Crystal Tears
By: Kietah-chan (I changed it)
A/N: Konichiwa, everybody! OK, some things in this chappie may not be too accurate . . .^_^ I had to make it fit somehow . . .*everyone sweatdrop* sorry . . .Some of the scenes may not be in too much detail either, or seem to happen rather fast-because of my length. Well, under popular demand, here's chappie 4! Thanks reviewers! ^_~
Ch.1: Sapphire Oceans
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The world seemed still. It was at that moment as if somebody had grabbed hold of the earth and held it from rotating. Not a breeze was blowing, not a sound in the air. The ocean seemed to have gotten whim of the sudden stillness and slowed the waves down. The usual cry of a lonely seagull could not have been heard in this moment of stillness. But somebody was breaking the silence in this odd scene.
Kairi trudged on forward through the sand to nowhere in particular at all. Her cheeks were soaked wet from tears, but she held her head high. She just kept her crystal eyes set forward upon the sand-covered beach, staring intently at whatever came her way.
She had left her imprisonment at the hospital late last night. Kairi had woken up, finding she was somehow back in her hospital bed, tucked in and everything. She concluded to herself that Riku must have brought her back inside. At the thought of Riku, she remembered all what he had said and had done to her last night, and clenched her fists in fury. She had arisen from the bed and changed out of her hospital gown back into her clothes from the day before. Then, leaving a quick good bye note to Riku and tucking it into the corner of the picture frame, she tied her bedsheets into knots and climbed over the balcony to freedom. She had to prove Riku wrong. She knew Sora was alive, and that she had to save him. Why couldn't Riku understand or believe that?
Kairi continued stomping through the white, hot sand in her black flip- flops, seething with anger. She had no idea where she was going, but she ended up facing the entrance to the cave of her childhood.
She gazed at the curtain of ivy hanging down in front of the entrance, concealing the secrets they used to hide. Taking a deep breath, Kairi reached forward and pushed aside the ivy curtain and took a step inside.
The inside of the passageway to the cave was cool in contrast to the rising temperatures outside, causing goosebumps to rise on Kairi's arms and legs. She hugged herself tightly, though, and continued down the passageway, her footsteps echoing off the stony walls. Kairi let out a little shudder from the chilling temperatures and started walking a little faster down the tunnel.
Not much long after starting down the stone walled passageway, did she finally come to the more spacious heart of the secret cave. The little bit of sunlight peeping through the high stone ceiling illuminated the dim spot. Drawings of her earlier years, along with a few of Riku and Sora's, were scribbled onto the stone, slightly faded from age. It was so many years ago; long before any of this hell that was now occurring in everyone's lives. 'I wish things were back to the way they were . . .'
Kairi stood in the center of the cave in the morning sun, staring at the poorly drawn picture of Sora and the poapu fruit through tear-filled eyes. She blinked her shining eyes and let a tear run down her already wet cheek as happy memories filled her mind.
She shakily reached out her hand and lightly grazed her frail fingertips over Sora's drawn on face. Her knees started to buckle under her suffocating sadness and sorrow and she dropped to the dirt floor on her knees below the drawing. Kairi tilted her face upward to face the drawing and let another hot tear slide down her face. Kairi slowly turned around in her position so her back was pressed against the stone wall.
She sat there for quite a while, her bare knees pulled tight close to her shaking body, breathing silently. Kairi closed her wet eyes and sat in silence.
Beneath her body, the ground of the cave started to shake; mild at first, but then it grew more violent until the cave was rumbling as if an earthquake just passed by. Kairi's eyelids snapped wide open from this sudden interruption of stillness. Her frantic face searched around the cave for the source, but couldn't see the cause. She quickly rose to her feet, but when she did, the ground beneath her gave through and she fell through a dark, gaping hole.
"What the-?!" Kairi yelled as she fell downwards. She was falling quickly, nothing but darkness zipping by her. Kairi flailed her arms and legs around for something grab onto, but nothing was there. The drop never seemed to have an end, because there wasn't one. But then the next thing she knew, she landed with an echoing thud on a solid surface.
