddenly there was a faint, eerie whining. It became louder and shriller. Riku closed his eyes and a burst of golden light erupted out of the darkness.
Its warmth caressed his face and he felt peaceful. Riku heard someone grunting.it was Sora. Sora was fending off the darkness with his glittering keyblade and he was glowing with a pulsing light.
It was the light that helped to drive away the darkness. Sora thrust his keyblade swiftly in all directions and the darkness retreated.
Riku felt revived by the light, as if it was strengthening him but Sora appeared to be weakening. Sora fell to one knee, it seemed the effort of being here and fighting the darkness was catching up to him.
Riku ran forward to his aid and Sora smiled weakly.
"Riku." He looked around. It was as if the darkness sensed his weakness, it was closing in again.
"Where's Mickey?" Sora asked firmly, still glancing around nervously.
"Gone," Riku said simply. Sora shrugged and grabbed his arm. Riku watched as Sora began to glow brighter. The golden light that had surrounded him became white and burned Riku's hands. Riku cried out sharply in pain and alarm but didn't let go.
They fell sprawled in the green room with five anxious faces peering at them and breaking into relieved grins. Donald faltered.
"Where's King Mickey?" He asked anxiously.
"He's gone," Riku said sitting up.
"Gone?!" echoed Goofy and Donald in alarm.
Riku took a deep breath, "After Sora and Mickey locked the door to Kingdom Hearts, Mickey began to glow brighter and brighter like Sora. And just before he disappeared he said 'Riku, don't worry, your part isn't over yet,'"
Leon spoke next, "Mickey's heart was pure and untainted, so he had the power to escape the darkness in Kingdom Hearts.But what I don't get is why he didn't take you with him."
"Maybe he couldn't?" Yuffie suggested.
"Maybe," Leon said, not convinced.
Donald looked up and said hotly, "You aren't seriously questioning King Mickey's loyalties are you?!"
Leon put his hands up in a gesture of surrender, not ready to pursue the subject of Mickey's loyalties. Riku saved him from answering and changed the subject of their discussion.
"So.what do we do now?" No one spoke at first.
Leon paused, and then said, "You have to find the Door to the Light."
Sora looked up impatiently, "What about Kairi?" he asked.
"Kairi will have to wait," Yuffie finished for Leon. Sora and Riku exchanged looks that expressed their feelings about that idea.
"The Door to the Light could be the only way to defeat the Unknowns once and for all," Aerith explained. "And only you Sora, can open it."
"We defeated Ansem without it!" Sora said defiantly.
Aerith paused, "Yes, but Ansem let the darkness have his heart in exchange for the power it gave him. The darkness wouldn't consume him because he gave it what it wanted. A strong enemy force would have severely weakened him but only an incredibly strong source of light could have finished him off and the light Sora called from Kingdom Hearts did just that. The Unknowns are different. They are dark counterparts, almost shells of darkness."
Goofy looked confused, "But where do we start lookin' for that there Door to the Light?"
"There are seven Princesses of Heart and each world that each princess originates from could access the Door to the Light. One of the seven is the Master Heart. Her world has a keyhole that once accessed, will reveal the Door and only her can access it," Aerith answered.
Riku looked around at the group and felt a bit left out of things. "And what about me?" he wanted to know.
"You should go with them," Leon replied.
"But I want to find Kairi! You don't really need ME," Riku insisted.
"I'm sure Sora does too," Leon said and Sora nodded. "But they need you're strength Riku. Besides, Kairi IS one of the seven princesses, you will reach her world eventually."
"OUR world," Sora said firmly. Leon nodded.
"Well I vote we go there FIRST," Riku told them.
"I second that!" Sora said quickly.
"C'mon guys! Think about it," Yuffie said exasperatedly. "Once you go to Destiny Islands, if Kairi isn't the Master Heart then you'll probably be reluctant to leave!"
"But-," Sora began.
"Kairi will be fine. She's extremely powerful and I'm sure she can wait a bit longer for your return," Yuffie interrupted gently.
"I suppose you're right," Sora agreed glumly.
Riku let out a sigh of disbelief and stomped out, leaving Sora to feel guilty and as if he was betraying his friends.
