Regaining the Memory

A Kingdom Hearts fanfic

By:

Chison

Opening his eyes, Zashi looked around, all he saw was darkness, and the floor was made of brilliant stained glass. He took a step forward, saying "hello?" Looking around, there was a small, dim light in the far distance, he started to walk toward it, when he reached the edge of the glass, steps started to form in front of him, leading to the light. Climbing one step at a time, he finally came to the light, and lifted his right had to touch it, and when he did, he was surrounded by light.

After the light receded, he found himself on the beach again, however it foggy, and he could not see, but he took a step, and then turned around at the sound of voices. There were three children standing just a few feet away, two he recognized, as himself and Iris, and another who was a little shorter than the other two then he heard them speak, "My name is Zashi," he said pointing to himself, "I'm Iris," the other girl said, "My name is Marlena, I just moved from the city." Just as Zashi was going to take a step, the scenery changed, and suddenly he was in Hollow Bastion.

"Marlena, I love Iris…even so much as to put myself through Darkness to even see her face for even a moment. I must leave you; you were just the Key carrier, one to deliver the Keyblade to the rightful owner. Nothing more." Turning around, he saw Marlena lying on the floor, and watching himself, he became angry that he was ever fooled by Anti-Sora, watching himself leave her, he helplessly watched as she started to cry, and he lowered his head, angry at himself that he did that to her. Zashi lifted his head, and took a step forward, however the scene didn't change and he started running to Marlena who was on her knees; however the closer he got to her, the further she seemed to fade away.

After a while, he stopped running and shouted, "MARLENA!" while he shouted, the scene changed again, to the door of Kingdom Hearts, standing a few feet away, he saw the entire scene play out, Marlena admitting her love for Zashi, and her being sealed behind the brilliant, white door. Tears started to stream down his face as he fell to his knees, finally knowing what his heart knew all along: The girl from his dreams was Marlena, who was sealed behind Kingdom Hearts.

Zashi's tears had stopped and he was again standing on the brilliant stained glass, he got to his feet and looked around and said, "Namine, I remember everything now: how we all met, my time under the darkness, and sealing Marlena behind the door. I remember." With that, he walked to the center of the glass and lifted his head, and a beam of light shown down on him, and he started to lift into the air, and felt his eyes start to get heavy again.

Opening his eyes again, he looked around the room, the walls and ceiling were white, and Namine was sitting at a table, almost lost in thought. He slowly got up, and said, "Namine I remember." She quickly turned around and said, "Zashi you scarred me for a moment." After hearing what he said, she got from the table and walked toward him and offered her left hand to help him up and said, "I knew you would remember on your own time, so I didn't hide your memories that deep in your heart." He got to his feet and said, "Ok. First I need to find Marlena. Then we can go back to our world, since Sora can handle the Heartless by himself." Namine placed her right hand into Zashi's left and said, "Here take this then. You'll need it to travel to the other worlds." Looking at what was in his hand, he saw it was a small drawing of a Gummi ship, and he said, "This is a card for a Gummi ship right?" Namine nodded, and she started to walk back to the long table and sat down. Zashi waved to her and said, "Thanks Namine. I hope Ill get to see you sometime." With that, he disappeared, leaving her alone. Namine had a massive grin on her face and said, "I guarantee it…" Suddenly, her skin became black and her eyes went from ice blue to a dull yellow, and it was Anti-Sora…