She looked down, but didn't see what she landed on; it was black, like everything else in this odd place. So many thoughts were zipping through the young woman's mind at this point.
"Where am I? What is this place?" she asked aloud into the darkness, her squeaky, frightened voice echoing mysteriously. Kairi slowly got to her feet, rubbing her lower back gingerly, and gazed around thoughtfully.
She turned around and found herself staring up at the huge white doors to Kingdom Hearts; just like in her blackout from earlier. The confused but excited teen let out a gasp as she saw that one of the doors was open on the right slightly.
Kairi cautiously stepped towards the doors, stretching her neck out to see what was behind the crack. She slowly approached the gigantic doors and saw what she had always feared and longed for seeing.
The place behind the doors was completely dark; nothing in particular could be visible. Kairi took a deep breath, and squeezed through the tiny door opening into the place of the Heartless-Kingdom Hearts . . .
*~*~*
The mysterious land behind the doors was surrounded in suffocating darkness; it seemed as if there was no air to breathe. Just . . .darkness.
Kairi slowly and cautiously walked along through the dark place, squinting around to see the slightest shape or form. A cold shiver ran down her spine, causing her to shudder violently, and she immediately started to regret coming there in the first place. She was just about to turn around, and leave this creepy place, when finally, something caught her eye.
It was some kind of form lying on the "ground", looking unconscious. The figure was quite tall, but no details could be determined from Kairi's distance and the darkness.
Part of Kairi's mind was telling her to leave, and that the figure was dangerous. The other half was very curious and was telling her to just check it out. Before long, the curious half of her got the better of her, and she stepped towards the form. When she was close enough, she realized it was a body of a young man in the early 20's. Kairi was now standing over the person, when something suddenly hit her.
"S-Sora . . ." she stammered, now looking down on him in awe.
It was Sora. He looked more mature than what he did when he was 18 years old. His body was more toned and he looked extremely handsome (A/N: ahem- HOT!!!). Sora still wore the chain around his neck with the Kingdom Hearts logo; just like when he was 14 years old. But still, Sora seemed exactly the same; like he never changed. Sora's eyes were closed as if he was sleeping, and he looked utterly relaxed.
Kairi immediately dropped to her knees with a soft thud beside her long- lost love. Her senses seemed to have gone numb, almost like her whole body and mind weren't believing anything that was occurring. Slowly, Kairi reached out in front of her, and lightly touched his arm, just to see if this was real. It was, and her mind gave in.
She wrapped her arms around his body, cradling him to her chest. She whispered prayers into his ear, hoping he wasn't dead. When there was no response, she began to grow more frantic.
"Please . . .please be alive . . .wake up . . ." she said quietly to the lifeless body. She could feel her eyes well up with more tears as she stared down into his cold face.
"I've come this far, don't give up on me . . .please wake up!" Kairi said more urgently to him. She cradled him closer and rocked him back and forth like a child, resting her head onto his shoulder.
One single tear slipped out from her crystal eyes and slid down her ivory face. She had her face tilted down in defeat, but a soft, cold finger touched her face.
Kairi looked up and saw that Sora's eyes were slightly opened and he had his hand reached out in front of her face. His index finger lightly wiped away the lingering tear on Kairi's face. Sora then cracked a weary smile up to Kairi.
"I kept my promise, and you kept yours . . ." he whispered to Kairi, still smiling.
Kairi then did something she hadn't done for 4 years-she smiled.
