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: Yo...

Light: 0o You seem tired.

Rainy: I had a track meet yesterday and I got home at 11 pm, and went to bed at midnight cuz I had dinner and took a shower...I'm STILL tired...

Light: I can tell...

Rainy: ...yep...wait, what were we talking about?

Light: You being tired.

Rainy: ...come again?

Light: You. Being. Tired.

Rainy: ...oh my gosh, I'm sorry, what were we talking about?

Light: YOU. BEING—oh forget it...

Rainy: Forget what?

Light: Write.

Rainy: Huh?

Light: OH MY GOD. ::stomp off::

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The Trials of Light and Dark

Chapter 7

"Great. Nice going, Reni." Sora smacked his forehead against the Gummi Ship window. He looked up at her determined face, and sighed heavily. "Reni...stop...no seriously, you're making it worse."

"SHUT UP SORA!" Reni screamed yanking the Gummi controls up and back into reverse. "I CAN DO IT!! I CAN DO IT, TRUST ME!!"

"You're making it worse," Sora stressed the last word to make it get into her head. "Stop."

Reni just kept yelling, "I CAN DO IT!!" then switched to, "BACKING UP! BACKING UP!"

Sora sighed again as Donald came out of his room to see what the heck was going on.

"Why's Reni yell—OH MY GOODNESS!" Donald shouted as he looked out the windows.

"Yeah," Sora said grimly. "Reni stopped to scratch her knee while driving, and crashed into a world."

"...a very watery world..." Donald thought out loud, wincing as the side of the Gummi Ship scraped loudly against the rocky outer covering of the world. "Well, we might as well go and take a look around." The duck began to move towards the door.

Sora's eyes widened and he yelled out, "Wait! We can't go underwater! We'll drown!"

Donald turned around long enough to hold up one finger...feather...? Oh forget it—finger, and say, "Not with my magic! Leave it to me!"

- - -

Neki glowered out the window of her room. She was bored beyond repair at the moment. She was mad at Riku, so she didn't want to hang with him; Kairi was still a sleeping zombie doll and was currently not even in the castle, along WITH Riku, so Kairi was a no; and Ursula was somewhere else on Maleficent's orders, so she couldn't talk to the sea-witch.

And she couldn't hang with Reni because she had NO IDEA WHERE THE DAMN GIRL WAS!!! She could always go and ask Maleficent to make one of those hologrammy thingerz over the cauldron so she could see where Reni was. And thus, there was a Neki-plan!

Neki stood up and stalked out of the room and down the hallway, in search of the black witch.

- - -

"ARIEL!!!" King Triton yelled angrily, a vein popping out for everyone to see. "When will you ever listen to me?! It's dangerous out there!" Sora, and the gang scooted back a bit (well, if it's possible to scoot in water).

"BEHOLD! You swim before the ruler of the sea—his majesty, King Triton!" Sebastion introduced to the VERY freaked out newcomers.

"And he's my father..." Ariel murmured to them from behind her hand.

"And who are they?" Triton commanded loudly. "They don't look familiar." Sora glanced around at Donald's octopus-like body, Goofy's turtle-body, Reni's person-sized angelfish tail, and his own dolphin butt. Yeah, they REALLY looked different.

"They saved me from those creatures!" Ariel exclaimed happily turning back to her father. Sora could tell she was pulling the, "I'm a good girl! Honest!" card that Neki always used.

"We come in PEACE!" Reni and Goofy exclaimed, bowing before Triton. The King of Atlantica arched an eyebrow, and ignored the two bowing strangers.

"We came to find the keyhole!" Goofy said cheerfully, capturing Triton's attention immediately. Donald hissed at Goofy quietly.

"Keyhole?" Triton asked skeptically. "There's no such thing. Certainly not here."

"Daddy," Ariel interrupted, trying to reason him. "maybe you could help them find—"

"Not another word, Ariel!" Triton scolded. "Listen Ariel, you are NOT to leave the palace. Is that clear?"

