Chapter II
Starting anew in Traverse Town
Disclaimer: I do not own Kingdom Hearts, all rights go to Square Enix.
"Oh no! The king has gone missing!"
The King of the wonderful world of Disney Castle had set off without warning, only leaving a message for his loyal subjects, Sir Donald Duck, and Captain Goofy. It was up to these two fellows to find the one who "holds the key" for the fate of all worlds depended on him. Unfortunately, King Mickey did not leave a description of any kind, in his letter it only described "Someone with a key", but these two were determined. It was up to them and this person who had this so called key to save all the worlds. And so they began their journey on their gummi ship to venture off and find the key and the Great King Mickey. (I didn't want to write too much detail about the king going missing, sue me.)
Sora laid unconscious in what seemed to be a dirty, abandoned alley.
"Woof! Woof!" a dog cried.
"Hey! Doggy, get back here! It's dangerous to be running around here by yourself!" a voice of a girl cried.
The dog, stopped in front of Sora, as did the girl following him behind did. "…is this your owner?" the girl asked, (as if the dog could actually speak.)
"Woof!" the dog barked. Sora, slowly coming to his senses, reacted by clenching his fist, the weapon-like key appearing in his hand, he suddenly jumped on his feet, "Stay away from me!" he shouted.
"Ahh!" The girl cried, running away, as the yellow, weird looking dog growled and ran off with her.
"Oh! Wait! I'm sorry! I didn't mean to…" Sora stopped, as he looked around. "Where am I..? This isn't…" he ran out of the alley to find himself in a town he never seen before in his life.
There were little cottages, a café in one corner of the district, dim lamp posts, and an accessory shop beside him to his left. This was all too much for him, he was alone in a place that he never thought even existed. He gulped and stepped forward, the key had vanished from his hand. He hadn't noticed, for he was preoccupied by his thoughts, what is this place… He examined his surroundings, and saw a beautiful woman standing by the café, wearing provocative clothing.
"Excuse me, miss!" Sora exclaimed running up to her.
"Why hello, is there something you need, babe?" she asked winking at him.
Babe? What the.. okay.. he thought, "Um, I was just wondering, but where.. is this?" he asked naively.
"Oh, boy, you're so cute!.. This place is called Traverse Town. People who've lost their world come here." She replied, giggling as she stroked his shoulder and played with his brown spikey hair.
Sora blushed, "Uhh… *clears throat* this is… another world..?" he asked backing away a bit.
"Why yes, please, sit down! I'll get us some Hot Coco, my treat!" she giggled, making him take a sit, and running off to get some hot coco. Sora sat there, confused on whether he should walk away, or stay there, he didn't want to be rude, but he was creeped out at the same time.
"Okay…" he said to himself.
She returned soon after retrieving some nice hot coco, and handed it to him. "I'm sorry, hun, I didn't even introduce myself, my name is Moira. What's your name?" she smiled as she sipped her hot coco. "Uh, I'm Sora…"
"Ohh! Sora! That's a cute name!" she exclaimed, startling Sora almost making him spill his hot coco.
"Ha-ha.. Thanks, I guess.." he returned with a frown.
"Aww what's the matter?" she asked, scooting closer to him.
"Uhh… Well.. I guess I just feel lost.." he lied, faking a smile. He was worried about his dear beloved friends.
"Well… I know what you need," she giggled, "I know just what will make you feel better…" Moira wrapped her arm around Sora's and ran off with him following behind. (with no other choice.)
"W-where are you taking me?" he shouted.
"Shh! Keep it down!... you'll see, babe." She replied, winking at him.
They had arrived at what seemed to be a hotel room; she dragged him in, closing the door behind her.
"Uh, why did yo-." Moira stopped Sora in mid-sentence, by bringing him close, and pressing her lips against his. He froze in place, having no idea on how to react. He gently shoved her away, his face as red as a tomato.
"W-what are you doing!" he exclaimed.
She giggled, "What's the matter, Sora? I'm just trying to have fun with you."
