Disclaimer: Oh, woe is me, for Kingdom Hearts is not mine in any way whatsoever...
A/N: I'm so sorry for not updating as quickly as I thought I would! I guess summer vacation is really getting to me. Anyway, I've just been quite busy doing stuff before high school starts (oh, dear...), so I hope you guys understand. I hope you guys like this chapter, and once again, sorry for not updating like Speedy Gonzales!
xoxo Bianca.
Intertwined Destinies
Chapter Five.
The stained glass was abundant in colors; almost every possible color shaped out the picture of Kairi, Sora, and their arms each holding a paopu fruit. The spectacle's colorful shapes ranged from triangles to rectangles to squares to half circles, and more. The glass shone radiantly, expressing each and every aspect and detail of the picture in a lustrous manner. It seemed as though the simple rock-drawn scribble transformed into an appealing and enchanting masterpiece.
"Tired yet?" challenged Toshi.
"Not even the slightest," replied Kairi breezily. She had her hands clasped behind her back and she walked across the beautiful glass floor very casually indeed.
"Me neither. Not even breaking a sweat." Toshi sped up so that he was several feet ahead of Kairi. "Can you get any slower?"
"I suppose so."
Toshi blinked in puzzlement, as if wondering to himself why Kairi was being so careless at the moment. He had expected a sharp retort, but he did not receive one.
Toshi stretched his arms upwards as a fake, wide smile spread across his face. "So, the weather. Yeah. It's great."
"It sure is."
Toshi's perplexity grew, so he continued on blabbering, staring towards the shadowy darkness that they were still quite far away from. "Oh, yes. The sun's out and everything. I may even consider camping out on the beach tonight. Ohhh, and this wonderful breeze!"
"Mmm hmmm."
"Yep! A picnic would be swell, too. I'll invite a few friends and we'll barbecue 'till midnight."
"Good idea."
"That reminds me, you haven't met my good old buddies, have you? They're awesome. The Tooth Fairy, Santa Clause, and the Easter Bunny... oh, I really hope they can come, considering how tight their schedule is all the time..."
"Well, good luck with that."
"Thanks. I guess I'll communicate with them telepathically now, you know, to invite them over for the picnic and stuff."
"Let's hope you don't get a busy signal."
Toshi dropped his arms down to his sides and gave up.
"Gawrsh. I'm awfully hungry," Goofy stated, a loud grumble emitting from his stomach. Sora and Donald heard it very clearly. It had been probably an hour or two since they had started walking, and Goofy was beginning to get slower by the minute—Sora and Donald were quite a bit ahead of him already.
"Don't worry, Goofy," assured Sora, trying to sound cheerful. "We'll get food somehow."
Donald and Sora were hungry as well, though not as much as Goofy. They had eaten all the fish they could stuff in their mouths during breakfast while Goofy probably had only three fish. Goofy was not a breakfast-type of being. He leaned more towards lunch and dinner.
"Phooey," spat Donald, looking down at his floppy, yellow feet. "I hope all this walking doesn't go to a waste. It'd be terrible if we reached the end of the picture ceiling thingamabob and find nothing there."
"Oh, no!" Goofy gasped, hoping with all his heart that what Donald had said would not come true.
But what if it did? Then what would happen? What would they do?
Kairi found it rather easy being able to answer politely to Toshi's tasteless, sarcastic remarks instead of snapping at him with comebacks of poor quality. She also thought it was very funny, though she managed to keep all her laughs inward. Seeing Toshi struggle in order to get a rise out of her was just plain amusing.
By now, they had probably been walking for a little over two miles nonstop. There was at least half a mile left, though it had come to the point where both of their feet ached with every step they took.
"Tired yet?" asked Toshi, repeating his same question from earlier. But this time, he said it through clenched teeth.
"Nope." Kairi did not want to admit her tiredness. She urged herself to keep walking.
"Good. Because this whole thing is a piece of cake." Toshi said, yet sweat began to rim over his upper lip.
Kairi's feet surged with pain. She had no sleep at all since that nap that lasted only a few hours, before she left her house in the middle of the night. Her eyelids were getting heavier and heavier, and her feet started dragging... her energy was being drained, bit by bit, ever so slowly...
Kairi now wished she had stayed at home.
Why did I have to leave like that?
Kairi's mind went wild.
Why couldn't I have just stayed in my room and sleep? Why did I feel as if I had to walk out to the Secret Place?
Feeling moderately grumpy, Kairi had had enough. Glancing at Toshi, who was now only barely in front of her, she stopped walking and grabbed at the back of his shirt collar, causing him to jerk backwards with a "Whoa!"
Toshi pulled free from her grip and demanded, "What was that for?"
Kairi gave him a death glare and sat down on the stained glass, pulling him down as well. "I'm tired. You're tired. And we're resting. Now."