Ariel glared at him, and angrily swished around, grabbing Sora's wrist and pulling. "Let's go."

"Ariel!" Triton angrily shouted at her while rising off of his throne. She didn't respond, and neither did the other folk as they left the room. Once they were gone, Triton sighed and sat back down, rubbing his forehead. "Perhaps I'm being too strict, Sebastion...I'm just concerned for her safety.

"Of course, your majesty," Sebastion agreed obediently. "But I must admit, I'm now curious about this keyhole..."

Triton glanced at the crab and said, "That need not concern you, Sebastion. More importantly," He continued, switching the topic. "how many of those creatures are lurking around?"

"Sir, it seems their forces are growing day by day." Sebastion mused aloud, sitting on Triton's throne's arm rest.

"Ugh," Triton groaned as he reached for his trident. "I shall not just let them do as they please!"

- - -

"My father is SO STUBBORN!" Ariel ranted later on as they swam in a random direction. She suddenly perked up, "Hey, why don't we try looking for that keyhole you were talking about?"

"But your father said--!" Sora began in protest.

"Don't worry!" Ariel assured him. Reni randomly got the song 'Don't Worry, Be Happy' stuck in her head, and began to hum it.

They all glanced at her, but she seemed to be in her own little world, so they then ignored her.

"Someday," Ariel continued, ignoring the blonde girl. "I'm going to see what's out there. I want to see other worlds. No matter what my father says." She led them downwards. "Over here! I want to show you something!" she and Sora moved a giant rock away from an entrance to a little grotto.

"My collection from the outside world!" Ariel exclaimed while happily leading them through a tunnel into the main room.

But when they got there, they were in for a big surprise.

- - -

"Alright, fine, but only because I am eager to see what Ursula is up to," Maleficent FINALLY gave in to Neki's whines and protests, leading the girl over to the cauldron. Waving her gold scepter above the cauldron, wisps of green began to form a picture.

Neki stared closely at the events happening. Reni...had a fish-tail? And a PRETTY ONE?! Not fair!

But then she looked closer.

Reni, Sora, the duck, the dog, a flounder, a crab, and mermaid and a merman with a crown, all seemed to be in a little cavern with broken and shattered pieces of everyday things. The mermaid looked absolutely stunned, and the merman looked furious.

Neki couldn't hear what was being said though, so when the mermaid said something, she had no idea what the conversation was about. She was guessing it was about the broken knick-knacks, since that's what seemed to stun the poor mermaid the most.

The merman replied with mouthed words, and the mermaid spat something back, eventually turning around and swimming quickly out of the cavern.

The duck swam forward and seemed to chew out the merman. The merman glared, said something, and then turned to Sora. The merman began to shout at Sora with a look of utter disgust that angered Neki.

The duck came forward again, but only seemed to shout two words.

The merman held up a hand to silence the duck, and began to speak again.

"May I move on?" Maleficent asked with a sickenly sweet voice.

Neki took one last look at Reni, who just looked dumbfounded.

"Sure."

At least Reni was okay.

- - -

"Ohhh! My father treats me like a little girl!" Ariel moaned into the rock she layed down upon. "He just doesn't understand!" she sobbed.

"My, my. The poor child suffers such deep sorrow." A sinister voice echoed from above.

"What a pity. If only there were something we could do..." A slightly different voice replied spookily.

Ariel bolted upright. "Who's there?"

Two eels slipped out of the darkness. "Greetings." They said in unison this time, evil smiles spreading across their faces.

- - -

"King Triton is just concerned." Flounder defended as the group swam into the throne room. "He doesn't mean any harm!"

"I know, Flounder...I know how Triton must be feeling." Sora said, looking down at his keyblade. "But we have to do what we have to do."

Donald froze with a weird look on his face. Goofy stared at his friend with confusion. "Huh? What's wrong Donald?"