"Fun…? You just stole my first kiss! I… wait whoa. I barely know you Moira, I'm not… like… that…" he exclaimed slowly backing away towards the bedroom, looking for means to escape.
"Oh! You're a virgin! How cute! Don't be scared, hun." She pinned him down onto the bed, and whispered in his ear, "Let Moira take care of you…"
Meanwhile, in a different part of Traverse Town, the girl from earlier found herself lost in the third district.
"Doggy, are you there?.." she asked, something eerie filled the atmosphere. The air felt so thick, that a knife can cut through it. She heard footsteps coming from many directions. The shadows surrounded her.
"What the!.." she exclaimed, managing to escape the horde of shadows. The girl ran all the way to the first district and took shelter in the accessory shop.
"What the hell! Stay away from me!" Sora shouted, running out of the hotel room, with his shirt in one hand, and the other hand zipping up his pants.
"Wait, Sora! Come back!" Moira cried from her room. He found himself back in the first district. He stopped to catch his breath.
"*pant* Oh my god… I feel so violated…" he told himself, putting his shirt back on.
"Phew… that was…close…" he said twitching. He saw a man running away from who-knows-what. The man tripped and turned around looking at what appeared to be one of those shadow creatures, but slightly taller, resembled a knight, with red claws, and a weird looking emblem on its chest of a heart crossed out. The shadow sliced him in half, blood splattered everywhere, his heart was devoured before Sora's very eyes; what was left of the man formed into another shadow creature.
"What the-…" he gasped.
The shadows turned and looked at Sora, and began approaching him. Sora backed away, turned and ran towards the nearest place that he thought would be safest. He ran inside the Accessory Shop, and shut the door behind him.
"Hey, whaddya think yer doin' here, kid?" a man with a thick accent asked.
"Huh?.." was Sora's response.
"Ah! That's the guy who tried to murder me in the alley, sir!" the girl from before exclaimed. Sora looked up, still panting from all the running he did, and saw the girl.
The girl had short-medium, chocolate brown hair, with a turquoise streak in hair bangs. It was super straight, bounded by a hot pink band, and it spiked in the back. Her eyes were emerald green that went a purple-ish color around the iris. She was slim and slender, about average height, looked about 16 or 17 years of age. She wore a white tank top, with a baby blue sweater over it, with dark blue denim shorts (that looked as if they used to be pants, but cut off) with tears and patches on them, long white socks, and a pair of blue sneakers. She wore a colorful hand-made beaded necklace with a figure at the end of a girl with blue hair and a blue dress. There were two piercings on her right ear and three on the left. She seemed to be the cute tomboyish type.
"Ya mean to tell me that there boy tried to harm you, Kaz?" the man asked her.
"Oh! I was looking for you to apologize; I didn't mean to startle you like that…" Sora said. The girl just stared at him, speechless.
"So what brings you two here?" the man asked, "anything ya need?" Sora backed away from the door, making sure that nothing was going to barge in, and he turned back and faced him.
"I don't know what's going on here… there's monsters out there." He said.
"You were attacked by those things too?.." she asked.
"Hmph, those little buggers scarin' my customers away again? Damn it! I'll be right back, you two stay put." The man said as he walked in another room, came back out with a chainsaw, and walked right out the front door. All that was heard was the rumble of the chainsaw, the man yelling "YEEEHAWWW." and things getting chopped up.
Sora approached the girl, as she backed away from him.
"Look, I'm sorry… I thought you were one of those creatures trying to eat me or something. I think my.. 'world' was destroyed or something… and I didn't know what other way to react… I thought I was dead." Sora frowned. The girl sighed, and stuck her hand out at him, gesturing him to shake her hand,
"My name is Kazuno, call me Kaz. I understand, my world was destroyed by the darkness, too. I was just following this yellow dog, and it found you laying there.." Sora returned the friendly gesture, by shaking her hand.
"The names Sora, I'm glad you understand… you're the most normal thing that has happened to me so far, so I'm relieved, hahaha." She took her hand back.
"What happened to that key you were carrying?" Kaz asked, curiously. Sora paused, his eyes wondering left and right in thought.
"Um, I don't know… to be hon-.."
