Concealed
By: Snakey
Chapter Two: The Gathering
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Kairi stepped outside to her door step, and the first one she saw was Riku using his wooden sword to hit the coconut trees. She thought she'd go and ask him to help her out with finding Sky's home.
"Hey! That tree's going to fall on you if you don't stop!" she yelled from behind.
"Huh?"
Right when Riku turned around, a coconut fell on his head, and he fell over.
"Oww.. You didn't purposely distract me, did you?"
"Hey, if it was meant to be, then that coconut is a part of destiny."
"What?"
"Never mind, Riku, are you doing anything important, nowadays?"
"No. Why?"
"Great!"
"You're saying wasting my time doing nothing is great?"
"No, it's just that if you're not busy, I can get you to train with Sky and I!"
"Training? For what?"
"I want to go on a journey!"
"To find Sora?"
"To find Sky's home, and maybe find Sora on the way.."
"Fine, but I'm coming with you!"
"Suit yourself!"
She finished, and jumped down onto the sand and asked Tidus to join her.
"A journey, really?"
"Hey, so you're coming or not?"
"I'm going for sure! There's nothing to do lately."
"Oh, could you tell Wakka to join too?"
"Sure, why not?"
"Thank you!"
Now all that was left was to get Selphie and train. And then she just remembered about Sky's eye. She thought she'd better not tell her, since she'd probably go to Tidus for advice, and then it'll spread.
"Hi, Selphie!"
"Oh, hi, Kairi."
She began with her request, and Selphie, who didn't want to be alone on the island, answered quickly with an 'OF COURSE!'. Now she had to tell Sky the good news. She went home and opened the door. Sky was still washing. She didn't want him to stop, so she just opened the fridge quietly and got a coconut. She wanted to go upstairs to her room with him noticing.
"If you're too quiet, I might think you're a thief and accidentally hurt you."
"Oh! You noticed!"
"Yup, so, why are you so quiet?"
"Everyone agreed to help you on our journey! I didn't want to tell you until you finished, but oh well."
"Wow, thanks Kairi."
"You're welcome! So you better clean that plate so it shines!"
"No problem, I'll even make tonight's dinner!"
"You can cook?"
"If it's easy enough, then it's alright."
"Can I invite the others?"
"Sure, why not."
"Okay, then I'll go out again."
"I'll come too, I'm done anyways."
So they went outside to tell everyone, saying that it was a "last meal before suffering from training". They were to be at Kairi's house when the sun sets. This would give them enough time to prepare.
"You sure you can cook for this many people, Sky?"
"Hey, if I can't, they'll have to eat your canned foods."
"I'm not sure they'll like it, I'll have to do some cooking too."
"Hey, relax, Kairi. I'll manage somehow."
"Okay.."
Tidus, Selphie, and Wakka, were the first guests to arrive. Then Riku came, carrying some extra plates for everyone.
"Kairi, you've got to borrow from someone else for once."
"But you've known me for the longest time, and you live closer to me."
"Don't break them this time."
"Meany."
The table was set, and all they needed now was food. Nobody ate their lunches except for Wakka, since he just finished practicing and grew hungry. They were all lying on the table, face down. How long did it take Sky to finish? Kairi wanted to check, but when she was getting close to the door, she could smell the wonderful smell of fried fish, and maybe eggs too. Sky opened the door, and it hit Kairi.
"Ow!"
"Kairi! What are you doing standing here?"
"..Um..Nothing."
"Okay, you can eat now!"
The others saw the food. It looked horrible, but it smelled great. Everyone lifted up their utensils, and started to dig in. Delicious, it was. Sky was eating, and saw the happy faces on his new friends. He smiled, glad that his friends were enjoying it. Who would have thought that such simple foods could taste so good? After eating, Kairi thought that Sora could never make a meal like this, so she threw away her analysis she made before. It was getting late, but everyone was so full that they had to stay to rest a bit from eating. Sky cleaned the table, even though it was Kairi's job. Everyone lied on Kairi's couch. But Riku sat up. He sensed something. It was darkness of some sort, but he wasn't sure who it was. Sky stopped his cleaning, and looked up to the ceiling. A black portal appeared on the white ceiling, and dark figures escaped from it. This time there were five of them. Everyone stood up, and watched as the figures landed in front of Sky. They each had swords, but one of them had chains instead.
