Kingdom Hearts not mine. And thus I have disclaimed. I do wish I can pick up on this.
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There were three things the Keybearers, from their hiding place, noticed when a peculiar Gummi Ship crashed onto Destiny Island. First, there was a Heartless symbol right on front of the ship. Second, the ship happened to crash on the raft the kids (their past) have been building. And last but not least...
"What's Pete doing here?" Sora was familiar with the pilot in question. After all, it was hard to forget the incompetent yet loyal minion who helped Malificient create (or try to create) powerful Heartless. It was even harder to miss his blubbery build and bulbous chin. But that still didn't explain what he was doing here nevertheless. After all, their raft was still suppose to be in one piece, and it was definitely not suppose to be a landing pad for any extraterrestrial ship made of blocks.
Pete looked around, and with a shrug, he waved his hand. To the hidden trio's surprise, a black creature popped out of the ground; it was simply a Shadow, but it was still a Heartless, seeker of hearts. The giant looked at the puny creature, confused at first, but then he decided to go into a fit. As for the Shadow, it found out what tons of lard could do to it.
"I can't believe this world got sealed already!" Bellowed Pete. Sora grimaced at the reminder. "And that means the Keybearer awakened earlier than usual. Now how are we suppose to single out that Princess of Light without the Heartless?"
At that mention, the three kids flared up with anger and would had jumped out if Riku had not held them back. Until now, the three had only thought of the Heartless invasion on Destiny Island as a routine of the Heartless, even when Malificient and the others controlled the Heartless. Was Malificient so heartless as to send an island, a world that never knew much about other worlds, to the darkness just to get one person? No, not only Kairi but also Riku. Perhaps it was only a coincidence, but both Kairi (sans heart) and Riku did end up at the villian's keep, and Malificient did help Riku, if helping meant leading into the darkness to the point of betraying his friends.
Grumbling, Pete got back into this ship, ascending back into the starry sky. At this point, the three began to leave their cover.
"Malificient...how could she..."
"She was watching us." Riku interjected. "She wanted to get Kairi and me in order to unlock Kingdom Hearts. She would have probably succeeded to if it wasn't for this." He tapped Sora's chest.
"My heart?"
"Well, not only did you become the Keyblade Master, but you also had her heart in you." He pointed to Kairi. "You care about your friends, even if they might have fallen to the Heartless...even if they don't consider you a friend anymore. All I cared about, at that night, was to leave the island. In a way, I'm glad I wasn't chosen to be the Keyblade Master. Otherwise, Malificient would have succeeded by now..."
Sora was about to speak, when other matters and Kairi got his attention. "Now we have two problems, three if you count Pete." After hearing Pete, Sora didn't have the heart to unseal Destiny Island even though it must happen. Also, thanks to Pete, the raft resembled a tree that went through a typhoon, plus they weren't sure that Pete was entirely gone. Sora sighed as he rubbed his temples. He wish he could just-
Sora smacked himself on the head as he searched his pocket, then slumped into defeat as his search came up empty. Almost. He did feel the lucky charm Kairi had given him at Tranverse Town, but all the other keychains, even the summon charms, were gone. He could have summoned Genie to wish them out of this time period, maybe even get him to fix the raft if the first wish couldn't be granted, but it seems like that would have made this predicament too easy. "I guess we have to unseal this world then..."
Kairi looked over at Sora. "And repair the raft. We can't have ourselves argue about this."
Groaning. "But that took us a long time to build-"
"Which tubby took seconds just to wreck." Riku pointed out. "But that leaves us with Pete. He already came to check on this world. I don't remember him doing so."
"Well, we weren't really here to see Pete, so maybe Pete did check." Kairi figured.
Riku stroke his chin. "Yeah, but there still leaves the matter of Pete having the chance to attack tonight. I mean, he might have held back in order to strike tomorrow night or...or maybe the Keyhole was sealed that night because we were suppose to come here..."
"But wait, that would mean...AH!" Sora held onto his head. "This is getting too complicated!"
Riku could only shake his head. Perhaps they should ponder upon this issue later, for Sora's sake.
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The next morning, Selphie was the first to arrive at the island. Looking around, she was glad to see that everything was like they left it, even the raft. The raft looked a bit different, but it's not like it was broken or anything.
Somewhere deep in the forest, three figures laid on the ground, tired from last night.