Kyrie (c) Me

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

Kingdom Hearts

Bonded Soul

Chapter 15

-Dreamscape, Axel-

The sounds of crashing waves and seagulls echoed in my ears as I stared at the ocean. The sun was setting, turning the sky from blue to red and orange, maybe even a little pink. I was standing on a familiar beach, listening to the sound of the waves, before I heard soft giggling. Turning, I spotted a familiar white-haired girl as she sat on a fallen tree, on a small island connected by a wooden path to the main one.

"Kyrie?" I thought. I immediately ran over, went through the shack, and found myself walking along the boardwalk as I approached her. She continued to sit on the fallen tree, gazing out into the ocean as the glistening water reflected from her brown irises. I always thought that her eyes were beautiful, like dark oak in a snow-covered forest.

She turned and smiled at me when she heard my approach, and patted the spot next to her. Taking the invitation, I sat next to her. We were silent for a few moments, just watching the sun set beyond the horizon. She moved closer to me, and for some weird reason, I wrapped my arm around her shoulders and pulled her close.

She gave a soft sigh and nuzzled into my chest, making my cheeks heat up and my insides feel…like there were a bunch of butterflies inside me. As corny as it sounded. I don't know what I was thinking, but I reached down with my free hand and took her chin, making her look up at me. Without me realizing what I was doing, I leaned down and kissed her.

-Out of dreamscape, Axel-

Axel shot up as he panted heavily, his cheeks bright red and a light sheen of sweat on his forehead. He looked around, and sighed. He was in the room Kyrie was staying in, sitting on one of the chairs. Looking over, he saw her on the other side on the queen-sized bed, sleeping peacefully. Groaning, he fell back on the chair, placing his arm against his head, covering his eyes.

"That was some screwed up dream…" he thought as he tried to calm himself down. But he couldn't, he dreamed that he was kissing Kyrie. Kyrie! His best friend! The girl that was a good couple of feet shorter than him, who had snow-white hair and brown eyes, who could kick ass and be sarcastic but at the same time be kind and compassionate.

Pulling his arm away, he looked over at her as she slept. Her hairclip was gone and resting on the nightstand, allowing the rest of her hair fall and cover her face. Her hands were tucked under her cheek, acting like a makeshift pillow, and her cheeks were flushed. He quickly got up and walked over, stopping as he sat on the bed and looked her over. Reaching over, he brushed her hair out of her face and scooted closer to her, scrutinizing her.

She was beautiful. The way her hair glimmered like fresh snow in the morning light, the way the sun touched her skin… He didn't know why, but right now, at this moment, he wanted to do nothing more than to kiss her.

And he decided to take the opportunity while he still had it. Leaning in towards her, he felt his stomach tingle, his chest warm up, and his hands feel cold and clammy. Just as his lips were about to touch hers-

There was a knock at the door.

"Damn!" he thought as he pulled away and sat up, glaring at the door. Whoever was knocking continued to knock, loudly.

"Kyrie, are you awake? You're going to miss breakfast!"

"Shh, Sora! She might be tired."

"But Goofy…"

"He's right, dears. We mustn't disturb her." well, at least one of them had some common courtesy. But the knocking continued, stirring Kyrie from her rest. Noticing that Axel was in the room sitting on the bed, she knocked on the wall twice, signaling for them not to come in and that she would be down soon.

"Huh? Okay so she knocked twice…what does that mean?"

"It means that she's awake and she'll be down soon. Now run along dears, she doesn't want us to intrude on her." and with that the knocking stopped and he could hear their footsteps as they walked away. Turning to her, he saw her rubbing her eyes as she yawned silently. He quickly got up and held out his hand to her, which she gladly took. He turned away, not once looking at her, afraid that she would catch the blush on his cheeks.

"I gotta go. I'll see you later, Kyrie." he mumbled. She nodded as he opened the corridor, allowing himself to look at her. She was staring at him sadly, her hand clasping the charm bracelet on her left wrist. He gave her a small smile, before walking through. Kyrie watched as the corridor disappeared, before sighing.

"What's gotten into him?"

-Later-

After biding Beast and Belle goodbye, the four had gotten onto the Gummi ship, only to have it steered towards Hollow Bastion by an unknown force. But they didn't mind.

Obviously they were being summoned there for a very important reason.

But once they got there, Kyrie decided they needed to get some shopping done. Stopping Sora as they headed towards the Borough, she pulled out her notebook and wrote something down.

