Normal narration
"Speaking"
Thoughts
Flashback
"Flashback speaking"
"Voices that may be coming from the small talking device or the voices in Sora's head"
The voice
"The voice speaking through other people"
"Sora narration"
Title Stuff
Writings (Letters/Journals/etc.)
"Long ago, the world was united and filled with warm light.
People loved the light, and eventually began fighting over it.
Then, Darkness found its way into people's hearts.
Darkness consumed the hearts and light of the people,
and in a flash it spread…
The world disappeared into the darkness.
But a glimmer of light remained in the hearts of children…
Children gathered their glimmers of light and recreated the world.
The recreated world, however, was no longer united…
It was divided into several smaller worlds.
Because the true light was still hidden deep within the darkness…"
"Huh?"
A young boy carefully approached the small, fragile figure of the girl that had just washed onto the shore.
"Who…"
He cocked his head to the side.
"…are you?"
After seeing her eyes open ever so slightly, the dark blue-violet orbs attempting to regain vision, the boy crowded her, trying to get in as close as possible to look at her. His brunette hair clouded his face and the various surroundings.
"Where did you come from?"
Insert: Drawing Days by Splay (Katekyo Hitman Reborn Opening Theme #1)
Written by KingoftheLizards/BrazilianMafioso
Kingdom Hearts: Anime Mix
Chapter 1: Calm Before the Storm (Destiny Islands, Part I)
A bright blue sky, sun shining, fluffy white clouds, birds chirping, warm weather, cool breeze.
A perfect day.
Actually, it had been the sound of waves hitting the beach and the birds that had awoken him. Opening his eyes, he gradually lifted himself up into a sitting position and yawned, but almost immediately laid back down. The only change in the scenery above him was the red haired girl smiling down at him.
Wait…
"Whoa!" He jumped up in surprise, barely missing the girl's head in the process.
The girl laughed at his startled antics.
"Gimme a break, Kairi."
"Sora, you lazy bum. I knew that I'd find you snoozing down here," she said, grinning.
He blushed and quickly shook his head. "N-No! You got it all wrong! This huge black thing swallowed me up!" He looked down, as if to remember the event. "I couldn't breathe or talk, and I couldn't feel anything!" Even if just for a moment, Sora shivered with fear. "And… And then, you were a little girl, but you got carried to the island-Ow!"
Kairi punched Sora over the head. Shutting one eye in pain, he rubbed his head with his hands.
"What was that for?" he asked through gritted teeth.
"For dreaming when you're awake," she stated, matter-of-factly.
"B-B-But…"
"But?"
"It wasn't a dream! It was…" Sora looked down sadly. What WAS it?
Giggling, Kairi walked over to the ocean, looking out at the horison. "Whatever you say, Dreamer Boy."
"Hey! That's not-!"
"So you've always lived here, huh?"
It was silent for a few moments, save for the crashing of the waves on the shore. It took a while for Sora to realise that Kairi was talking to him. He turned to face her direction, after sitting back down on the ground.
"Yeah. I… I guess I have." To break another awkward silence, Sora asked a question of his own. "So, uh, Kairi, what was your hometown like? You know, where you grew up."
It was a known fact to all those on the islands that Kairi had not been born there. After she had been found, Kairi had almost immediately been adopted by the mayor and had lived on the islands ever since.
"…I've told you before. I don't remember."
"Nothing at all?"
She smiled sadly, still facing the ocean.
"Nothing."
"So, if you ever could remember it, or… or even if you could get there, would you ever wanna go back?" It was a serious question, but it only ended up making the girl laugh again.
"Well, sure I'd like to see it, but I'm happy here."
Sora stood up and walked over to stand next to Kairi. "You know, one day, I'm gonna see it."
"Hm?"
With a determined expression, Sora pointed to the horison. "One day, I'm gonna see the place you came from. But not only that…"
Kairi looked over at Sora, admiration in her eyes.
"…I'm going to see all the worlds! Every world out there! I want to see 'em all!"
"So what're we waiting for?" she asked.
"Hey, aren't you guys forgetting about me?"
The two flinched and slowly turned around to face a boy with silver hair and turquoise eyes.
