First of all, I have to thank Kuja, a friend from for the whole idea for this fic.

( I wish i knew your name so I could feel like i was actually giving you better credit)

He mentioned a theory one day, and I liked so much i decided it would make a really

cool fanfiction story.

DISCLAIMER: I dont own Kingdom Hearts, the characters, or any of that...

that all belongs to Disney and Square.

Chapter One: The Awakening

"Don't you die on me, Kuja!" were the last words from the living realm to cross his ears before

he slipped into the dark chasm of death. He had at one time called himself the angel of death, and

believed that only in death could bring the end of the suffering of living. He had come to find that for

him, death would be the beginning of a greater suffering and unending torture. Voices from the dark

abyss called out his name, taunted him, named him a traitor to his blood, to his brother. He had

betrayed Zidane in life, and it would haunt him forever in the nightmare of death. His limbs were weak

from clawing at invisible walls that existed at one moment, but often not at the next. He cried aloud in

his unweilding suffering, willed himself to believe this was all just a dream. Holding on to this little

glimmer of what could have been either hope or insanity, Kuja summoned his little strengthed and

tried to force himself to awaken from his eternal nightmare...

...and he did.

He awoke in another time and darkness, but there was a calmer, more serene and more

mysterious feel to this one. Beautiful color-stained lights glowed underneith his fatigued feet,

enveloping him in their vibrance, calming his heavy breathing like a mother's touch to her child

just woken from terrible dreams. "What is this place...am I..."

Yes...you are alive. Welcome to your awakening.

"Awakening? How can this be? How am i" He could barely stammer out the

word "...alive?"

You have been given a second chance, to gain your redemption...

Kuja lifted his head up toward the disembodied voice that hung above him in an utter state of not

much more that mere confustion. "Redemption?" Was all he could choke out.

Your betrayal has doomed you to suffering. Find your brother...gain his forgiveness...and it will

all end... Your journey will not be an easy one for Gaia itself was destroyed two years ago, in the fifth

her majesty Queen Garnet's reign. I see the question in your eyes...indeed...you have been dead for

five years and no more.

Kuja paniced in disbeleif. "Destroyed?! By who? It could not have been Garland. I watched him

die with my own eyes!

The soulless shadows...no more questions, your time here draws to a close...soon you will wake

completely.

A shaft of pure, untainted light, blinding to his unadjusted eyes, poured from above.

You have not yet fully recovered your strength, fighting would not be wise...this is where she will

be of aid.

A cloak, sleek and ebony in color appeared from the flow of light. Kuja pulled on the coat of a

fabric he could not name and passed his pale fingers over the silver chains that hung about his

neck and over his shoulders. Nervous about what was to come, he pulled the large hood up over

his long platinum hair, letting its shadow fall over part of his face. "I'm ready..."

Farewell...Keep to the light, Kuja. It is difficult to find what you seek in the darkness...

The light engulfed the trembling figure as fire does smoldering ash...

...and he was gone...

So? what do you think? The chapters will get longer, i promise. Leave me a review? Please?