"Sora realizes what he has to do...never thought I'd see the day..." Donald replied with that same weird look. Goofy giggled and Reni squealed with giggles.

"I think this is the first ti—" Reni began to choke out through her giggles, but—

"OUTTA MY WAY!!!!" Ursula propelled past them, knocking Reni to the side where she smacked her head on a pillar. "WITH THIS TRIDENT I'M INVINCIBLE!!!" The Sea Witch cackled evilly. "I'LL BE BACK!!!" And she was gone.

"HEY!" Donald yelled as Goofy swam down to see if Reni was okay. "I want an apology!"

Sora looked around and asked Goofy, "Is Reni oka—"

Something propelled between them all again...and this time it was...

"ARIEL?!!" Flounder yelled after his friend. Ariel didn't answer but continued to swim in the direction Ursula went off in.

Sora straightened himself up, and blinked when Sebastion swam by quickly screaming, "ARIEL STOP! CALM DOWN—"Sora grabbed the crab.

"What happened?" Sora asked while Sebastion squirmed in his grasp.

"She ran away! We have to follow her! King Triton's—" Sebastion began in a panic.

"Settle down!" Donald commanded, tapping the crab's head.

"That witch is trying to find the keyhole!" Sebastion wailed, and Sora let him go. "Come on! Follow me! We can't let Ariel go alone!"

"Wait, what about Reni?" Goofy asked from below them. They all looked down to see a very dizzy Reni.

"Can I have fries with my potatoes?" Reni slurred out holding her head.

Sora smacked his forehead. "She always does this...leave Reni here. She can't do much if we drag her along. Let's go!" and he began to lead everyone in search of Ariel.

- - -

"Hrmmm, I can't seem to find the sea witch anywhere..." Maleficent mused aloud, Neki still beside her as they looked at the different pictures of the sea.

"Check her lair again. She always goes back to her lair." Neki commanded. Maleficent sneered at the girl, but obeyed.

Sure enough, they found Ursula. This time she was holding a spear thing with three points, and was talking to Flotsam and Jetsam, her little eel henchman. She seemed very smug about something, and was gloating.

"Well, now that I know where she is," Maleficent said simply. "I guess I can just close this little window—"

"Leave it up. I'm bored and want to watch." Neki commanded again, dragging up a chair to sit on.

Maleficent shrugged and said, "Do as you please." Then she left the room.

Neki glanced over her shoulder at the closing door, stuck her tongue out, and turned back to the screen.

Wait, now Sora was there! Along with the duck, dog, crab, fish, and the mermaid! But where was Reni?

Ursula now started speaking to the group, but Neki didn't really notice. She was too busy trying to see if Reni wasn't just behind them or something. She did notice that the mermaid was currently traveling around to the side and back of Ursula while the witch showed off the spear to them all.

Ursula held up the three pronged spear and was about to charge, but the mermaid grabbed the woman's hair and yanked down and back, causing a bolt of magic to shoot from the spear, and hit Flotsam and Jetsam.

Flotsam and Jetsam turned into little bubbles that floated upwards, and Ursula looked like she was going to kill. Neki began to walk around the cauldron to see if Reni was maybe hiding somewhere.

Ursula began to scream at them, all the while becoming bigger and bigger and bigger, until she was about as tall as a mountain. Neki stopped to look at THAT.

Ursula lashed out her tentacles and snatched up everyone in the room except for the fish and the crab.

Sora began to yell something, and the duck yelled something back. Sora paused, and then yelled again. The duck then looked at Sora like he was the biggest idiot in the world.

Ursula waved the spear around and around and around, causing a giant whirlpool to form, causing tons of underwater plants, rocks, and anything to swirl around them. Sora began yelling at the duck again, and they got in an argument.

Neki became worried. Was Ursula going to kill them or something?!

Wait, what was that? A ship?! The whirlpool had picked up a sunken ship which jabbed it's main mast into Ursula's back. The sea witch released the group from her clutches, and they swam away.