*~*~*
A/N: Sorry about how boring and long that probably was . . .*sweatdrop* I got a little carried away. ^_^ *everyone sweatdrop* sorry! Well, thanks for the reviews and I'm sorry it took me so long to update! ^_^ *walks away grumbling something about stupid writer's block*
Sora: Well . . .I guess since Kietah-chan is off doing that . . .i'll do the finishing honors! Please R&R!!! ^_~
By: Kietah-chan (I changed it)
A/N: Konichiwa, everybody! OK, some things in this chappie may not be too accurate . . .^_^ I had to make it fit somehow . . .*everyone sweatdrop* sorry . . .Some of the scenes may not be in too much detail either, or seem to happen rather fast-because of my length. Well, under popular demand, here's chappie 4! Thanks reviewers! ^_~
Ch.1: Sapphire Oceans
*~*~*
The world seemed still. It was at that moment as if somebody had grabbed hold of the earth and held it from rotating. Not a breeze was blowing, not a sound in the air. The ocean seemed to have gotten whim of the sudden stillness and slowed the waves down. The usual cry of a lonely seagull could not have been heard in this moment of stillness. But somebody was breaking the silence in this odd scene.
Kairi trudged on forward through the sand to nowhere in particular at all. Her cheeks were soaked wet from tears, but she held her head high. She just kept her crystal eyes set forward upon the sand-covered beach, staring intently at whatever came her way.
She had left her imprisonment at the hospital late last night. Kairi had woken up, finding she was somehow back in her hospital bed, tucked in and everything. She concluded to herself that Riku must have brought her back inside. At the thought of Riku, she remembered all what he had said and had done to her last night, and clenched her fists in fury. She had arisen from the bed and changed out of her hospital gown back into her clothes from the day before. Then, leaving a quick good bye note to Riku and tucking it into the corner of the picture frame, she tied her bedsheets into knots and climbed over the balcony to freedom. She had to prove Riku wrong. She knew Sora was alive, and that she had to save him. Why couldn't Riku understand or believe that?
Kairi continued stomping through the white, hot sand in her black flip- flops, seething with anger. She had no idea where she was going, but she ended up facing the entrance to the cave of her childhood.
She gazed at the curtain of ivy hanging down in front of the entrance, concealing the secrets they used to hide. Taking a deep breath, Kairi reached forward and pushed aside the ivy curtain and took a step inside.
The inside of the passageway to the cave was cool in contrast to the rising temperatures outside, causing goosebumps to rise on Kairi's arms and legs. She hugged herself tightly, though, and continued down the passageway, her footsteps echoing off the stony walls. Kairi let out a little shudder from the chilling temperatures and started walking a little faster down the tunnel.
Not much long after starting down the stone walled passageway, did she finally come to the more spacious heart of the secret cave. The little bit of sunlight peeping through the high stone ceiling illuminated the dim spot. Drawings of her earlier years, along with a few of Riku and Sora's, were scribbled onto the stone, slightly faded from age. It was so many years ago; long before any of this hell that was now occurring in everyone's lives. 'I wish things were back to the way they were . . .'
Kairi stood in the center of the cave in the morning sun, staring at the poorly drawn picture of Sora and the poapu fruit through tear-filled eyes. She blinked her shining eyes and let a tear run down her already wet cheek as happy memories filled her mind.
She shakily reached out her hand and lightly grazed her frail fingertips over Sora's drawn on face. Her knees started to buckle under her suffocating sadness and sorrow and she dropped to the dirt floor on her knees below the drawing. Kairi tilted her face upward to face the drawing and let another hot tear slide down her face. Kairi slowly turned around in her position so her back was pressed against the stone wall.
She sat there for quite a while, her bare knees pulled tight close to her shaking body, breathing silently. Kairi closed her wet eyes and sat in silence.
Beneath her body, the ground of the cave started to shake; mild at first, but then it grew more violent until the cave was rumbling as if an earthquake just passed by. Kairi's eyelids snapped wide open from this sudden interruption of stillness. Her frantic face searched around the cave for the source, but couldn't see the cause. She quickly rose to her feet, but when she did, the ground beneath her gave through and she fell through a dark, gaping hole.
"What the-?!" Kairi yelled as she fell downwards. She was falling quickly, nothing but darkness zipping by her. Kairi flailed her arms and legs around for something grab onto, but nothing was there. The drop never seemed to have an end, because there wasn't one. But then the next thing she knew, she landed with an echoing thud on a solid surface.