"So, I guess I'm the only one working on the raft," he said in a disappointed manner. He strolled over and threw the log he had been carrying to Sora, who ultimately dropped it. "And you're just as lazy as he is," he teased as he reached Kairi.
Kairi giggled and scratched the back of her head in embarrassment. "So you noticed." She twirled around and smiled. "Okay, we'll finish it together, then!"
"Wasn't that the point, in the first place?" Sora sighed, shaking his head.
"Come on! I'll race you!" she exclaimed happily.
"Huh?"
"Are you kidding?" Riku asked.
Ignoring the boys, she started to count down. "Ready? Go!"
Sora and Riku glanced at each other, seeing this as another competition, and immediately set off towards their building site, Kairi following close behind.
Wandering around the island, Sora eventually found Kairi sitting on the steps in front of the shack leading to the other half of the island. He ran over.
"Hey, Kairi, I found most of the materials so far."
Kairi brought out a list and checked some parts off. "Great, now you need to gather the rest of the stuff."
He nodded. Sure, that would be fine.
"All right, so, you need to get…"
"Can I just ask what Riku's doing to help?"
Kairi paused and glanced at Sora. "More than you, slacker."
Sighing, he left to go find some materials for the raft. He'd probably need some logs. Yeah. They still needed to make a base for the vessel. And there was that log that Riku had thrown to him on the beach before… and it was still there!"
"Perfect!" he said, running over to it, but just as he picked it up, he noticed Riku sitting on the paupu tree on the smaller island. "That jerk," he hissed under his breath. "He's not even doing anything!"
Muttering quietly, he trudged off to find the cloth he had hung in the tree house. They would need a sail, right?
He climbed the ladder and quickly went to the tiny wooden cavern to retrieve the item. As he walked out, he could see Tidus practicing his fighting on the balcony across from him.
Noticing this, Tidus turned to grin mischievously at Sora. "Hey, Sora, you feel lucky today?"
Nice, he thought, glad to have something other than Item Collection duty to do.
"I sure do!" he called back, jumping over to the other wooden walkway that led to the balcony.
Tidus instantly attacked from above with his red pole, but Sora blocked it with his wooden sword, just in time.
"You asked for it!" Sora yelled pushing back, causing Tidus to fall. However, he instantly returned to his feet, kicking Sora in the process. The boy stumbled a bit, but remained standing. "Is that all you got?" he asked.
Charging at Sora, Tidus shook his head. "Yeah right!"
"Good! Because this wouldn't be fun if you still had the same old moves!"
The two clashed their weapons together, each trying to gain the upper hand, until…
"This is it! Get ready to be defeated, Sora!" Tidus lunged, ready to take Sora on from above, but wasn't prepared when Sora rolled under him and attacked him from behind. He fell with a painful sounding thud.
Tidus pounded on the wood with his fist.
"Aw man! And I've been training so much, recently, too!"
Sora put his hand on the other boy's shoulder. "Don't worry, I'm just invincible."
"That's what Riku said, too."
He froze, and then his grip started to tighten. "Riku, said that, huh?" Looking at Sora, Tidus felt immense fear. He was smirking darkly, an evil aura emanated from him. "I'm gonna go pound that jerk into the sand." But first, he took some rope he found coiled on the floor. They could tie the logs together with it. And then Sora stomped off to find Riku.
Whom he found in the exact same place he'd seen him before.
Jerk. Jerk. Jerk. Jerk. Jerk.
"Hey, Riku." Sora smiled happily.
The older boy turned around. "Hm? Oh, hey, Sora. What's up? What're you here for?"
"Hehehe, what am I here for?" Sora's expression turned evil. "I'm here to take you down!" he yelled lunging at Riku, hoping to get a surprise attack.
However, Riku simply held out his hand and watched with amusement as Sora attempted to swing at him, even though he was being held back.
"Idiot, what're you doing?"
Flailing, Sora responded with a curt "Defeat you!"
Riku sighed and let go, allowing Sora to run forward, but he ended up running straight into the ocean.
