The conclusion of Islands.
Disclaimer: I don't own Kingdom hearts or any other anime references, but I do own a lot of the characters, and the plot, and poems, and writing. So bleh.
Chapter 12. Initiation
So I should not reach for Light or Darkness
I should long for something more
Desire for something more
And that some where, something
That has no light or darkness
But also has no nothing
Something with just serenity
Just solitude serenity
Some where, where that serenity is kept safe
By it's ocean waters
Before they ever came to the Islands of Serenity, back to what they couldn't remember.
They had always imagined what would happen when they first saw the door.
They didn't imagine it would be like this.
The darkness swirled around the outer area, of the single floating stain glass disc.
And on that disc Akako and Chiho stood. The Society had told them that Kisho, and Hiko would join them later, but that was before they had spun into this realm.
They still couldn't remember and the harder they tried, the thicker the haze.
But now they knew something at least.
Akako, Chiho, Yuki, and Kaede had, had a life before they went to the islands.
They also knew that some of those memories from the islands…
Were false.
The stain glass under them glinted with pictures that tugged somewhere in memory, but they still couldn't remember where they were from.
A few key looking things similar to Yuki's on red and orange on the outer farthest edge, than circle of Crowns. But in the very middle, was a puzzle of pictures. Many people, and even though only a few did they recognize. They could see Kaede's picture, and they could see Yuki's and slowly the found their own.
Chiho bent down, squinting her eyes a bit, as she stared at her picture, she reached out and with the tips of her fingers touched the tops of her bangs.
Akako was tracing her own necklace slowly, before she stopped suddenly.
The pictures shifted away from them, filling with others as the scooted away. Not knowing what to do Chiho, and Akako ran after their pictures.
They snaked their way through the photos before, stopping in front of a…
Door.
It was large, and a faint outline of familiarity circled it, but then the same voice began in their heads again.
Talking about the door.
They both looked at each other, before each grabbed one handle of the two-sided door.
And pulled it open.
Destiny is Unlocked.
Yuki got up out of the grass, they had fallen asleep. They didn't mean to but it had been a very long day.
She looked over at Kaede, who had unknowingly fallen asleep on top of Jinsei's shoulder, and his head lied softly on top of hers.
She reached into Kaede's bag, and pulled out a palm-sized silver heart.
She clicked it open, and smiled a bit at what she remembered.
"It doesn't open." Kaede said glaring at the stubborn Yuki.
With a small click the locket peeled open.
"Are you sure?"
Inside of the Locket, was a miniature Big Ben Clock, and Yuki nearly jumped at the time?
It read that it was almost nine.
Without another thought, Yuki woke everyone up.
Including Kaede who had almost realized what it was that they were after. She almost saw it and then Yuki woke her up.
"What?" She almost growled the faint blush still there from realizing she had been sleeping on top of Jinsei's shoulder.
"We got to go…now!" She was lacing up her shoes, and hoping on to the hover board.
Kaede, had jumped on to the Sky bike, hooking on her helmet, and catching the locket Yuki threw at her. She pulled her bag on, and checked the motor smiling at the roaring noise it made.
Jinsei pulled out one of his huge swords, making sure the five that were stored in the bike, were still intact.
And Kin had now floated up on his hover board near Yuki.
When they finally opened their eyes, they saw the Society sitting on large chairs
Of course right now, all they knew was who each other were, and who Kisho, and Hiko were.
But they knew how the got here, and remembered what some of what had happen before. But there were huge holes, and the names Yuki, Kaede, Kisho, Jinsei, Gin, Ryouta, and even Ichigo were all new names to them.
A man came down from one of the chairs. He was cloaked in the similar White, and Black outfit but his face was hidden, but numerous white and black cloths wrapping around his head, and covering everything except one eye, and his mouth.
His eye was a piercing red, that wavered in colors it seemed, as when he came down to them it was turning to a softer blue.
"I'm Sanix, the president of this Society." His voice was low, and had a bit of an unemotional undertone.
