Kingdom Hearts Another Destiny
LOST MEMORIES
W.T.
A year has passed since the events of Kingdom Hearts.
Destiny or fate refers to the inevitable course of events. It may be conceived as the irresistible power or agency that determines the future, whether in general or of an individual. It is a concept based on the belief that there is a fixed natural order to the universe.
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It was as if we were sucked into the explosion. As we flew backwards, spiralling insanely, I caught a glimpse of Katsu, amazingly standing perfectly still and in place; completely idle. There was a final burst of energy, and Mitsuko and I fell to the ground in a pathetic heap. Katsu stood above us, hand extended.
"Get up. We have to get out of here, idiots."
Mitsuko and I rubbed our heads in embarrassment, nearly perfectly symmetrical. I heard light footsteps, slowly getting closer. I saw a flash of white, and I fell to the ground, a small patch of blood just barely visible on my sleeve.
"What the hell?"
"Hey, look!" Mitsuko exclaimed, pointing behind me.
"What is it?" Katsu asked, turning around. As I peered over my shoulder, my mouth dropped.
The small white creature from the dream; I couldn't believe it was here, in the flesh. The symbol, the face, the arms, the legs, everything!
It was standing behind me, mumbling leniently. It seemed smile at us, even though it had no face, bouncing around.
Suddenly, it leapt up, and aimed its head at Mitsuko's in a thrilling head-butt.
With a swipe of the massive wooden weapon in her hands, the beast exploded in a burst of white.
"Whoah…" I muttered, slowly stepping back from Mitsuko, seeing her pumped with adrenaline.
"Whoah…" she breathed, surprised by her own strength.
"Wait!"
What could I use to protect myself? I thought. It seems that Katsu had his spear with him. Why he had one, I had no idea, but he could use it pretty effectively.
There was slight humming, and something appeared in my hands. Keyblade.
"What the hell is that?!" Katsu shouted, leaping back.
The Keyblade felt cold in my hands. Its power began to seep into my veins, and up to my brain. It sent waves of what felt like encouragement throughout my body, telling to push on and to protect what was important to me; my home.
"Uh, to tell the truth, I have no idea," I replied, scratching my head with my spare hand. Katsu raised an eyebrow, not seeming to believe me.
"Well, whatever the hell it is, it's pretty strong!" I declared, pointing it at Katsu. I smiled proudly, seeing a look of dismay on his face, which suddenly seemed longer.
"Watch out, fool!" Katsu shouted, pushing me over, taking a blow in the shoulder.
One of the white creatures had run towards me, but for some reason, Katsu had got in the way.
"Hey! I don't need you to save me!" I shouted, shoving him over, confronting the beast. I could hear Mitsuko sigh with delight after Katsu's 'heroic' show. Goddamn that bastard. The creature leapt around, seeming innocent enough.
"Check this out," I said, winking and flashing a grin at Mitsuko.
I ran towards the beast, Keyblade in my right hand.
"Take this!" I shouted, upping my confidence. The tiny beast stood still, but as I entered its presence, it ran at me, sending me flying back.
"Impressive…" Katsu muttered, holding back his laughter.
SCREW HIM!
I could hear Mitsuko giggling in the background as I got up.
Man, sucks to be me.
There was another explosion of white, and Katsu had destroyed the beast, humiliating me mercilessly
Bastard…
"Looks like you lose, idiot," Katsu said, tapping me on the head playfully with the butt of his spear like I was some kind of dog.
Freaking bastard!
"Get off of me!" I shouted, shoving his spear away.
"Whatever. Don't take it personally."
We all looked towards the centre of the town, where the clock tower stood. It was if not completely obliterated, in ruins. There was a giant half-sphere around the town, and the clock tower was right in the middle of the chaos. It seemed like it was being attacked my thousands of invisible claws from the inside of the colossal bubble. Shards of the golden-yellow were being torn clean off as each second passed. The bells high atop the tower rung, as if in pain, as they were tossed around in the violent, invisible storm.
"Oh my God…" Mitsuko gasped, covering her mouth. Her eyes were frozen with fear, locked on to the devastating destruction of our hometown. "What's happening?! What's gonna happen to the town?!"
"What the hell?" I shouted. There was a bright light emitting from the tower as it seemed to engulf itself.
"What's going on?" Mitsuko asked, pulling Katsu's sleeve.
Why him? Why is it always him? There was no time for an explanation, neither from me, nor Katsu; we had to make escaping alive our first priority.
Another one of the white creatures came running up to us, but this time, Katsu wasn't prepared. He was too occupied trying to pry open Mitsuko's grip on his arm.
