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Kyrie (c) Me

Kingdom Hearts characters/some of the story (c) Square Enix

Kingdom Hearts

Bonded Soul

Chapter 7

Kyrie trembled in her sleep as she curled against Axel's side, her dreams haunting her and bringing back visions of her past that were best left forgotten…

-Dreamscape, Kyrie-

"Where is everyone?" I heard a child's thoughts echo. I opened my eyes and found myself in a hallway, but it looked familiar. Yes, this hallway led somewhere, somewhere where grandfather and the others would go. I looked in front of me and saw my younger self as she walked, dragging the white keyblade behind her as she held onto it with one hand.

I deiced to follow her, and see where she would take me. But as we walked further in, I realized that these hallways were like a maze, you could easily get lost in them if you didn't know your way around.

But she seemed to know where she was going, and soon we came across what looked like a study. Books and shelves, as well as hearts floating in strange containers, filled the room. A lone desk and throne sat in the center of it, piled with papers and more books, and a portrait of a man hung on the wall, but at first I couldn't recognize him. I got a closer look, and realized he looked vaguely familiar…

"Where's Xehanort? Where's grandpa?" I heard her thoughts echo. Now it was clear, what the voice said was true. That last time I ever spoke, was to save Kairi. My younger self ran to what looked like a hallway that led out of the room, and followed it down. Following after her, I saw her standing behind a doorframe, peeking in on the room inside. Stepping around her, I watched what she watched.

Inside, a man resembling the portrait in the study stood, holding what looked like to be a keyblade. But it looked darker and more demonic than any keyblade I had ever saw.

"Even! Ienzo!" her thoughts screamed, making my head hurt. I looked and saw Even and Ienzo laying on the floor, their bodies disappearing. I spotted Braig standing in front of a computer, staring at their fading bodies in shock. He then turned to the man.

"Whoa, Xehanort what are you thinking? Do you finally have your memories back, then?" he asked, staring at the man. The man, Xehanort, gave no answer as he rushed in and plunged his keyblade into Braig's chest.

"Braig!" my younger self's thoughts screamed as a heart was released from his chest cavity. Braig fell to the ground, his body beginning to disappear as the heart disappeared. Xehanort turned and spotted us at the doorway, but I knew he was only seeing my younger self. She backed away before running, dropping the keyblade behind her as she did so. I turned and ran as well, following her as she ran through the hallways. When she got outside, she spotted Dilan and Aeleus lying on the ground as their bodies began to disappear as well.

"Dilan! Aeleus! No!" I covered my ears as her thoughts screamed in anguish. I just wanted the dream to end, I did not want to see anymore of this. Their bodies disappeared and I could hear the distant sound of footsteps, making my younger self look back before she started running again. Despite my desire for this nightmare to end, I followed her.

I was seeing this for a reason, I had to at least see this through.

As she ran away from the castle, she ran across the square and stopped. There, lying in the center of the square, were Lea and Isa. But they had met the same fate as the others, as their bodies faded from existence. She stood there, in complete shock, before she ran to Lea's side, tears streaming down her cheeks.

"Lea!" I covered my ears, this time her thoughts were howling in grief. I watched as she carefully rolled Lea over, so that she could see his face. He stared at her through half-lidded eyes, probably just barely clinging to life.

"Hey…Kyrie…" he rasped. She quickly grabbed his hand and held it tightly in her smaller ones, tears streaming down her cheeks as they landed on his transparent skin. He gave her a small smile.

"Hey, don't cry…" he rasped softly as he placed his other hand on her head. She shook her head as she continued to cry.

"Please…don't go!" her thoughts whimpered. I felt my heart wrench, for some reason… I could feel her sorrow. He stared at her somberly before pulling his hand away, only to press his index finger against her forehead.

"This isn't goodbye…as long as you remember me…I'll live on forever. Get it…memorized…" and with that, his hand fell and she clasped it, before it turned to little balls of light and he disappeared. She stared at the ground where he once lay in shock before looking around.

