Kingdom Hearts: The Trials of Light and Dark
A Light in the Rain production
Neki © Light of Heaven and Kitty Fetish
Reni Concept © Kitty Fetish
Reni © Black Rainy
Kingdom Hearts Characters and Concept © Square Enix and Disney
Final Fantasy Characters © Square Enix
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Rainy::clutching plushie:: Don't worry little one, the big mean So-so is gone...
Light: Oo;;; Rainy?
Rainy::giggle::sings:: I'm loooooopy I'm loooooopy tra la la la la la la la I'm loooooopy I'm looooooopy tra la la la la laaaaaaaa!!!!
Sora: What's with her?
Riku: She stayed up last night. All night. She'd been awake for twenty-four hours straight.
Light: But she got out of school and took a 7 hour nap until dinner time. Oo
Riku: Yeah, this is just the side-effects of all the caffeine she drank to stay awake.
LightSora: Ohhhh...
Rainy::giggle:: Spongebob in a puddin' cup... ::giggle::
Light: Rainy, start the story.
Rainy: OKAY TIGER TOES!!!!! 8DDDDDDD
Light::smacks forehead::
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Chapter 3
"Okay, seeing as we decided to skip Wonderland, AND that Reni wants a vacation there," Donald announced, standing in front of the three others. "Let's go there."
"YAY, vacation in Wonderland!" Reni gasped excitedly. "I bet it's a land of wonder!" She turned her excited smile to Sora, waiting for a response.
Sora stared at her for a second, arching an eyebrow. "Yeeeaaahhh...I bet so, too..." Turning back to Donald, he continued, "Okay, let's go there. But first, let's go back to Traverse Town."
"How come?" Goofy asked, suddenly deciding to actually appear in the current conversation.
"Well..." Sora scratched the back of his head. "...it's complicated...I'll tell you guys later."
Donald stared suspiciously at Sora. Then he said to Reni, "Reni, why don't you go make us something to eat in the Gummi Kitchen?"
Reni's widened with excitement. "Really?! Wow, cooking AND a land of wonder! How better can this day get?!" She squealed, and then took off to the Gummi Kitchen.
As soon as she was gone, Donald immediately asked Sora, "Why do we have to go to Traverse Town?"
"I don't want Reni to come along." Sora simply stated. "She'll get hurt, and then Neki will kill me, along with Riku. She's safer in Traverse Town." Sora turned around and walked in the direction Reni ran off in. "Hey Reni! You better be making spaghetti in there!"
Now Sora was gone. Donald waddled over to the Gummi controls and sat at the driver's seat. "I think it will be better if Reni's gone, too. I mean, she caused us to crash last time."
Goofy looked quite sad at that point. "Well, I'll be sad she's gone, but Sora's doing the right thing in tryin' to protect her an' all. Shows just how good o' friends they are."
"Yeah, but Reni's not gonna be happy when she finds out."
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Oh god in heaven, Riku mentally begged as he walked through the darkness portal, save me. I know we don't talk as often as we should, but PLEASE!!! Your child begs you! Neki's making me go to WONDERLAND.
"Riku?" Neki's voice interrupted his thoughts. "What the chocolate is with your face?" He looked at her in question. "It's like you're begging Tuna to save you..."
Funny how close she is. Riku merely replied, "Remember, I'd rather be with the darkness-obsessed old guy that doesn't wear underwear than go to Wonderland."
Neki rolled her eyes and huffed, "Riku, if you keep that attitude up, the darkness-obsessed old guy is going to possess you. Besides, I think there's a girl of the heart there."
"You mean Maiden of Heart? Princess of Heart?"
"Yeah, yeah, sure." Neki drawled out. "It would help Zombie-Beaver." Yes, they indeed had the unconscious Kairi now, who was back at Hollow Bastion with the other villains. Maleficent had told them to find all the Maidens of Heart to help find Kairi's stolen heart.
"Okay, okay," Riku sighed heavily. "Let's just hurry up. I think I see the end." He picked up his pace.
Silently, the two walked side by side out of the small tunnel.
- - -
"No, you are staying here!" Sora demanded Reni, staring seriously into her eyes and pointing at the ground. They were in front of Cid's Accessory Shop, Donald and Goofy over by the world exit door, watching the fight.
"I don't want to!" Reni yelled right back at him. "In fact, I need to stay with you!" She stomped her right foot like a little kid.
"Well, you're going to have to!" The keybearer contradicted. "Trust me, as a friend I'm making you stay here!"