Now is my time to shine, baby!
With a single clean swipe, the beast fell to the ground, twitching slightly before completely stopping.
"Heh, too easy! Kicking ass, that is." I bragged, shooting my friends a massive grin.
"How'd you get that sword thing?" Katsu asked curiously.
"It's a long story," I replied.
"Hmph." He was obviously jealous.
Hell yeah!
"Well," Katsu continued, "no matter how strong you are with that, you, or all of us at that would be able to fight of that army."
Even though I didn't want to admit it, he was right. Their numbers were huge. It was a million to three; we'd never stand a chance.
It was like a war now, but the odds were against us. The creatures came pouring down in waves, seeming to flood the town like a tsunami coming from that blinding ball of light.
"What do we do?" I muttered.
The creatures were coming at an increasing pace, now in packs of up to ten.
"C'mon guys. We find a way out, or we fight our way out!" I shouted, acting the part of the leader.
No reply. The only sound to be heard was the footsteps of the white creatures and the crackling of the unknown energy coming from the clock tower. The sound was deafening; so many feet all smashing into the ground as one.
"Hey guys! Follow me!" I shouted.
Mitsuko paced around, clearly not sure what to do. Katsu on the other hand just stood there, as if knowing that he would make a better choice. "Katsu! C'mon!" I shouted. Nothing.
"To the shore! We have boats! We can paddle our way to another island!" I shouted desperately, but nobody answered my call. Then, out of what seemed to be nowhere, Mitsuko went up to me.
"Are you sure it's safe?" she asked.
"No. You can come or you can stay. At least I'm doing something," I said, glaring at Katsu.
I didn't know why, but I wanted Katsu to come; I didn't want him to leave us.
Mitsuko began to sweat. She looked back at Katsu and then back at me.
"I'm sorry Hikaru," she said softly. My blood ran cold. She ran off towards Katsu.
"No!" I shouted. "You'll all die!" I cried. It was in pure desperation. I was alone, all by myself, staring at my friends walking away from me. I didn't realise how selfish I was.
Mitsuko stopped, her hair fluttering in the wind.
"How the hell do you know, you asshole?!" Katsu shouted. "You don't even know what you're doing!"
I stood still, facing blankly at my friend. He was right; I had no idea what to do, or how to do it.
I had to help her even if she didn't care for me; I had to protect her with my life. I had thought irrationally.
I picked up the Keyblade ran to her. A creature lunged at me from my back but I whipped around, cutting it in half. "I'm coming!" I shouted.
The creatures continued trying to attack me knowing that when they got close their lives would end. How I got this power, I didn't know, and more importantly, I didn't care.
All that mattered was the safety of my friends. Something about Katsu still wasn't right. There was a huge explosion from behind and the ground rocked with tremendous force. Tremors shook my entire body, making my teeth chatter uncontrollably.
I struggled to keep my balance, but still ran, stumbling clumsily on my way.
I looked up to see Mitsuko running to Katsu. I saw a grin on his face, which I had never seen before. It wasn't him; his face was completely different.
"Mitsuko!" I screamed, "Get away from him! It's not the real Katsu!"
She turned around and stared at me in confusion, but it was too late.
What looked like Katsu rose into the sky and exploded. Out came a small white ball, which began to expand. It began to take a more humanoid form. Then I realised that it was the same behemoth from my dream, the same behemoth that had dragged me into the depths of the everlasting unknown. It looked like a building standing more than one hundred feet tall, towering over us. It had exactly the same features: the claws, the tentacles and like its smaller brethren, it had no face—no emotion.
There was a hand on my shoulder. "Leave this to me."
It was the real Katsu. When the fake Katsu actually switched places with the real one still confused me. Was it the real Katsu who lashed out at me?
Mitsuko seemed relieved, but for some reason, I was pissed off. Regardless, we had to work together. I took his hand in a handshake.
"Let's do this!" we exclaimed in unison.
We both jumped up on the beast, just like children would wrestle adults.
"Take this, you bastard!" I shouted, plunging my Keyblade into its face. A sound similar to that of a spoon sinking into a dish of jelly radiated into my ears—although it was much louder.
The monster seemed to shake, but other than that, the attack didn't seem to affect it at all.
"Look, you'll need force," Katsu shouted, spear ready.
"What are you going to do?!" I shouted.
"Just watch me."
Balancing on the shoulder, he jumped into the air. With an ear piercing battle cry he drove the spear into the somewhat small joint between the shoulder and torso.
The beast squealed this time, swinging its other arm around, knocking the wind out of Katsu as he flew into the ground. "Oh, shit."
