Summary: Sora is the Keyblade master, and he has Heartless attacking him left and right. But what if one took a liking to him and refused to believe she is as evil as everyone thinks? Based off the manga, so there are some differences to the game.
Disclaimer: I do not, I repeat DO NOT own Kingdom Hearts, Disney, or Heartless. Well, maybe this specific Heartless...
Chapter 2 - Of giant keys and evil monsters
She woke up about a couple hours later to something sniffing around in her alley. She was fully awake when it came right next to her, only to be somewhat relieved it was just a dog. A weird, cartoonish dog, but a dog nonetheless. It licked her, and she backed away, startled. The dog quickly lost interest in her and continued its way, stopping a few feet away to sniff a pair of yellow shoes. Yellow shoes? 'Never seen those there before..' She thought.
Suddenly, there was a groan from the shoes, and she witnessed the dog jump forward to lick whoever was wearing them. She crept closer out of curiosity, to see it was a boy, different from the one before, waking up. Not knowing how he got there, she walked right up to him.
The boy spotted her and immediately sprang up. "Don't come any closer, you... thing!" He shouted.
She cocked her head at him. 'Is that the best he can come up with?' She thought. The dog again walked up to her and licked her, possibly to show him she wasn't hostile. It worked! The boy calmed down a bit, but was still wary around her. "Okay, so maybe you're only dangerous in large numbers." He said and walked towards the end of the alley to see where he was.
'Is he really as confused as I am?' She thought. She decided to follow him, leaving the dog behind. Maybe if they stuck together, things wouldn't be so bad. He soon noticed her following him.
"What? I don't have anything! Shoo!" He said, gesturing for her to leave. When she didn't, he just walked off, knowing she was still following.
After walking around for about ten minutes, and still looking quite lost, he came to the main part of the first district. She was getting rather bored, and the boy still mostly ignored her. She was about to go back to her alley. Almost...
"Hey kid, first time in Traverse Town?" She and the boy quickly turned to see a young woman standing by a pillar. The Heartless hid behind the boy, afraid the woman would run away or lash out at her. He still ignored her, but was getting a little annoyed with her. "Care for a nice lady to show you around?" She had walked up to him.
To the Heartless, it almost looked like she was flirting with the boy. 'Ew, pedophile..' She thought, wanting for them to leave.
"Th-That's okay, I'll figure it out!" The boy stammered.
The woman laughed. "There's no need to hold back with me!" She was grinning.
"What? I'm not-" He was cut short when he heard a clanking noise.
The Shadow heard it too, and it was coming fast. She quickly turned to see a larger creature running towards them. It was covered in some bluish outfit and wore a shiny silver helmet. It's claws were scarlet red and it had some sort of a heart symbol on its chest. The Shadow knew right away something wasn't right about it. It leapt at the woman and dug its clawed hand into her chest. She was screaming for help, but the boy and the Shadow stood there, dumfounded. The two were stunned to see it pull out a heart and crush it.
'She's disappearing!' The Shadow thought, still shocked by the whole thing. Sure she still thought the woman was a pedophile, but she didn't deserve that, whatever just happened. The monster turned to the boy, most likely to do the same with him. On impulse, the Shadow jumped forward to protect him.
"Wait, what are you doing!?" He shouted out. She continued to glare at the opponent. Suddenly there was a bright light in the boy's hand as a large key appeared. "Just like on the island.." He said, and prepared to fight alongside the odd little Shadow. Suddenly a dozen more Shadows showed up, and the boy quickly lost his courage, and so did 'his' Shadow.
He picked up the Shadow that tried to help him, and made a run for it. They were chased about a block, when she spotted the shop from before. She squeaked loudly to get his attention.
"What could you want at a time like this!?" He frantically yelled. He stopped yelling when he noticed she was pointing at the shop. "You want to hide in there?" She nodded.