"Trust me, your friend, when I say that I need to stick with you!" She pouted, crossing her arms indignantly. "I'm getting back on that Gummi ship!"
"No you are not! You are staying—" Sora stepped forward, grabbed a protesting Reni difficultly around the knees, hoisted her up, carried her over closer to the Accessory Shop, and dumped her there. "—here!" He panted heavily.
Reni glared at him from her position from the ground. He pointed at her as if she was a dog and he was commanding her.
"Stay," Sora ordered while slowly backing away towards Goofy and Donald. She did nothing but glare at him and pout.
Finally, Sora turned around and walked out the world exit with Donald following.
Only Donald.
Goofy hurriedly motioned for Reni to run over, and she quickly obeyed. The two couldn't help but smile excitedly as their master plan began.
Slowly, Goofy exited the world too into a Gummi Hangar while Reni crouched behind him. Thank god neither Sora nor Donald turned around as the other two entered the ship.
Silently, Reni hugged Goofy tightly in thanks, and scurried off down the hallway while Donald yelled at Goofy to sit down.
Reni squeezed herself back into the cheese-scented closet she was becoming all too familiar with.
- - -
"Oh god," Sora gasped after escaping the miles of heartless and finally reaching their destination—Wonderland. "I never want to do that again!" He picked himself off the ground, and staggered to the door.
"Hey!" Donald yelled, stopping Sora's motion. "Don't jump out too hastily!" The duck waddled almost drunkenly over to the door, a perfectly fine Goofy following.
Donald opened the Gummi door, then stuck his head out. "First look right," He looked right. "Then left," he looked left. Then he and Goofy happily walked out of the ship.
"Careful!" Goofy summed up for Sora.
"That's right!" Donald approved, nodding proudly.
Sora's eyes widened, and he yelled out, "Guys! Look down!" He reached forward and tried to yank Goofy back.
"Huh? Down?" Donald asked out loud. He and Goofy looked down at...the...floor?
Well, if nothingness was a floor, then yeah, they'd be looking at the floor.
...Meaning (for y'all idiots out there)...
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!" Donald, Goofy, and Sora screamed as they went falling through the air, eventually slowing down.
Upon hearing the screams, Reni flung herself from the closet and into the cockpit.
"OKAY!! GET AWAY FROM TA FRIENDS AND NO ONE GETS HURT!" She aimed an arrow at where an enemy WOULD be if one was there. Blinking, she lowered it, and looked around. The ship was empty?!
"Oh crap..." Reni muttered, turning around and staring at the open door. She was the smart one, and saw that there was no floor either. Did they fall? "Ugh, when with idiots, do what the idiots do."
Reni took a deep breath, leaned forward, and fell gracefully out of the gummi ship.
...yeah right.
Reni, backed up, aimed for the door, and took a running start out of the door. Jumping out, she screamed, "COWABUNGA!!!" and plummeted downwards, her arms and legs being spaz-tastic in the rush of air.
...Okay, that's not true either...
Reni gingerly sat down on the edge with her legs dangling off into the nothingness. She bit her lip, and nearly let out a sob.
"I don't wanna jump!" She whined pitifully. Ugh, this was a difficult choice.
Internal fear of falling to death...mission...internal fear of falling to death...mission...
This would have been SO much easier if this was the cliff back home where you plummeted into clear water, instead of black emptiness.
She closed her eyes, and squeaked as she slid off the edge. Thinking she was falling rapidly through the air, she screamed at the top of her lungs.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHhhhhhhhh—hey, wait a sec..." Reni blinked as she descended slowly. Her hair was even hanging down instead of trailing back.
Reni's face contorted to that of 'you've gotta be kidding me'.
Then to 'OH MY TUNA' when something grabbed her arm and yanked her to the side.
"AHH!" Reni screamed as she hit a floor. Wherever she was, it was pitch-dark, and there was someone in front of her. Reni instantly stood up and held her fists at the ready. "WHO ARE YOU?! WHERE AM I?!! I'LL TAKE YOU ALL O—"
"Cool it, Ren!" A familiar voice laughed. Her eyes widened and her eyes adjusted to the dark.
Upon realizing who it was, Reni squealed loudly.
"OH MY TUNA!!!" She glomped her old buddy. "NEKI!!!!!! We've been looking for you and Ri—"
"Ow!" Neki whined detangling herself from the younger girl. She rubbed her ears painfully. "Oh man, I forgot how loud you squealed...BUT I MISSED IT ALL THE SAME!!!" It was Neki's turn to glomp Reni.