"Lea, no! Please, come back, don't go! Big brother…" her thoughts screamed. I felt tears come to my own eyes as I watched her search frantically for her lost friend. I heard footsteps and turned, paling when I saw the man, Xehanort, standing there. He had his keyblade drawn, and was staring at my younger self intently. She didn't even notice him through her grief, as he approached her.

"No, run! Get up and run, hurry!" my thoughts screamed, as I ran forward and placed myself between the man and child. But he just passed right through me, like I was a ghost. He stood in front of my younger self and she finally looked up, her eyes widening as she stared at him.

"You are far different from the princesses of heart. I finally see what you are, and you are going to become the ultimate weapon. And if that fails, I can at least use you to destroy the door to the light, and fill the worlds with endless darkness." he lifted his keyblade and she cried out, covering her right eye as blood dripped from it. Just as he brought it down-

-I found myself sinking, my body surrounded by dark water as I stared at the surface of the water. I could see the light, but my body couldn't move. I couldn't breathe, and bubbles floated towards the surface around me as an unknown force continued to pull me down. I just kept sinking, sinking…

Falling…falling…

Into the endless darkness…

-Outside of Dreamscape-

Axel awoke to light whimpers and looked down at his side, surprised to find Kyrie crying as she clung to him tightly. He quickly placed a hand on her shoulder and gave it a shake, trying to rouse her from sleep.

"Kyrie…Kyrie! Hey, wake up!" he urged. Immediately her eyes flashed open as she sat up, gasping loudly as she did so. She turned and looked around frantically, before heaving a sigh and falling against him. Her forehead was coated in sweat and her body trembled, he could only guess that she was terrified. He stared at her in worry before brushing her hair out of her face, so that her right eye was visible to him.

"Hey, you okay?" he asked. She jumped and looked up at him before nodding, relieved that it was only him. She quickly wiped the tears from her eyes before looking around, it was morning. He was silent as she shook her head so her hair covered her eye once more, before she got to her feet and stretched. He watched her the entire time, lost in his own thoughts.

What kind of dream did she have?

Before he could open his mouth and ask, he heard the distant sound of voices and growled.

"Damn, someone's coming." he growled as he got to his feet. She looked at him and nodded. They stared at each other for a few moments, before she walked forward and hugged him tightly. At this, he placed his hand on her head.

"I'll see you later. Be safe, got it memorized?" and with that, he pulled away and opened a dark corridor, giving her one last glance before stepping through. Just as the dark corridor disappeared, Sora, Donald, and Goofy appeared at the entrance of the grove. Kyrie smiled at them as they approached, something in Sora's arms. It was food!

"Hey Kyrie, sorry for not coming to see you sooner. We had a lot of training to do, and we were able to sneak away during breakfast." Sora explained. Kyrie nodded in understanding before Sora held out the food.

"We also thought that you might be hungry, so we smuggled out a few buns and some rice." he continued. She smiled and took the food gratefully, she didn't know what to say. Well, what to write in her case. Goofy smiled at the excited look in her visible eye, before the three sat down. Kyrie followed them, pulling out a bun and taking a bite out of it as she sat.

"Sorry 'bout yesterday, but Ping was right. Those guys don't seem to like girls in their army." Goofy apologized. She shook her head, pulling out her notebook and writing with one hand and holding the bun with the other.

No, it's okay. You don't need to apologize for some stupid rule that they have. But I want to say thank you for the food, I tried catching some fish last night, but…well…it didn't go so well.

They laughed when they read the last part of her sentence.

"I bet. Back at the islands I had to actually swim just to catch some fish. They're hard to catch." Sora laughed. She smiled and took another bite before Donald spoke up.

"We might have to stay a few days. The captain gave us a few missions, and we don't know if we can do them all in one day." he explained. She nodded before they could hear a commotion, and looked towards the camp.

"Uh-oh, we better get goin'. Looks like we hafta start the mission now." he gulped. Kyrie nodded as they got up and started walking, before Sora looked back at her.

