Broken Rainbow
By:Digitaldreamer
Chapter one:Memories
Version 0.2
Right, here we are! Chapter One of my crappy sequel. However, this particular chapter one isn't NEARLY as bad os the original, so now, after revising it, hopefully I can look upon that review number and feel I actually deserve all of them. Yeah......
Not much else to say...um...here's the review answer things!
Celtic Guardian
Hee hee, thanks Here, you gets....A ten pound bag of sugar cubes
Cloud-123
Hee hee, your name is so cool!Lookie, I updated!You gets a leftover chocolate egg from easter!
windflame
Have I mentioned how much I love your name? Its soooo cool!! Heh, anyways, Chocolate bar for you
princessswifty
HA YES!!LETS KILL FF.NET MORE OFTEN!BWA HA HA HA HA HA!!Heh, yes poor Yugihuggles Yugi Hee hee, here ya go, a bow of Nerds for you
Billy Bob Joe
A chicken eh? Well...uh....Leon recently had a break down and burned down the chicken coop, as soon as Sora catches one of run aways we'll get it to ya!
( Sora is chasing a chicken in background screaming "COME BACK HERE!!!!!")
--Well, until we get your chicken, here!hands you a turkeyTHANKS FOR YOUR AWESOME REVIEW!!
snakey
Hee hee, ice cream for you
black-magician-girl
Nope, I never stop with Sora :P Anyways, chocolate for you!
crystal-chan
Ah yes...gotta love the angst....HA HA HA HA HA I LOVE THAT FIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ok, I think this is longer...anyways, Pixi stix for you!
shadow-of-hearts
Tsk tsk...It's JOUNOUCHI!!Curse you for not using proper japanese names!!
ha ha ha ha RIKU!
Anyways, Giant box of nerds fer you!!!
Right-o, Fic time!
(Suggested listening music, Hymn of the Fayth, any version)
The dream came again, like it always did. Every night it was the same, segments added here and there. But for the most part, nothing ever changed......
"He........lp...."
Falling. He was falling, falling into the abyss of the purest black. He was always falling it seemed, further and further, stuck in a never ending spiral. The darkness pressed around him, threatening to crush him with it's cold, squeezing him with claws of ice. Sapphire eyes stared hollowly into the ever growing abyss below, never blinking.
"Help....."
Seven orbs orbited around him, small bodies of gentle light, pulsing and providing his only means of sight. Bloody crimson drifted by, a blazing orange, a cool, calming emerald, then a joyful soothing orb of sapphire, then shimmering silver, then deep cool midnight blue, followed lastly by an orb of amethyst. These orbs swirled around him, whispering in voices, singing in an unknown language, a song forgotten by time.
"Help...........me..."
And still the one voice rang, coming from the abyss that beckoned, drawing ever closer. The abyss that reached up, welcoming him with icy gales of pain, misery, and death. And despite his efforts to to flee, he could not, as if he was drawn to this icy cold by some force.
"Help me......Help me......" The voice pleaded, sobs coming between it's pathetic cries.
He looked down into the abyss, into the face of the darkness that threatened to consume him. He should have been scared, he should have been worried. But none of these thoughts plagued him, instead he was filled with a sense of curiosity. What lay beyond the depth's of the abyss? What lay beyond?
"Help me..........help me.........help me........"
Unconsciously, he reached out his gloved hand towards the dark, towards the icy cold. "I'm coming." He tired to say, but his voice was lost within the dark.
And then the cold came, so cold it burned, stinging like a million knives. He cried out in pain and thrashed wildly in the dark, eyes squeezed shut in pain and arms and legs flailing wildly. A cold deep chuckle echoed through the dark.
And still the voice pleaded, still it sobbed. "Help me...help me.........help me..."
(Suggested listening music....ummm......Eternity from FFX-2)
The sunrise rose over the ocean. The sea lapped gently and relentlessly against the sugar white beaches of destiny island. The salt tinged morning mist blew in the air. For once Destiny Island did not ring with the sound of teenage laughter, or the sound of playful sparring. For once,all was quiet. The paupu tree's blew in the wind. And on top of a newly made cliff on Destiny Island, at the very point, a boy sat.
He was about 16, with spiky chestnut brown hair that seemed to defy gravity without the use of gel. His Sapphire eyes seemed to glow from inside with some kind of alien light, and that light seemed to light up his entire face, or maybe it was his smile that seemed to light the island with joy. He wore a red t-shirt, a jean jacket with cotton white sleeves, and baggy black jeans. A chain hung from two belt loops on the jeans the chain in the form of crowns. On his hands he wore white finger-less gloves, with metal circles on top. Around his neck he wore a dog tag with the words "Keyblade Master 16" engraved upon it, along with the same crown symbol. Also he wore a chain, and hanging from that chain, was a crystal of all colors, that seemed to glow as bright as the boy's smile. The crystal was in the shape of a Starburst. The boy seemed like a normal teenaged islander just enjoying the sunrise, if it weren't for the fact that two rainbow, glittering wings were folded upon his back.