She looked down, but didn't see what she landed on; it was black, like everything else in this odd place. So many thoughts were zipping through the young woman's mind at this point.
"Where am I? What is this place?" she asked aloud into the darkness, her squeaky, frightened voice echoing mysteriously. Kairi slowly got to her feet, rubbing her lower back gingerly, and gazed around thoughtfully.
She turned around and found herself staring up at the huge white doors to Kingdom Hearts; just like in her blackout from earlier. The confused but excited teen let out a gasp as she saw that one of the doors was open on the right slightly.
Kairi cautiously stepped towards the doors, stretching her neck out to see what was behind the crack. She slowly approached the gigantic doors and saw what she had always feared and longed for seeing.
The place behind the doors was completely dark; nothing in particular could be visible. Kairi took a deep breath, and squeezed through the tiny door opening into the place of the Heartless-Kingdom Hearts . . .
*~*~*
The mysterious land behind the doors was surrounded in suffocating darkness; it seemed as if there was no air to breathe. Just . . .darkness.
Kairi slowly and cautiously walked along through the dark place, squinting around to see the slightest shape or form. A cold shiver ran down her spine, causing her to shudder violently, and she immediately started to regret coming there in the first place. She was just about to turn around, and leave this creepy place, when finally, something caught her eye.
It was some kind of form lying on the "ground", looking unconscious. The figure was quite tall, but no details could be determined from Kairi's distance and the darkness.
Part of Kairi's mind was telling her to leave, and that the figure was dangerous. The other half was very curious and was telling her to just check it out. Before long, the curious half of her got the better of her, and she stepped towards the form. When she was close enough, she realized it was a body of a young man in the early 20's. Kairi was now standing over the person, when something suddenly hit her.
"S-Sora . . ." she stammered, now looking down on him in awe.
It was Sora. He looked more mature than what he did when he was 18 years old. His body was more toned and he looked extremely handsome (A/N: ahem- HOT!!!). Sora still wore the chain around his neck with the Kingdom Hearts logo; just like when he was 14 years old. But still, Sora seemed exactly the same; like he never changed. Sora's eyes were closed as if he was sleeping, and he looked utterly relaxed.
Kairi immediately dropped to her knees with a soft thud beside her long- lost love. Her senses seemed to have gone numb, almost like her whole body and mind weren't believing anything that was occurring. Slowly, Kairi reached out in front of her, and lightly touched his arm, just to see if this was real. It was, and her mind gave in.
She wrapped her arms around his body, cradling him to her chest. She whispered prayers into his ear, hoping he wasn't dead. When there was no response, she began to grow more frantic.
"Please . . .please be alive . . .wake up . . ." she said quietly to the lifeless body. She could feel her eyes well up with more tears as she stared down into his cold face.
"I've come this far, don't give up on me . . .please wake up!" Kairi said more urgently to him. She cradled him closer and rocked him back and forth like a child, resting her head onto his shoulder.
One single tear slipped out from her crystal eyes and slid down her ivory face. She had her face tilted down in defeat, but a soft, cold finger touched her face.
Kairi looked up and saw that Sora's eyes were slightly opened and he had his hand reached out in front of her face. His index finger lightly wiped away the lingering tear on Kairi's face. Sora then cracked a weary smile up to Kairi.
"I kept my promise, and you kept yours . . ." he whispered to Kairi, still smiling.
Kairi then did something she hadn't done for 4 years-she smiled.
*~*~*
A/N: Sorry about how boring and long that probably was . . .*sweatdrop* I got a little carried away. ^_^ *everyone sweatdrop* sorry! Well, thanks for the reviews and I'm sorry it took me so long to update! ^_^ *walks away grumbling something about stupid writer's block*
Sora: Well . . .I guess since Kietah-chan is off doing that . . .i'll do the finishing honors! Please R&R!!! ^_~