Author's Note:
This fanfic was inspired by many different writers, and some of the things in this story are not all of my ideas. So I shall not claim them as my own. I am ew at writing fanfictions so I am sure there are plenty of mistakes, so please feel free to help me along the way as my story progresses.
So, with that said and done please read, enjoy, and if you don't mind review. 3
Oh, and by the way, I do not own any of these Kingdom Hearts or Final Fantasy characters, just my own.
Chapter One: Three's a Crowd
"...Her lips are pale..."
"That's what happens..."
"Is this really needed?"
"It won't last long, the other four will be found soon."
"It doesn't feel right."
Finger nails slowly trailed down the thick cold glass that held the sleeping prisoner. A small screeching from the contact filled the cold room. Sad yellow eyes peered into the glass container to look at the content that it held, but there was no stare in return.
"My sweet child, do not fret about such things. This is not in your hands. You just do as I told you, and what we seek will soon be at the end of our finger tips."
"After we are done with them," came the voice of the other occupier of the room. She turned her attention towards the speaker, long eye lashed blinking. "they'll be put back to normal right?" The question came as nothing more than a small whisper, but it was not unnoticed.
"Of course my child, they'll be as good as new."
Emotion filled eyes looked up at the sorcerer that stood before her. The sadness that they held easing a little at the news.
It was just the two of them other than the three lifeless forms that slept motionlessly behind those hard glass doors. They heard nothing that the two said, and saw not of the sadness that they were causing for the younger of the two ladies. Lifeless dolls, only their to be toyed with.
The sound of wooden doors banging up against stone wall echoed through out the small room as a black haired brown skinned women entered. Hair braided into a seemingly complicated design and a pair of nun chocks hanging loosely at her waist she made her way up the stairs, her high heel boots tapping against the stone floor. Her baggy black pants hugged tightly around her thighs and her skin tight leather like green shirt did nothing to hide her ever growing chest.
"Master Maleficent, they have found the location of another."
"Excellent." Maleficent voice rang out upon hearing the news. Turning her attention towards the yellow eyed girl once more she spoke, her lips displaying a smile that was anything but soothing. "Keyar, my dear child, please excuse me as I see to our soon to be new guest."
The girl moved a few strands of hair out of her face looking to the ground. "My presence is not needed, right?"
Closing her eyes Maleficent let out a small eerie laugh that sent chills up Keyar's back. Her long slender hands reaching up to cover the ball that rested at the end of her staff. She began to gently stroke it as if it was an animal of some kind that would respond the her touches with a sound of pleasure. "No my dear, just relax, you have had along day." Then, without another word she turned, heading for the door, her long black robes trailing behind her. She was quickly followed by the women that had delivered the message, her braided her swinging over her shoulders, but the women did not leave before giving Keyar a look of discuss.
Keyar either didn't notice it, or just didn't care because she showed no sign of a reaction. She looked back at the girl prisoned in her glass cage a sigh passing her pales lips. "I'm sorry that you are being put through this." She whispered allowing her forehead to fall gently against the glass. "And I fear that you are to be put through much more.." She gave a small gentle laugh , the vibrations shaking the glass slightly. "To bad I'm not a phsycic huh?"
Yellow eyes slid up to look in the glass, guilt over taking her once more.
It always did...
Ever since the heartless started popping up on other worlds other then her own she knew that something bad was going to happen. She just didn't know what, or how savior it was going to be. It had been exactly three months since the worlds had begun to disappear, starting with the weakest, or those that held much hatred. Destroying them from the inside out, killing everything that was good and turning those weak at heart into heartless and the ones who were strong enough to get away strayed from the heartless powers only to be lost within the darkness that was becoming their world.
"She said she'll make sure that you are taking good care of...Cinderella was it?"
She says a lot of things...
"I really need to learn you threes names, if we are to continue with these talks." Keyar smiled sadly wrapping her arms around herself. She turned, pressing her back up against the glass sliding down it slowly. "The others will be here soon, well, that's what I am told." Taking in a shakey breath she whispered "I bet you three never get lonely...since you have each other."