Neki blinked a few times, then thrust Reni away from her. "Oh! Reni, Riku's with me! Come on!" She grabbed Reni's hand and tugged her somewhere beyond the young girl.
"You have Riku?!" Reni asked excitedly. "Do you have Kairi?!"
"Kinda," Neki answered curtly. "But that's classified info for the moment, little one! You didn't ask about Sora, though, so I'm guessing he's with you?"
Reni's pout was seeable even in the dark. "Used to be. He dumped me off at Traverse Town, but Goofy helped me get back on the Gummi Ship. I think he, Donald, Goofy fell out of the ship or something."
Neki stopped which caused Reni to trip a little. "Ronald and Luffy?"
Reni laughed, "Donald and Goofy! They were sent by King Mickey to protect the keyblade beare—Omigosh! That reminds me!" Reni yanked her own hand back and jumped up and down excitedly. "Sora's the 'him' King Mickey sent us to protect! Sora's the Keyblade Bearer!"
Neki stared for a few minutes. "But...never mind, let's go see Riku."
"Oh! Yes, Riku!" Reni grabbed Neki's hand and allowed herself to be led to her big brother.
- - -
Meanwhile...
"Uh, okay, I like, accidentally got you locked in a cage," Sora began, speaking to a blonde blue-eyed girl in...well, a cage. "But I PROMISE I'll prove you innocent! Justice is on our side! All right, do you believe in me?!" He smiled hopefully at her.
The blonde girl tapped her foot impatiently. "No."
"Oh come on, show me some love..."
- - -
Somewhere in the Lotus Forest...
"RIKUUUUU!!! RIKURIKURIKURIKUUUU!!!" Reni tumbled out of the dark portal and squeezed Riku tightly nearly hurting her OWN arms. "I missed you, man! You and Neki! Where were you guys??? I was so worr—" Riku managed to squeeze his right arm out of Reni's death-grip, and pinch her lips together with his hand.
"Crap you freaked me out..." Riku breathed, his eyes wide. "Hey, shortstuff," He pushed her away slightly and smiled at his little sister. "What's up?"
"Uh, Riku, how about we skip the chit-chat and hurry up?" Neki asked just as excited as Reni. Riku raised an eyebrow.
"Hurry up what?" He asked, causing Neki to raise an eyebrow too.
"Ugh, get over here you big lug," Neki pulled him over to somewhere away from Reni.
Reni watched from afar as they began whispering, feeling very much like the times when her friends would plan out surprise parties for her and would have to leave her somewhere. Looking around to get a sense of her surroundings, Reni smiled, thinking happily.
I have Sora, found Riku and Neki, Reni thought silently grinning. and Riku and Neki have Kairi somewhere...I can't wait to go home. Or, well, travel with everyone together while Sora's being all Keybearer-ish.
Her thoughts were interrupted when Neki dragged Riku back to them.
"Okay! Reni, are you ready for the question that will change your destiny?!" Neki asked, jumping from side to side.
Reni raised her eyebrows in surprise, and thinking it was a truth or dare question, smiled and said, "Shoot it!"
Neki smiled insanely and asked so quickly Reni almost missed it, "DoyouwanttojointheGroupOfVillainssowecanrecoverKairi'sheart,findalltheprincessesofheart,andgohome?!!!" Reni blinked.
"Who, what, when, where, and huh?" The younger inquired stupidly.
Neki opened her mouth to start again, but Riku slapped his hand over her mouth, and stated, "She said, 'Do you want to join the Group Of Villains so we can recover Kairi's heart, find all the princesses of heart, and go home'."
"Oh...well, it makes more sense when you sa—" Reni stopped in mid-sentence. "Wait a sec—WHAT?!!"
- - -
Meanwhile, again...
"Hey! Don't cry! Oh my god, don't cry!!!" Sora bit his lip in panic as Alice began to cry hysterically in her cage. "You won't get beheaded! I swear! And uh...you...look nice! Yeah! You look AWESOME! Blue brings out your eyes!"
Sora sighed in relief as the girl began to quiet down.
"Hey you! No talking to prisoners!" A card soldier (a six of diamonds) yelled. Sora made a face at it.
"Fine, let's go look for clues in that forest over there." Trio left a crying Alice to look for clues to prove her innocence.
- - -
"But I can't!" Reni whined, to Neki and Riku. She felt like falling on the ground, kicking and screaming, because it was so unfair.
"Why not?!" Neki whined back, pouting.
"Because!" Reni cried, completely ready to throw herself on the floor and throw a tantrum. "The mission! The 'him'! Sora's the 'him'! I need to stay with him! Come with me!"