"Two years...."The boy murmured to himself, fingering the Crystal in his palm, wincing slightly when one of the stars points dug into his glove. That glove hid deep scars on his wrists. His clothes hid many scars upon his well built frame. The boy closed his eyes, remembering.
Two years ago today. He thought to himself. Two years since his enemies from that adventure so long ago had been revived by the devil himself. Two years ago today since his friends were used as bait, the only way to free them had been to submit himself. Two years ago today that he'd screamed in pain as he was put through torture upon unspeakable torture. Two years ago today that he had remained defiant, even when it came to his death as the price to save his friends from the same fate. Two years ago that he had been revived to become the embodiment of every living being, the embodiment of light within every heart, gained the power to control every element, and the very strands of reality with a mere wave of his hand. Two years ago today that he had become the Essance of Heart. Two years ago today that The former Essance Gaia had betrayed him, and had helped Lucifer break him. Two years ago today that he had killed each of his friends, erased hem from the fabrics of reality with a cold smirk, under Lucifer's control. Two years ago today that he made the ultimate sacrifice to save them.One year ago today that he'd returned. It had been two long, painful years. And he still wasn't ok.
The wind ruffled the boys hair as he watched the sunrise. It was perfect flying whether. The boy smiled slightly and spread his shimmering rainbow wings. He flapped lightly once, hovering, and then, raised his wings and flapped downward with all his might. The sand beneath him burst away from the force, and the force of the single wingbeat sent the boy rocketing a good fifty feet into the air. The boy spread his wings and caught a nice morning updraft that carried him higher and higher, and pushed him towards the main island of the destiny archipelago, where the actual town was. He was now so high he was a mere speck in the sky to the already bustling people below, not that it would matter that they would see him. He was still viewed as a hero, despite his modest plea's.
The teenager looked down and watched the various islanders begin their day. The baker had begun to bake his various goods. Some kids played tag together, their laughter filling the island air. Their mother watched from the porch steps with a smile. Men gave their wives a kiss goodbye before heading off to their various jobs. The boy smiled. A regular day on the Destiny Isles, and he couldn't be more happy for it.
With a grin the boy folded his wings to his back and dove headfirst towards the ground. The wind blew his hair back and a giddy grin shown upon the 16-year old's face, things that always accompany one when flying. The Essance dove at an extremely high speed, the ground appearing to rush up to meet his face, when in reality he was rushing down to meet the ground. The boy pulled up at about a hundred feet from the ground and flew back towards the tiny island that was destiny island, again using an updraft to fly higher and higher.
After awhile he came to the original island he had been on, the small shacks upon the island becoming slowly visible.With a grin he dove, straight for the water. Faster, faster, and faster he went, the foamy surf rushing up to meet him.
Three feet from the water the boy opened his wings half way and opened his palms. Energy burst from his hands and propelled him forward, a wave of water splashing behind the boy despite the fact that he wasn't touching the water, wind blowing off of him at this speed was making the waves. He was now a mere rainbow streak bursting across the water, heading straight for the cliff of destiny island. "WHOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!"The boy cried from the insane rush of it all. He went closer and closer to the cliff........He was gonna crash!!!!
Or not!A the last second the teenager pulled up without any loss of speed. He went straight up and then dove straight down, opening his wings to slow his fall and landing gracefully where he had started.
The brunette just took a moment to breath, inhaling the sea-tinted air. "So, Sora-kun, you have allot of energy this morning?" A female voice asked from behind him.
Sora blinked, turning to meet the periwinkle gaze of a girl a bit shorter then him. Her red hair trailed down her back, the silky strands hiding her left ear from view while it was tucked behind her left ear, revealing several diamond stud earrings.A black choker was worn upon her neck, along with a pure white tear-drop shaped crystal and a battered, slightly bent crown pendent. She wore a light blue halter top with the word Angel placed upon it in white, a halo was hovering above the 'a' and two shimmering white wings were placed at both ends of the word. She wore thick white bands around both wrists. She also wore a jean mini-skirt and black boots.
Sora smiled. "Hey Kairi. Yeah, kind of." He said, putting an arm around the girl in a hug.
The girl giggled. "How come you're up so early? Normally you're not up for another hour or so."
Sapphire eyes darkened slightly as a memory came to mind.
Help me....