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Hope you liked that! Chapter 4 is in development and will be called 'Welcome 2 Wonderland'. That's the first princess's world they visit!
Oh and BTW, I got a review that was anonymous called ".". U told me that the second best keychain after the Ultima was the Lionheart, not the Oblivion or the Oathkeeper. Even though I doubt you'll eva see this, I checked up on that because I thought it was wrong.
Thanx for ur review anyway, but this is what I found:
Oathkeeper: Strength is 67
Lionheart: Strength is 68
Oblivion: Strength is 69
Disclaimer: I'm sick of all these disclaimers saying how Disney and Squaresoft own the game and rights.yadda.yadda. Well I OWN the game and am proud of it!!!
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Chapter 3~ The Rescue of Riku.
Sora awoke to something sharp sticking into his stomach. He groaned and rolled onto his back.
He blinked and noticed his keyblade leaning against the wall, glistening. Sora opened his clenched fist and saw what had woken him. It was the Oathkeeper keychain.
"Kairi, I'll come back to you, I promise," Sora murmured.
He put the lucky charm into the pocket of his red shorts and picked up the keyblade. His chest felt stiff, meaning he had been recently healed.
He remembered the Unknown's attack and retreat. He remembered his speed, his agility and his strength.
Sora thought of himself as an able fighter, but the mysterious Unknown surpassed all his skills.
It was obvious one or even both would return, but how could he stand a chance against that?
He sat back down on the bed and scuffed the top his foot on the carpet, thinking about the Unknowns and their attack, when Yuffie poked her head in, saw he was awake and came in. Behind her, came Donald, Goofy, Leon and Aerith who all walked in and made them selves comfortable.
Leon broke the silence first. "Donald has told us what happened. Sounds like you're in trouble Sora."
"So. who are they? What do they want?" Sora said exasperatedly.
"Well that's obvious what they want isn't it?" Donald snapped. "They want your keyblade and just recently they wanted you!"
"Touchy," Sora muttered and Donald glared at him. Sora knew he was worried and who wouldn't be? Unusually strong, dark, unknown people were after him.
"They are the Unknown, Nobody. Who is Nobody you ask? They are the nonexistent ones," Aerith said knowingly, answering Sora's first question.
"Gawrsh, can we do it? Against that?" Goof asked and Sora felt a strange feeling of déjà vu. No one answered Goofy's question. Donald changed the subject.
"Leon, where do you think they are hiding?"
"Well." Leon glanced at Sora. Everyone noticed Leon's hesitation and Sora glared at him.
"Yes.?" Donald pressed.
"I think they are at Destiny Islands," Leon said slowly.
"WHAT?!" Sora yelled, causing everyone to jump. Leon looked at him nervously, he had been afraid Sora would react this way. "Why?! How do you know?!" Sora continued.
"Well.we've noticed some extremely powerful magic was used on that island and we suspect the mysterious Unknowns are there and were the ones using the magic, but we don't know"
"What's not to KNOW!?" KAIRI'S THERE!" Sora's voice bounced off the walls in the enclosed room.
"Exactly!" jumped in Yuffie, when Leon looked uncertain. "Kairi is a princess of heart, right? That power isn't gonna sleep inside and wait. It awoke at Hollow Bastion when it was together with the others!"
Sora looked unconvinced. "So.you're saying Kairi's.okay?" He asked quietly, his voice tight.
"I'm sure of it." Yuffie said reassuringly and smiled at Sora. Sora looked away.
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"I'M SURE OF IT?!" Leon screamed at Yuffie, who flinched. "WHAT WERE YOU THINKING OF TELLING HIM THAT?!"
"Well it's true, isn't it? We don't know who used such power," Aerith jumped in to Yuffie's rescue. They were seated at the abandoned café in First District. Leon was pacing, Sora, Donald and Goofy were back at the Small House.
"But I don't think it's Kairi!" Leon said, calming down slightly.
"Look," Yuffie began, regaining her confidence. "What do you think Sora would have done if I hadn't told him that?"
Leon paused and sighed. "He would have run off back to Destiny Islands immediately."
Yuffie looked at him triumphantly satisfied that her point had been made. "My point exactly."
Aerith looked concerned, "But who could the Unknowns be working for? Ansem?"
