Hey guys! Sorry for being late with the update. This one is kinda long.
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"Come now, Miss Kairi. You have been in this mansion all morning. Don't you want to go to that island you were talking about? There are plenty of other children your age who would be happy to show you around." The nice lady spoke to me from the balcony doorway. I was leaning over the railing and looking out at the beautiful island that was my new home.
"I'm not sure. What if they don't like me?" I answered still not turning to face her.
She walked up to me. Her graying brown hair was pulled back into a tight bun. "Of course they'll like you. Now, come on, Miss Kairi. You need to get out of this stuffy room," she said standing next to me and leaning over the railing too.
"Alright, fine," I said. I turned; making my new dress that looked just like the one I was wearing yesterday sway in the wind. I made my way to the front door; I had been exploring the mansion all day and knew it like the back of my hand. I ran down to the beach and stopped just in time before falling right into a crashing wave.
I stood there in the wake, water soaking into my shoes, waiting for the lady to catch up. Eventually, she came to my side.
"These are the boats you can take over there," she said pointing to a small collection of wooden rowboats. They were on the beach, but close to where the beach ends going inland. She dragged one over to me. "This is yours now," she said pushing it into the shallow water. "Do you know how to row?" she asked.
"I think so," I answered. The truth was that I couldn't remember if I knew or not. I just had the feeling that I knew. I jumped in and grabbed the oars.
"Now, Miss Kairi, you do know how to get back, don't you?" she asked as I started to paddle my way to the small island in the distance.
I nodded and continued over there. Finally I got there. There were a few other rowboats like mine tied to a dock. I did the same and jumped onto the white sand. I heard voices in the distance and made my way to them.
There were three kids standing next to a waterfall a little ways off the beach. The only girl of the three noticed me standing there and jumped over to me with a smile on her face. "Hello, there."
"Hi," I said to her. She was a little younger than me and much shorter than me too. She had on a cute yellow skirt and a white t-shirt. Her hair was light brown and flipped out at the end.
"What's your name?" she asked.
"Kairi."
"My name is Selphie. This is Tidus," she said pointing to a boy about her age. He had sandy blonde hair and light blue eyes. "And this is Wakka," she said pointing to the other boy. He was older than me by a few years. He had bright orange hair that stood up and twirled at the top.
"Kairi, huh? Man, you must be da girl dat Sora and Riku were talking about, ya?" Wakka asked. His accent was fun to listen to.
"Who are Sora and Riku?" I asked.
"They're the two goofballs we hang out with. Riku was talking about some girl who moved into the governor's mansion. Is that you?" Tidus said.
"I guess that's me. So where are these two goofballs that you are talking about?" I laughed.
"Sora! Riku! Get out here!" Selphie yelled towards a tree. I looked at the tree and waited. Then all of a sudden, a bush at the base of the tree moved and two boys came out.
They ran up to the four of us. "Kairi this is Riku," Tidus said pointing to one of the boys. He was the older of the two boys. And he looked to be a little older than me, but not as old as Wakka. He had silver hair that went past his ears a little bit. He had a pair of stunning turquoise eyes. He smiled at me.
"And Sora," Tidus said pointing to the other boy. After smiling back at Riku, I turned to see the other boy. He was about the same height and age as me. He had dark brown hair that spiked out in all directions. He had two big, dark blue eyes. They looked so familiar. He smiled just like Riku and I smiled back.
"You guys, this is Kairi, the girl who is living in the governor's mansion," Selphie said.
"Nice to meet you," Riku said. Sora just sat there quietly.
"We were just about to eat lunch. My mom packed extra, too. Would you like to stay for lunch, Kairi?" Selphie asked. I nodded. "Great! Tidus and I have to go get drinks though. We'll be back in half an hour."
"Yeah, and I have to do some chores first. I'll be back soon," Wakka said. "Sora, Riku, why don't you guys give Kairi a tour."
Wakka got in a boat and Tidus and Selphie got in another. Riku placed his hand on my back and started to lead me around the island. "So, Kairi, where exactly are you from?" he asked.