The same dream, every night for the past month, leaving him in cold sweats. Of course, he couldn't tell Kairi that, now could he?
"Um..no reason." Sora said.
Kairi blinked. "Is something wrong?"
"No, of course not." The boy replied all too quickly.
Kairi smiled, putting her arms around the boys shoulders and kissing him on the lips. "Sora, it's over now. You don't need to dwell on the past anymore. Your part is done. Just let it go, and enjoy life."
But I can't......it hurts too much......it goes to deep to heal.....I can't.... He thought, but instead he forced a smile and gently ran a finger through her silky red curls. "..I'll try."
"Awwwww, the little love birds need some more alone time?" A gently mocking voice cut through the morning air.
Sora looked up from Kairi's eyes to see a boy a bit older then him leaning against one of the paupu trees that lined the path to the end of the cliff. He was 17, with shoulder length silver hair. His azure eyes were glimmering with cool mischief, and a confident smirk adorned his lips. He wore a black muscle shirt with the image of a dark red chinese dragon coiled upon it. He also wore baggy dark blue jeans. Around his neck he wore a chain with a black ring hanging from it. He also had wings, only they were jet black, folded upon his back.
Sora grinned. "Hey Riku. Nah, I think we're done." He said, raising to his feet and holding out a gloved hand for Kairi. She took it, and he pulled her to her feet. She giggled as he snaked an arm around her waist.
Riku shook his head slightly, eyes sparkling with mirth. "Alright then, at least now I know I can get you two to tear your eyes off of each other for a second."
"You're just jealous." Sora mock pouted.
Riku waved a hand in dismissal. "Whatever. Anyway, a bunch of shacks on the island got kind of ruined in that storm last night."
Sora groaned. "Again!? That's the third time this month!"
Kairi sighed. "I'm afraid so. Wakka and Tidus volunteered to do it all themselves, but you know they'll work for maybe five minutes before they start goofing off and end up causing more harm then help."
Sora chuckled, the images of what had happened last time the two blitzball players had undertook a task unsupervised.....the results had not been pretty. "Right, we'd better get there before they cause another disaster."
Kairi grinned. "Right, let's get moving!"
Sora smiled, and as the three friends began to head towards the beaches of Destiny Island, he felt the ache in his heart lessen, if only for a moment.
((Suggested music...My December by Linkin Park))
THWHAM!
Yugi Moto let out a grunt as his small, fragile body was thrown against the stone wall of his cell, sending another wave of pain through his battered and bruised body.
The clang of metal against metal as the bars of his cell closed, and the hum as the energy around the bars came to life.
The tri-colored haired boy groaned and attempted to sit up, trickles of crimson running from his mouth. Bruises covered his face, making it appear sickly grey. His jacket was completely torn on the back, permanently stained with blood that had leaked from the whip lashes. He was covered in dirt and grim that infected his wounds and many were infected due to this. Each movement set various wounds off and Yugi gave a whimper, giving up on attempting to sit up and just laying upon the stone floor, gritting his teeth.
There was a soft golden glow and Yami materialized before him. He instantly knelt down, pulling the boy into his arms. Yugi gave a gasp of pain and Yami loosened his grip. He began to examine the wounds. With a sigh he placed his hands on a few of the smaller boys wounds and healing with what little magic he could use. "..Yugi..." He muttered softly, just enough so the boy could hear. "You have to let me help you..."
The smaller boy put a hand to his mouth and coughed violently, spitting blood into his dirty palm. He shivered weakly and Yami rubbed his back. "Yami, you'd only get hurt. You know that. I don't want anyone else hurt. Your powers can't work here, our body is too weak to fight.....you'd only be hurt..."
"But I'd prevent YOU from being hurt." Yami pointed out.
Yugi looked up at the spirit and smiled weakly. "I'd rather be the one to be hurt if it meant you won't be hurt. If anyone has to be hurt it'll be me. I'm not going to allow anyone else to suffer."
Yami's expression darkened slightly. "I can take more then you can, Yugi. Let me help."
Yugi shook his head. "And let you get hurt? No. I won't do that. I'm not going to condemn you to anything."
Yami winced. "Yugi you fool.." He shook his head. "I'm supposed to protect YOU, not the other way around! Damnit Yugi, just let me help!" He snapped.
Yugi looked up at the taller boy with broken amethyst eyes."No Yami. I'm sorry. I can't let you get hurt..you.....you saw...what Jounouchi...did..."Tears began to fall from the boys eyes."H-he.......he has no choice in the matter, They have his sister, and if he doesn't obey them, they'll torture her. What happens if they take one of us away and do the same?"
Yami closed his eyes, his anger diminishing as quickly as it came."I don't know Aibou." He said softly, putting his arms around his sobbing Hikari.