"Ansem is gone," Leon confirmed.
"How can we be sure?"
"His heart was as black as coal. He believed darkness was the beginning and the end of everything and that Kingdom Hearts was also pure darkness. Sora is the Keyblade Master. The heart of the Keyblade Master is pure and untainted. It can call light when there is none, just as Ansem called for darkness from Kingdom Hearts when Sora defeated him. When Ansem called the darkness from Kingdom Hearts, Sora called the light also. The light overpowered the darkness and burned Ansem into oblivion. He was destroyed.plain and simple. He knew how to control the darkness inside him which Maleficent and the others failed to do but he wasn't immune to the light."
Aerith looked thoughtful, "Then who is it?"
"I can't say. That is still a mystery to me," Leon said.
"Where will Sora go now ya think?" Yuffie asked.
"We'll have to tell him. He's the only one who can save the worlds from what threatens them."
"And what about Riku?'
"Riku is falling. He won't last long."
"Sora'll have to save him but not unless we help. It's risky though but I guess if we have no choice." Leon trailed off.
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"Okay Sora, you know what you have to do?" Leon asked. He and Yuffie were each holding an arm of a squirming heartless and had forced the heartless to lie with his back against a wall.
"Yeah, I guess.but how is this going to help Riku?"
"Well," Aerith began. "Ansem created his own troupe of Heartless, correct? Each creation started with the darkness from Kingdom Hearts so by you jumping into a Heartless will mean he will attempt to take your heart. However, because you are the Keyblade Master, you can access the inside of Kingdom Hearts through him and will find Riku there."
"But I thought Kingdom Hearts was light," Sora said, puzzled.
"It can be both," Aerith said knowingly. Sora continued to look puzzled but Goofy changed the subject.
"And how is Sora gonna get back?" he asked.
"I think he will escape with Riku the same way Mickey did," said Leon and he turned to Sora. "You have to use the light within you to escape."
"How am I supposed to do that?" Sora asked exasperatedly.
"I don't know, I'm not the Keyblade Master," Leon said simply. Sora looked nervous.
"What if he can't get back?" Donald asked the question on everyone's mind.
"The darkness will consume both him and Riku and the worlds will be easy targets with no Keyblade Master. All the worlds will be doomed until a new Keyblade Master is revealed," Leon said gravely.
"Um.just out of curiosity.how long would you say it would take until a new Keyblade Master is revealed?" Sora asked nervously.
"Can't say. Could be years.decades.millenniums." Leon trailed off. Sora began to look increasingly ill. He looked to Goofy for help.
"Couldn't me or Donald go with him?" Goofy asked hopefully.
"You could try, but most likely what would happen is your heart would become trapped in the Heartless while Sora accessed Kingdom Hearts and you would be left behind in the Heartless and would be consumed," Leon told them.
Goofy looked away, dejected.
"Sora. are you sure you don't want to just.give up on Riku?" Donald said tentatively.
Sora's face hardened and his expression became serious and determined. "No! I have to save Riku! He's my friend!" he said firmly.
Leon nodded, "Well.are you ready?" Sora nodded firmly. Yuffie and Leon stretched the Heartless out as far as they could to give Sora plenty of room to dive into it.
Sora took a few steps back and ran straight in the darkness and dived. He felt the cool darkness brush his skin and felt himself falling.falling deeper.
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Riku felt the darkness entwine around his throat, cutting off his air. He thought he heard the faint scream of a girl. Maybe he was going senile.
He felt tired. Had to.rest. No! Have to FIGHT! It's over.you can't win. Did Sora ever give up, even when he lost the keyblade to his best friend? Did Kairi give up when Sora turned into a heartless? No they DIDN'T! And neither would HE!
But. so.tired.
Suddenly there was a faint, eerie whining. It became louder and shriller. Riku closed his eyes and a burst of golden light erupted out of the darkness.
Its warmth caressed his face and he felt peaceful. Riku heard someone grunting.it was Sora. Sora was fending off the darkness with his glittering keyblade and he was glowing with a pulsing light.
It was the light that helped to drive away the darkness. Sora thrust his keyblade swiftly in all directions and the darkness retreated.