You don't have to be alone
Yes, we can help
Let us help...
Keyar lend her head back so that she was looking at the princess upside down. "You guys are so lucky..."
She's doing it again
What can we do?
Comfort her?
She'll just push us away...
Sighing heavily Keyar ran her finger tips between the cracks of the stone that was the floor. She went well with the room, its gloomy appearance, her black hair and yellow eyes mixed so good. The perfect match. "I wonder how long this will last.."
It will be over before you know it
Yes, then you can be happy
Like everyone else
Everyone else...
Keyar said nothing more. She just sat there, her eyes closed as she continued to run her fingers up and down the cracks in the floor. The time she spent in here alone relaxed her, allowed her to think about the events that had taken place throughout the day. The talks she had with the three princesses actually set her mind at ease, as if just by her confessing how she truly felt about everything would make it all okay. Even though her apologizes and confessions went unheard, it still made her feel better. If just for a little while...
Come on now, smile
...Smiling is good for you...
Yes, smile, it will make you feel better
"You're in here again?"
Looking up quickly the black hair girl turned to acknowledge the new comer.
When did he get here?
She must really be out of it if she didn't hear /him/ enter
What does he want...
Maybe he'll help
At least cheer her up a little
He'll probably just make it worse.
"You might as well just move down here." Came the voice again. A cloaked figure walked over to her, his face covered by the hood of his back cloak. "It's been at least two hours, they were wondering if you had died or something."
Two hours? Had it really been that long? It felt as if it had only been a few minutes. Keyar had stayed in the room after Maleficent had left with intentions of staying in here no more than thirty minutes. Let alone two hours.
Uh, he sickens me
Whats with that cloak of his?
He's secretive, can we trust him?
She seems to think so
Keyar smiled slightly getting up from her spott on the ground, her body becoming slightly warmer after leaving the cold floor. It made her feel awkward. She wasn't use to being warm.
"Don't worry, I was just, thinking." Her voice was cotton soft, and quiet, just barely above a whisper.
Placing a gloved hand on a hip he smirked. "You've been doing that a lot lately. Careful, or you might hurt yourself."
Someone around here has too
She's spending her time wisely.
...I think he likes her
Really?
Yeah, I mean lo-
Stop your fantasizing
Smiling sweetly she gave a gentle laugh. "I didn't know you cared."
"I don't."
"Then why are you here?"
"You're needed around here," Crossing his arms across his chest he continued. "You die than all of our work would have been for nothing."
The girl chuckled, her eyes raising to look at his face even though it was still hidden behind it's black leather hood. "Well, thank you just the same."
"Yeah, whatever."
He has a cocky attitude
Yeah
Just the sound of his voice annoys me
Keyar slowly turned her head back to look at the sleeping princess. The little happiness that was in her eyes quickly left. She just wanted everything to end, for everything too..
"Come on, this place is starting to freak me out." He wasn't to fond of this room, or this building, heck he didn't like the whole world. With it's huge library, and many rooms made it easy to get lost in. Not to mention there wasn't a city in sight. It was to quiet for his taste.
She looked back at him, her hand playing with a strand of her silky hair. "But I don't want to go, I like it here."
"Shut up, yes you do. You're hungry." He told her grabbing her arm and pulling her to her feet. It had been seven hours since either of them had eaten and the sound of food did sound tempting. But still...
Keyar shook her head trying to convince him that she really wasn't hungry. "No really, I'm not hungry." Though, her stomach said otherwise.
The man gave a smirk bringing his face towards hers, as he did so his hoody slid back a little exposing his eyes from their hiding place. "Not hungry huh?." He poked her in her stomach as another growl could be heard.
She never really was good at lying anyway.
Keyar gave a tired smiled, showing her submission. She wasn't in an arguing mood, and she really was hungry so.."Okay, I'll eat."
The cooks were sure to had cooked dinner by now. It had to be 7:00 at least. The picture of plates upon plates of food being placed on the long huge wooden table that was in the dinning area did nothing to help Keyar's hungry stomach. There was always food left over, but what they did with it was beyond her.