"Who are they?" Riku asked.
"I think they're heartless." Kairi answered.
"They want to avenge their ally." Sky announced.
All five of the figures charged at Sky. Sky jumped up into the air and landed behind them. He grabbed a fork from the table, and threw it at one of the figures. The fork was broken once it touched the figure. Sky looked for more weapons, but the best thing he could see was Tidus' stick. Riku ran towards the figures and backed up Sky. Tidus and the others came along too. It was an equal match, with five against five. Kairi ran upstairs, but still watched as her friends fought. All Selphie did was throw things at the figure, Tidus distracted the figures so Wakka could hit them from behind, and Riku had his own way of fighting. Sky just stood in the middle of nowhere as the figures rushed at him, and all he did was blast them away with his barrier. There it was the glowing right eye. Kairi was so busy watching the battle, she forgot to watch herself. And right on top of her on the ceiling, a sixth figure dropped down. This caught Kairi by surprise, and she screamed and ran for her life.
"Kairi!" yelled Sky and Riku.
Sky lost his concentration, and his barrier broke. The figure used this chance, and charged at Sky with all his might. Sky was sent flying into the air, and hit the wall behind him. Riku wanted to help Sky and Kairi, but the figure wouldn't let him pass through. Tidus, Wakka, and Selphie couldn't hold them back for much longer, so they ran upstairs to protect Kairi instead. Sky recovered, and stuck out his left hand. A shining red keyhole appeared on it. He started to use his left hand to cast magic spells like fire and blizzard on the figures. But since Tidus, Wakka, and Selphie were busy protecting Kairi, the three figures they were fighting went after Sky. Sky stuck out his left hand in front of one figure, and the keyhole shot out constant fireballs at it. After that, the figure dissolved and the little bits were gathered back to the black portal. Now only five were left. Riku was knocked down by the figure, and it started towards Sky too. The four figures worked together, and attacked Sky all at once. Sky let out his barrier, and they fell to the ground. Tidus, Wakka, and Selphie finally defeated the figure that attacked Kairi by constantly hitting it with their weapons, so they went back down to support Sky and Riku. Riku tried to come after the figures, but he hit something invisible and couldn't reach them. It seems that the figures made a barrier of their own to keep him out.
"Sky, are you doing well?" Kairi asked as soon as she saw Riku hit the barrier.
"I don't think he can hear you." Riku replied.
"But.."
"He's on his own." Wakka said.
Kairi watched the figures trying to get to Sky, and one of them managed to do so. It used its magic and broke Sky's barrier, and it slashed Sky's left hand. The keyhole shatters, and now the figures could all get to him. The one with the chains threw those, and Sky was now tied up. The figures walked up to him, about to attack him so he will be forever gone. Sky stared at them in anger, and his right eye shined even brighter. He stared at them, and suddenly the figures were shot by a red strip of light that came from above. Everyone looked shocked. All he did was look, and the figures were shot. How did he do that? They didn't know. Sky ran away from the figures.
"I'm going to take the fight outside, since fighting in here might ruin the house!" he said as he ran outside.
"I'm going to fight too!" Riku yelled.
"No, you can't! Trust me!"
Riku stayed at his place in confusion, and didn't bother to run after him.
"He never said anything about not watching!" Selphie said, and ran outside.
