Scattered Hearts, Intertwined Dreams
By: Arisu Kuroshima/ Seraphic Kitsune
Rated: R
Summary: The darkness finally claimed Destiny Islands finally swallowing one of the few worlds that wasn't corrupted by darkness. Roxas was swallowed into the darkness finally after his assault on the cloaked figure that tried to kidnap his friend. Now what has happened to three souls that have been separated, but always connected… Starting with Roxas… suspense music
A/N: I don't own Kingdom Hearts only the idea of this fanfiction and the characters that were created by me. I don't own the songs used in this story. "From the Inside" by Linkin Park. For the title, I decided to change it because I want to and also I didn't feel that violence was needed just yet.
Chapter Two: Memories
Radiant Garden
"Hey, are you okay?" asked a kind feminine voice as groggy blue eyes started to focus on the world around him. Roxas slowly tried to get up and held his head and asked in confusion, "Sakura?"
"Sakura? Who's this 'Sakura'?" asked the same voice with a hint of confusion in her voice. Roxas blinked again when he noticed he was looking at a girl that appeared to be older than him with long ebony black hair that had crimson in the bangs.
"Where am I?" asked Roxas while he was trying to gain his composure to get up, but he was getting impatient and shook his head.
"This place is Radiant Garden and I'm Rin…" Rin introduced herself while raising a delicate eyebrow at him. "Who are you?"
"Roxas…" was all he said as he closed his eyes again as Rin just shook her head and called, "Rikku, he fell asleep again!" Footsteps and words he couldn't grasp with his hearing were the last things he heard before he went back to sleep once again.
Dreamland (Roxas)
Walking around an abandon room with a dimly lit candle as the only light in the room, Roxas was looking around curiously over his surroundings. He held his head in confusion until he spotted something familiar to him and whispered quietly, "Sakura?"
Don't know who to trust No surprise
Sakura looked at him after her focus was on the ceiling above as if she was in a daze or a trance.
"This place is so familiar yet I don't remember…" Sakura commented as her eyes were focused on Roxas. She ran her fingers through her hair in frustration and commented, "I slowly keep forgetting where I grew up, my parents… everything… except the three of us. It's like something inside of me wants to forget our friendship and the time we spent together yet certain things like our friendships and the memories we made together I don't want to forget… I want to keep close to my heart and don't let them fade."
Everyone feels so far away from me Heavy thoughts sift through dust and the lies
Unexpected for himself anyway, Roxas held Sakura in his arms and whispered loud enough for her to hear him, "Even if you forget me, I still protect you always." He suddenly heard a cold, amused chuckle from only a few feet behind him. Roxas tighten his arms around Sakura protectively as he turned his attention to the one who was chuckling.
Trying not to break But I'm so tired of this deceit Every time I try to make myself
"Who are you?" Roxas growled in annoyance as the cloaked figure walked out of the shadows. It appeared to be the same height as Roxas while he heard a frigid tone commented, "A creation that's able to feel and have emotions… very unusual indeed yet it's a human being with a heart without any darkness to taint it." Before Roxas could yell, he noticed that Sakura was suddenly being held captive by the cloak figure as it taunted evilly, "In this world, I can't inflict pain to you… keyblader yet she can feel pain just fine."
Get back up on my feet All I ever think about is this All the tiring time between
Roxas's eyes widen in shock as he seen a claw hand coming out of it's sleeve only to have it vanish into the back of his best friend and her sudden scream of pain. The keyblade suddenly appeared in his hand as he charged for the cloaked figure only to be parried by a crimson and black weapon like his own but with bat-like wings as the handle. The cloaked figure threw Sakura against a wall roughly and started fighting against Roxas.
And how Trying to put my trust in you Just takes so much out of me
The cloaked figure slashed Roxas across the face only to create one line down his right cheek as Roxas continued to defend against the figure's assault until he started hearing voices calling his name back to reality as the cloaked figure disappeared from view.
Radiant Garden
"Sakura!" Roxas shouted as he woke up only to be greeted by five faces, one familiar and four others he doesn't even know. Rin shrugged her shoulders with a keyblade with bird-like wings as a handle and curve sword-like blade in her left hand, "I told you so, Uncle Squall." Squall raised a delicate eyebrow at Rin and corrected calmly, "It's Leon… This is Sora's child…" Roxas looked confused at the man who called himself 'Leon' and asked, "How do you know my father?"
I take everything from the inside and throw in all away
Leon held his head as if he was getting a headache and answered, "That was a long time ago… when there was only one keyblade of light, darkness and twilight. Yuffie… Aerith, why is that destructive fairy still here?" Yuffie kinda of chuckled at the statement and answered, "Well Squall…" Yuffie ignored the glared that Leon shot at her and continued, "Rikku couldn't possibly leave your side and with Sora's kid here… you need all the help you can get with kids with your anti-social attitude with children."
Cause I swear For the last time I won't trust myself with you
Rin and Roxas huffed indifferently and commented in unison, "We're not kids." Aerith just chuckled and commented, "Of course you're not… you guys are young adults." Rin growled in annoyance and left the room while Rikku was sitting on Roxas's lap getting too comfortable, much to his displeasure. Yuffie just chuckled and commented, "We'll explain how we know your dad at a better time."
"I would like to know right now, if you don't mind." Roxas growled in annoyance at the ones in the room. Everyone looked over at Leon as he sighed in defeat.
"I guess it's best to tell him now… instead of finding out in a critical moment… your father, fifteen years ago, was the keyblade wielder of the Kingdom key you have in your possession." Roxas looked shock and then back at the weapon and whispered quietly, "My father?"
Tension is building inside Steadily Everyone feels so far away from me Heavy thoughts forcing their way Out of me
"Yes, Sora was the wielder of the keyblade that represented light… but after the final battle, it shattered into eight pieces and scatter towards different worlds without us knowing the outcome." Leon stated with his fingers running through his hair. "My niece Rin turns out to have one of those pieces of the original keyblade, but it's attribute is wind like you have a piece of the original that corresponds with light element." Roxas was slowly gathering all the information into his mind while he listen to Leon continuing his explanation of the past and what is currently going on.
A/N: The shortest chapter ever! That sucks man… I need video games now damn it all! Chapter Three: Keybladers on the next Scattered Hearts, Intertwined Dreams.