"You guys are gonna think I am completely crazy, but, I don't remember," I said quietly. Sora listened from behind. Neither of them said anything. They led me around the island showing me all the places. They planned to build a shack and other things to make the island more livable.
They had already built a zip-line though. Riku, Sora, and I all climbed a tall ladder to the top. Sora had been quiet this whole time. I had never heard his voice.
I got to the edge of the platform. Riku wrapped an arm around my waist and then jumped off the platform. I was so scared as we flew through the air that I couldn't even scream.
When we got to the other side, Riku jumped to the ground; a good twenty feet below me. "Sorry about not having a ladder to get down yet," he yelled from below. I looked back at the other tower to find Sora, but he was already walking across the beach in between the two towers. He looked upset but I tried to think about how to get down.
"Riku, how do I get down?" I shouted to him just as Sora came to his side.
"Just jump."
"Are you crazy?! I'll kill myself!"
"I'll catch you," he said holding his arms out.
I took a deep breath and then jumped. I landed in his arms, thankfully. But he didn't let me down. He carried you up a hill to a hole leading into the rock wall. "This tunnel leads to the side of the island that we started on," Riku said crawling into it.
I followed him, feeling the walls carefully, making sure I didn't run into a turn in the tunnel because it was dark. Sora entered after me. I came to the other end of the tunnel. But, unfortunately, the end was above the ground, so I fell. Riku once again, caught me. He let me down this time and led me to a small island off the beach.
I heard a thump behind me. I turned to see Sora on the ground. I wanted to go and help him but he got up after noticing that Riku wasn't going to help. The three of us came to an odd-shaped tree covered in star-shaped, yellow fruit.
Riku pointed to one of the fruits and said, "Those are called paupu fruits. There is a legend that says if two people share one, they'll be together forever. Their destinies will be connected forever…no matter what," Riku said. Sora sat down on the bent tree trunk and looked our way.
"Sounds like a gushy romantic legend," I said.
"Maybe so," he replied. Just then I noticed Tidus and Selphie tying their boat to the dock. Wakka was rowing up too. The three of us went down to the beach and ate quietly.
The rest of the day went by, just all of us just playing on the beach or playing hide-and-seek. Before I knew it, the sun was setting quickly.
Tidus, Wakka, and Selphie said good-bye and got in their boats and headed home. Riku came up to Sora. "Sora, I have to go home and since right now we only have one boat, you have to come too," he said. Sora and I were sitting side-by-side on the sand.
Before Sora could say anything, I answered for him, "That's OK, Riku. If Sora wants to stay I could give him a ride in mine."
Riku frowned. I could see Sora smile out of the corner of my eye. Riku said good-bye and started home.
Sora and I were silent for a few minutes. Finally, I broke the silence. "Sora…"he turned. "…I'm sorry Riku was being kinda mean to you today. I mean he never even let you talk and he didn't seam to care that you were even there. And well, I guess I'm just sorry."
He smiled. Then finally I got to hear his voice for the first time. "It's OK. Riku is always bossing me around. He's like a big brother who just picks on the little one. I'm used to it."
"Are you sure?"
"Yeah."
"Hey Sora…"
"Yeah."
"Thanks."
"For what?"
"Well, even though you didn't say anything all day, I still feel like I made another friend."
"What?"
"Well, I was so nervous about coming over here. I was afraid that I wouldn't make any friends here or that well, I would just be the strange new girl that everyone would make fun of."
"Well, you can always count on me to beat the living daylights out of anyone who make fun of you," he said smiling. I smiled too. "Friends forever, then?" he asked.
"Forever."
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I sat up quickly breathing deeply. The dream was of the first time I saw my sister in a vision. When I first saw that vision I cried, but now, it was nothing new.
I teleported myself to Naminé's room. I sat down at the table and grabbed a sheet of paper.
Kairi, Naminé, and I all had our ways of drawing. Naminé was good with sketches and abstract drawings. I was good with almost lifelike drawings. Kairi was somewhere in between.
