Here lies something that would add up to the main story. I decided to take some reflection of KH before I get into the main plot. Hope you enjoy?
Guess my begging didn't work out last time. Gah, anyway, I would keep writing. Care to comment?
Re-editted with XShootingStarX's help on 01/12/08
Interlude 1 The Book of KHI Part I
After Sora and his friends had encountered Riku in the heart of town, Sora noticed that Kairi had been carrying around the book she got from Riku. It seemed to become the object of her affection.
When Roxas and Sora headed to join Kairi for lunch, they found her sitting on the hall bench, her nose buried in that book. Having heard from her that she and Riku had picked the same book at the same time, Sora was interested.
"Kairi," he greeted her, and asked out of curiosity, "That's the book Riku bought you yesterday, right? You seem to be fond of it. What's it about?"
The redhead girl noted the twin's presence and answered. "This book's really great. Although it would be much better if that Riku wasn't the one who handed it to me." She rolled her eyes at that last statement.
Roxas nodded in agreement, causing Sora to defend his friend, "Aww, come on. He's not that bad!"
"Fine, fine," his twin brother and his best friend said in unison.
"So what's it about?" Sora repeated.
"It's about three children who dream of leaving their home island and going on adventures to other worlds," Kairi started. Upon receiving a nod to go on, she continued, "There are two boys and a girl. The two boys are inseparable; they've been best friends since they were little, since before the girl shows up. One boy is smarter than the other, being one year older, but the other is livelier."
"Whoa, wait, that's confusing. Don't they have names?" Sora interjected softly, he didn't mean to interrupt. But he was interested; he wanted to make sure he understands it.
"Nope, they don't have names," Kairi answered briskly. She flipped the book opened, for the twin to see. "The characters are distinguished by their hair colors and outfits. Look, the girl is redhead. The younger boy has brown hair. The older one has silver hair."
The twins looked at the pictures. The story book was in a simple, sketchy style, no real emotions were painted on the characters' faces. It was the kind of a book which left much to the reader's imagination.
"So…basically, when the girl arrives, the boys start to compete against one another over her. Actually, the older boy always try to push the younger one into a competition, and the younger always take it to seriously, because he feels the girl is important to him. Somehow, they all remain being best friends. The brown-haired boy and the redhead girl look up to the silver-haired boy when he speaks of his dreams about going to other worlds, believing they exist. So they decide to build a raft, in hopes of sailing off to explore new horizons."
"A raft? What an idea, take the raft and sail out to the sea, to explore the worlds that they don't even know exist," Roxas commented.
"It's just a story book, Roxas," Sora spoke up. "They're young and energetic. What's so bad about wanting to discover new things?"
Kairi darted her glance at the two, a small smile stretched on her lips. The interaction between them was something to be taken into account, as Selphie had claimed.
"Okaayy," the older twin drawled. "I'm just commenting. Do go on, Kairi. I want to know how far they make it."
The girl nodded. "Their plan is foiled anyway. In the night prior to the day of their adventure, a storm arrives and took their island. That storm comes from the darkness which rules the world, it's revealed that that darkness comes from the silver-haired boy's heart, from his hunger to leave the prison island. But where there is darkness, there is also light. The darkness swallows the older boy while the light chose the younger one to be the hero of light."
"Darkness and Light," Sora echoed. Somehow it made him contemplative.
"After the three are separated on that stormy night, the brown-haired one finds himself thrown into an unknown battle. Yet he is willing to go along with his new companions to save the worlds. On the other hand, the silver-haired boy finds himself being acquaintance to the being of darkness who wants to steal people's hearts and use its power for their own. When both boys reunite, the one who's consumed by the darkness comprehends wrongly that the brown haired boy is busy playing hero and cares more about his new friends than old friends. So he turns his back on the younger one and set out to find the girl. He did find her, but her heart has been stolen."
"This doesn't sound like a children's book at all. Some kind of philosophy?" Roxas mumbled to Sora.
