Me: Yay! Next chapter's up!

Ken: (waves flag)

Kaitsu: You better not kill me in this story…

Me: Of course not! But you will meet—gah! I better not ruin it for the readers! Oh, and before I forget, here's a reply to the reviews!

Risako- I'm glad to see you like the story. And as for the Kingdom Hearts characters… well, you'll have to read to know.

Sai-ryo Aura Feana- Don't worry, I won't let the story go to waste or be left in a corner forever…. I hope. ;

Takari: Once again… Merielle does not own Kingdom Hearts. If she did, she wouldn't waste her time of this fanfic. Now read!


Destiny's Punishment

Chapter 1—Escape

Darkness…

Silent… empty… darkness…

He was walking through an endless path. He couldn't even see where he was going. He tried shouting, but the only reply was his own echo.

"Is anyone here…?"

He looked behind him and noticed that the shadow following him was gone.

'Great. He just had to leave at the worst possible time…'

He sighed and continued walking, reminding himself to punish the shadow for leaving him alone in here. Suddenly he felt the floor give way and he found himself falling down the endless abyss. The last thing he saw was a pair of deep red eyes glare at him through the darkness…


"Hey, you guys! I think I see something!" The brunette pointed towards the shore of the island. His two friends, a red-haired girl and a silver-haired boy turned to see the figure their friend was pointing to. The girl looked out, but could only make out a huddled up figure.

"What do you think it is?"

The brunette squinted, trying to get a better look,

"It looks like a seal..."

The silver-haired boy narrowed his eyes at the figure, not at all finding this amusing,

"It's a kid…"

"What!?"

All three of them climbed down from the tree house and ran towards the figure. As they got closer, they could see a boy lying on the sand. The three teens stood around him, examining him closely.

"Wow, you were right Riku!"

The silver-haired boy looked at the brunette and smirked,

"And you thought it was a seal…"

The girl crouched down and held his wrist,

"He's just unconscious, but he has a high fever. We should get him to bed and give him some medicine." She looked towards the other two and noticed they were staring. "..What?"

"Since when have you been a doctor?" exclaimed the brunette. The red head just sighed impatiently,

"Never mind that! We have to help this boy!"

The other two nodded and they carried the boy to the brunette's house. They managed to find the bed through the complete mess the brunette called his room.

"Geez, Sora, you really need to clean your room," exclaimed the red-haired girl, stepping over what looked like a cross between last week's lunch and a dead mutated rat.

"Well, your room is worse than mine, Kairi!" said Sora, wincing as he remember the pink room of doom. Kairi glared at him.

"Just because it was pink?"

"Well… yeah, pretty much that." Sora grinned. Meanwhile, Riku had already tucked the boy into the bed and got a wet towel for his forehead. The other two began to examine the boy closely. He had white hair with black streaks, a black trench coat, black baggy pants, and a grey shirt. His face had beads of sweat on it as he breathed shallowly.

"…Do you think he's from another world?" asked Sora. He knew that nobody on the island really liked to talk about what happened a year ago, but he knew his friends wouldn't mind it. Riku shrugged,

"Who knows? He could be from any world…" It was then that he noticed the symbol on the boy's shirt. It was a heart divided in two. One side was black, while the other side was pure white. Riku narrowed his eyes, remembering a symbol that looked exactly like this one. The symbol of the Heartless.

Sora and Kairi noticed the symbol also. Kairi scooted back a bit, a hint of fear in her voice,

"Do you think he's with…?"

"Probably," said Riku, ignoring their pale looks. "We won't know until he wakes up." The three of them moved on into the living room, deciding to pass the time away with video games while waiting for the boy to wake up.

Soon the sun began setting outside, and the moonlight began shining in through the windows. The three were sitting in the living, tired of playing games. Sora was sprawled out on the couch, looking up at the ceiling,

"…What if that boy is with them?"

Riku shrugged, sitting down by the couch,

"If he is, we'll have to be prepared."

Kairi gasped, remembering the events of the past year,

"You don't think it's starting again, do you?"

The other two remained silent. The brunette looked towards the clock; it was near 11:30. He yawned tiredly,

"It's getting late. Let's get some sleep." Luckily, Sora had extra sleeping bags for Riku and Kairi. Soon the three of them were sleeping peacefully on the floor of the living room, unaware of the poor boy's nightmares in the other room.


He was running as fast as he could. It seemed as though the pathway to the door would never end. He looked behind him, running faster as the shadows chasing him began to multiply. Suddenly he saw a figure standing in front of a door. He stopped, looking at the person in surprise.