"Hey, you two alright?" the man asked as he barged in, completely interrupting Sora.
"Uh yeah, we're fine, thank you sir." Kaz replied. The man put his chainsaw away, returning to his working post.
"Do you kids, need anythin', the names Cid by the way."
"Oh no, thank you, we were just lost, and needed somewhere safe to go to…" Kaz said with her hands behind her back.
"Yeah… We're not from here." Sora added.
"Alright, well you two stick together, those creatures will be less threatenin' with you guys by each other's side. If ya need anythin', Cid is yer main man." Cid replied,
"Thanks Cid, we really appreciate it." Kaz said walking out of the shop.
"Hey! Wait up!" Sora shouted following her behind, "Thanks old man!" Sora added just before he walked out.
As they were walking out, a tall guy, with medium-length brown hair, wearing dark clothes, a white shirt, wore numerous belts, with a scar on his face stepped out of the alley.
"Hey you." He said.
"Sora!" Kaz exclaimed as she saw the man pull out a large blade that resembled a gun. Sora now in defensive mode, he balled his hands in to a fist, the Key magically appearing in his hands again.
"So you have the key. Let's make this easy for the both of us and just hand me that key." The man said approaching both Sora and Kaz.
"No way, dude. It's the only way I can protect myself and Kaz!" Sora shouted running towards him and swinging the key at the man. The man dodged Sora's attack by leaping backwards like nothing.
"I'm warning you kid. I don't want to have to use force." The man said as he pointed the massive blade at Sora, a ball of flame forming and goes straight at Sora.
"Sora, watch out!" Kaz yelled as she ran up to him and shoved him out of the way, the ball of flame hitting Kaz, making her fall unconscious.
"Kaz!.." Sora shouted, jumping back on his feet, "You're going to pay for this! She didn't in any way deserve that!"
"She'll be fine. Now, give me the key." The man said approaching Sora.
"Over my dead body.." Sora replied, pointing the key at the man's face.
"Alright, you asked for it." The man said elbowing Sora on the head.
"Ow!.. What the hell!" Sora exclaimed, counter-attacking by striking the man's arm with his key. Sora was now hella pissed.
Sora began swinging his key at the man, as the man dodged every strike. "Why aren't you fighting back coward! Fight me!.. Fight me like a man!.." Sora exclaimed.
The man continued dodging each of Sora's attacks, tiring him out. Sora began slowing his pace, "I'm… going… to get y…you…" Sora said trying to catch his breath, only to collapse on the floor unconscious.
"Wow Squall, you're out of your game." A girl said.
"It's Leon; I was going easy on him." The man said.
"Hehehe, sure you were. Now let's take these two somewhere safe."
"Hey sleepy head, wake up." A familiar voice called.
Sora slowly opened his eyes, and saw Kairi standing right beside him, "Huh..?" was his response.
"You okay?" she asked, as Sora sat up on the bed.
"Yeah… I'm fine… I think." He replied.
"You look a bit shaken up, good thing we got the Keyblade off you before it was too late. Who knows what could have happened to you." She said.
"What are you… oh never mind, I'm just glad you're okay, Kairi.."
"Kairi? Who the heck is Kairi?" she said, her voice sounding completely different.
"Huh..?" was all he managed to say as he began rubbing his eyes. He looked down, and blinked a few times, to turn and face yet another unfamiliar character. It was a girl with short dark brown hair, (actually you have an idea of how she looks like no need for me to describe..)
"I'm not Kairi, I am the Great Ninja Yuffie!"She exclaimed, making a pose.
"Pfft…" the man said.
"I think you hit him pretty hard in the head, Squall." She said glaring at the man.
"I told you, it's Leon…" Leon replied.
Sora jumped on his feet, "Hey! It's you! What did you do to Kaz!"
"Hey, hey! Take it easy, kid. She's fine, see." Yuffie said pointing at Kaz sitting by the dining table, eating a Popsicle, with a bandage on the side of her arm, and a bandage around her head.
"Yeah, I'm fine just let them explain Sora." Kaz said waving at him smiling.