Sora, you go and see Leon and the others. I'm going to do some shopping, since we're low on potions and elixirs. Not to mention, we need more food.

Sora nodded as he read this, reaching into his pocket and pulling out his munny, while Donald and Goofy did the same.

"Okay, but meet us at Merlin's house later, okay?" he spoke as they handed her the large amount of munny. Kyrie nodded and started towards the marketplace, while the three boys continued on to Merlin's house. While browsing, she found a large assortment of protective charms, armor, weapons, and other combat-related items; as well as potions, ethers, elixirs, and mega-potions.

"Wow, so much stuff to by, so little time." Kyrie thought with a smile as she grabbed a few potions, paying for them before moving to the next store. After hitting up a few more shops, she decided to head to Merlin's house and see how the group was doing without her, bags in hand.

But when she got there, she was surprised to see the three with a old man, wearing a strange, old-fashioned, wizard's outfit. They turned to her and stared at her in surprise.

"Kyrie! Man that was quick!" Sora gasped. Kyrie deadpanned before carefully setting the bags down and pulling out her notebook.

Sora, I've been gone for over an hour! That's not quick, by any means.

Sora nodded before the old man spoke.

"Kyrie? Ah yes yes, you're the girl with no voice or memories. I've heard much about you." the man spoke. She nodded before he turned to the boys.

"Would you three go and take these bags to the Gummi ship? There is much that I want to discuss with this young lady, if you wouldn't mind." the man explained, turning to the three. They stared at him blankly for a moment before Kyrie nudged them and pointed to the bags. They snapped out of their daze and nodded at him.

"Sure Merlin. We'll do it." Sora answered. With that, he, Donald, and Goofy grabbed the bags of items and groceries and started for the ship, leaving Merlin and Kyrie alone in the house.

"Now that that's taken cared of, follow me." Merlin spoke as he cleared his throat, motioning for her to follow him as he walked towards the large table piled high with books. Kyrie followed, taking a seat as he sat down and folded his hands on the table and adjusted his glasses.

"Now you're probably wondering why I've asked for you to stay behind while Sora and the others go and put your groceries and whatnot away." Kyrie's blank look confirmed his suspicions and he continued.

"I've gotten word on the wind from another powerful sorcerer how you came to find yourself in Twilight town, and Leon and the others told me that you felt some familiarity when they first found you unconscious in the Bailey. Now I can give you some information, but it has been a long 11 years since Hollow Bastion had been taken by the darkness, so there are gaps that I may not be able to fill." he explained. She nodded before grabbing her notebook and writing.

Please Mr. Merlin, tell me everything that you know.

He nodded.

"Very well, I shall tell you. Now I actually met you a few times when you were young, so I do know some things about you. You were the granddaughter of Ansem the Wise, and daughter of Akio, his son, and Mizuki, his daughter in-law. You lived in the castle with your parents and grandfather, but often snuck out to play with the other children." he explained. She nodded, waiting for him to continue.

"But sadly, that is all I can remember. I do remember that your parents were killed, and that not long after that, the world was taken by the darkness. But otherwise… I am sorry." he finished. Kyrie nodded sadly, it wasn't much, but at least she got some information about her grandfather and her parents. Grabbing her notebook, she began to write.

Thank you, Mr. Merlin. At least now I know who my parents were, and my grandfather.

The old wizard nodded as she got up to leave. But while passing a stack of books, something caught her eye. On top of the books, was an old book, the title worn out so you couldn't read it. But that wasn't what stopped her. For some reason, something inside her was telling her to pick up that book. Picking it up, she was surprised that the pages were still in tact, despite that a few were missing.

"This book…something about it…" turning to Merlin, she held up the book, making the old wizard stare at her curiously.

"Ah yes, that? Well, you may borrow it, but it is very old and a few pages are missing, so you might find yourself unable to read certain chapters. But I will look for them, if you wish." she nodded and he smiled.

"Very well, now go on. Sora and the others are waiting." he chuckled. She gave him a small bow and ran out of the house, cradling the book against her chest as she did so. He watched her go before stroking his beard, lost in thought.