Riku was about to say something, but he heard talking coming from the entrance to the Lotus forest, and froze. "Shhh, someone's coming..."
Neki used her super amazing ear abilities to pick out Sora's voice as the voice they were all hearing. "Oh no, he can't find us!" Neki whispered hurriedly as Riku made a dark portal for them to escape. Both him and Neki stepped inside. However they both turned around and held a hand out for Reni.
Reni blinked a few times, staring at the outstretched hands. She turned her gaze up to their begging faces—Neki even looked like she was going to cry. Reni didn't understand...
She took a step back and shook her head, motioning for them to go. "I won't tell him anything," She whispered.
Neki bit her lip, but Riku nodded and dragged the girl through the portal, it closing up just as Sora arrived.
Sora began to blink rapidly when he saw Reni.
"...RENI??!!" The said girl whipped around and shrieked as Sora stomped towards her. "I THOUGHT IT TOLD YOU TO STAY AT TRAVERSE TOWN!!!" Reni began to run, and Sora followed. However, she ran in panicked circles, so they were basically playing duck duck goose.
"INEEDTOBEWITHYOU!" Reni screamed over and ever again while Sora shouted, "WHYAREYOUHERE?!"
"What is so fragile that even saying it's name will break it?" a sly voice called from somewhere behind the group. Everyone stopped what they were doing and saw a purple striped cat.
"Uhm..." Donald began, thinking deeply. "...a..."
"Ah-hyuck!" Goofy laughed. "Silence!"
Donald turned to Goofy, looking very offended. "What?"
"What's so fragile that even sayin' it's name will break it is silence!" Goofy answered, giggling. Everyone except Goofy and the striped cat blinked rapidly.
"Ohhhhhhhh, I get it!" Reni gasped happily.
"Yeah! Me too!" Sora smiled happily.
"I don't," Donald griped. "It's confusing me..."
"Oh, come on, Donald!" Sora whined impatiently. "It's easy! How in the world could that confuse you?"
"Really?" The cat spoke again, stealing everyone's attention. "That may or may not be true. The Cheshire Cat knows everything. All you have to do is avoid getting confused." The 'Cheshire Cat' grinned widely.
Sora paused. "Huh? How do you avoid getting confused?"
"Well, you're obviously confused about it," The Cheshire Cat quipped. "Try to avoid that."
"...but how—"
"Ummm, this is kinda stupid," Reni whined.
"Stupidity isn't in the situation, but in the eye of the beholder," The Cheshire Cat beamed at the blonde girl as she attempted to figure out what he just said.
Attempt being the key word.
- - -
"Why didn't she come with us?!" Neki complained loudly, stomping around the Tea Party Garden. Riku sat on the table as she crushed a dandelion.
"You of all people should know that she's a very strong-minded kid." He reasoned. "She's told to do something and she WILL do it no matter what."
"YES, but she usually follows me..." Neki turned her pouting face to him. "I miss my little mindless lamb..." Riku sighed deeply, and held out his hands for her. She reached out and grabbed onto them, being pulled into his lap.
"We all miss our mindless little lamb, but that little lamb is turning into an independent sheep," Riku was slightly proud of his little analogy. "It might be better off this way for us anyways...She can keep an eye on Sora while we search for Kairi's heart, the princesses of heart, and a way to go home."
Neki blinked a few times, pouting still. "Why didn't we want Sora to see us anyways? Something just told me Sora wasn't allowed to see us."
Sighing again, Riku said, "Sora, in a way, is working against us. We just have to work in the shadows—where they can't see us. For now, we're darkness."
- - -
((A/N: Please ignore this MAJOR time-skip n.n;;;))
"And this one shall be labeled..." Reni squinted as she scribbled on a pink box with a marker. "...Stench! There, now—Oh, SUCK IT UP Sora! It didn't smell THAT bad!" She and Donald rolled their eyes as Sora crouched over the ledge of a lily pad platform, retching violently.
"No, trust me, it smelled THAT bad!" Sora groaned, staggering back up. Wiping his mouth on his shirt (and grossing Reni out), he asked, "Ugh, think we got enough evidence?"
Reni looked at the 3 boxes Goofy carried, and the newly found one in her hand. "Yeah, let's go free Alison."
"Alice."
"Close enough." Reni jumped down to the ground (carefully avoiding vomit) and the others followed suit. Everyone passed the evidence to Sora, who then led the way to the Queen's courtroom.
Upon entering, the Queen glared at Reni and demanded, "Who is THIS skimpy wench?"
Reni's eyebrows went up in offense. "Excuse moi?"