Yugi buried his face into his darker half's jacket. "....What if we never get out? What if they all die here?"
Yami took a breath. What answer could he give? He had no idea.
"I don't know...."
((Suggested music, either the Destiny Island music or Besaid island music))
"There."Sora stated in a bored tone, waving his hand as the last board floated into place.
"WHOO! That only took an hour, that's a new record!" Tidus whooped, jumping in the air.
Sora looked down at the blonde, a grin coming to his face. At age fifteen, Tidus was still energetic as ever, constantly causing havoc all over the islands. "It wasn't a problem!" He said.
Wakka grinned up at him, tossing his blitzball back and forth between hands. "Well, it was awesome anyway!"
"But if you guys hadn't come, me n' Wakka woulda been able to do it!" Tidus grinned.
"Suuureee...." Riku said with a roll of his eyes. "I doubt that. We all know Wakka's too lazy to do it, and you'd end up breaking more stuff then re-building."
Tidus mock glared up at him. "Hey, that only happened once!"
Riku waved a hand in dismissal, leaning back against one of the rebuilt wooden buildings.
Tidus rolled his eyes, but his annoyance was quickly forgotten as Wakka threw his blitzball at his head. "ACK! Hey, watch it!" Tidus cried, grabbing the ball from the ground where it bounced to and throwing it back.
"Sorry brudda!" Wakka grinned, catching the blue and white ball and throwing it back. The two began a spirited game of catch, the knock to Tidus' skull instantly forgotten.
Sora shook his head, a small, sad smile coming to his lips as he watched the two play. They haven't changed at all.......
Kairi looked over at the Keyblade Master from her spot upon a rock, noting her boyfriends sudden sad expression. She blinked, pushing herself gracefully from the rock and walking over to him. "Hey Sora!" She chirped.
"Hey Kairi.."Sora replied, no energy in his voice.
Kairi quirked her head to the side. "What's wrong?"
Sora realizedwhat he had been doing and quickly pasted a smile on his face. "Huh?"
"What's wrong?"
"Nothing."
"Sora, something is wrong. I'm your Girlfriend, I can tell." Kairi's voice was serious as periwinkle pierced sapphire.
Sora looked away from her gaze. He remained silent for a moment.
"Well?"
"It's just....it's been....two years...you know?"
"Yeah..I know...."
"I..I guess I'm still hurting."
"Want to talk about it?" Kairi asked, taking his hand.
Sora quickly forced a grin. "Nah, I think just talking to you right now has helped already! Thanks Kairi. I'm fine, really."
'Besides, I don't want to burden you with my problems.' He added mentally.
"Ok..if you say so. But if you want to talk bout it, remember I'm always here for you, ok, Sora?"Kairi said with a smile.
"I'm hungry..." A girl sitting on top of the shack the kids had been working on stated. She was around 19, with black short hair, and a feather in her hair like an Indian. She wore short jean shorts, and a green belly shirt. On her feet she wore combat boots. That was Yuffie.
Riku blinked, looking up at her and nodding. "I guess I kinda am too." The rest of the group quickly agreed. Riku gave a wicked grin. "Okay, I say it's Sora's turn to cook."
"What!?" Sora cried. "Dude, I cooked yesterday. It's your turn!"
"Nuh uh! I cooked on Wednesday remember!"Riku argued.
"Nuh uh!Tidus cooked that day, remember, we all threw up afterwards!"Sora countered.
"Hey!"Tidus yelled but the two older boys were too absorbed in their argument to pay attention to the 15 year old.
"YOU'RE COOKING!"
"NO YOU ARE!"
"YOU!"
"YOU!"
The two pressed their forehead's together, glaring into each others eyes, a challenge sparking between them, an rivalry to never be fully settled.
"GUYS', guys!!!"Kairi cried, stepping between them."How about I cook instead?"
"No, it's Sora's turn, Kairi!"Riku stated.
"Nuh uh, it's Riku's!"
Kairi sighed. She had dubbed these particular arguments "Sora Vs. Riku wars" and once one started, there was only one way to settle it...
"Ok guys, how about a sparring match to settle things?"Kairi asked.
"Ok fine!"Riku said, his face lighting up, and Sora's doing the same. The two began to run toward's Paupu island, where all Sora Vs. Riku matches took place.
"I'm gonna cream you Sora!"Riku stated, looking over to grin at Sora. A challenge sparked between them, a grin upon Riku's face.
Sora grinned back. "Bring it on!"
To Be Continued...
Well, there's my second version of chapter one. I basically rewrote everything and added some stuff.......yaaaaaaaaay.........
......I'm gonna go watch Lord of The Rings movies now...
Digitaldreamer