Well, i think I was finally able to get back in the swing of things! Of course, as I wrote this chapter I listened to some old favorites, such as Kairi's theme, and Sora's sacrifice, songs from the games, as long as the two main songs, Sanctuary and Simple & Clean the techno version!
Oh, before I forget, I DO NOT OWN ANY OF THESE CHARACTERS EXCEPT HAZNORTEX.
Enjoy! My best chappie yet, i'd say.
Chapter 5
Kairi opened her eyes. All she could clearly remember was when Aerith had run off to fetch the queen.
She felt strangely weak, like something had knocked the wind out of her a bit. The room she was in was so strange, almost like a hotel, complete with a silver tea service on the pink carpeted table. An odd window sat in the farthest wall. She felt exposed, almost like she was on display or something.
As her eyes focused, she realized who was looking back at her from the window. That man…Xehanort…or was it really the NotQuite leader they'd been told about? He smiled and abruptly turned away.
She gathered what strength she had left and summoned her Keyblade, lunging for the window. It was only glass. It should break! But all she did was waste her strength and leave a long unattractive crack in the pane.
The room swam before her, and as she weakened, she imagined Sora and Riku…back home on the islands…"Man, I've missed you guys…"
Darkness swam all around her. Something about it just didn't seem right. She stood up.
"Riku?" she called, assuming maybe Riku had regained his powers over the dark relam to save her. Although quite unorthodox it was possible.
"I'm here…" a voice answered. "Thank goodness!" Kairi cried and ran to hug him.
But she noticed he looked a good bit older…and leading a young girl by the hand. She looked familiar…with eyes as green as Riku's, and hair as red as hers had been at that age.
She pulled away from their embrace. "Who's this little cutie?" she asked, bending down to the girl's level. But before Riku could answer, they both dissolved.
"Riku? Riku, don't leave me here alone!" she cried, on the verge of tears.
"Be strong…Kairi, you should know this by now…your heart is the greatest weapon of all." his voice carried back to her.
The darkness pressed close, and Kairi felt a tear drifting down her cheek. "Riku! I'm so scared…Please stay!"
"I can't. you're on your own for now. Don't worry…let your heart guide you, and everything will be alright."
She blinked, and suddenly she was surrounded with light. The abrupt change wreaked havoc on her eyes, prompting her to squint for a while until she got used to it.
And just as she had, Sora materialized. "Sora!" she cried with happiness and ran to hug him, reveling in that boy smell he always carried with him. He too was leading a young girl by the hand. This one shared her fathomless blue eyes, and Sora's wild hair tamed back in a ponytail.
Kairi needed no introduction. She knew exactly who the girl was, and picking her up, she hugged the toddler tightly.
"I knew you'd come for me…" she whispered. Sora smiled.
"Like I'm gonna leave you all by yourself? Kairi, you know me better then that!"
She smiled and gave Sora the girl.
"make sure she goes to bed on time and, Sora?"
"yeah?"
"make sure you tell her that I love her."
"I will." Sora turned to leave. Kairi reached out to him. "Is there any way I can come with you?" she asked. Sora looked back at her and shook his head sadly.
"you have so much to do here! Just remember…we'll be here, rootin' for ya!" He waved the girl's hand in the air as a goodbye. "I'll always be with you Kairi…as long as you always remember…" and he was gone…
"Sora…Riku…I love you…don't leave me!" she cried, jolted awake by her own tears.
The cell was in shambles. The tea service was strewn on the floor, and curtains had been ripped off the walls. Large ugly gashes marred the wallpaper, and the pane was shattered. Even the bed was shredded, feathers flying everywhere. It was like a monster had come and gone while she'd been unconscious. Her fingers fell into a depression beneath her, and she looked down. She was lying in the center of a heart gouged in the wood, ends meeting in elaborate curls.
"What-?" she heard a voice out in the hallway. It was Haznortex, hastily pressing buttons on a controller of some sort, talking rapidly into a headset.
"No sir, I can't seem to control her! She's gone haywire, releasing pulses of energy!…Heart Containment? Are you sure? We've never been able to properly test it, you know. There could be…positively damaging side effects of having a heart contained…yes, I know we're pressed for time, master…of course…right away…" he dropped the headset and stepped through the shattered pane over to Kairi.
She sat up slowly, glaring angrily at him. "I never thought you'd be the one taking orders from someone else…" she growled. Haznortex let out a petulant chuckle. "You have no idea the power my master possesses, girl!" Kairi rolled her eyes. She had no time for power talk! She had to escape! And if she was correct, SHE had somehow caused all this mess…
"You have no idea the powers I possess…" she answered, forming a fist, readying it to receive her Keyblade.
"Ah ah ah little miss! No playing here! We must bring you to Heart containment, so you don't cause any more accidents!" he gazed about the wrecked cell. "Pity…Ralzenex worked so hard to set up the cells for the princesses!"
Kairi sighed, submitting to his gruff hand gripping her arm. The weakness was returning. She stumbled along reluctantly as they exited the cell, and she observed the others. One had a distinctly Arabian motif, and she could have sworn she saw a flash of bluish-green on the bed near the back.
"kairi!" a high voice called. She spun her head around and saw Queen Minnie, reaching to her through the window. "Kairi, stay strong! No matter what they do to you! Don't let them control your heart!"
"No time for chit chat ladies, let's keep moving.." Haznortex grumbled, pulling Kairi along, nearly separating her wrist from her arm while doing so.
And as Kairi allowed herself to be pulled along, she remembered her strange dream and all that Riku had told her…
let your heart guide you, and everything will be alright…
I'll always be with you Kairi…as long as you always remember…