Everyone followed her except Riku. He was still thinking about what he said. Sky was on the beach, but it was getting dark, and it would cause a disadvantage for Sky. But something wasn't quite right. Sky only hit the figures when they were going to attack, as if he was taking it slowly. When the sky was completely darkened, Kairi and the others started to worry, and then Riku came out to see the fight. Sky went over to the darkest part of the beach when he realized it was dark, and the figures followed. Kairi wasn't able to see them anymore, and neither could anyone else. After awhile, Selphie saw the red keyhole appear, and a red glow on top of it. The keyhole was brought up to the red glow, and it started to shine. This hurt Selphie's eyes, and she turned around. Kairi continues her staring, and Riku did as well. Tidus and Wakka weren't too into it, so they decided to turn around instead of causing pain to their eyes. After the light finished with the shining, there were no longer two red glows, but only one. The other one was now blue. Kairi watched the glows move around, and then she saw that one of the figures had come out of the darkness. She could only make out a bit of the figure's shape, and it was Sky. Kairi looked even closer, and saw the blue glow coming from his right eye. The red glow wasn't from his left hand though, it was something else. It wasn't from Sky's body, but something that he had been holding. The red glow moved about like an object that was attached to something else on a string. She saw it. On Sky's right hand was a key, super large key. It was a keyblade.
"So, is it over yet?" Selphie asked.
"I have no idea, Selphie." Riku replied.
The glows vanished, and then Sky runs back towards them. His lips were moving, but no one could hear what he was saying.
"Thanks, I didn't think I was going to manage." Sky said to himself.
Selphie, Tidus, and Wakka had to explain to their parents why they were so late now, and Riku just went home without a care in the world. Sky and Kairi went back inside, and started the clean-up.
"Thanks for getting rid of those guys, Sky." Kairi said.
"Hey, it's part of training, I guess." He replied.
"But Sky, I thought you said those were escaped heartless."
"Turns out they're not, but I think someone is trying to duplicate the heartless."
"And plunge the worlds into darkness, right?"
"You know more than you think you do, Kairi." He said, with a smile.
They prepared for bed once again and waited for morning. But Kairi had a dream again. It was like the one she had the day she met Sky. The darkness, the rain, and the puddles of water. She had hated this dream that caused her pain. Why? Why did she have this dream again? She did not want to remember how pathetic she was when Sora was in trouble. But then, it was because of this dream, that she could even see Sora. Kairi looked down at her feet in her dream, it was still dry. She looked back up, but she couldn't see Sora this time, but Donald and Goofy, attached to the walls by vines with thorns on it. They were unconscious, and their clothes were partially torn away. It could have been the rain or something, but she didn't care. Even if she did, what could Kairi do? Nothing, that's what, nothing but cry over their pain and suffering. She wasn't even there. This place wasn't real, and neither were this Donald and Goofy. They were all a part of a realistic dream. She went back to the place where Sora found a new keyblade, and there was Sora, lying there on the ground. 'He just another illusion, and a part of my dream' she thought to herself. But after all, it was Sora, so she couldn't leave him there. He walked up to him, wet her finger with saliva, and put it near his nose. She couldn't feel anything. He wasn't even breathing. She looked at Sora's face. He was no longer of the worlds. He was gone. 'It's not real. He's not really dead, just a part of my dream' she thought again. But she cried anyway, because it was Sora. Sora. She couldn't put it aside. If this wasn't a dream, she'd probably be so sad that she would have lost the will to live on. A flash of light shone from Sora's body, and her vision was blurred. She was awakening. She opened her eyes. She saw Sky's face right away.
"Whoa! What are you doing here?"
"You were tossing in your sleep, and you even cried." Sky said, wiping off the tear from her left eye.
"But it still doesn't give you a right to come into a girl's room. I mean, what if I was changing?"
"I don't think you'd change with your door open, Kairi."
"Well, now I need to change, so can you make breakfast?"
"Sure, and don't worry, I won't peek." He finished his announcement, and walked shut the door, laughing.
Kairi felt like throwing her pillow at him, but he escaped too quickly. It was another day, and she had to start some training. She had to find a good weapon to use, since she was the only one with no fighting skills at all. Even Selphie had a skipping rope. She started going through her closet, and began her search.
To be continued in Chapter 3..
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Snakey: Yay~! Chapter 2 up! I really should do some pictures for this Fanfiction. ^_^U Well, training is starting, and I think I'll be putting in a LOT of humour there. ^^ And thanks for reading, and please, do review! ^_^ ~Apr. 24, 03
Chapter Two: The Gathering
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Kairi stepped outside to her door step, and the first one she saw was Riku using his wooden sword to hit the coconut trees. She thought she'd go and ask him to help her out with finding Sky's home.