He made a sharp left turn towards said building. She had never seen anyone run so fast. He opened the door and slammed it behind him. He leaned against the door to keep it closed, gasping for breath. She too, leaned against the door, though not nearly as tired as the kid.
"Welcome to- oh nevermind." The man from before said, eyeing the boy and Heartless. "From your get-up, I'm guessing you're not a customer, kid. And if you ain't buying nothin', I suggest you get out."
The kid was in total disbelief. There was no way he was going back out, especially since his pusruers were now banging on the door.
"Hittin' the streets, are they? Damn those Heartless." The man said and walked up to the door. "Move it!" He ordered, pushing the kid out of the way. The Shadow jumped out of the way before she was kicked or something.
She and the boy watched as he opened the door and pulled out what looked like one of those old-fashioned cameras. He aimed it at the attackers.
"QUIT FRIGGIN' OBSTRUCTING MY BUSINESS!!" He yelled as he shot at them. Well, shooting them was putting it mildly.
She and the kid were certainly amazed. "I sure wouldn't look at cameras the same..." The kid said to himself.
He turned back towards the thouroughly freaked out duo. "...Now then." He looked towards the kid again. "Haven't seen you around before kid. Where ya from?"
The kid certainly didn't like being called a kid. "My name's not 'Kid', it's Sora!"
'Sora, I'll remember that..' She thought.
The man chuckled hearing that. "Nice to meet ya, Sora. Those Heartless things you saw just now are monsters that eat out the hearts of people. Used to be that you didn't see them wanderin' about 1st district much but I suppose they found themselves somethin' good to eat. But that one there seems to take a liking to you." He said, pointing to the Shadow.
"Yeah, I guess..." Sore said, looking down at her. She took the opportunity to nuzzle him a bit. He slowly smiled as he bent down to her level. "You're gonna need a name. Let's see, you look like a girl..." He thought for a second. "You like Kali?"
She thought it over for a few seconds, repeating the name in her head. It did have a nice ring to it. She nodded yes and again nuzzled him.
Sora smiled again and look back towards the man. "...Say, Gramps!" The man look a bit irritated to be called 'Gramps'. "Is this the outer world?" He was still glaring. "I was on my island and... when I woke up, I was in this city with Kali staring at me... I don't know where my friends went, Riku and Kairi..." Sora was looking pretty distressed right now.
"This here'd be the city they call Traverse Town, home to all those who've lost their homes. I figure if your friends are still tickin', they're gonna be around here somewhere. Why not go look for them?" The guy said.
"Here, eat this." Sora was in his own thoughts when he felt something hit his head. "Get yer health back up. If you find yourself in any trouble, you can come back for help at any time!"
Sora smiled with tears forming in his eyes, although the apple was partly eaten. "Gramps.."
"Call me Gramps again and I'll beat you silly. It's Cid!" He yelled. It was enough to make Kali flinch a little.
"Thanks, Gramps!" Sora said as he ran out the door, with Kali in tow.
"IT'S CID!!" But Sora and Kali probably didn't hear it.
He was now walking down the street without running into those Heartless, was it? Well, there was that one exception, because Kali just had to jump off his shoulders and landed right in front of him. Luckily they were both okay. Sora spotted a man with a scar on his face standing in front of him. He was going to ignore him, but he couldn't.
"They know you're here. No matter where you go, or how far you run, they'll always be able to seek you out. They'll find you as long as you bear the Keyblade." The man said.
That sure stopped Sora in his tracks, and Kali again bumped into him.
"Kid, behind you!" He shouted out, preparing to attack.
"Ack, wait! Kali's harmless!!"
"...Kali?"
"Y-Yeah, she never attacked me, so I kinda let her follow me." Sora said.
"...She?" He blinked. "..Nevermind. I'll have to ask you two to take a nap." Before Sora had a chance to ask, he was out cold. Kali was about to run, but she backed out as well.
Whoo, a longer chapter! At least the Heartless finally has a name. BTW, Kali means 'black' in Sanskrit. Just thought it would be fitting..
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