Well that was easier than expected.
"Good, cause I'm starving." He informed her.
Before Keyar could say another word she felt herself being pulled towards the door. She tried to protest, to tell him he didn't have to pull her along, but she was distracted by his face. His eyes. She had never seen them before, and even though they were only partly showing she could see that they were a gorgeous green.
Her eyes trailed over the rest of him. It was obvious that underneath his cloak there was a well framed body. The way the fabric hugged around him made it pretty clear, from his chest all the way down to hips. It was basically skin type, giving him just enough space to move around comfortably. But what stuck out the most, more than anything else was the warmth that his body created. He was warm, really warm, a lot warmer than a normal person should be.
Her gaze didn't go unnoticed. He felt her starring, a smirk tugged at his lips, but he didn't turn to look at her.
"So, what are we going to eat?" She asked him tearing her eyes away from him.
He was silent before answering. "If there isn't anything left, we'll eat whatever we can fi-"
x
"-ind it!"
"Stay still, you might make it mad!"
"Where did you see it aga-"
"Ah! It's over there! In the bushes, I saw something move!"
"Kairi, don't do that! You're going to hit me!"
"Hey! Watch it!"
Another scream filled the air as shoes scrambled across the sand and over onto the latter perched high about the ground. "Kill it, kill it, kill it!"
Blue eyes peered into the bushed to find the creature that had caused all the commotion, but found not of what they sought. Either this thing was really good at hiding seek, or whatever it was that she saw was nothing more than her imagination.
"Are you sure you really saw something?"
A huff came from the direction of the girl that still remained on the latter, as far up and as far away from the bush as possible. "I know what I saw Sora."
Leaning down on his haunches another pair of eyes, this time a sea green, looked in the bush. Sora, seeing no need for the two of them to be sprawled out in the sand looking for something that might not even be there got up dusting off his sand covered stomach. "Might as well just get up Riku, there's nothing in there. She's just seeing things."
Kairi fisted her hands by her sides, her nails digging into her palms. "Am not!"
The silver haired boy just ignored the two's bickering, his eyes still scanning the bush. It did seem like the place a snake would go to hide from screaming girls. He reached a gloved hand up to pull the branches so that he could get a better look at the tangled molted green and brown mess that was a bush. It didn't seem like there was anything in there...
Hiss
But then again...
Reaching in slowly, so not to disturb the creature Riku gently grabbed it, resting it in the palm of his gloved hands. "Is this what you saw?" An amused grin pulled at Riku's lips as he held his hands higher so she could get a better look.
"Yes!" She yelled climbing higher on the latter until she was almost to the top. "Ew, Riku, don't touch it! It might give you aids or something!"
Aids? Was she serious.
"Kairi, your-" Sora began, his hands flying up to his mouth to hold back a snicker.
The teen lifted a silver eyebrow and looked over at Sora before glancing back at the brunet haired girl. "Don't worry Kairi." Out of the corner of his eye Riku saw Sora clamp his hands around his mouth more as he desperately tried to hold back the oncoming laughter. "It's just a garden snake, completely harmless." Walking over to Kairi he held the small creature close so that he wouldn't drop it. "Want to pet it?"
Screaming Kairi scrambled to get away from him. "Get that thing away from me!"She yelled, her feet kicking at him as he approached. If Riku hadn't had ducked he would have gotten nailed right in the face.
Riku laughed, looking down at the snake. It's beady black eyes looking back. Pathetic thing really, it had curled up in a tight ball for defense. It was so small it was as barely as big as his pinkie.
"I want to see, let me see it Riku!" Sora said bouncing up and down from behind Riku. Blue eyes looking down at the snake he asked tilting his head to one side. "Where do you think it came from?"
Shrugging Riku handed Sora the snake before whipping his hands off on his pants to get off what remaining sand there was. "Don't know, maybe crawled into a boat or something."
Kairi who was still perched up on the latter glared down at the legless reptile. "I don't care where it came from or how it got here, I just want it dead."