"Hey! That tree's going to fall on you if you don't stop!" she yelled from behind.
"Huh?"
Right when Riku turned around, a coconut fell on his head, and he fell over.
"Oww.. You didn't purposely distract me, did you?"
"Hey, if it was meant to be, then that coconut is a part of destiny."
"What?"
"Never mind, Riku, are you doing anything important, nowadays?"
"No. Why?"
"Great!"
"You're saying wasting my time doing nothing is great?"
"No, it's just that if you're not busy, I can get you to train with Sky and I!"
"Training? For what?"
"I want to go on a journey!"
"To find Sora?"
"To find Sky's home, and maybe find Sora on the way.."
"Fine, but I'm coming with you!"
"Suit yourself!"
She finished, and jumped down onto the sand and asked Tidus to join her.
"A journey, really?"
"Hey, so you're coming or not?"
"I'm going for sure! There's nothing to do lately."
"Oh, could you tell Wakka to join too?"
"Sure, why not?"
"Thank you!"
Now all that was left was to get Selphie and train. And then she just remembered about Sky's eye. She thought she'd better not tell her, since she'd probably go to Tidus for advice, and then it'll spread.
"Hi, Selphie!"
"Oh, hi, Kairi."
She began with her request, and Selphie, who didn't want to be alone on the island, answered quickly with an 'OF COURSE!'. Now she had to tell Sky the good news. She went home and opened the door. Sky was still washing. She didn't want him to stop, so she just opened the fridge quietly and got a coconut. She wanted to go upstairs to her room with him noticing.
"If you're too quiet, I might think you're a thief and accidentally hurt you."
"Oh! You noticed!"
"Yup, so, why are you so quiet?"
"Everyone agreed to help you on our journey! I didn't want to tell you until you finished, but oh well."
"Wow, thanks Kairi."
"You're welcome! So you better clean that plate so it shines!"
"No problem, I'll even make tonight's dinner!"
"You can cook?"
"If it's easy enough, then it's alright."
"Can I invite the others?"
"Sure, why not."
"Okay, then I'll go out again."
"I'll come too, I'm done anyways."
So they went outside to tell everyone, saying that it was a "last meal before suffering from training". They were to be at Kairi's house when the sun sets. This would give them enough time to prepare.
"You sure you can cook for this many people, Sky?"
"Hey, if I can't, they'll have to eat your canned foods."
"I'm not sure they'll like it, I'll have to do some cooking too."
"Hey, relax, Kairi. I'll manage somehow."
"Okay.."
Tidus, Selphie, and Wakka, were the first guests to arrive. Then Riku came, carrying some extra plates for everyone.
"Kairi, you've got to borrow from someone else for once."
"But you've known me for the longest time, and you live closer to me."
"Don't break them this time."
"Meany."
The table was set, and all they needed now was food. Nobody ate their lunches except for Wakka, since he just finished practicing and grew hungry. They were all lying on the table, face down. How long did it take Sky to finish? Kairi wanted to check, but when she was getting close to the door, she could smell the wonderful smell of fried fish, and maybe eggs too. Sky opened the door, and it hit Kairi.
"Ow!"
"Kairi! What are you doing standing here?"
"..Um..Nothing."
"Okay, you can eat now!"
The others saw the food. It looked horrible, but it smelled great. Everyone lifted up their utensils, and started to dig in. Delicious, it was. Sky was eating, and saw the happy faces on his new friends. He smiled, glad that his friends were enjoying it. Who would have thought that such simple foods could taste so good? After eating, Kairi thought that Sora could never make a meal like this, so she threw away her analysis she made before. It was getting late, but everyone was so full that they had to stay to rest a bit from eating. Sky cleaned the table, even though it was Kairi's job. Everyone lied on Kairi's couch. But Riku sat up. He sensed something. It was darkness of some sort, but he wasn't sure who it was. Sky stopped his cleaning, and looked up to the ceiling. A black portal appeared on the white ceiling, and dark figures escaped from it. This time there were five of them. Everyone stood up, and watched as the figures landed in front of Sky. They each had swords, but one of them had chains instead.