The claw followed through and I grabbed onto it, hoping to climb up its arm to reach its head again.
I gripped on tightly as the beast spun around in its insane frenzy. I shouted, sadly enough trying to impress Mitsuko who was on the ground seeing what happened to Katsu.
What about me? I thought. One moment was all it took. I got a smash in the chest from the other hand, sending me, and my Keyblade into the air.
I fell flat on my face, and as I got up, the Keyblade hit me in directly in the nose. Jesus, I thought, rubbing my swollen, and possibly fractured nose. I fingered around for the Keyblade and picked it up.
I could hear Mitsuko in the distance making a huge fuss over his injuries, however minor they were.
Finally using my head and ignoring the hormones screaming out for me to just jump on something, I realised that we couldn't stand a chance against the monster.
What a great time for my hormones to finally take over me… I thought to myself.
"Look, we have to run!" I shouted, once again trying to act the leader.
"Come on, Katsu," Mitsuko said, pulling him up. I suddenly felt confidence in my mind. She actually listens to me, I thought.
I shook my head. She's always listened to me! Jesus, she's been one of my best friends!
We got up and ran as fast as we could, and amazingly enough leaving the white creature behind unharmed. Well, sort of.
"What the?!" I shouted, jumping back.
"What is it?"
"The boats! Our boats!" I shouted, jumping up and down. I screamed and threw a paddle lying by the dock into the sea in my rage.
They were gone. All gone. I stared into the water.
"Wanna swim?" I asked. Something inside me wanted Mitsuko to get into the water… What the hell am I thinking?! I screamed in my mind, slapping myself.
"Uh, are you okay?" Mitsuko asked.
"Ah, YEAH! I'M GREAT!" I shouted, stuttering madly.
"This is no time for a swim!" Mitsuko said, looking more worried than before. Was she losing faith in me?
"Wait…" I whispered. I looked down, seeing something strange. A light?
"Hey, I can see a light! Maybe it leads to somewhere!" I shouted. I leapt off the dock into the water, feeling my body shudder as the cold invaded body.
I dived down as the light got brighter. I saw a town, unlike ours, but similar in a way. I didn't know how it was possible, but it was there, like a hole in the water leading to some other place; one that I'd never seen before. It sounded strange, even to myself, but that's what I saw.
I swam back up to the surface to explain what I had witnessed.
Katsu stood absolutely firm, his back was as straight as a wooden board, facing the huge storm, seeming dead or something.
"Hey! I think there's a portal to another world or something down there!" I called, jumping out of the water. Mitsuko turned, bewildered, and raised an eyebrow.
"Well, if there are funny guys trying to kill us, why wouldn't there be portal to other worlds?" I replied, grinning.
"Katsu, are you coming?" Mitsuko asked. Katsu remained mellowly hushed.
It seemed like Mitsuko would come with me, but she wasn't sure.
Wet. NO! My mind shouted, trying to control myself.
"What's wrong?" she asked Katsu, walking over and putting her hand on his shoulder.
"I don't trust him," Katsu muttered. He watched intently at the destruction of his home, his dreams, and everything he had ever hoped for. I didn't know it then, but he was sad—so sad that he could cry. His normal life was gone. I never was able to say sorry to him for what I did next.
"What?!" I shouted, digging my feet into the damp sand to run up to the shore.
"I don't trust you," he replied calmly.
Mitsuko backed away, a look of shock and fear in her face.
"What's with you?" she asked.
Once again, no reply.
"Darkness is the wrong path," Katsu muttered, turning around to face me.
"What the fuck are you talking about?! Stop it with this voodoo crap!" I shouted. "I'm going to the portal thing!"
I put my head under, soon to see an explosion of bubbles coming from the surface. Mitsuko had come. I pointed down, pretending not to care whether Katsu came or not. I swam down, hand extended towards the light. I saw the town again, this time more clearly. This was it; this would ultimately decide whether I lived or died. There was a blinding flash, and I had disappeared. I saw nothing but black—pure darkness.
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There was a blinding flash, and he disappeared. Wow, I didn't think that'd work, she thought. What about Katsu? Is he coming?
She wanted so badly for him to come, yet she wasn't sure if he wanted to at all. Wasn't it selfish to want to help somebody against their will?
Something about him didn't seem right; he didn't usually act so strangely. She swam back up to the surface, to see Katsu still in one spot, staring at the storm. "Are you coming? Hikaru's already gone!"
"I'm not going. Just tell him that darkness destroys the soul."