Riku felt revived by the light, as if it was strengthening him but Sora appeared to be weakening. Sora fell to one knee, it seemed the effort of being here and fighting the darkness was catching up to him.
Riku ran forward to his aid and Sora smiled weakly.
"Riku." He looked around. It was as if the darkness sensed his weakness, it was closing in again.
"Where's Mickey?" Sora asked firmly, still glancing around nervously.
"Gone," Riku said simply. Sora shrugged and grabbed his arm. Riku watched as Sora began to glow brighter. The golden light that had surrounded him became white and burned Riku's hands. Riku cried out sharply in pain and alarm but didn't let go.
They fell sprawled in the green room with five anxious faces peering at them and breaking into relieved grins. Donald faltered.
"Where's King Mickey?" He asked anxiously.
"He's gone," Riku said sitting up.
"Gone?!" echoed Goofy and Donald in alarm.
Riku took a deep breath, "After Sora and Mickey locked the door to Kingdom Hearts, Mickey began to glow brighter and brighter like Sora. And just before he disappeared he said 'Riku, don't worry, your part isn't over yet,'"
Leon spoke next, "Mickey's heart was pure and untainted, so he had the power to escape the darkness in Kingdom Hearts.But what I don't get is why he didn't take you with him."
"Maybe he couldn't?" Yuffie suggested.
"Maybe," Leon said, not convinced.
Donald looked up and said hotly, "You aren't seriously questioning King Mickey's loyalties are you?!"
Leon put his hands up in a gesture of surrender, not ready to pursue the subject of Mickey's loyalties. Riku saved him from answering and changed the subject of their discussion.
"So.what do we do now?" No one spoke at first.
Leon paused, and then said, "You have to find the Door to the Light."
Sora looked up impatiently, "What about Kairi?" he asked.
"Kairi will have to wait," Yuffie finished for Leon. Sora and Riku exchanged looks that expressed their feelings about that idea.
"The Door to the Light could be the only way to defeat the Unknowns once and for all," Aerith explained. "And only you Sora, can open it."
"We defeated Ansem without it!" Sora said defiantly.
Aerith paused, "Yes, but Ansem let the darkness have his heart in exchange for the power it gave him. The darkness wouldn't consume him because he gave it what it wanted. A strong enemy force would have severely weakened him but only an incredibly strong source of light could have finished him off and the light Sora called from Kingdom Hearts did just that. The Unknowns are different. They are dark counterparts, almost shells of darkness."
Goofy looked confused, "But where do we start lookin' for that there Door to the Light?"
"There are seven Princesses of Heart and each world that each princess originates from could access the Door to the Light. One of the seven is the Master Heart. Her world has a keyhole that once accessed, will reveal the Door and only her can access it," Aerith answered.
Riku looked around at the group and felt a bit left out of things. "And what about me?" he wanted to know.
"You should go with them," Leon replied.
"But I want to find Kairi! You don't really need ME," Riku insisted.
"I'm sure Sora does too," Leon said and Sora nodded. "But they need you're strength Riku. Besides, Kairi IS one of the seven princesses, you will reach her world eventually."
"OUR world," Sora said firmly. Leon nodded.
"Well I vote we go there FIRST," Riku told them.
"I second that!" Sora said quickly.
"C'mon guys! Think about it," Yuffie said exasperatedly. "Once you go to Destiny Islands, if Kairi isn't the Master Heart then you'll probably be reluctant to leave!"
"But-," Sora began.
"Kairi will be fine. She's extremely powerful and I'm sure she can wait a bit longer for your return," Yuffie interrupted gently.
"I suppose you're right," Sora agreed glumly.
Riku let out a sigh of disbelief and stomped out, leaving Sora to feel guilty and as if he was betraying his friends.
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Hope you liked that! Chapter 4 is in development and will be called 'Welcome 2 Wonderland'. That's the first princess's world they visit!
Oh and BTW, I got a review that was anonymous called ".". U told me that the second best keychain after the Ultima was the Lionheart, not the Oblivion or the Oathkeeper. Even though I doubt you'll eva see this, I checked up on that because I thought it was wrong.
Thanx for ur review anyway, but this is what I found:
Oathkeeper: Strength is 67
Lionheart: Strength is 68
Oblivion: Strength is 69