"She's the assistant lawyer," Sora interrupted, pushing the fuming blonde over to the defendant stand. Once everyone was up there, he cleared his throat. "I believe we have enough evidence to prove Alice is innocent!"
The Queen glared at them lazily. "Set out all the evidence." Sora did so, and re-took his spot on the defendant stand. "And here's my evidence." The Queen leaned forward long enough to toss her box on the ground. The cards ran forward and set them all in a straight line.
"Hrmmm," the Queen began. "Opening all boxes will take too long...very well," She leaned back. "You, boy, open one box and we will decide if that evidence is good enough." She demanded.
Sora glanced at his friends, but jumped down and picked the box on the far left. Upon opening it, a soldier heartless popped out! Just as quickly as it had come, it disappeared. The Queen looked shocked.
"Wh-what was THAT?!" She shrieked, pointing her heart scepter at the box.
"That, your majesty," Sora said almost mockingly. "is your culprit. Now set Alice free!"
The Queen began to shake with anger, until she finally stood up and screamed, "Alice is guilty because I say so!" She nodded angrily at a card soldier (the same six of diamonds), who nodded back, and pulled a rope causing a heavy red curtain to swing around and hide Alice from view. The trapped girl squeaked at the suddenness, and squeaked even louder when the same card soldier pushed a crank, forcing her cage to go flying up and above anyone's reach.
Another card ran over and grabbed Reni from behind and dragged her, kicking and screaming, away.
"Hey!" Sora yelled in protest as they threw her into something resembling a jail cell off to the side.
"OFF WITH THEIR HEADS!!!"
A tower came shooting up out of the ground.
The battle was on.
- - -
Neki and Riku silently crept out of the dark portal into the courtroom, and to their relief, saw Sora and his friends fighting too hard to notice.
"Shh, I see the cage, come on," Riku whispered to Neki, silently creeping back into the portal, and closing the opening. Then he scooted over to the right and opened another portal, this time up at Alice's level.
The two leaned over, pushing the red curtain away, and saw a passed-out Alice. They sighed—at least they didn't have to worry about her screaming. Riku tried to pry the cage door open, but no use.
"Riku, there's a lock," Neki pointed at a padlock keeping the cage locked shut. Riku stamped his foot in frustration. Neki sighed, and looked around, trying to see if there was anything to break the lock. Upon looking around, she saw Reni, trapped in a cage of her own but at a lower level giving her a look of 'you shouldn't be here'.
Neki bit her lip, and motioned at the lock to Reni—a sad attempt of telling Reni she needed Alice, but the cage was locked. Luckily, Reni understood, and glanced back at the still fighting Sora.
Silently pleading with her eyes, Neki asked Reni to shoot the padlock with an arrow—help them out just this once.
Reni looked back up at Neki like she was ready to cry, but got out her bow and arrow, waving her hands as if to say 'get out of the way'.
Neki and Riku backed up out of the way as Reni drew back her arrow, aiming carefully.
Swooop!
The padlock went tumbling to the ground, and the door popped ajar.
Neki smiled as Riku grabbed Alice and carried her into the portal. "You go ahead, I have to thank Reni," She told him, and Riku obeyed, turning around and leaving.
Neki leaned out of the portal again, beaming down at Reni...who wasn't beaming back. Neki stopped smiling when she realized Reni was glaring at her.
Reni was sending Neki a message. And Neki read it loud and clear.
"Thanks for betraying me—now we're enemies."
Reni turned around and fired a few more arrows at some Card Soldiers.
Neki, feeling her heart sink, backed out of the open and into the dark portal where she closed it. Now she was in complete darkness.
Neki broke down sobbing, and no one was there to comfort her.
- - -
Now Sora and the group were in the gummi ship, discussing going to Olympus Collisuem—all except for Reni, who was in her own personal room crying silently.
I can't believe she would go AWOL on our mission, Reni sniffed horrendously, stuffing her nose up. We were a team...and she joins the darkness...
How can we possibly work together now?! I'm light, she's dark...
...I wanna go home...
...this is a nightmare...
...it will end...
...I'll make it end...
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Light: Whoa...are you EMO?
Rainy: No...not really...Oh, and by the way, that last author note was written about...about three weeks ago maybe? My sleeping pattern is normal again, so I'm good.
Light: But there was so much ANGST.
Rainy: n.n I write good angst, no?
Light: Yeah, but...you...ANGST!!!!
Rainy: READ AND REVIEW!!!
Light: I LIKE YELLING!!!!!!!!
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Light of Heaven!
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