I started drawing a picture of Naminé, Roxas, Axel, and I. There was no real background, just colors. Roxas was on the far right of the drawing and Axel was on the far left. Naminé and I were in the middle. She was standing next to Roxas and I next to Axel. We were all crammed together as if we were posing for a photo. Roxas and Axel had their inside arms around Naminé's and my shoulder.
It was just a fun drawing that came to my mind. I was finishing coloring it when Naminé came inside. "It's time," she said.
I didn't say anything. I just set the drawing on the table and changed to my Organization cloak. I leaned back in the chair.
"Axel is back. Xemnas has given him a mission to get rid of Roxas," she continued.
"He won't do it," I said plainly.
"DiZ is about to call him to the mansion. DiZ doesn't know that I am going to speak with him."
"What are you going to say to him?"
"Everything else he needs to hear. It is the last time he'll be here."
"I told him the day he left that there was a chance that Sora might be the one to make him whole, not the other way around. That was before DiZ got him. That was before all of this happened."
"It was destined to happen. Sora lost his memories and I told him he could get them back. I had no idea that that meant Roxas would have to go through this."
"I know. It's just that…what happens now? He's gonna become part of Sora. What about you? What happens to you? Do you become part of Kairi?"
"I'm not sure."
"Is there anyway that Roxas can come back to being his old self again?"
She didn't answer this time. She walked over to the window. I waited until she answered, "No. Roxas wasn't supposed to exist. He won't be able to come back now."
I took a deep breath. "You weren't supposed to exist either, Naminé," I said.
"I know. But, all this time—I just didn't say anything—I didn't want anyone to worry."
I jumped up. "What?!" She didn't turn to look at me. "Answer me! You knew that you were going to go away this whole time! You didn't say a word!"
"I am inside of you, Raene. When I go away, I'll be inside of Kairi, which means I'll be inside you too."
"Naminé…" I said my voice lowering.
She didn't answer. After a minute, I realized she wasn't really here with me. She was having a vision. She was looking into a memory.
After another minute she spoke, "Roxas is on his way. DiZ stopped time around Axel so he couldn't destroy him."
"He wouldn't have done it anyway."
"I'm not so sure. He looked very determined."
"Continue," I said shooing it away.
"You should go see Axel while I talk to Roxas. You'll see him before he goes, I promise. He has to make his way through the basement to Sora anyway."
I nodded and teleported away. "Axel!" I yelled running up to him. Before he could turn around, I jumped on his back nearly suffocating him. "I missed you!"
"I missed you too," he said prying me off of him.
"How was home?" I asked.
"I was sent to destroy him. I…I didn't want to, but…but…"
"You don't have to say anything. I understand. Naminé wants to talk with Roxas for a while before we can say good-bye."
"See that's what I mean! Why are you so comfortable with what they are doing?! That's why I was going to have and destroy him. Roxas is being taken away to be someone else!"
"So you would rather have him dead!? Besides, I don't see what your problem is, the Organization needs Sora to be whole so they can get hearts."
"I told you that I don't care about becoming whole!"
"Well you would still have your best friend dead than have him at all, even if he is different! Just remember, Axel, Roxas wasn't supposed to exist until like a year ago. Sora would have always been the real Roxas."
"Still, why do you get along so well with the people who are taking away your best friend!?"
"Because one of those people is technically me, and two, that person is basically giving herself away, too!"
He paused at my last comment. "Wh…what?"
"You heard me. Naminé is going to have the same thing happen to her as Roxas. And yes, we will never get to see them like this again. Unless…somehow, where us Nobodies go once we die allows us to see them again. I have no idea what is going to happen!"
My eyes started to swell with tears. Everything was falling apart. I was losing two best friends and I might never see them again.
Axel pulled me into his chest. I held in tears as I sat there trying to calm myself down. He released me and we sat there quietly for a minute, thousands of thoughts running through our minds.
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Roxas walked into Naminé's room again. He wasn't sure what he was supposed to do here. He walked around until a certain drawing caught his eye. It was him but before he could see anymore of the drawing his head started to throb with pain. One of the last moments of his old life flashed through his mind.