"Pbbfff!" He gasped for breath as he came up from the water. "Riku, you jerk!" Riku's face appeared off the side of the island. "Whattaya want now?" With a deadpan expression, Riku threw another log down to Sora, hitting him in the head. "Ow! I won't forget this!"
"Yeah, yeah. Go give the stuff to Kairi. It's getting late."
Sora grumbled as he took the materials and swam with them to the shore. "Stupid Riku with his stupid hair and sword and stupid shirt and everything."
Hearing this, Kairi sighed. "You lost against Riku again, didn't you?"
"Pfft, no." Sora crossed his arms and looked the other way.
"Why are you all wet?"
He winced and didn't answer right away. "I… was chasing fish."
Kairi obviously didn't buy the story as she packed the materials into the shack and started walking away. "Well, whatever it is, finish it up quickly."
Kicking the sand as he walked, Sora reached the dock. "Hey."
The girl sitting on the edge playfully rocked her feet back and forth, her eyes closing in peaceful bliss. "The breeze feels great." She opened her eyes and smiled at Sora. "So, what're you up to these days?" Selphie's face became slightly downcast. "We never get to see you."
Realisation hit Sora as he saw just how long he, Kairi, and Riku had been working on the raft. I guess this really does mean a lot to us…
"Sorry to worry you, Selphie," Sora apologized, "but we're working on something really cool. One day, we'd like you to see it, too." Putting her hand in his own, he grinned.
"Hahaha!"
Blushing, Sora jumped up. "W-What's up with girls and laughing at me? What's so funny?"
She tried to contain herself, but ended up pulling out her jump rope and swinging it around.
"What about a duel?"
He blinked, not understanding what was going on for a few seconds and then got into a fighting position, sword out.
"Just so you know, hitting girls isn't really my thing."
"Same to you," Selphie replied, smirking, while flicking the rope around Sora's ankle and pulling it, causing Sora to fall.
"Why you…" He pulled the jump rope, bringing Selphie along with it, much to her surprise. As she came closer, Sora prepared to attack, but she held her hands up just in time.
"I surrender!"
"But…"
She giggled. "Listen, even I know when I've lost."
Sora shrugged and walked away, after untying the jump rope. "See ya, Selphie."
"Just don't beat Wakka up too hard! You'll scar his pride."
He laughed, seeing Wakka had heard this and was running over, blitzball in hand, a panicked look on his face.
"Hey, man, that's not cool! Let me take you on!"
Sora sighed, but took out his sword. "Sure, let's play."
"Play is for kids. This is serious!"
"Right."
Wakka started off, throwing a blitzball directly at Sora, who ended up dodging it at the last second. The other boy followed with another round of throws.
"Whoa! When'd you get so good?" Sora asked quickly, just as he evaded more of the oncoming projectiles.
"Ha ha! I've been training, ya?" He threw another ball.
Suddenly, Sora thought of something. He readied himself and his sword, as if he were about to swing a bat. "Heh, let's see how he takes this." At the moment before the ball touched his sword, he aimed at Wakka and swung.
"Ow!" The ball made direct contact with Wakka's head, dazing him. Sora took this as an opportunity and ran up to attack him. The force of Sora's sword knocked Wakka back and sent him into the ground.
"That hurt…" Wakka said, kneeling and rubbing the top of his head.
"All in a day's work," he replied, resting his sword on his shoulders.
"Hey, Sora!"
Sora looked to the small island to see Riku waving at him.
"Did you get everything we need for the raft? I already gave my stuff to Kairi."
"Yeah, wait one second!" He turned and waved. "See ya, guys!" Sora yelled to Selphie and Wakka as he ran off.
"So you already got the supplies to Kairi?" Riku asked as he jumped off the tree.
Sora nodded.
"Then how about a quick round?" He suggested, taking out his sword, and Sora eagerly agreed, following Riku's example.
"Get ready, Riku! This one decides the champion!"
"Ready when you are!"
The two jumped at each other, bringing down their swords with full force.
About two hours later, Kairi had decided to take a stroll along the beach. The sun was setting, and it would be time to go home soon, but she just wanted to stay a little longer. A soft wind blew, slightly tossing her hair. As she moved her hair out of her eyes with her hand, she caught a glimpse of the small island.
