Chosen of Sky and Twilight
Disclaimer: Doesn't own KH!(plus this is not a song fic, it'll feature-later on- Simple and Clean as well as Sanctuary both owned by island records and Hikaru Utada.)
I have recently bought and beaten 358/2 Days so my CoM section is merged with that and is abridged. No way am I dragging out that arc at all. The next chapter ends KH1.
Chapter 28: When the Stars Fall From the Sky
Donald yelled,
"Come back Sora! Come back!" as Riku held the sobbing Kairi and Goofy stood horrified looking at where the keyblade master had once stood.
Sora, on the other hand, felt himself falling through the air but at the same time falling slowly. Around him was nothing but darkness.
'What's ……. happening to me. Falling…falling…into darkness.' Was his last coherent thought as he succumbed to the darkness all around him.
"Sora can't be gone, I won't let him go!" Kairi yelled. Ansem reappeared, but this time he was in his truest male form and threw the unconscious Nami at their feet.
"The foolish half-heartless Shade confronted me over possessing a light dweller and he was unable to stop me from possessing his form." He said and finally noticed the alert Kairi. "So, you have awakened at last, Princess. The Keyhole is now complete. You have served your purpose. But now it's over." Said Ansem laughing evilly. Riku became Ryx as Donald and Goofy readied their weapons.
"Don't make another move!" said Donald.
"Or we'll have to cut you pretty boy!" said Ryx.
"Do you think we can stop him all by ourselves??" asked Goofy.
"I don't know!" said Donald.
"Only one way to find out." Said Ryx
Then Ansem was unable to move forwards,
"Impossible!" he said as a ghostly image of Shade appeared.
"You're not going to use me for this, abomination!" Shade yelled. "You've got to run! The Heartless are coming and that keyhole needs to be sealed by two keybears! RUN!!!" Kairi nodded before she and the others retreated, Goofy carrying Nami.
"Why do we have to take her with us?" asked Riku.
"Because Sora would have wanted us to!" said Donald. Back through the maze of Hollow Bastion they ran, never noticing a small shadow following them through the castle. Upon pausing at the Entrance Hall because Kairi stopped.
"Kairi hurry!" said Goofy.
"But I can't leave them behind!" she said referring to the princesses.
"We can't stay here." Said Donald.
"We'll come back for them." Said Riku.
"Look a heartless is after us!" said Goofy noticing the little shadow that had been following them throughout the castle.
Donald marches up to it grumpily,
"Confounded Heartless! Get lost will ya!" he grumbled as he bopped it on the head with his wand. It just looked up at him quizzically in the same gesture Sora had always used.
"Sora, is that you?" Kairi said looking at the shadow closely, startling the others.
"Kairi are you nuts!" said Riku just as a whole legion of shadows and scouts appeared. The heartless edged away from the others as if afraid.
"Don't worry, this time I'll protect you." Kairi said to the shadow. The Heartless all attacked and several shadows dog piled Kairi and the Shadow which she hugged protectively.
"KAIRI!" Goofy, Donald and Riku shouted at once. The shadows dissipated revealing Kairi hugging a slightly taller, brunette form with familiar spiky hair.
"Thank you Kairi." He said hugging her tighter.
"Sora…" said Kairi happily.
"SORA!" Donald and Goofy exclaimed, Riku was stunned speechless.
The tender moment was shattered by more shadows and scouts appearing. Before either key master could summon their weapons the Beast howled and sent the running as he reappeared.
"We have to close the key hole!" Riku said to Sora. The brunette Keybearer nodded and summoned his keyblade as Riku became Ryx once more.
With that they and the Beast barreled back through to castle towards the location of the Keyhole.
Elsewhere,
Naminé sat at Disney castle drawing whenever she started drawing a blonde haired boy lying on the ground of an in between world, that used to be part of Twilight Destiny. The inhabitants of Twilight Town were baffled by the fact they were unable to contact the Destiny Islands at all. Even more shocking was the discovery of a boy who looked exactly like the Keyblade master, Roxas, lying on the ground wearing nothing while unconscious.
Axel, a member of Organization XII found this boy soon after and confirmed he was a nobody. But the kid was still in a catatonic state.
'Better get him to the superior.' Axel thought; his memories of being his human-self were garbled but he knew his name and that he used to be human. So what more was there to know?
'He's not going to be happy about this.' Axel thought as he carried the prone form into a portal of darkness.