"But weren't you.. burned…?"
"Oh, it's no big deal, I'm a little fire resistant, I fell over and hit my head, that's why I went unconscious." Kaz replied, calmly with a smile on her face to reassure Sora that she was fine.
Sora sat back on the bed, "What's going on..?" he asked, confused.
"We had to take the keyblade away from you." Leon began.
"Keyblade…" Sora whispered to himself in question, remembering the voice.
"Yes, those shadow monsters, are called Heartless. They come from the darkness in people's hearts. They go after people and consume their hearts. These creatures have a great fear of the keyblade, for the keyblade can wipe them out, setting those hearts who once belonged to someone free. The Heartless have been attacking you, because without the keyblade's master, it is powerless." Yuffie explained.
"That's why we had to take it away from you." Leon said picking up the Keyblade and examining it. He swung it, vanishing and appearing in Sora's hands. Sora jumped in surprise.
"But why me? I didn't want this…" Sora said staring at the Keyblade in his hands.
"The Keyblade chooses its master, and it chose you, my friend." Yuffie replied, pointing at him.
"What I don't get is why it would pick a kid like him. It's no use to him." Leon said boldly.
"Squall!" Yuffie exclaimed.
"Hey! You can't blame him! It just randomly chose him! It's not like he knew he was destined to be the Master of the Keyblade and had like years of training! It just sorta happened, no need to be a dick about it." Kaz exclaimed, defending Sora, Leon making a sour face. (Just thought it'd be funny if he did.)
"…I didn't ask for this, I just wanna be home… Wait, what happened to my home? My Island?... Riku… Kairi…" He exclaimed now realizing how scared he was.
"Beats me." Leon replied.
"I don't know either… but we best be prepared." Yuffie said.
"Prepared..?" Sora and Kaz asked at the same time.
It became silent in the room; Leon seemed to be listening for something. He pointed at the door behind Kaz, "They're coming. Yuffie, get Aerith and the other guys out of here. I'll take care of these two."
"I'm on it." She replied, busting through the door. "Yuffie!" a girl's voice called, "There's no time, come with me." Was all that was heard from the other room.
"Sora and Kaz, right?" Leon asked, opening the door behind him, that Sora barely realized was there.
"Uh yeah…"
"Come with me, we need to get out of here. There's no time to lose." He said, running out of the door and jumping off of what had seemed to be a balcony. Sora and Kaz followed.
Sora leaped off the Balcony, leaving Kaz behind. It was too high for her to jump off. She hesitated. "Jump off I'll catch you." Sora said, opening his arms, "trust me." Kaz closed her eyes, and hesitantly jumped off the balcony, Sora catching her. "You alright?" Sora asked, gently putting her down.
"Yeah… Come on let's go!" she said running after Leon.
"Um, yeah, okay!" Sora replied following her.
Suddenly as they were running, Heartless appeared, surrounding the both of them. "Sora!" Kaz shouted.
"Stay back, Kaz. I'll protect you." Sora stated, now holding the Keyblade. Kaz and Sora were back to back. "I have your back, Sora." Kaz said, kicking a heartless in the face, making it dazed. Sora struck three of them all at once, "Ha!" Sora shouted striking another Heartless.
"Sora! Look out!" Kaz exclaimed, as a Heartless was about to strike Sora from behind. Kaz jumped and elbowed it in the face. Sora then turned and stabbed it, and all at once all of the heartless vanished, leaving behind hearts that began floating in the air, both Sora and Kaz catching their breath.
"Woohoo! Did you see that Sora! We make a great team!" Kaz exclaimed excitedly jumping up in the air.
"Haha… Yeah… *cough* Not the time to celebrate. We need to find that Leon guy." Sora replied.
"Oh right… I think he made his way to the third district." She replied, pointing at the direction up ahead. And so they ran off and made their way to the third district.
They arrived at the third district, there was a small cottage that was down a narrow path in a corner, there were elevated pathways decorated with lights, surrounding a square lot with a fountain in the corner, a big huge door on one side that led directly to the first district, and another small door that had a crest in the shape of a flame. Kaz and Sora ran into the square lot until they heard two voices screaming and shouting in terror. They both looked up and saw two people falling on them.