Which Sora and Riku were fighting on.
"Sigh… They really are such boys."
Even as far away as she was (she couldn't even make out specific features), Kairi could hear them yelling at each other.
"OH YEAH?"
"YEAH!"
"HIYAH!"
"OH NO YOU DON'T!"
When she reached the bridge to the island, she didn't dare go farther for she knew not to get in between them when they were like this.
"Hey, Kairi."
She turned her gaze to Tidus and Wakka who were watching the battle, mesmerized.
"They've been like this for two hours," Tidus told her, still staring at the other two.
"It's super scary, ya?"
"WHAT?"
Once again, Kairi turned to the combatants and was utterly surprised when she did.
There stood Sora, standing triumphantly over Riku, sword waving around in the air.
"I DID IT! YEAH! WOOHOO!"
"Stop screaming, Sora!"
He froze and looked at Kairi, instantly blushing. "Eh? You saw that?" Dramatic pose. "Wasn't I cool?" Flashy smile.
Glare back. "Sora, why are you so loud?"
Riku stood up, brushing his pants off. "So, Sora finally beat me."
"Yeah! Take that!"
"Yup, and now you only need 63 more wins to get even with me." Bright, innocent smile.
Collapse. Crying. "I forgot about that…"
"Where'd Tidus and Wakka go?"
Sora kicked his legs as he sat on the curve of the tree, looking down at the waves.
"I think they went home."
"Mhmm."
A long silence followed as the three friends stared at the sunset.
"I wonder…"
Riku and Kairi glanced at Sora, a bit startled that he had suddenly said something.
"What is it, Sora?"
The brunette thought about his words for a second and then spoke. "I was wondering… if Kairi's world is out there somewhere, can a raft really get us there?
Shaking his head, Riku crossed his arms and replied, "We'll never know by staying here."
"And if the raft doesn't work…," Kairi started.
"…we'll just find some other way," Riku finished.
"So, say you get to another world," Sora asked, curiously, "what're you gonna do there?"
"Huh…" He paused. "Well, I've… never really thought about it... Really, I just want answers."
" Answers ?"
"Yeah. Think about it. Say there's hundreds, no, thousands of worlds out there. Why, out of all of them, did we end up on this tiny piece of all that."
Sora scratched his head. "Man, I still don't get it."
"I figured you wouldn't."
"Hey!"
"And…"
"Huh?"
"If there are other worlds out there… then ours is a just a little piece of something much greater." Riku stood up straight and took a few steps toward the edge. "Right?"
Sora gave up and laid down on the trunk of the tree. "I don't know."
"Exactly." He curled his hand into a fist. "That's why we need to go out there. We need to find out. We need to take action. Just sitting here won't change a thing."
Watching Riku out of the corner of his eye, Sora put his hands under his head as a cushion.
"It's the same old stuff." He turned back to face Sora and Kairi. "So let's go."
Kairi smiled, but it didn't reach her eyes. "You've been thinking a lot lately."
"Thanks to you," Riku replied, walking back towards her.
Sora's eyes immediately darted to Riku, but after he realised he was glaring, he looked away. Why would he be angry at Riku?
"If it weren't for you, I probably would've never thought of any of this."
A really weird feeling came over Sora.
"Kairi, thanks."
It felt weird…
"You're welcome."
Almost like when he was little and all the other kids had the newest toys, while Sora's mom didn't let him spend all of his munny on toys, so he could only watch as other children played with awesome boats and action figures.
He couldn't take it anymore.
"So, hey, guys, it's late 'n all, and my mom is probably wondering where I am…"
Kairi gasped. "Oh man! I was supposed to help my dad with dinner tonight!"
"You'd better hurry then."
"Thanks, I'll be leaving first then."
After a minute, Sora decided to follow, along with Riku behind him.
"Sora."
The boy flinched and turned around, just in time to catch a star-shaped fruit that Riku tossed to him. Why…?
"You wanted one didn't you?"
"A paupu fruit?" He gazed down at it.
"If two people share one, their destinies become intertwined." Riku began strolling past Sora. "They'll remain a part of each other's lives no matter what."