The group began a steady attack, where the mermaid and duck would cast harmful magic on Ursula, and healing magic on Sora and the dog. Sora and the dog would attack the back of the sea witch's head constantly, rarely letting up.

Now Neki remembered the reason she was even here. She looked frantically around the battle scene for a shot of Reni who still hadn't shown herself. Was Reni injured? Was she turned into one of Ursula's little...mini-creatures that looked like blobs attached to things.

If it was the latter, Neki hoped they defeated Ursula to rescue Reni.

Soon, Ursula began to diffuse into black ink that filled the picture and blinded Neki from seeing what was happening. Soon the ink dissipated, and Neki could see the tired group and the gold three-pronged spear.

The mermaid swam forward and grabbed the spear. Then she turned back to the group and began to speak.

Neki didn't care much now about the events, she just wanted to know where Reni was again.

Reni didn't seem to be in sight, but she was in that world somewhere nearby.

Neki waved her hand, and the image distorted. She stood and began to walk back to her room.

- - -

"Daddy, I'm so sorry," Ariel apologized as she swam up to Triton. He got up off of his throne and hugged her.

"I'm so glad you're safe," Triton said, releasing her. "It's my fault. You followed Ursula because I wouldn't let you follow your heart. Please forgive me." He turned to Sora, Donald, Goofy, and a still rather dizzy Reni. "Also, I did not trust you three. And for that I apologize."

"Rock on, buff dude!" Reni yelled out like a rocker girl—head bang and all.

Triton stared at her for a few moments, but then turned back to Sora and said, "Brave Keybearer, I have one more request."

A little while later, they were in Ariel's grotto again.

"Seal the keyhole," Triton said as he revealed the keyhole on the wall.

Sora obeyed, and held out his keyblade. A bright beam shot out of the tip and into the keyhole. A click was heard, and the keyhole was locked.

"WHOA!" Reni exclaimed looking closely at the tip of Sora's keyblade. "That is one SWEET flashlight!"

Everyone in the room stared at her for a moment.

"Ahem," Ariel coughed, getting their attention. "Thank you. Now peace will return to our sea...Tell me Sora, your world...what's it like?"

"Uh..." Sora mumbled in reply.

"So many places I want to see...I know I'll get there someday. I'm sure of it. I'll find a way somehow, but some way that won't put anyone else in danger!"

Triton sighed and said, "Some things never change..." He turned to Sora. "Mark me, Keybearer. If mishandled, the key may bring unspeakable calamity. Wield it with caution." Sora nodded to show he understood. Suddenly, there was a loud crash, and everyone whipped around.

Over in a corner, Reni floated, looking like a deer in headlights. Tons of Ariel's collectables were on the ground or currently floating to the ground. Reni snapped out of it and pointed over at Sebastion as if saying, 'his fault!'. However that was a very lame lie, seeing as Sebastion was on the opposite side of the room of Reni.

Sora smacked his forehead again, and said, "Uh...we'll go before Reni does something major...like spill oil on the surface of the ocean or something equally bad."

"Thank you," Triton sighed, rubbing his temples.

- - -

Rainy: Now, before you guys brick me-- ::bricks are thrown at her:: OW!!! AHHHHHH::runs::

Light: She was too lazy to get up the clips from Atlantica and watch those, so she used her manga. That's why this is all different than what happened in the game, but it works.

Rainy::peeks in:: Is it safe?

Light: Yes.

Rainy: WHEW::comes back:: Anyways, yeah, sorry about that...plus the lateness...and the less Reni-ness...but I got a lot of Neki in there, no?

Light: Yes you did! n.n Now post this on so I can read it!

Rainy: Okay::does so::

Next to write: Light of Heaven!

lol, me and Light were talking a while ago, and we realized that we write this fanfic more for us than for you guys! XDDDD Funny, neh?