7 of the Heart
By: Firagamaster
Narrated by: Kuro Suzaku
Disclaimer: I don't own any of SquareEnix's stuff, or Firagamaster's stuff
Note: This chapter is how I, Kuro Suzaku, came to the strange world that many others also fell into. Stuff in "2 quotations" are speech, stuff in '1 quotation' are thoughts.
This o…o is used for the passing by of time.
o…o
Kuro's Chapter: The Black Night Stars
It was just a typical dark rainy day at my boring lonesome dwelling I like to call home. Who knew such vast realms lay beyond my grey gloomy son of school days… I sure wasn't expecting anything else other than homework and tests for the rest of my life. Hey, on the bright side, I do well in school and actually do my homework and force myself to study, unlike a certain friend of mine, Kiako, who just happens to be sitting beside me at the fire in Zanarkand Ruins.
The wandering flames flickered about in a never ending dance. Fire is a symbol of life and a cause of death. And the master of fire would be the Phoenix, whose existence represents the belief of Life after Death and the Eternal Circle of all. This is who I am. So listen to my story…
Actually, you know what? I don't really care if you listen or not since I'm very famous for being ignored…
HEY ARE YOU EVEN LISTENING TO ME!
o…o
Mindlessly sorting through my thoughts on what happened at school in preparation for an exam I had next week is what I do best. It's not like I enjoy studying, it's a matter of being me forced into it in order to achieve high standards or else…
-Dingdong!---
'Who in their right mind would--' I shouted in my mind but was then interrupted with more door bell rings.
-Dingdong!--- -Dingdong!--- -Dingdong!---
"Get the damn door!" my brother yelled still studying his head off.
"Dammit, you're closer! Geez…" I retorted.
I stomped angrily to the door and opened it.
"Hello, how may I help you?" I said to the black cloaked man trying to keep a nice smile and keep myself from exploding as I heard the crack of thunder.
"Package," he said bluntly and handed me something. It was labeled: To Kuro Suzaku. From Nobody
"Hmm?" I looked at the package and then to the man, but he seemed to have just vanished. "… Okay…"
Turning towards the stairs, I glanced at my brother and saw him sleeping. I shook my head and walked to my computer in the basement. I set down the package and opened it carefully. As violent as my temper is, I do have a softer side… I just never show it. Anyways, back to the package, I found a PS2-like case with a disc inside. I read the front.
'Final Fantasy Online'
Who in their right mind would go through all the trouble just to send me an online game? Online games usually costs money to play… But when I looked at the label again, I swear those words just appeared there…
'Play for free.'
Well if it's free… I guess I should play. Besides, games are cool and I have nothing to do. I proceeded to create my own character.
Name: Kuro Suzaku
Age: 13
Class: Black Mage
Hair: Long, dark brown, tied loosely at the back.
Eyes: Dark brown, red when casting magic or really angry.
Clothing: Dark blue, dark purple, dark red, black.
Black mage is the class for me, high in telligence and awesome magic to blast my opponents and (cough) annoying friends (cough). After inputting that info some other window appeared on my monitor.
Starting Stats
Level: 1
Next: 10 Exp
Atk: 1 Def: 1
Agi: 3 Hit: 1
Int: 10 M Def: 4
Equipment
Weapon: Staff (1 Atk, 1Hit, 10 Int)
Shield: Magic Guard (1 Def, 2 M Def)
Armor: Robe (3 Agi, 2 M Def)
OK?
I hit the ok button. All the FF knowledge I have should really come in handy. Waiting for the next screen to load I went to get a drink of water and a little snack. I came back and things were starting to glitch up. Damn crappy ancient computer! Meanwhile I reviewed on my FF games knowledge I've played thus far.
After impatient minutes of waiting, I tried moving the mouse around. Nothing. I tried ctrl, alt, delete to try and close the program. Nothing. I even tried to shut off the computer manually by pressing the button. Nothing. Still the same freaking screen! I even went as far as to pull the plug out! But the computer was still on!
"What the heck! Turn off dammit!" I shouted out loud kicking the stupid machine.
Suddenly the corner of my screen was blacking out as if it were being eaten or burnt out! I turned around to attempt to get my brother but it was also 'blacking out'! The floor had disappeared and I fell through the infinite darkness. Lesson learned, never accept a package from some weird guy!
o…o
I awoke in… a pitch black place. A light was shining somewhere like some spot light. There were cards lying on the floor, not just any cards, those from KH Chain of Memories! One had a staff symbol on it. I picked it up and it instantly disappeared into shining dust and then surrounded me. Suddenly I was wearing Black Mage clothing; a staff and guard were lying on the floor. Putting on the guard, I picked up my staff and hung it on my back like a sword and then picked up the other cards which had pictures of magic symbols like fire, thunder, and such. Each were colour coded, red probably meant attack since there was a staff on it, green was most likely magic with all those elemental symbols on them, and I had one blue card depicting a picture of Red XIII. Immediately I sorted them into groups, all Fire cards go here, all Blizzard cards here, Water here, and Thunder here, and put them into pockets on my belt that were just the right size. How convenient…
I sighed and thought, 'Where do I go from here…?' The light surrounding me enlarged until I could see trees. Seems I was in a forest. It was about as rainy as it was at my house, but it wasn't a storm.
"ROOAARRR!"
