Meeting the Unknown
A Kingdom Hearts fan fiction
By:
Chison
Landing a little outside the city, Cloud and Marlena started to walk
to the city, looking around for anything, or anyone for that matter.
"Where is everyone? This place seems like a ghost town…" she
said to Cloud, who had opened the gate into the inner-city. "I have
a feeling that we will find out very soon." Looking at the
buildings, they seemed like they were taken from the pages of a
history book, they resembled those in Traverse Town. Marlena noticed
that it was twilight, and pointed to the horizon and said, "that's
really pretty…" Cloud walked to her and put a hand on her
shoulder, making her jump, "we are here to find the portal
remember? Not the scenery." The made their way through the city,
looking for something that was open, and they found a little pub.
Cloud walked in first, and then motioned Marlena to follow. The only
person in the building was the bartender, who was wiping down a
glass. "Its rare that we have visitors. Come, sit and have a
drink." The gruff man said, having brown hair, and a wild brown
beard, and dull dark eyes. Cloud took a seat in front of him and
said, "Listen, I need you to tell me if you've seen anyone else
around here." The man put down the glass and put a hand to his chin
and said, "Well now…I can't say I have…" Cloud got up from
the bar and started walking out, and Marlena followed, "How are
supposed to look for something if we don't know where to start?"
Cloud stopped, and turned around saying, "Its fine, we will go and
find--" His eyes grew wide, and his mouth slightly dropped. Marlena
tilted her head to the right and said, "What's wrong Cloud?"
She quickly turned around, to find the Unknown, standing on the
street lamps and rooftops.
"You are here for the portal to
Kingdom Hearts right?" One of them spoke up, removing his hood,
revealing spiked flaming red hair, and ice blue eyes. Cloud reached
around for his sword, and pulled it out in front of him and said,
"Yes, we are here for Kingdom Hearts!" The Unknown with red hair
gave a low chuckle and said, "You are fools, you cannot stand a
chance against all of us. Especially with our new addition."
pointing to one standing on the street lamp, who removed her hood.
Marlena took a few steps forward and shouted, "IRIS!" Iris looked
down on her friend, and said, "Iris…that was a name I had."
Marlena whispered to herself what Iris had said, then Marlena
shouted, "what about Zashi?" When she heard this, a light came
across her face, like she was remembering something, and she said, "I
love Zashi…That's why I forgot all that I had…the only memory I
could keep was his." Marlena stared at her friend, then said,
"you've forgotten everything? Even me?" pointing to herself,
Iris stared at her for a long time then she shook her head and
whispered something to herself. She then jumped from the street lamp
and down onto the ground, only about four feet away from Marlena, who
took a step back, but did not cower in front of her friend. "Iris,
we don't have to be enemies, we can look for Zashi together."
suspicion washed over Iris' face and she said, "How could I trust
you that you would not turn against me?" Marlena put a hand to her
chin, and thought for a moment, and then she said, pointing her
finger to the necklace around Iris' neck, "you remember the
necklace given from Zashi? I helped him pick it out." Her eyes grew
wide, and she lifted a hand to feel her necklace, and her mouth fell
open a little, but before she could say anything, the redheaded
Unknown appeared in between the two girls, holding two martial arts
blade-circles in his hands.
"You should just walk away…" He
said pointing them toward Marlena, who lifted her right, and a white
light started to show from her hand, and suddenly a key blade
appeared. "I want to talk to my friend." she said with a stern
voice, staring down the redhead Unknown, who gained a huge grin,
saying, "I love a girl who thinks she can defeat me." "Axel,
now is not the time for fighting…we can deal with them later."
One of the other Unknowns spoke, and turned its back and vanished.
"Your lucky lady…" whispered Axel to Marlena as he disappeared,
and Marlena made the key blade disappear as well, and took a sigh.
Cloud walked behind her and placed a hand on her shoulder, saying, "I
didn't think you had that much courage to stand up to them…I'm
impressed." Marlena just smiled and said, "When it comes to my
friends, nothing will stand in my way." Cloud gave a slight smile
and said, "we still need to find that portal." then pointing to a
castle on top of a hill, "I think we should start looking up there.
We might find some answers." Marlena nodded, and they continued
through the town, the came to the gates, and Cloud tried to open it,
but it wouldn't budge. "Maybe I could do something about that."
Marlena said, passing him, and having the key blade in her hand
again, a small beam of light shot from the end of the key into the
lock, and it clicked open. The climbed to the top of the hill, and
the front door, which was oddly dark, almost black. They looked at
each other, and Cloud put his hand on the door handle, and started
turning it…
HA! This time I really made the cliff hanger thing on purpose, not by accident!