"Aw come one Kairi." Sora protested. "It didn't do anything to you."
She huffed, crossing her arms across her chest. Right now, she didn't care. "And I'm not about to give it the chance to either. Get rid of it."
A small smile found its way to the eldest of the three teens lips as his two friends started to argue. Their childish bickering bringing back many memories.
How long had it been? Almost a year and a half, it felt so much longer since the three of them had met and started hanging together. Becoming inseparable The memories of when it was just Riku and Sora were slowly starting to fade. When was the last time it had just been the two of them on an adventure, without Kairi there to tag along.
He...couldn't remember
And he was sure Sora didn't either. Heck the kid can hardly remember what he had for breakfast, but Riku expected that from him, hats who Sora was. Who he has been and who Riku always wanted his best friend to be.
But things didn't seem to be going the way he wanted. Ever since Kairi had came along Sora was starting to change. When she was around it was like Sora would change, act so...serious. Like he was trying to impress her. Don't get him wrong, Riku liked Kairi, he really did, it was just that he didn't want to be replaced or...forgotten even.
"Fine, you don't have to kill it. Just put it somewhere far way from here."
Riku snapped out of his thoughts and focused his attention back on the two.
Groaning Sora shook his head aggravated with the girl. "Alright Kairi. I'll get rid of it. You win."
She always won. He always did what she asked of him. Her personal slaw. He'd do anything to for her...like he would have for Riku.
"Hey Sora, will you go shopping with me?"
"Sure Kairi."
Riku won't mind if he post poned there plans right? He'd understand.
"Come on Sora! Lets go swimming!"
"Okay, let me go get Riku."
"He'll come on his own Sora, he always does."
Not that time
"Sora, would you like to go on a picnic? Just the two of us."
"Uh, okay."
Riku wasn't one for picnics, he'd just get bored. It'd be better, just the two of them.
"Kair, isn't Riku coming?"
"Oh yeah, he told me to tell you that he didn't want to come. He had something to do. Lets go to the fair without him."
A lie, Riku hadn't know of their arrangement. He hardly did anymore.
Taking the snake Sora walked off to find a place to put it. Riku was sure that he would probably take him somewhere on the other side of the island.
Kairi watched him, making her way slowly down the latter, ready to jump back up if she saw another one of the belly dwellers. "Disgusting." She murmured.
Moments later, Sora returned snake less. He was quickly greeted by Kairi, a girlie smile on her face. Hard to believe a few minutes ago she had been willing to claw his eyes out. Girls and there mood swings.
"Well, now that that's over." Soar grinned. "We should hurry and go meet Tidus, he's already going to blow a casket for us being late."
That's right, they were suppose to meet the blondie haired teen to go swimming today. Tidus was probably going to be in one of his moods again when they finally arrived.
Kairi nodded in agreement, her hair swaying from side to side as she did so. "Then lets go silly." Her fingers wrapped around Sora's arm, a girlie giggle reaching the ears of her male companions. She looked up at Sora smiling before she tugged him along. If Riku didn't know any better, he might have thought they were a...
...Couple
No, of course they weren't. Sora would tell him if he ever got a girlfriend especially if it was Kairi. They told each other everything, they always had. From Sora being afraid of the dark to the fact that he had never been kissed by a girl other than his mom. That's how it has always been...
"Come on Riku!" Sora called over his shoulder to the elder teen before he was pulled along more. "You don't want to be left behind do you?"
Left behind...
Riku shook his head and ran to catch up with the other two. No, he didn't want to be left behind, but sometimes, no matter how hard you try, or how hard you fight it. The fact still remains. There are times where it can't be helped, times where you...
have no choice...
Well, that was chapter one. I hope you liked it. Poor Riku right? It's only going to get worse from here on out. And in case you guys are confused, no thoughs weren't Keyars thoughts for example...
You don't have to be alone
Yes, we can help
Let us help...
nope, not thoughts. but I won't be telling you what they are, you will just have to wait and see what they are.