"Oh crap!" Sora shouted, shoving Kaz out of the way, only to have these two unfamiliar characters, one appearing to be a dog, and the other a duck, pile on top of him, Kaz falling over as well.
"Ohhh…." They groaned.
"The Key!" the dog and duck exclaimed.
"Sora!" Kaz screamed, as the ground began to rumble and shake.
"Ah!" Sora exclaimed, trying to get out of the doggy pile.
They heard what seemed to be metal clashing. They all looked up to see a giant Heartless that looked like a warped purple suit of armor, it's body parts disconnected, levitating and moving freely any where it pleased. The Purple suit of armor grabbed Kaz.
"Sora! Help me!" Kaz shouted, banging her fists against it.
"Kaz! No!" Sora exclaimed, jumping on his feet, with the Keyblade at hand.
"Don't worry, we'll help!" the duck proposed, taking out his staff, casting all sorts of magic.
"A-hyuck! You can count on us!" the dog said, charging at the giant suit of armor.
With no time to ask questions, Sora charged at the big suit armor, swinging the Keyblade at it. The suit of armor separated its joints from its body, its free hand slamming into the ground, making Sora, the dog and the duck disoriented.
"Sora! Watch out!" Kaz shouted as the boots of the suit of armor were stomping towards them. Sora acted fast, jumping into the air and slashing at them. The boots fell apart once they were struck by the Keyblade. Sora was astonished by this power, which he now held responsibility for. Suddenly, the free hand of the suit of armor slammed Sora into the wall.
"Sora!" Kaz exclaimed, adrenaline now coming into play, she managed to free herself from the grasp of the suit of armor's metal hand. Sora sat there dazed from the impact, Kaz kneeled beside him.
"Fire!" the duck shouted, casting magic on the purple suit of armor, which was now only just a torso and an arm.
"Here, Sora." Kaz said, taking out a potion and helping Sora drink it. Sora coughed and got back on his feet.
"Um, thanks…" Sora said, confused by what she had given him, but ran off and charged at what was left of the Heartless, Kaz following behind him.
"Kaz! No!" he shouted, while in the back ground the two characters were fighting the monster.
"I can help." Kaz smirked, "I'm not letting you have all the fun." She leaped into the air and kicked the Armors torso, sending it back. Sora stared at her in amazement. And she couldn't jump off the balcony without me catching her?.. he thought.
Sora then charged at it, striking as hard as he could, "Ha!" he grunted, landing on his feet. Who would have thought that he was only improvising? The armor completely fell apart in defeat.(LVL UP, :P) They saw a big beautiful heart float and disappear into the sky, the armor slowly disintegrated.
"Haha… that was awesome…" Kaz said catching her breath. The dog and the duck approached Sora and Kaz.
"We make a great team, a-hyuk!" the dog stated, grabbing Sora's hand and shaking it exaggeratedly like how they would in cartoons. "I'm Goofy!"
"*Clears throat* And I'm Donald Duck." Donald said introducing himself.
"Uh, I'm Sora, and this is Kaz." Sora said confused by the fact that he was talking to human-sized animals that can speak as he introduced Kaz.
"Hi, nice to meet you!" she exclaimed hugging all of them, "You guys helped us a lot, thank you!"
"Not a problem. Sora, we want to invite you to travel to other worlds with us!" Donald said.
"Yeah! A-hyuck! You'd be a great help to us!" Goofy said. Sora looked at Kaz, and then looked back at the two friendly faces again, "How 'bout that?" Goofy added.
"Well… sure." Sora replied, frowning.
"Okay, but if you're coming with us, we have one rule!" Donald said patting Sora on the shoulder. Sora was still pouting.
"But…"
"Gawrsh, our ship runs on happy faces, Sora." Goofy added making a silly smile. Sora looked at Kaz again; he didn't want to leave his new friend behind.
"No sad faces!" Donald said.