"Now I wonder why on earth she would grab that one. All it describes is the legend of the Princess of Light and Prince of Darkness, as well as Kingdom Hearts…"

-Later-

"Man Kyrie, I thought you were never coming! What were you and Merlin talking about, anyways?" Sora asked as he lounged on his chair, the Gummi ship currently heading to a new world. Kyrie was silent before looking at him, scowling as she did so. She quickly grabbed her notebook and began to write.

Sora, it's very rude to ask about someone else's conversation! Especially a girls' conversation!

His eyes widened and he surrendered.

"Okay, okay! I'm sorry!" he cried. She smiled and ruffled his hair, she couldn't stay mad at him for long. He protested as she continued messing with his hair, laughing as he did so.

"Kyrie, stop! Kyrie- ah ha ha ha!" he cried as he tried to stop her. She only smiled and kept going, before something caught Sora's eye.

"Hey, Kyrie, what's that on your wrist?" blinking, she looked down at the bracelet that Axel had given her the night before. Blushing, she pulled her wrist away and covered it with her other hand. Donald and Goofy looked at her too, curious on why she was blushing.

"Gawrsh Kyrie, your face is all red." Goofy pointed out, chuckling. She looked away before Donald tapped his foot, his arms crossed.

"Well? Aren't you gonna answer Sora's question?" he asked. Kyrie was silent, how the heck was she gonna explain this? She thought for a few minutes, before grabbing her notebook and writing.

Today's my birthday, so I spent some of my munny in Hollow Bastion and got myself this charm bracelet.

"Your birthday? But didn't you lose your memories?" Sora asked. She nodded before writing more.

Yes, but some things are coming back. Like today, I remembered that it's my birthday.

It was a little white lie, but they didn't need to know that Axel got it for her, and told her that today was her birthday.

"Gawrsh, why didn't ya tell us? We coulda got you something'." Goofy spoke, his eyes drooping. Kyrie shook her head, smiling as she wrote.

No, Goofy. It's alright, today's been great enough, you guys don't have to get me anything.

"But we do! Birthdays are special!" Donald explained. Again, she shook her head and wrote more.

You all are so sweet, but it's okay. Just being with me today is enough, I couldn't ask for more.

The three smiled and blushed a little, before a question popped into Sora's head.

"So since today's your birthday, how old are you now? Er…I mean…can you remember how old you are?" he asked. She looked down at the bracelet and sighed. Axel told her she was now 18, same with her grandfather in his card. She began to write.

I'm 18. Today's my 18th birthday.

"18? But you're smaller than me!" Sora gasped. Immediately she glared at him and placed her hands on her hips. He gulped, and backed up a few steps.

"Oops. Er…sorry." he chuckled embarrassingly, scratching the back of his head. She huffed and sat down, before looking at the old worn-out book Merlin had allowed her to borrow. Picking it up, she examined it before the ship began to shake, causing her to drop the book as she held on to her seat tightly.

"Hey, what's going on?" Donald cried as he ran to the controls. Goofy and Sora jumped back into their seats, buckling up and holding on for dear life as the ship continued to shake and rattle.

"Donald, what's happening?"

"Something's attacking us and one of the hatches is open! Somebody's gotta close it!"

"I'll close it."

"Don't, Sora! You could fall out, an' we'd never see you again!"

"But Goofy-"

"Kyrie, what're you doing?"

Kyrie grunted as she approached the opened hatch, grabbing the door as she tried to close it. But the wind outside was pulling at her, trying to suck her out of the ship.

"Ugh…gotta…close this-" at that moment, her foot slipped, and she found herself hanging on the handle, her body hovering in the air as she held on for dear life. Looking down, she could see the world and gulped, if she fell from this height…

"Kyrie, hang on!" looking up, she saw Sora as he reached out to her, Goofy holding him from behind so the boy wouldn't join her in this predicament. She nodded as she held on tightly, reaching her hand up so she could grab his, but she couldn't reach him.

"I can't hang on…" she thought as her fingers began to tire and slip from the handle, inching her ever closer to her impending demise. Then, her last finger slipped free and she found herself falling.

"Kyrie!" Sora shouted as she fell. Kyrie looked at the ground, and an idea popped into her head.

"I have to use the keyblade, it's the only chance that I have!" summoning her white kingdom key, she pointed it below her.

"Please, keyblade, take me somewhere safe!" she thought. With that, a beam of light shot out of the keyblade and a light corridor formed, swallowing her up as she fell through.

Aren't I a stinker? Well, I guess you're going to have to wait until the next time I update to know what happens next!

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