"If you want, you could help us out. Today we're going to be near the river to take out some heartless, so you can come and help us get the mission done." he called. With that, they were gone. Kyrie was silent before quickly wolfing down her breakfast, she was sure that they were going to need her help.

Once she was done, she got up and summoned her keyblades, before running towards the river.

-The Checkpoint-

Kyrie ran in just as Sora, Ping, Donald, and Goofy were fighting off a horde of heartless. Some of them she recognized, from the soldiers to the shadows, but some of them she hadn't seen before. Sora, spotting her from the corner of his eye, called out.

"Kyrie, watch out for the Nightwalkers and Assault Riders!" he called as a large, centaur-like heartless tried to spear him. Kyrie nodded and blocked what she assumed was a Nightwalker, as it tried to swipe her with its large claws. Using one keyblade, she struck it down and used the other as a shield as another Nightwalker tried to take her head off.

"Damn, these things are ruthless!" she thought as she fought them off. The trickiest heartless was the Assault Rider, which lived up to its name as it tried numerous times to run her through with its spear. She growled silently as it tried again, but she managed to hold it off with both her keyblades.

"Argh! I can't get past its spear unless I want to be run through! What can I do?" she thought exasperatedly as she tried to hold it off. Then she remembered her new ability.

"That's right! I can use shields now!" she thought. She closed her eyes for a moment and pulled her keyblades back, taking a massive gamble because then she would be defenseless. She heard a clang and smiled, opening her eyes to see her shield holding off its spear. With that, she brought her keyblades down on it and took it down.

Once all of the heartless were gone, Donald began casting cure on the tired group. Sora turned to her as he sat on a rock, panting a little.

"Thanks, I don't think we could've done it without your help." he panted lightly as he held out a hand to her. She stared at it for a moment and nodded, taking his hand and shaking it as she smiled at him. Ping stared at her for a moment before speaking up, curious on something.

"Um…miss Kyrie…" she started. Kyrie turned to her before she continued.

"Where did you learn to fight like that? You fight better than any man that I know." she asked. And indignant "Hey!" from Sora and Donald was heard before she shrugged her shoulders. She knew the answer to that question, but didn't want to say anything. Because then they would know that she had worked for the organization. The girl nodded sadly.

"Oh…I see…" she murmured. Kyrie stared at the girl for a moment before pulling out her pen and notebook. When she was done writing, she handed it to Ping.

It's alright. What I learned about fighting, is that you can't have any doubts about yourself. You have to trust and believe yourself, and set new goals each day. Keep trying to get stronger and stronger, not just in body, but in heart and spirit. It doesn't matter what gender you are, as long as you're strong in those aspects, nothing can defeat you.

Ping read her words carefully, before she smiled.

"Heart and spirit…huh. Okay, I'll try that."

Now before you start questioning some events of the dream, go watch "Kingdom Hearts: Dream Drop Distance" trailer. I got some of the dream from some of the scenes in the trailer so...I guess it hints at what's to come.

Oh, and there is one more thing I'm going to politely request you awesome readers. PLEASE. STOP. ASKING. ABOUT. AXEL. AND. KYRIE. KISSING. I cannot stress this enough. It gets very annoying. VERY VERY ANNOYING. There's a particular reason why they haven't kissed yet, and if it were left up to my romance-loving side...I would've had them sucking face by now.

Axel: Then why didn't you leave it up to that side? That side is awesome!

Me: Because.

Axel: Because...?

Me: Just. Because.

Kyrie: *rolls eyes before writing* Don't question it, Axel. Obviously she has a good reason for not letting us kiss.

Axel: Good reason? Ha! I doubt she has a good reason, got it memorized?

Me: *hits him with a frying pan* SCREW YOU, YOU IDIOT!

Sora: Uh...just ignore those two and leave some reviews. *recieves a glare from me* Oh, and don't forget to read it too! ...But wait, to see this means you must've read this-

Me: Oh, just read and review!