Start of a Journey
A Kingdom Heats fanfic
By:
Chison
Taking a step back, he looked at the small, black creature, which hobbled up to him, and seemed to look Zashi over, then it wandered away. He blinked and started to follow the creature, but it had disappeared back into the ground, and the beach was full of life again, with people running about. Looking around, confusion washed over his face and picked up the sodas and took one back to Iris, "Thanks Zashi." She nodded, taking the soda from his hand, he sat down on the bench and stared out into the ocean again.
A few moments later, he heard a jingle, which was coming from Iris, she looked for her cell phone, and answered, talking for a while, she hung up and said, "Well…I've got to go home…My mom wants me to baby-sit my younger brother…" Iris got up from the bench, and waved Zashi off, and dashed off, headed for home; standing there for a moment, he looked around, then he also started for home. Looking carefully for the little creature, he slowly walked home, however he couldn't find it and made it to his front door.
Opening the door, he took off his shoes and shut the door behind him, looking around; he saw a sheet of paper lying on the table. Walking over, he picked up the sheet, which read: Honey, there are some pizzas in the freezer; I won't be back until late tonight! Zashi didn't mind, he just made his way to his room, and tuned on his play station and put in Kingdom Hearts. He was already almost to the end, and was controlling Sora through the darkness; after about an hour later, he saw the same place that was in his dreams: the grey stone path and the massive white door. Pausing the game, he sat and starred at the screen.
"I've never played this game before…But…I feel like I know that place…" Zashi put a hand to his chin, then made a connection, the monster he had saw was a heartless! He got up from his chair and paced around the room. "Kingdom Hearts is a game, and games aren't real…" He told himself, then he looked back at the paused screen and whispered, "then why do I know that place from somewhere?" Zashi looked for his cell phone and dialed Iris's number, and waited for her to pick up her phone. "Hello?" came a familiar voice to him, "hey Iris, its me Zashi…" He was going to ask her a question, but he was cut off, "Hey Zashi, can I call you back? Jordan is making a mess in the kitchen…he's playing 'chief'." "Iris I need to talk to you for a second. You've played to the end of Kingdom Hearts right?" There was a moment of silence, "No. I haven't been playing it much lately…You can't tell me any spoilers!" "Iris…do you remember a girl who used to live in the neighbor hood? I think we were good friends…" Silence again, "No…I don't know who your talking about. Its always been just us."
Zashi just held the phone in his hand, then whispered under his breath, "just us?" As he finished, Iris said, "Look Zashi I've got to go, I'll call you later ok?" With that, Iris hung up the phone, while he just stood, dumbfounded. He hung up the phone, and threw it on the bed, and turned off the game and wandered outside, locking the door behind him. Walking back to the beach, he sat on the same bench when he was with Iris, but he sighed and looked out into the ocean. "I know I've seen that girl somewhere… I just can't remember where…" Zashi thought to himself as he watched the waves come into the shore, and roll back. "Hi there."
A female voice suddenly came, from the left. He turned to look, and the girl smiled and said, "Do you mind if I sit with you?" She had shimmering blonde hair and sky blue eyes. All Zashi could do was simply nod, and he came and sat down next to him; after a while she put her head on his shoulder, but then moved it away quickly, "Sorry, I didn't mean to do that…I'm just a little tired." Actually, he didn't mind, and she got up from the bench and fixed her gaze on the horizon and said, "You've seen a lot of weird stuff today huh?" Zashi looked at her and said, "How do you know about what I've seen?" She turned back to him and looked him in the eyes and said, "because I was there…" pointing to a small stone wall just a few feet away, he looked and then he got up to leave, but felt a hand in his. "Listen. I know why you keep on having the same dream. I know who that girl is…"
Stopping, he slowly turned around and said, "How do you know?" the girl lowered her head, then said, "because she didn't want you to remember her." Zashi stood stunned, "she didn't want me to remember her? But… why?" He looked at her, but she turned her head to the horizon again, saying "the reason why she wanted your memories hidden was so that you wouldn't worry about her. It worked on Iris, but with what she told you, you can't forget her." Zashi walked in front of her and said, "what did she tell me?" the girl turned her head again and said, "…that she loved you." He grew quiet, and just looked off into the distance. She started to walk away, but Zashi stopped her, "Is she where you're going?" She shook her head and said, "But you'll be able to find her, and restore your memory." He swallowed the lump in his throat and said, "I want to come with you." She nodded her head and held out a hand, which he took and suddenly, they surrounded in a brilliant, white light.