'What am I supposed to say to him?' Roxas thought to himself as he continued down the street. He saw Axel leaning against the side of a building up ahead. He said good-bye to one friend; he could do it again, right? Unfortunately, Axel was harder to talk to then he thought.
He walked past Axel continuing down the street. Maybe it would be easier not to say anything at all.
"Roxas…" Axel said quietly. Roxas paused and waited for Axel to continue. "Please don't go."
"Why?" he said. He knew the reason already. Everyone thought he would get hurt if he left. But why?
"I've seen what happens to people when they leave. I've seen what happens to those who do. I don't want that to happen to you," he said. His arms were crossed against his chest and he was looking at the ground.
"What happened to the others? No one ever told me. Xemnas went away and while he was gone six members and Naminé went away to another place. Naminé is gone; we don't know where she is now. You were the only one of the six members who came back. What happened to Marluxia, Larxene, Zexion, Vexen, and Lexaeus?"
Axel paused before answering, "Marluxia was plotting to take over the Organization by using Sora. Larxene was with him. I played as a double agent. I never really liked them so that is why I did what I did. I urged Sora on and Larxene and Marluxia fell. Zexion and Lexaeus fell to Sora's friend Riku."
"What about Vexen?"
"I had to get rid of him to gain Marluxia and Larxene's trust. "
Roxas waited, comprehending everything he had just heard. "Naminé is gone…"
"I don't know why. I think it has something to do with Sora. Naminé messed with Sora's memories because Marluxia told her to. She then acted on her own freewill and started fixing what she messed up. She left to fix them."
"How did Sora meet up with you all wherever you all were?"
"I…I don't know," Axel said matter-of-factly. "I never even thought about it."
"Xemnas…"
"What?"
"After all of that happened, Xemnas returned and said that he had been to see him and that he looked a lot like me. That's how I found out about Sora. Raene just now told me his name. But, he had been to see him; maybe that's what he meant. He sent him to you guys."
"Why would Xemnas send him there if he was against traitors. Marluxia was going to use him to overthrow Xemnas. Why would Xemnas give him his ultimate weapon?"
"Maybe Xemnas has his own secret plot. Maybe he knew of how powerful Sora is and he wanted to get rid of them instead of having to send someone else after them."
"But at that risk…?"
"Who knows…but still, back to where we started. That's not going to happen to me."
"Your mind is made up. I don't care if you have to find out the truth. You can't turn on the Organization!"
Roxas' head stopped throbbing and he turned to see Naminé sitting in her usual seat at the opposite end of the room. "Organization XIII…what…what are they? Bad or good?" Roxas asked.
"You and I were raised since we were less than a year old by them. But still, I don't know if they are bad or good. They are neither Light nor Darkness, so I don't really know. They were once our family, Roxas…I just never thought about it. They are just people who aren't complete. They are trying to become whole. They're desperate to be the humans they once were; especially the older members who remember their past lives better. Axel doesn't remember his past life so well, so he isn't that crazy. These people are searching for Kingdom Hearts. It's a place where hearts of those who turn to Darkness go. The Organization is trying to get enough hears to be human again."
"Naminé…there is one thing I want to ask. I've been thinking. I know that I am going to help Sora become whole. But, what does that mean happens to me?"
Naminé spoke barely two words before she became frozen. He called out her name and then she disappeared into thin air. Then someone appeared behind where she was just sitting.
It was the man from when he first met at the Sandlot. "There is no knowledge that can change your fate, Roxas," he spoke in his deep voice.
"Just tell me anyway. I don't care if it can't. I want to know, I have the right!"
"You don't have the right to know, Roxas. Nobodies do not have rights…even to be."
"What is a Nobody?!" Roxas asked sternly.
Then all of a sudden someone else popped up next to the man called DiZ. He was dressed in a black cloak like the Organization and his face was covered. He said, "There are too many Nobodies. We are out of time!"
Then again, another person popped up. This time it was Naminé on DiZ's other side. The black mist that they teleport from didn't disappear from behind her. Her voice called out to him, "Roxas. You and I…we are Nobodies that are only half a person. Our true beings, they're still alive. You won't disappear when you go away, you'll be whole!"