"Who are they?" Riku asked.
"I think they're heartless." Kairi answered.
"They want to avenge their ally." Sky announced.
All five of the figures charged at Sky. Sky jumped up into the air and landed behind them. He grabbed a fork from the table, and threw it at one of the figures. The fork was broken once it touched the figure. Sky looked for more weapons, but the best thing he could see was Tidus' stick. Riku ran towards the figures and backed up Sky. Tidus and the others came along too. It was an equal match, with five against five. Kairi ran upstairs, but still watched as her friends fought. All Selphie did was throw things at the figure, Tidus distracted the figures so Wakka could hit them from behind, and Riku had his own way of fighting. Sky just stood in the middle of nowhere as the figures rushed at him, and all he did was blast them away with his barrier. There it was the glowing right eye. Kairi was so busy watching the battle, she forgot to watch herself. And right on top of her on the ceiling, a sixth figure dropped down. This caught Kairi by surprise, and she screamed and ran for her life.
"Kairi!" yelled Sky and Riku.
Sky lost his concentration, and his barrier broke. The figure used this chance, and charged at Sky with all his might. Sky was sent flying into the air, and hit the wall behind him. Riku wanted to help Sky and Kairi, but the figure wouldn't let him pass through. Tidus, Wakka, and Selphie couldn't hold them back for much longer, so they ran upstairs to protect Kairi instead. Sky recovered, and stuck out his left hand. A shining red keyhole appeared on it. He started to use his left hand to cast magic spells like fire and blizzard on the figures. But since Tidus, Wakka, and Selphie were busy protecting Kairi, the three figures they were fighting went after Sky. Sky stuck out his left hand in front of one figure, and the keyhole shot out constant fireballs at it. After that, the figure dissolved and the little bits were gathered back to the black portal. Now only five were left. Riku was knocked down by the figure, and it started towards Sky too. The four figures worked together, and attacked Sky all at once. Sky let out his barrier, and they fell to the ground. Tidus, Wakka, and Selphie finally defeated the figure that attacked Kairi by constantly hitting it with their weapons, so they went back down to support Sky and Riku. Riku tried to come after the figures, but he hit something invisible and couldn't reach them. It seems that the figures made a barrier of their own to keep him out.
"Sky, are you doing well?" Kairi asked as soon as she saw Riku hit the barrier.
"I don't think he can hear you." Riku replied.
"But.."
"He's on his own." Wakka said.
Kairi watched the figures trying to get to Sky, and one of them managed to do so. It used its magic and broke Sky's barrier, and it slashed Sky's left hand. The keyhole shatters, and now the figures could all get to him. The one with the chains threw those, and Sky was now tied up. The figures walked up to him, about to attack him so he will be forever gone. Sky stared at them in anger, and his right eye shined even brighter. He stared at them, and suddenly the figures were shot by a red strip of light that came from above. Everyone looked shocked. All he did was look, and the figures were shot. How did he do that? They didn't know. Sky ran away from the figures.
"I'm going to take the fight outside, since fighting in here might ruin the house!" he said as he ran outside.
"I'm going to fight too!" Riku yelled.
"No, you can't! Trust me!"
Riku stayed at his place in confusion, and didn't bother to run after him.
"He never said anything about not watching!" Selphie said, and ran outside.