Sora stood still as Riku reached the end of the bridge.
"C'mon, I know you want to try it," he said, smirking back at Sora.
An image of Kairi flashed through Sora's head as he felt another blush coming on.
Riku chuckled at Sora's expression and started running right before Sora chased after him.
The paupu fruit floated in the ocean where Sora had thrown it.
So much to do…
Sora finally caught up to Riku, slapping his back, and the two of them laughed, catching Kairi's attention.
So little time…
"Hey, guys, check this out!" She pulled out an object with shells laced together.
"What is it?"
"It's a thalassa shell lucky charm!" She paused. "Sailors used to wear these and pray for a safe voyage, in hopes of returning safely from their journeys."
Take it easy.
"There's nothing to worry about!" Sora splashed into the water, holding the flag they were going to use for the raft up high. "Let's go! We're gonna see the world!" He looked back and grinned. "Right?"
Don't be scared.
Kairi smiled. Without letting the others see, she gripped the charm tightly.
"Yeah."
The door is still shut.
Entrance. Check. Smoke bombs. Check. Face paint. Check.
Naruto, blonde-haired, whiskered, blue eyed, soon-to-be Hokage, chuckled to himself from his spot in the tree next to the open window.
"Ohoho, just you watch, Granny, I'm gonna scare you good today!" he whispered joyfully to himself.
Lately, it had become a challenge for him to find ways to scare the Hokage because if he could sneak past her defenses, then he could become Hokage for sure!
He applied the face paint in a manner that even scared him.
"Oh yeah, I look like one of those horrifying zombies!"
And that was when he decided to jump in. He threw the smoke bombs inside the room, enough to cover himself, but not enough that it would alert anyone outside the building.
"Ready or not, here I… come!" he emphasised the end as he lunged into the smoke and dashed to the desk, however, he had not calculated that he, himself, wouldn't be able to see, and was knocking just about everything over.
Outside the room, it sounded like someone was attacking, but…
A guard outside the door jumped and turned around, ready to barge in, scared out of his mind.
The other guard, though, sighed. I can't blame him. The new guys should be warned about Naruto. "It's all right. You don't have to worry about it."
Inside, Naruto began to regain his composure as he neared the desk.
"Granny Tsunade!"
…
"…Granny Tsunade!"
...
"GRAN-NY TSU-NA-DE."
Silence.
"So I guess I scared you so bad that you're quiet, huh?"
Nothing.
"Well, then I'll just wait to see your terrified face." The smoked was starting to clear, and Naruto tried to speed it up by waving his arms.
"Haha! Now to-"
The smoke was now gone, replaced by a room devoid of life, not including Naruto.
Something was wrong. Very, very wrong.
"Granny Tsunade?"
He decided to clean the room, first. If something had happened to the Hokage, then Naruto might be blamed because of the state he had put the room in.
After cleaning for ten minutes, all that was left was a single piece of paper that had fallen to the floor. He went to pick it up, but the second he looked at it, he dropped it as if it had burned him.
"W-What is this?"
The paper was actually an envelope. And on the envelope was a single word.
Naruto
What is this? Why would there be an envelope with my name on it?
A mischievous grin crossed his face.
No one would care if he looked at it, right?
As confident as he tried to look, he was insanely scared as he carefully tore open the envelope. He half expected documents about him to fall out, but to his surprise, it was a letter.
"Hm?"
He unfolded it and scanned it.
"Haha…" Naruto laughed a little as he dropped his arms to his sides. "Ha…" He ran as hard as he could out of the room a second later, slamming the doors open and scaring the guards. He finally reached the forest and started calling out, jumping through the trees.
"SASUKE!"
"What, loser?"
"Wha… Ack!"
Shocked from Sasuke's sudden appearance, Naruto lost his focus, crashed into a tree, and fell to the ground.
"…Loser," Sasuke muttered, putting his hands in his pockets.
"Sasuke, you jerk! I could have died."
The other didn't answer, apparently not caring.
"I'm busy. What do you want?"
" 'I'm busy. What do you want?' " Naruto mocked as quietly as possible. "Hmph. Well, I guess you're too cool to listen to this."