"The two boys met and exchange bitter words all along their journey. On their last encounter, the silver-haired boy opens his heart to the darkness, he's completely controlled by it. The brown-haired boy has no choice but to take his best friend down. He wins and saves the girl, but his silver-haired friend is lost to the darkness after using his last strength to help his friends once he gained back his right mind. The brown-haired boy takes the girl to a safe place and goes back for his friend, as well as to beat the darkness. He wins the battle at last."
Kairi saw that she wasn't losing her audience.
"After the battle, the silver-haired boy is locked inside the realm of darkness, his being is consumed by the darkness but his heart isn't. His last request to his brown-haired friend is to take care of the girl, who'll be sent to her home island."
"So the silver-haired boy is locked in the darkness? How sad." Roxas commented.
"Yes, the brown-haired boy could go back with the girl now that the worlds are saved, but he doesn't. He promises to come back to her, then he goes back the other way around. In his heart, he just wants to find his best that is locked in the realm of darkness again, with hopes of going back home together. The end," Kairi drawled at the last word.
"Ends that way? I thought it would be something like the brown-haired boy and the girl go back home together. Although it'd be sad for the other one, but isn't that his last wish?" The elder twin remarked.
"That's what I like about this book." Kairi lifted a book to eye level. "On the surface, it gives the feeling that a boy and a girl who has feelings for each other have to go back home together while the other boy has to sacrifice himself for repentance. But when we look into it, it has always been about the two boys. They are always together; though they fell into battles against each other, they still come back to each other. In the end, the older boy actually never harbored any feelings for the girl, she's like a friend and sister. He only wants the younger boy's attention when he's acting competitive over the girl. Because after the girl arrived, the two boys weren't as close as before."
"Hah, I think I know how that feels," Roxas said, eyeing Sora briefly.
Kairi spotted that glance. Little did she know about the twins when they were very young, all she knew was that Roxas used to wish Sora never showed up in this world.
"That's also the reason as to why he's so angry about the brown-haired boy getting all new pals, believing he's replaced by someone else. It eats his heart away. As for the brown-haired boy, it's clearly stated that he always follows his heart. In the end, he doesn't go back with the girl; he goes back to his friend."
"Ha ha," Roxas mocked laughter. "That sounds so…"
"Yeah, I don't know why they put it in children's category. But on second thought, calling it a 'deep friendship' would somehow do." Kairi nodded to herself.
"A really deep, complicated one that is," the elder twin agreed.
The two looked at each other for a while before they silently noticed that something was missing.
Sora.
When they whirled back (because Sora wasn't walking with them anymore), they saw Sora a few steps away behind them. He stood frozen to the spot.
"Sora?" Kairi called. "What's wrong?"
"That…" Sora drawled, his one hand slowly rose up and pointed a finger to where Kairi's book was. "….sounds awfully like my dream."
"You mean…the dream that you said you've been having it often since a year ago?" Roxas sauntered back to his brother.
Sora nodded.
"What a coincidence." Roxas seemed not to be interested anymore.
"It can't be coincidence! Why would it be exactly the same?" Sora's voice came out more serious than he intended.
Kairi looked at her book, already knowing the answer Sora was searching for. She held up the cover of the book and declared, "There's no writer's name here."
Sora looked utterly disappointed.
"I've asked the book sellers around the town, and none of them had heard about it. I think there may only be a limited amount of copies," Kairi guessed.
Sora brought his hand to his chin, contemplating. He said, "Riku seemed to know lots about this. Maybe we can ask him."
The girl rolled her eyes. "Yes, he seems to know about this book. But it's not like I'm going to ask that guy!"
"Well, but I'm going to anyway." Sora grinned.
"Which is when?"
"Today-oops." Sora's hands flew from the back of his head to his mouth, cursed his straightforwardness. Blue eyes searched the other ones.
The elder twin narrowed his eyes.
"But Tidus is coming too. He's going to practice Blitzball there at the play island!" Sora tried to convince. "Aww, don't be such a mother hen, Roxas!"
"A mother hen? I'm not! Fine, you go, as long as you're back before six, and not alone." Roxas muttered.
Sora's grin became wider, he knew that would work.
"I'll ring to check on you," Kairi added.
The brunet boy looked between the two. "Hey! Since when did I get myself a second pair of parents!"