Everyone followed her except Riku. He was still thinking about what he said. Sky was on the beach, but it was getting dark, and it would cause a disadvantage for Sky. But something wasn't quite right. Sky only hit the figures when they were going to attack, as if he was taking it slowly. When the sky was completely darkened, Kairi and the others started to worry, and then Riku came out to see the fight. Sky went over to the darkest part of the beach when he realized it was dark, and the figures followed. Kairi wasn't able to see them anymore, and neither could anyone else. After awhile, Selphie saw the red keyhole appear, and a red glow on top of it. The keyhole was brought up to the red glow, and it started to shine. This hurt Selphie's eyes, and she turned around. Kairi continues her staring, and Riku did as well. Tidus and Wakka weren't too into it, so they decided to turn around instead of causing pain to their eyes. After the light finished with the shining, there were no longer two red glows, but only one. The other one was now blue. Kairi watched the glows move around, and then she saw that one of the figures had come out of the darkness. She could only make out a bit of the figure's shape, and it was Sky. Kairi looked even closer, and saw the blue glow coming from his right eye. The red glow wasn't from his left hand though, it was something else. It wasn't from Sky's body, but something that he had been holding. The red glow moved about like an object that was attached to something else on a string. She saw it. On Sky's right hand was a key, super large key. It was a keyblade.
"So, is it over yet?" Selphie asked.
"I have no idea, Selphie." Riku replied.
The glows vanished, and then Sky runs back towards them. His lips were moving, but no one could hear what he was saying.
"Thanks, I didn't think I was going to manage." Sky said to himself.
Selphie, Tidus, and Wakka had to explain to their parents why they were so late now, and Riku just went home without a care in the world. Sky and Kairi went back inside, and started the clean-up.
"Thanks for getting rid of those guys, Sky." Kairi said.
"Hey, it's part of training, I guess." He replied.
"But Sky, I thought you said those were escaped heartless."
"Turns out they're not, but I think someone is trying to duplicate the heartless."
"And plunge the worlds into darkness, right?"
"You know more than you think you do, Kairi." He said, with a smile.
They prepared for bed once again and waited for morning. But Kairi had a dream again. It was like the one she had the day she met Sky. The darkness, the rain, and the puddles of water. She had hated this dream that caused her pain. Why? Why did she have this dream again? She did not want to remember how pathetic she was when Sora was in trouble. But then, it was because of this dream, that she could even see Sora. Kairi looked down at her feet in her dream, it was still dry. She looked back up, but she couldn't see Sora this time, but Donald and Goofy, attached to the walls by vines with thorns on it. They were unconscious, and their clothes were partially torn away. It could have been the rain or something, but she didn't care. Even if she did, what could Kairi do? Nothing, that's what, nothing but cry over their pain and suffering. She wasn't even there. This place wasn't real, and neither were this Donald and Goofy. They were all a part of a realistic dream. She went back to the place where Sora found a new keyblade, and there was Sora, lying there on the ground. 'He just another illusion, and a part of my dream' she thought to herself. But after all, it was Sora, so she couldn't leave him there. He walked up to him, wet her finger with saliva, and put it near his nose. She couldn't feel anything. He wasn't even breathing. She looked at Sora's face. He was no longer of the worlds. He was gone. 'It's not real. He's not really dead, just a part of my dream' she thought again. But she cried anyway, because it was Sora. Sora. She couldn't put it aside. If this wasn't a dream, she'd probably be so sad that she would have lost the will to live on. A flash of light shone from Sora's body, and her vision was blurred. She was awakening. She opened her eyes. She saw Sky's face right away.
"Whoa! What are you doing here?"
"You were tossing in your sleep, and you even cried." Sky said, wiping off the tear from her left eye.
"But it still doesn't give you a right to come into a girl's room. I mean, what if I was changing?"
"I don't think you'd change with your door open, Kairi."
"Well, now I need to change, so can you make breakfast?"
"Sure, and don't worry, I won't peek." He finished his announcement, and walked shut the door, laughing.
Kairi felt like throwing her pillow at him, but he escaped too quickly. It was another day, and she had to start some training. She had to find a good weapon to use, since she was the only one with no fighting skills at all. Even Selphie had a skipping rope. She started going through her closet, and began her search.
To be continued in Chapter 3..
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Snakey: Yay~! Chapter 2 up! I really should do some pictures for this Fanfiction. ^_^U Well, training is starting, and I think I'll be putting in a LOT of humour there. ^^ And thanks for reading, and please, do review! ^_^ ~Apr. 24, 03