"All right then," Sasuke said without missing a beat and began walking away, but Naruto grabbed him.
"Wait, wait, wait! It's important! Seriously!" His expression became serious, letting Sasuke know that he needed to listen.
"The Hokage is missing."
"Naruto, stop kidding around."
"No, seriously, Granny Tsunade is missing! She left this letter," he stated, holding up the torn envelope and the paper.
Sasuke's eyes widened. "You… can't be serious."
Naruto nodded. "I am. But we can't tell anyone! Especially not Sakura because she'll-"
"She'll what, Naruto?"
"Well, that-" He froze. He could tell that murderous aura anywhere. And it was standing right behind him. Almost mechanically, Naruto turned around to face the pink haired girl. "H-Hey, Sakura."
"The Hokage disappeared?"
"Lady Tsunade…"
Naruto had been dragged by Sakura back to the Hokage's office, followed close behind by Sasuke. Now, they were standing there, along with Shizune and Kakashi.
"This is bad," Kakashi said, crossing his arms. "We don't know where she's gone, or how long she'll be gone."
"Um, the old woman left this note," Naruto told them, after being ignored for about a half hour.
"A note? From Lady Tsunade?" Shizune took the letter and read it. "Oh my."
"What?" Sakura tried to tilt her head to look at the words on the paper from her position. "What is it?"
"Naruto… You read this?"
Solemnly, Naruto nodded.
"Please tell us what it says," Kakashi ordered.
"All right." Shizune cleared her throat and started reading.
Dear Naruto, please forgive me for leaving so suddenly, but something came up, and there's no time to lose.
I'm not sure why, but the stars have been disappearing… one by one.
I'm not really into astronomy, and I know someone is going to end up destroying something, but I have to check this out.
Sora lay down in his bed, looking out his window. His thoughts drifted to the star-shaped fruit that Destiny Islands was famous for. It seemed that everyone who had ended up married or in love had once shared a paupu frui-
"…Paupu fruit…" He glared at the ceiling. "Man, what a fairytale!"
As the Hokage, I have something to ask of you. I know it might seem strange, seeing how inexperienced you are, but I think you're the perfect person for the job.
Sora pulled the cover over his head in a huff. "G'night!"
There's someone with a key out there-the key to our survival. I need you to find it. A key? Yeah, I know, it sounds stupid, but it's a key. A literal key. …I don't have much time, so I'll explain the rest really quickly. Whoever, or whatever, has this key, I need you to find him and stick with him, got it, Short stuff?
Kairi sewed the last shell onto her lucky charm and smiled sadly at it.
"…A safe voyage…"
Without that key… there's nothing we can do. We'll be doomed.
" ' So go to Traverse Town, and find Leon. He's an old friend and he'll know what to do.' " Shizune paused. "Traverse Town…"
Kakashi coughed.
"Another world?"
Sakura looked at him, a bewildered expression on her face. "What do you mean… Like, aliens?"
He shook his head. "Kind of." He turned away. "Sorry, but I have to think." And with that, Kakashi disappeared in a cloud of smoke.
The piglet in Shizune's arms shivered, and Shizune gazed up with a despairing look. "Oh, dear… What does this mean?"
Waves crashed on the shore.
Riku stood on the balcony outside his room, overlooking the islands, seemingly in a trance, his eyes clouded.
"The door is opening…"
The ocean surrounding Destiny Islands was silent.
Chapter 1: End
Insert: Gomen ne, Iiko ja Irarenai by Miku Sawai (Kill la Kill Ending Theme 1)
A/N: *dies* Man, this is so tedious… So the reason I'm including all the fights on Destiny Islands is because I really have to practice writing fight scenes… I'm just terrible at it. Also, I know I changed a lot of the lines and stuff. But I'm guessing anyone who's reading this has probably played the game already, so what's the point in reading all the same stuff? And Sora's reactions to Riku are more of my reactions when I first played the game… ^^;
Also, some of this is my own interpretation of the game/manga, so don't take my word on everything.
P.S. Sorry these past two chapters are so long. The next one is going to be long, too, but after that, they're mostly going to be medium sized chapters.
Thank you for reading~!
~AryL