"Silence, Naminé! We shall have no further outbursts!" DiZ said walking over to Naminé. He grabbed hold of her arm from behind with one hand and attempted to cover her mouth with the other while trying to pull her into the black mist.
"You won't disappear! You'll…" she spoke but was cut off by a hand covering her mouth.
Roxas yelled at him to stop but DiZ didn't listen, he just continued to pull her away. Roxas ran forward to stop him, but DiZ's assistant jumped in front of him like a wall.
Naminé pried the hand off her mouth and spoke again, "Roxas. Listen, we will meet again. We'll have time to talk about everything. I may not know it's you and you may not know it's me. But we will meet again no matter what. Someday soon. I promise!"
And with that, they disappeared completely into the mist and DiZ's assistant disappeared too.
"Let her go! Naminé!" Roxas called out, but he was too late. They were gone.
Roxas eventually made his way to the basement where he came to a room. It was dark and had machinery everywhere. There was a computer in the corner. He walked over to it and his head began to throb again with terrible pain. Another memory flashed by.
A large white room appeared. There were thirteen chairs in a circle high above the ground. It was the room where Xemnas called meetings. Raene was on the ground in the center in front of a person on his chair. His face was covered. They were speaking but he couldn't hear their voices.
Then it showed Roxas running down a street similar to the one he had been talking to Axel in his other memory. There were white creatures chasing him.
Then it showed a boy sitting on the ground. He had silvery hair and he was blindfolded. "Why? Why do you have the Keyblade?" he yelled.
Roxas was standing in front of him. He had his cloak pulled up over his head. "Shut up!" he yelled back as he brought his white Keyblade down to the blindfolded boy. The boy jumped up and sent Roxas flying backwards.
Next the memory showed Roxas, unconscious on the ground. He was in the room that the computer was in. He was on top of a platform under a ray held above his head. DiZ and his assistant were by him.
"Will it work?" DiZ's assistant asked.
"It will. If we can maintain the simulate town, that is, until Naminé finishes her project." DiZ answered sitting down at the computer. He pushed some buttons as his assistant continued to talk.
"What will happen to Roxas?"
"He holds half of Sora's power. He will have to give it back in the end. For now, he'll need another personality to throw off the Organization or others who are seeking him out."
"Poor thing."
"It's the fate of a Nobody." And with that, DiZ pushed another button. A blue light shot down from the ray above Roxas and engulfed him. Roxas then disappeared.
The memory faded and Roxas found himself back in the computer room. The throbbing stopped. Anger overpowered him and he began to smash the computer in front of him to bits.
When he was done, he walked through another door. He came to another dark room.
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I was standing at the other end quietly. "Roxas, where's Naminé?" Roxas didn't answer and looked down. "Oh…" I said pausing. "Roxas…there is only a matter of time. I…I just wanted to say good-bye."
"Will we meet again? And I mean for real. Naminé said that she and I would meet again, but we may not know it's us. What does that mean?"
"You will be inside of Sora and she will be inside of Kairi, my sister. Maybe on the inside you can see each other, but maybe, you won't."
"What happens to Nobodies when they go away?"
"Nobody knows. We believe that we go to the same places humans go when they die. But then, since we are already alive in a past life, there is a thought that we go to a non-existent place."
"If we go there, will Naminé and I be able to see each other?"
"Did she say that you would meet again?"
"Yes. She said someday soon."
"Well then you will, someday soon. Naminé doesn't lie."
"What about you and Axel? You two are my best friends too, when will I see you again?"
"Nobodies aren't immortal, Roxas. Eventually we will die, even if it is by age. And I guess that we will meet, if it is in that place or the places where humans go, we will see each other again."
"Kairi is your sister?"
"Yes. I live inside her and she lives inside me. So I will always see Naminé, hopefully."
"What about me?"
"When I see Sora, I'll see you."
"How?"
"You are my best friend, Roxas. Even if I have seen Sora my entire life through my sister, I still see you more. When I look at him, you will shine straight through the mask so I can see you."
"We've said good-bye before, right?"
"Yes."
"Did I keep my promise?"