"You are our new members."
Akako didn't seem shocked, but her look cast downward, a confusion look slowly spreading. Chiho stared at him slightly incredulous but even she knew it was the truth.
They were the new members, and if they remembered correctly they knew that this Society had saved their lives.
They threw them two cloaks that were the same as theirs. They threw them on and laid the small rope at the top.
Kisho and Hiko pulled off their hoods, and gave them a little wave from their own high chairs.
"Would you like to know the people who nearly killed you four, and betrayed us?" Sanix said in his slightly colder voice.
They both nodded.
"Their part of another group trying to hurt us, we saw it coming from one of them but the other betrayal was completely unknown, it was just cruel that they went after you all since you're weaker after the Initiation ceremony."
He gave a small smirk, but it was gone before anyone saw it.
"They are part of the destiny of the Legendary 8, and in which you are four of, their names are Kaede, Yuki, Kin, and Jinsei."
Two empty chairs lowered from their high positions, allowing both Akako and Chiho to climb into them.
"We have to destroy them." He yelled.
They all slowly and carefully nodded, they didn't know why they felt betrayed especially seeing how they never knew these people before they attacked them.
Or so they thought.
Jinsei looked back at the spot where they had been. Ignoring the shouts from the others for him to hurry up.
The Society, not all of them, but some, were standing where they had been. They were looking angrily for Jinsei and the others.
But they wouldn't be able to catch them now, for the light from the Key Hole was already sucking them in transporting Jinsei to another world.
Kaede was about to enter the light, and noticed the Society on the ground below, she grinned down to them.
"Toddles." She yelled before she was grabbed by the elbow into the light.
Yuki had gotten on to the back of Kaede's bike; she always had issues going into the light.
Kin did too though, even Jinsei, but not Kaede. Kaede could with stand any amount of light that rushed towards them it actually made her stronger.
She absorbed the light, while Yuki had the opposite effect. Yuki fainted from the over doses of light, the only people who had been able to explain it said that it was due to her dreams, and when she saw over amounts of light it triggered something in her sub conscious.
They had also said that Kaede was positively affected by the light, because she was always connected to the light in one way or another. Like Kaede was actually part light herself.
Akako and Chiho had been sent to scout out a place called the Haunted Mansion, in a world called Twilight Town.
It was nearly empty, and no sign of the so called traitors.
There was only one room left, and when they opened it was a stunning white room. In fact everything in it was white, except for the various drawing on the wall.
Both of them gazed at the various pictures, trying to find out why they were so familiar.
Chiho had found something else.
"Hey Akako, come here!" She yelled as she stared at a piece of paper, a confused pout on her face.
Printed in semi-messy hand writing was something that made their breath catch in their throats.
I'm so caught up in this moment
Just like I want to be
I don't want to think about anything else
Or the make believe will come crashing down
And then there won't be a moment
It'll just be me, alone
Wallowing in darkness
Searching for the light
But when it seemed I would never find it
I wondered if I was the light
Already in side of it
Swallowed up completely by it
Why should Light have more love than Dark
Light still has pains
Maybe more so than the Dark
But with Darkness you're lost
Never knowing that pain is there
Until it hits you because
You're blind
In the light
You can see everything
You can see the pain
As it cuts through you
So I should not reach for Light or Darkness
I should long for something more
Desire for something more
And that some where, something
That has no light or darkness
But also has no nothing
Something with just serenity
Just solitude serenity
Some where, where that serenity is kept safe
By it's ocean waters
Islands of Serenity
Why did that name ring in their ears, and seemed to mean everything to them? What was it that could mean so much?
It was in that split second that they realized something had ended, and maybe that was the name itself, but in shocking horror they realized:
Something was lost,
Something had now ended.
And something entirely had started.
There you have it the shocking conclusion of Islands of Serenity…. Their will be a sequel seeing how several things were left unsaid.
I'm really glad it's over seeing how I hate how fluffy this story was in the beginning.
Ja ne!