Hello! One Crazy Fox here! Welcome to Blue in the Sunset, by yours truly. This is my first fanfic on here! YEAH! And hopefully not the last.
Summery: Sora and Kairi live in Ptolemor; a poor, agricultural based district of the world. Disaster strikes and Sora is forced to take another's life. As a result, he and Kairi must run away, but will they be able to survive in a world totally different than their own? SoraxKairi
DISCLAIMER: I don't own Kingdom Hearts or Final Fantasy… If I did, I wouldn't be wasting my time writing this…
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Prologue:
Ptolemor, or "Flat Valley", was just that; a vast land of bare plains, though it was surrounded by mountainous and jagged districts, no mountains were present within the boundaries. Ptolemor was a very poor district of the world, one of the only agricultural based districts; farming was the dominant way of life and it was pretty behind in technology. There were no large cities or buildings, no computers, even having electricity in your home was a precious privilege. The biggest town that resided there was Traverse Town, most of the people in Ptolemor lived on the edges of this small and messy town. But miles away from this busy little community, away from the other cottages and homes, was another residence…
"Yes, sir." The boy mumbled nervously, head hanging low.
"Did you lock up the pins when you were done, boy?" A large figure in the doorway spoke deep.
"I said 'yes', sir." The boy took a small step closer still holding his head low, afraid to look up. He grasped his trouser pants tightly and his muscles tensed.
The man lunged out and grabbed the back of the boys head, twisting his hair back so his head flew up and cringed his teeth in pain, "Get your head up and speak, stray!"
Obeying, the little brunette cried out, "Y-yes, sir! Everything is locked up, sir!" Sora grinded his teeth at the end.
The man let go of his arm, stepped back and starred down at the boy. Sora grabbed the back of his head with both hands and fell to the ground, letting out a ghasp of relief. He used the tips of his fingers to gently press down on the tender area. The large man stomped his foot and the house shook,
"Did I say you could just plop down on the ground? Get back to your room and be ready to do all of your morning chores before you drive the sheep. Now get!" He pointed a huge finger to the side of the house.
The boy didn't argue, he instantly got up and ran to his room. It was a very simple and small room. Two plain beds with a nightstand inbetween, a poor dresser with a block of wood replacing a leg, buckets and pans in the far corner of the room in case of rain, the ceiling was not poorly built just very aged. Sora picked one of these up and strolled over to his bed. He sat down with a foot tucked underneath and started to examine is face in the sauce pan. He pulled at a large bandage on his cheek, grimacing as it stung at the end. He then placed the pan in his lap and combed up his bangs. Sora lightly touched an eye, now black from a dropped egg in the chicken coop, and started to tend to it. He put a little more pressure on it and winced again. The door suddenly swung open and Sora dropped the pan and locked his eyes on the figure that entered the room. A fairly young teenager, this girl had very short black hair that fell over a white bandana, she wore a longsleeve blouse and black trousers cut into shorts. She ran over to Sora and started to touch and examine his face,
"Did he get angry again? Sora, did he do anything?" Yuffie ran her fingers through his hair trying to comfort him.
"No, no, he didn't. Yuffie, I'm fine. You can stop freaking out now." Sora smiled, but Yuffie wasn't convinced.
"Oh Sora," Yuffie grabbed his head and shoved it into her developing busom, Sora grunted and tried to free himself from the hold, "A ten-year-old shouldn't have to go through this, but you know," She pulled his head out of her squeeze allowing a chance for Sora to get some air, "you know dad doesn't mean it right? He just gets a little angry sometimes…" She held his head to her chest again.
'Yuffie, you're so blind…' He thought to himself as he pulled away from Yuffie's hold, "Hey, cut that out," Sora said playfully, "I said I was fine. Plus, you're going to wake up Tifa…" They both turned and looked at the other bed which was occupied by the small and fragile eight-year-old figure, then back at Sora, "Well, okay," Yuffie managed a weak smile, "but try not to cause so much trouble, okay?" Sora mentally rolled his eyes, 'How could she even say that?'
"Alright…"
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The day was sunny and bright as usual, and light puffy clouds dotted the clear baby blue sky. Just looking at it you would feel at peace and relaxed, the shabby yet whimsical looking cottage fit in perfectly with the scenery. But the small rural home did have a few holes and patched up parts, it was usually worked on weekly. A small set of steps led up to a porch that wrapped around the home, giving entrances to all bedrooms that were not always accessible through the halls leading from the family room. A long fence wrapped around the property holding the chicken and pigeon coop, small vegetable gardens, few trees, and the sheep pins. Another fence wrapped around huge corn fields that laid across the dirt road from the house, this was also their property.