Toshi did not crack a sly reply or even smirk. He sighed with relief, as he was able to rest after so long. At the moment, he did not think of Kairi as pathetic, but admirably bold.
They both lay down on the glass, keeping a good deal of distance between each other. Of course, the glass was very bright, but as they closed their eyes and almost instantly fell asleep, it hardly mattered.
"Say, do you think there are any Heartless around here?"
Sora swung his Keyblade in a full circle and then rested it atop his right shoulder. "Well, if there are, we'll be ready." He couldn't help but looking to the side and glancing at the Oathkeeper charm that dangled whimsically at the end of his Keyblade's handle.
Take this. It's my lucky charm. Be sure to give it back to me.
Don't worry, I will.
Promise?
Promise.
Don't ever forget: wherever you go, I'm always with you.
Sora smiled. But his thoughts were interrupted when a mysterious, dark, smoke-like substance started to rise from the ground at his feet. A few feet away the same thing started happening, and then a few more shadowy figures emerged from the ground. Then their figures became clearer: they looked like large black insects with oversized heads, long twitching antennae, and a red sign etched into their chests.
Donald quacked disdainfully. "Look what you did, Goofy! Speak of the—"
"Heartless!" Sora leaped forward and advanced towards the Heartless. He thrust his Keyblade towards three Heartless tottering next to each other and released his weapon in a boomerang-like sort of manner. In midair, the Keyblade forcibly maneuvered its way through the three Heartless' bodies. It took just that one hit to destroy them, and in three puffs of dark smoke they disappeared. The Keyblade automatically flew back towards Sora's direction and he caught it in his hand.
Goofy and Donald took care of the rest of the Heartless, ramming into them and casting magical attacks. It was not much of a challenge, though since they've been traveling more than they have been fighting, the trio was a bit rusty. Soon enough, the Heartless were gone.
Sora, Donald, and Goofy proceeded on their way, only this time they were more cautious. There were Heartless around.
Kairi's eyes slowly blinked open. She quickly sat up because she had forgotten where she was and what was happening. It was not until she looked down at the brightness of the glass floor did everything instantly flood back to her.
She was stuck in a dark place with a stained glass floor.
With someone I can't bear, Kairi thought as she noticed the sleeping boy that had his back towards her.
Kairi figured out that it must have been several hours since they fell asleep. She stood up and nudged Toshi on the back with the toe of her shoe.
"Wake up, sleepyhead," sang Kairi, watching with disinterest as Toshi made no move. She let out an exasperated sigh. "I said, wake up!"
Still no movement. A thought came to Kairi's mind as she considered how much it would hurt Toshi if she jumped on him. The part of her that wanted her to actually do it was the part that had slept for hours on hard glass. But the pure hearted part of her won the debate, so she kneeled over and decided to awaken him in a nicer, more appropriate way.
"TOSHI! WAKE UP! WAKE! UP!"
"WHAAA!" Toshi bolted upright, his eyes wide but bleary.
"Finally!" Triumphantly, Kairi straightened her pose and flashed a vivid smile.
Toshi was silent, as if thinking. He stared at Kairi intently.
"What, Toshi?" Kairi blinked in confusion.
He cocked his head to the side. "Who's Toshi?"
"Huh?" Kairi bit her lower lip. "What do you mean? You're Toshi."
"No, I'm not."
Kairi stepped back a little, as if thinking his weird behavior would be contagious. "Yes... you are."
"No, Kairi, I'm not. Don't you know who I am?"
Kairi's heart skipped a beat. "Sora? Is that you? Is it really you?"
"Who else would I be, Kairi?"
Kairi seemed to lose sense of all rationality and soon found herself hugging him.
"HAHAHA! FOOLED YA!"
Kairi's eyes widened as she pushed Toshi away with so much force that it caused him to fall rear-end first and skid back on the glass floor a great distance. Kairi turned very red in the face, not only with humiliation but also with pure anger. She screamed at Toshi so loudly that it made his ears ring and his head throb.
"YOU HORRIBLE, INCONSIDERATE, PATHETIC IDIOT! HOW COULD YOU?"
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MagicV: Hee hee, thanks. x) As for Sora and Kairi... hmmm...
Princess Kairi: I'm sorry if the switching can be a bit annoying. xD But I suppose this story is supposed to mess with peoples minds! Muahahaha... o.o Ahh, truthly, writing the 'light and darkness' part gave me a headache... Anyway, I wasaiming for original, thanks. ;D
BattleAngelKurumi: Hilarious? Squee, thankies... SK ROCKS! -collapses-
Dragongirl920: Mmm, thanks, I really appreciate it. No need to envy me, I think you have every bit of potential as me to write fanfics. ;)
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