"Yeah.. Sora, you should go." Kaz said giving a fake smile, for she wanted to join them as well. She felt that she'd only be in the way anyway.
"Okay… but only if Kaz came with us."Sora said folding his arms, still pouting like a little dorky kid. Goofy and Donald were baffled by Sora's request, and looked at eachother. Kaz blushed. These two pulled each other away from Sora and Kaz and went into discussion.
"Um, Sora… Why? I'd only be trouble in your travels. Why do you want me to come?" Kaz asked approaching him.
"Well… I'm not sure, to be honest. It's just.. I feel like you're the only thing I can relate to. Right now, I'm lost and scared, and there's no doubt in my mind that you're just as scared as I am. We secure each other… And besides we could help each other reunite with those we've been separated from. Right?"
Kaz blushed and nodded. Donald and Goofy came back for the final conclusion.
"Okay, it's a deal. She can come with us, too." Goofy said smiling, Donald completely disapproving of the whole idea.
"Yes! Yes! Thank you so much! All of you!" Kaz exclaimed, giving all of them a group hug.
"You guys make a great team, I'm impressed." A familiar voice from a distance said, it was Leon, appearing from what had seemed to be out of nowhere.
"Yup we sure are a great team." Kaz replied with a smile. Leon walked up to them, with Yuffie sneaking from behind him unnoticed.
"Here we want you to take this." Leon said, handing Sora and Kaz some munny and a ring for each of them.
"The rings will boost your strength." Yuffie stated with a smile, popping out from behind Leon.
"We all pitched in to give you this munny, just in case you need anything." Another girl wearing pink said. Kaz and Sora stared at her, admiring her beauty. She seemed sweet, and cute.
"Oh, forgive me. We haven't introduced ourselves. I'm Aerith. I'm already acquainted with Donald and Goofy."
"Thanks, but…" Sora began what Kaz was about to say.
"No, take them. We insist." Aerith said smiling at them.
Leon, Yuffie, and Aerith escorted Sora, Kaz, Donald, and Goofy to the first district, to the biggest door in the whole world, where Donald and Goofy had their ship.
"Best of luck you guys!" Yuffie exclaimed.
"Thanks!" Sora and Kaz said at the same time.
"Come on you guys, this way!" Donald demanded, as he and Goofy were already entering the big door.
"We wouldn't wanna leave ya' behind!" Goofy said smiling. Sora and Kaz ran to them, as they waved goodbye at their new friends.
They were inside the ship; Kaz and Sora were amazed by it. It was something they had never thought of seeing, it was wondrous and completely new.
"You guys ready? Better take a seat and wear a seat belt!" Donald announced starting up the ship. Sora and Kaz sat beside each other.
"Thanks Sora. I wouldn't be on this ship if it weren't for you. I will try my best to not let you down! I might not have a weapon like you guys, but I will still fight." Kaz said to Sora.
Sora smiled, "I promise, I'll try my best to get us back home safe. And you won't have to be afraid anymore." Sora said sticking out his pinky.
Kaz wrapped her pinky around his pinky, "Alright, but you pinky swore. Remember that."
Sora nodded.
"Brace yourself Sora and Kaz, we are now preparing for lift off!" Goofy exclaimed excitedly, pressing a button.
"GOOFY, NO!" Donald shouted. The ship was sent flying into space.
"AHHHHHH!" they all screamed.
And from here on out, Sora now knew for sure he had a responsibility. He knew without a doubt that there are indeed other worlds. All those childish dreams were now a reality. A nightmare, possibly, but without any doubt in his mind he knew that Riku and Kairi were out there somewhere looking for him, too. It was up to him now. There was no way he was going to give up, not anytime soon. And thus, began a new journey that will never be forgotten.
[End of chapter 2.]
DaniiSaurz: Finally, haha, well there you have it chapter 2, not that many people care. xD Anyways, any suggestions, or constructive criticism would be nice. I did this all in a hurry, but let me know if you like it so far, and if I should continue. For I have a lot more ideas. And I absolutely love Kingdom Hearts. We'll see how chapter 3 turns out. XD –Needs to come up with a chapter title- Thanks for reading!