The wind chime jingled as a light breeze swept over the extensive plains. Sora let the screen door slam behind him as he stepped out onto the porch.
He was ten years old, and basically still an orphan. Sora was left at the doorstep of a church in the town when he was a baby and luckily a priest was kind enough to take him into his home. He took care of him and schooled him until he was seven and then decided it was best to send him to live with a real family. The priest handed Sora over to a man named Ansem, a respected man in the town that stood at an intimidating height just over six feet. The priest thought it would be a good home, the man did already have a family of his own; three children to be exact. Yuffie; age 12, Tifa; age 5, and Rinoa; age 3. All girls, but Sora immediately got along with all of them and relized he had a special responsibility being a big brother to them. Ansem though, admitted very early after adopting Sora that he didn't like little boys and took a dislike to Sora immediately. The only reason Sora was ever taken into Ansem's home was because the mother grew an illness and the only way Ansem could care for his wife and keep the farm running was to get another male to help tend the crops and livestock. Soon after Sora was adopted into the new family though, the mother passed away. Because of this, Ansem took on more of a disgust towards Sora, acting like he was the one that killed her. Work got harder and started to expand for Sora. If chores weren't finished or done right, there would be a harsh punishment, and usually, almost always a beating. The girls would try and pull the father off of him but he wouldn't listen and would keep yelling and beating on Sora. In the end, Yuffie's arms would be wrapped around her father's waste using all of her strength to hold him back, Sora on the ground arms up in defense, and the younger girls in the corner sobbing viscously for it to stop.
Index finger and thumb in mouth, a long whistle sounded around the farm. A black and white collie barked and rounded the corner of the house.
"C'mon girl, let's go drive the sheep!" He said cheerily. This had to be Sora's favorite part of the day. Partly because he got to venture off into the mountains, it was always great to get out of Ptolemor. But the reason he really loved it was because he would get to go visit the girl, his best and truest friend, Kairi. Sora broke a long branch off a tree and started walking over to the sheep pins. Breaking off small twigs and limbs, the now more slender and smooth branch became a temporary shepherd's staff. The last one he made was accidentally left at the stream in the mountains. As he reached the pins, Sora started scanning over the sheep, about 30 or so roamed inside their very limited pin. Eight-year-old Tifa and six-year-old Rinoa waved Sora and the dog off as he traveled down the dusty dirt road. He couldn't wait to see her.
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Kairi's P.O.V.
We couldn't stop laughing, Rikku was cracking me up so much. She scooped up more bubbles and placed them around her mouth, looked me in the eye, and failed miserably to put on a serious face as we both busted out laughing uncontrollably. We were all in the kitchen washing dishes, well, Aerith was washing dishes, I was drying and Rikku had said that she wanted to help. Light blonde hair pulled back into two cute braids and big beautiful green eyes, I always think of Rikku as a mischievous little angel. She always wears pretty little summer dresses, usually ones with sunflower patterns, made by our mother. Well, her and Tidus's mother, actually our family is pretty confusing I guess…
"Now c'mon, get to drying. You two still have other chores to do once you're done." Aerith smiled. She is always the mature one, seventeen, long brown hair tied in cute bows, she has green eyes too but a different mother from Rikku's. Okay well the deal is, my father has been married twice, the first woman was my mother, she had Wesemier; he's the oldest and out of the house, Aerith, and me; I just hit ten last month! I can't remember our mother, she left Ptolemor right after I was born. But luckily our father remarried a few years later. Her name is Marisa and she is wonderful. She's kind, caring, dependable and very wise. She also does EVERYTHING around the house; everything is always spotless and perfect, she cooks the best meals, can sew anything, combs our hair while giving us priceless advice… She had two children with my father, Rikku; eight, and Tidus; seven. And because of her Aerith is engaged to the man of her choice, she is so lucky, right? His name is Cloud and he lives in the town, he pumps gas next to the feed store. Our father wanted her to marry a 'real man', he would say… in other words, he wanted an arranged marriage. What that meant was he wanted Aerith to marry a family that would, in exchange for a housewife, would hand over a couple of acres of land to the family. But thanks to Marisa, she didn't have to do that. See? I told you she was wonderful…
Rikku wiped the bubbles off her chin and face, then her eyes locked on something outside. She pointed out the window that laid behind the sink, "Hey look! Sora's here!"