"…K-Kotoro?"

The older boy turned around, his eyes blank and his voice empty of emotion,

"Kaitsu…"

He watched in horror as his brother was being engulfed by darkness. He tried to run to him, but he couldn't move. Kotoro's eyes suddenly glowed a bright yellow instead of the peaceful blue it once been.

"It's all your fault, Kaitsu…"

Kaitsu tried to shout out to him, but no words came out of his mouth. He just stood there as the darkness completely engulfed Kotoro. He could feel the shadows surrounding himself too, until everything was in darkness. All he could see were Kotoro's piercing yellow eyes …


Sora jumped up at the sound of the thunder outside. He looked through the window and noticed it was raining. As he looked outside, he heard a voice coming from his room. He stood up and walked into his room, finding the boy tossing around in bed.

"No…" The boy mumbled in his sleep. Sora realized he was probably having a bad dream and moved closer to the bed.

"Don't…go…" he muttered. Sora watched curiously. 'I wonder what he's dreaming about.' The boy continued mumbling in his sleep, a pained expression on his face. Suddenly his arm shot up and tried to grab at Sora, and for a split-second, the boy's eyes were wide open and he was screaming. But the most frightening part was that his eyes were a bright yellow.

Sora jumped back at this and almost knocked down the lamp desk in the process. He got back up and looked at the boy. His arm was now hanging limply off of the bed, a calm expression now on his face. For a second, it seemed as though the entire thing never happened. But that one moment where Sora saw the boy's eyes…

Sora shook his head, trying to forget what had just happened. He walked back to his sleeping bag and lied down on it, closing his eyes as he listened to the sound of the rain outside before he drifted to sleep.


"Hey, get up you lazy bum!"

Sora opened his eyes and looked around with a yawn. He saw Riku and Kairi standing beside him and smiled,

"I overslept, didn't I?"

Kairi nodded as she pointed to the clock, which said 12 o' clock noon. Sora yawned and pulled the covers over him again,

"It's still early. Good night…"

"Come on, Sora, get up," said Riku pulling the blanket off Sora. Sora groaned and finally gave up his attempt to sleep.

"Fine… I'm awake."

The truth was, Sora couldn't sleep last night after what had happened. He couldn't even tell whether it was real or not. 'And those eyes…' Sora inwardly shuddered as he thought about it. 'Maybe I should tell Riku and Kairi…' But he began thinking of what might happen if he did, so he decided not to tell.

After a few minutes of Riku and Kairi pulling Sora out of bed and Sora nearly eating everything in the refrigerator, the three went to Sora's room to check on the boy. For some strange reason, Sora felt as though the atmosphere of his room dropped a few degrees.

"Is it just me, or is it really cold in here?" said Riku.

"I feel cold too," said Kairi, rubbing her hands together to stay warm. Suddenly a groan was heard from the boy.

"I think he's waking up!" whispered Kairi as the three approached the bed. Sora hesitated as he stood behind Riku and Kairi, remembering what happened last time he approached the boy.

The boy opened his eyes slowly, revealing a pair of ice blue eyes. Sora felt relieved at this. 'So it was just a dream…' The boy looked around the room for a second, then suddenly his eyes widened as he realized where he was. Before any of them could react, the boy jumped out of bed and started looking around madly. 'He's fast!' thought Sora as he stared at the now empty bed.

"W-where am I? Who are you?" He looked at the three alertly. He looked like he was on the edge of panicking.

"I'm Sora," said Sora. "And this is Riku and Kairi. And you're on Destiny Islands." The boy's eyesnarrowed slightly at this.

'Destiny Islands? But…I haven't left my home for years…' Suddenly he remembered walking through the darkness and falling through the abyss. 'That's right… I must've escaped…'

"So, what's your name?" asked Sora. The boy looked at them warily. 'Should I trust them…?' His eyes darted from Sora to Kairi and then Riku. Sora and Kairi were trustworthy, but there was something about Riku that he didn't like. Finally, the boy decided that he could trust them. 'After all… what's the worst that could happen?' He smiled,

"My name's Kaitsu."


Me: well? What do you think? Hehe, Kaitsu meets the Kingdom Hearts characters! I bet you're wondering about that "Kaitsu-screaming-and-glowy-eye" thing.

Kaitsu: you twisted little person…

Me: oh, stop being so negative! You'll have a good time on Destiny Islands …that is, until the evil chaos begins… (grin)

Kaitsu: oh dear…

Me: hehehe… Anywho, read and review!

Merielle