"Fine!" she shouted, pouting. "You'll come!" She poked her tongue at him and swam to the light. She really did think he would come; that he'd give in to the fact that both of his friends had left.
Why isn't he coming? She thought, starting to get anxious. There was an explosion of light, and then, darkness.
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I landed with a thunk on the hard ground. I fell in a sitting position, and I swore I heard something crack.
"Ah," I moaned, rubbing my bottom. "It worked," I breathed. I looked up. It seemed like Mitsuko stayed with Katsu. I left it hard to believe. I never really did do anything right. What were the chances that I'd be right this time as well?
"Why?" I asked myself. Why? I saw a white dot in the sky, accelerating at an overwhelming speed.
"Oh no! Those monsters!" I shouted, pulling at my hairs.
It was falling fast.
"MITSUKO?!" I screamed, arms shielding my face.
She landed on me like a meteor, sending my head into the ground. All I could see was black. Was I dead?
"Owies," Mitsuko said, rubbing her bottom. She had followed me. My heart felt an overwhelming sense of satisfaction at this.
"Get off!" I shouted.
I moaned as she got off, blushing slightly.
"Hey! Hikaru! You saved me!" she shouted. My face felt like it had broken, but those words felt good.
"Where's Katsu?" I asked.
"He didn't come," Mitsuko replied solemnly. "We'll have to find him!"
"Won't be too hard, I guess. Unless he's dead," I said, laughing. Her eyes opened wide and she stared at me with that 'don't-say-that-about-Katsu' look.
We both got up and took in our surroundings. It appeared to be a small town, just like the one I saw in the ball of light.
The sky was dark and full of bright stars that gleamed beautifully in the midnight-sky.
"C'mon, let's go," Mitsuko said, pretending to forget what I said.
There was a small shop up a flight of stairs, and about two huge double door gates around the area. "Are we still in Twilight Town?" Mitsuko pondered.
"Maybe we went into some pipe system and ended up back in the middle of town," I suggested.
"This is nothing like Twilight Town, or any of the other islands that I've seen. This is like, like a whole new world!" Mitsuko shouted with delight.
"I doubt it, but I guess it's possible."
There were huge walls surrounding the perimeter, making the town seem very much like a castle of sorts. Many of the rooves had similar red tiling that fitted well with the dark-grey blocks used for the buildings.
"Maybe we can ask some people if they've seen Katsu," Mitsuko said, looking around.
"Yeah," I replied softly. Why I was jealous, I don't know, but I was.
Mitsuko walked up to a large looking man standing by a shop up the stairs.
"Excuse me sir, have you seen a boy named Katsu?" she asked.
"Sorry, kid," he replied. "I've got no idea what you're talking about."
"HOLY SHIT!" I shouted, checking my pockets. People turned around, staring at me. "Oh, sorry," I said, blushing.
The Keyblade. Where the hell is it? I have to find it!
I searched frantically, finding nothing.
"What's going on?" Mitsuko asked, leaning over.
"I can't find my Keyblade!" I shouted.
"Stop shouting! And what're you talking about?" she said.
I searched frantically, but I just couldn't seem to spot it. As if caused by magic, I found the keychain actually in my hand. I swore it wasn't there before.
"Oh… it was in my hand…" I said with a confused look on my face.
"Let's go around asking some more people; somebody's got to have seen Katsu," I said.
"Sounds like a plan," Mitsuko replied, walking over to a woman.
We walked along asking more and more people as we proceeded in this unfamiliar setting.
People were all pointing at the sky. Stars were disappearing. "Look!" Mitsuko said, pointing up. The stars were all fading away.
"Well, this might be another world or something, so of course things would be different," I said.
"Hmm. I dunno… Still seems pretty weird…" Mitsuko replied, rubbing her chin in deep thought like those old men with long silver beards would, despite her lack of a long silver beard.
We kept on strolling until we reached one of the huge gates.
"You wanna go in?" I asked.
"Looks kinda scary," Mitsuko said cautiously stepping back. "It's really, really big, isn't it?"
"Bah, nothing's scary when I have the Keyblade," I said, summoning the Keyblade.
I felt so much like a real hero. I pushed the doors open and we both stepped in.
The gates opened with ease, despite their overwhelming size. Standing in front of me was a small black ball. "Hey! Awesome!" I shouted, poking it with my Keyblade. It was squishy and looked like a large jelly bean. Then, two golden dots appeared, glowing upon the face of the black blob.
"What's going on? What is that?" Mitsuko asked. Suddenly, it seemed to go flat and moved behind me. "Heh, it's some optical illus…"
I felt a cold chill in my chest and fell to the ground.