Hollow Bastion,
Sora, Kairi, Ryx, Donald, and Goofy arrived at the chapel with the Beast on their heals to find the other six princesses were there. Beast only had eyes for a certain princess though.
"Belle!" he said rushing over to her and checking the maiden for injuries.
"I'm fine, really." Belle said as he fussed, "We can't hold the darkness back for long, so you'd better seal up that Keyhole quickly."
"Got it. Kairi, stay here." Sora said.
"What!" Kairi squawked.
"You'll only get in the way." said Ryx.
"Fine, but I'm not sitting out the next adventure." Kairi pouted.
"Donald, Goofy?" Sora said to the pair.
"We're with you, Sora!" said Donald.
"Hyuck! Yep we sure are!" said Goofy.
They advanced to the next room and fought their way through a flood of shadows to the key hole and then entered it to see the largest Heartless they had seen to date.
"Whoa." Sora said looking at the Behemoth.
"Aim for its horn!" yelled Donald. Sora nodded and leapt as far up as he could and fired off a Thundara at the horn as Ryx leapt onto its back and made his way up onto the head and began slashing at it. Goofy continually jumped up and attacked the horn while Sora and Donald attacked with magic and healed the others. Once Sora was out of mp he joined Goofy. Not that the Heartless didn't get a few good hits in, but in the end it was gone releasing a large heart that floated upwards and away.
"Wonder where it goes." Said Ryx.
"Probably to that dark place I went." Said Sora.
"The key hole!" Donald said.
"Right." Sora said pointing the tip of his blade at the key hole shaped light. Ryx also did so and a clicking sound was heard.
"Let's get out of here!" said Ryx as he became Riku. The others didn't need to be told twice and they ran out of the strange realm as the gate just became a wall again.
"Leon? Cid?" Sora said seeing the crew from Traverse Town there.
"We came in Cid's ship." Aerith said smiling, "This was our childhood home, we wanted to see it again- Princess Kairi?" the traverse town group turned to who Aerith was looking at. Kairi blinked at them in surprise.
"Er, hi." She said waving at them.
"Princess as in not just a Princess of Heart?" Riku said raising an eyebrow.
"My uncle used to be the ruler here." Said Kairi. "We left after he vanished and Maleficent took over. It used to look so different."
"It's worse than I'd feared." Leon added.
"Are you going to stay?" Yuffie asked.
"I don't know. What's going to happen once they defeat the one behind everything?" Kairi asked.
"All the worlds will be restored, including Twilight Destiny." Said Leon, "And then we'll never see each other again."
"Why?" asked Sora.
"You had no idea other worlds existed before, right?" said Yuffie.
"Yeah." Riku said.
"Well that's because there used to be impassable walls separating all worlds. Then the Heartless destroyed them and we could pass. But if the worlds are returned the walls return." Yuffie explained.
"So we'll never meet again?" Sora said.
"We may never meet again, but we'll never forget each other." Said Leon
"Wherever we are, our hearts will bring us together again." Said Aerith.
"Besides, I couldn't forget you guys if I tried." Said Yuffie.
"And what's that supposed to mean?" Sora asked irritably.
"The darkness is receding here." Said Alice
"But I feel it growing else where." added Jasmine.
"It's the heart of Darkness." Aurora said.
"Then we'll go and stop the darkness there once and for all." Said Sora.
"A worthy answer keybearer." Said Cinderella as she waved her hand over Sora and Riku. "Use this power to combat the darkness."
"Hey, our fire spells are stronger." Said Riku.
"With your courage you can bring back our worlds." Said Snow White.
"Once the Darkness is gone all will return to being as it should be." Said Aurora.
"And you'll all be on your homes once more." Said Cinderella.
"Well we kinda need to find the King." Said Sora. "If Kairi stays here will she end up on the Island and will my Gramps be returned?"
"Most certainly." Said Cinderella.
"You're not leaving me on the Islands alone with Selphie!" said Kairi.
"It's too dangerous." Said Sora. Kairi pulled out something and placed it in Sora's hand.
"It's my lucky charm so you make sure you bring it back to me, ok?" Kairi said.
"Of course." Sora said, and on a whim attached the key chain to the keyblade transforming it. Riku nodded before pulling out a wave shaped charm.
"Well I'm coming whether you like it or not." Said Nami's voice, her whip in hand. However it was easy to see it was a keywhip from its handle and two protrusions at the end. "I helped spread this mess so I'd better help clean it up."
"Alright. Let's go to the End of the World." Said Sora.
MP: R&R. Constructive critics Welcome!