My head shot up. "You remember?"
"I know that I kept a promise to see you again. I kept it even though it wasn't the same. But now you are keeping a promise, right?"
"A promise to see each other again."
"Yes. I know you will keep your promise."
I nodded. "I'll miss you, Roxas."
"It won't be that long before we see each other again," Roxas said stepping closer.
"I know. It…it just won't be the same…right?" I said stepping forward also.
"I'll miss you, Raene." Roxas grabbed me and pulled me into a huge hug.
I was surprised at first but then I pulled my arms up and wrapped them around his neck and hugged him back.
Axel then appeared off to the side of me. "Yeah, I'll miss you too, Roxas," he said.
"Axel." He said quietly releasing me.
"Heh, you do realize this is all your fault?" He said.
"His fault?! What are you talking about, Axel?!" I said turning to Axel.
"If you hadn't left the Organization, Raene and I wouldn't have to be going through this, losing you!" He yelled summoning his weapons.
"Axel! What are you doing?!" I yelled running to Axel trying to calm him down.
Axel pushed me to the side. He then made a wall of fire circle around him and Roxas, with me on the outside. Roxas summoned the Keyblade…no, wait…two Keyblades!
"Two!?" Axel said under his breath.
"Axel!" I called from the outside of the fire. I tried to beat my way through the flames but I just couldn't do it.
Before long, Roxas had beaten Axel down. Axel was breathing heavily. Roxas stood up tall as the flames died down. I rushed over to Axel but looked up at Roxas. Roxas then remembered something else.
He was back next to Axel on the street. "Roxas, listen to me! If you get on their bad side, they'll destroy you just like the others who turned. Please! Raene and I don't want to lose you! I don't want to lose you!"
"I don't care! You guys are just saying all that stuff. So listen to me, Axel; no one would miss me!" He turned and walked down that street for the last time.
"That's not true…" Axel said, his head falling forward. "…I would."
The memory faded. "Axel…Raene…" he said.
"Roxas…let's meet again in the next life," Axel said. I stood up to my full height and smiled at Roxas.
"Yeah…I'll be waiting, you guys."
Axel laughed then said as a black mist surrounded both of us, "Silly. Just because you have a next life…"
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Roxas walked down a hallway. Large white bubbles lined one side of the hallway. Two of them caught Roxas' eye. "Donald? Goofy?" Inside the bubbles were Donald and Goofy sleeping. Roxas continued down the hall and walked through a door.
On the other side was a large, bright, white room. In the middle was a larger bubble. DiZ stood in front of it.
"The Keyblade's chosen one, at last," DiZ said as Roxas stepped completely into the room.
"Who are you talking to? I'm sick of being confused. Me? Or Sora?" Roxas asked annoyed.
"To half to you both. You are in the realm of nothing, Roxas. I need someone who can go around the realm of Light and destroy Organization XIII."
"Why? Who exactly are you?"
DiZ made a sarcastic remark that sent Roxas over the edge. Roxas lunged at him with his Keyblade at hand. He sliced the Keyblade at DiZ, but, unfortunately, it went right through him.
"Roxas, I am terribly sorry but, I am only a projection of data," DiZ said. "As are everyone you have come to befriend in this town. You aren't in the real world."
Roxas again became outraged with anger. He began slicing again and the hologram for some time. He tired and stopped when the hologram faded away and reappeared closer to the bubble.
DiZ called Roxas over to him. "I hate you so much!" Roxas yelled.
"Roxas, why not you share some of that hatred with Sora. You see…he is far too nice for his own good."
"No! My heart belongs to me!" Roxas yelled charging once more at DiZ. This time, DiZ disappeared for good.
The bubble in front of Roxas began to open. Roxas stood and watched carefully. Finally it opened all the way and there sat Sora. He was floating, fast asleep in the now open cocoon.
"Sora…you're lucky; so many people who care for you, so much light. I guess my summer vacation is…over," Roxas said. He slowly faded away; gone from the world forever.
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Hey guys! Yeah, I told you this one was long. I have been working non-stop on this for three days, so hope you like it. R/R please. D