MAN! This was just NOT my day! I got up and darted the heck outta there! The giant monster who bellowed furiously ran on all fours rapidly barely missing its bites! There was no way I could run any longer like this! I screeched to a stop and prepared for battle. My opponent, Chimera!
'Alright,' I thought, 'I'm a black mage. So that means I can use magic. HOW DO I USE MAGIC!'
"Uh... Blizzard?" I held up my staff and nothing happened. So I tried to slash at it, but nothing was hurting it! I ended up getting kicked back into some trees. 'Oh that's right, those cards!' I pulled out a Thunder card. 'This had better work!'
The card fused with my staff and the tip glowed. "Thunder!"
It struck the horn which caused it to fall down. 'Chimera's horn in KH was its weak point, I gotta strike it again!'
"Blazing vigour of light, heed my call and strike forth," I took out three Thunder cards as the Chimera slowly stood up, "THUNDAGA!"
It roared in tremendously and disappeared into black dust clouds. I dropped to my feet exhausted. The battle was over. That wasn't as hard as I thought it would be. I continued onwards deeper into this strange forest.
"Seven…" echoed a distant voice.
'Huh?' I thought. 'Did I hear something?'
"Seven hearts…" said the mysterious voice, louder this time so I could hear.
Twirling to where the voice was emitting from, I caught sight of a tall man in a black trench coat.
"Who are you?" I asked him quietly. He looked familiar… A thought flashed in my mind of that man who gave me the FF Online game.
"You have learned how to use the cards faster than I suspected, and on your own as well," he said.
"Answer my question, who are you?" I asked again.
"People who live their lives only to die… Heartless ones seek to steal those lives… I am but neither," he answered in a riddle. "I am a non-existent one…"
"How can you not exist when you are standing right in front of me?" I said confused by the defiance of logic to what he just said.
"That is for you to find out on your own. Until next we meet," he said vanishing into a black portal.
Well, if this really was Final Fantasy, the first thing I'd do is level up or find an inn. As if on queue, I caught a glimpse of a nearby town. As I traversed closer, the town became clearer. This was Traverse Town from Kingdom Hearts. Hey wait, I thought this was Final Fantasy? Some holes appeared on the ground. It looked like a reflection of the sky with all those little yellow stars glimmering inside.
Many black creatures with glowing golden eyes and two antennae started to take form and I instantly recognized them. They were Heartless Shadows! I prepared 15 cards into my weapon and calculated how many blows I should give per Shadow which was 3. My plan executed perfectly and I proceeded to the front gates of Traverse Town. More and more hordes of Heartless were appearing throughout the first district.
o…o
I was completely exhausted after thoroughly clearing out the first district at hyper speed to save all those stupid people who didn't know what a shelter was if they were in one! One final Heartless was standing before the practically dead me holding its claw out ready to feed on its prey. Out of cards and too tired to recharge my deck, I accepted my fate… That momentous sound wasn't of my death, but the Heartless's. Mustering the last bit of my strength to identify my saviour, I fell unconscious.
o…o
To think I was only playing a stupid game that some stupid man who stupidly gave to the stupid me, I never expected something like this to happen. I found myself in a foreign room lying on a bed. Getting up I finally realized who saved me…
"It seems you are awake. I'm Auron," he said.
"My name is Kuro, thank you for saving me," I said bowing.
"I think we should be thanking you for clearing out the Heartless. The doors have been sealed so no more of them can enter the first district. This doesn't mean that the other districts are safe."
"We?"
"There are others whom I'm acquainted with, they should be arriving soon."
Just then, the door swung open. I instantly recognized the orange cat that seemed very out of place.
"Oh, hi baka," I said simply.
"SEPHIROTH!" was the first word that came out of her mouth. I could not believe Kiako was here as well. But considering the many other things that she has done that almost resulted in her death, I wasn't surprised. Kiako ran up and tried to hug me but I dodged and threw her across the room.
We talked for a long while about the Heartless and crap. It seemed an Opposite Armour was in the second district and we had to get rid of it. The final blow was given by Kiako when she used her dark card and turned into some weird giant ugly cat thing er something. After the battle, she was shaking like heck, so I tried to calm her down. These dark cards seemed very interesting; I'd love to get a chance to try one of those. Heheheh…
o…o
After buying some supplies, Kiako and I exited Traverse Town and arrived at the forest I was in when I first got to this messed up world. We found a young man laying amongst the forest floor.
"Excuse me, I believe you are in our way, sir," I said politely.
"Huh? Oh well ladies what's up? I'm…" before he could finish his sentence I interrupted him.
"In our way! Now please step aside…" replying with more anger. Usually I'm polite with new people, but it seems that this guy doesn't really deserve my nice side. I can tell how a person is like just by listening to the first words they say or things they do. Plus I'm still trying to cool off from that recent battle. It ended up that he was also lost in this strange fantasy that seemed to always surprise me more. I let him join our little party to try and find a way back home, we needed a little more intelligent physical fighter on this team.
Me? I'm just a regular Jr. High school student who has a heck of a temper that somehow found her way to this confounded world. A lonely thirteen year old who is about to turn fourteen is travelling with a keyblade master and a cat who couldn't find Aeris's house to find our way home… What the heck did I get myself into? I finished my thoughts just as everyone said that we were leaving. Will I ever return to the real world? I looked up to the sky. The black night was filled with ominous scintillate stars.