I looked up from my drying and saw the figure of a small boy, along with a herd of sheep, approaching the house. I immediately dropped my dish in the sink and ran out onto the porch, I could hear a splash and Aerith's annoyed, "Kairi!" as I exited the room. When I reached the gate of the house, Sora was already chatting with Marisa and Tidus, who were once working in the vegetable garden.
"Sora, how are you?" Marisa asked, excited and happy to see him.
"Fine, and what about you, Mrs. Snead?" Sora replied cheerily back.
"Sora, I rode a car into town yesterday! I drove it all the way from here to Traverse Town!" Tidus excitedly jumped up and down, Marisa lovingly put her hands around Tidus's shoulders, calming him a bit.
"Wow, you drove a car! All the way into town!" Sora was always so nice to our family, he was a really good big brother too..
"Well Cloud borrowed a car from the station, and he just came riding in it up along here, acting all cool and stuff, he wanted to take Aerith into town, but I also had to go on some errands so I just decided--" This was Marisa's only fault, she loves to talk, and by the way, if anyone's noticed, I haven't even said hi to Sora, and I was tired of being polite…
"Hey Sora!"
"Hey, Kai! You wanna help me drive the sheep today?" I turned to my step mom,
"Can I Marisa? Please, can I?" Marisa sighed, "Kairi, you haven't even finished your chores, are you just going to leave them for your sisters to do? Plus, I don't like you venturing off in the mountains, and it's not just you, I don't like Sora doing it either."
"Marisa, please? I'll do whatever chores you give me and more tomorrow, please?" I was going to win, I always do. She usually let me go to the mountains with Sora, but my father didn't like me being up there by my self. It's not that he didn't trust Sora, he's just worried about his little girl I guess. Marisa gave a long sigh and shooed us off with her hand,
"Alright go, but don't tell your father about this, he'll never forgive me if he finds out I sent you to the mountains again." Tidus popped up his head and looked at his mom, "Can I go too?"
"Nope, now you have to do all of Kairi's chores." She said humorously.
"Mom!" Tidus argued.
"Just a joke dear," She turned towards Sora and me, now outside the gate, "Back before dinner, be careful."
Sora and me started walking down the dusty dirt road. We stood on the side of the herd while the dog brought up the rear. Sora shoved the staff in my hands, I looked up at him and of course he was just smiling away,
"She always says yes in the end, it's kind of funny." He chuckled at the end, and then I looked more closely at his face, but tried not to think of it…
"Yeah, she is really great isn't she?" I said kind of halfheartedly and looked to the ground.
"Yeah. I can't wait for school to start again next week, either. I'm so sick of doing all this work." He stretched his arms above his head. I squeezed the staff that was still in my hands, my thoughts were still on Sora's new marks, "Uh Sora," I looked to him, he kept looking down the road,
"Yeah?" His eye, he got a new shiner.
"Where did you get that black eye?" As soon as I said it, the smile wiped off his face, he looked to the ground and then at me.
"Oh, well you know.. accidentally dropped an egg, and, uh, well you know what that means." He tried to play it off with a laugh at the end.
"Sorry."
"No, it's fine. Really." I was going to ask him why he kept staying here, but I already knew the answer. Ptolemor is so small, where would he go? We live a long ways from Traverse Town so no one would really trouble themselves coming out here, and you need a passport or something like that to travel to other districts. He was just stuck.
"It's not that bad, I stay here with Yuffie and Tifa, and uh Rinoa. I get to see you and your family almost every day." He always made sure I didn't worry.
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Sora's P.O.V.
We got back to laughing after that and continued our trip up to the mountains. At the foot of the mountain, I showed my pass along with my family name and continued up the path. Ptolemorians were allowed to go only along this path, to water their livestock and then head back down. Once we got halfway up the mountain the sheep got their drink from the stream and we all headed back down. We put up the sheep in the pins and then returned Kairi's house. Her step mom invited me to dinner, but I know I wouldn't be able to stay. Before I left Mrs. Snead grabbed my shoulders and looked me in the eyes, I have to be honest it startled me for a moment.
"If you ever need anything, you can come to me."
I found this really out there, she knows how my family is but she's never said anything before… So I just nodded my head, said my goodbyes, and was off to my house again.
Prologue: End
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Well? Well? Was it boring enough for you? Sorry, that was the opening chapter and I just wanted people to get the feel on what life is like and their surroundings, Next chapter will get into the: ANGST, FEAR and TRAGETY. Dun, dun, dun…
So please, keep reading.