Kyrie (c) Me

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

Kingdom Hearts

Bonded Soul

Chapter 27

Everyone sighed as they settled into their seats, Donald taking the controls as the ship took off.

"Okay Donald, so how long until we get to the next world?" Sora asked from where he sat, pulling out a manga to read. Donald looked at the coordinates before looking back at the three.

"Two hours." he answered. Sora and Goofy sighed, and Kyrie groaned internally. This was going to be one of those boring rides.

"Oh, okay. Better get some sleep then." Goofy yawned as he reclined his chair, curling up to go to sleep. As the ship continued on, Kyrie got up and paced a few times, earning confused looks from both Sora and Donald before they went back to whatever they were doing.

"So bored…" she thought as she gave a soft sigh. She was about to stand up and pace again, when the book she borrowed from Merlin fell out of the chair. Glancing down at it, she reached down and picked it up before gently placing it in her lap. She stared at it for a moment, before smiling.

"I might as well read this to past the time, since I borrowed it from Merlin and all…" with that, she opened the book and was surprised that a lot of the pages were missing. But of what remained, she decided to read.

The Princess of Light and the Prince of Darkness.

Both guardians of the heart of all worlds, and the worlds themselves. The Princess of Light existed long before the Prince of Darkness, and she was the one who created the very first world. This in turn, created the Prince of Darkness himself.

She gave the inhabitants of that world the gift of the light, but soon they began fighting over it because they loved the light so much. They wanted to keep it for themselves. And so, darkness was born in their hearts. And with the birth of darkness, a malevolent being was born, the Prince of Darkness. His darkness spread, swallowing the light and many people's hearts. It covered everything, and the world disappeared. But small fragments of light survived, in the hearts of children, who did not fight over this wonderful light. With these fragments of light, the children rebuilt the lost world. But the light was still scattered, creating many different worlds that were balanced by both light and darkness.

The beings decided to put aside their differences, and became the guardians of the heart of all worlds, Kingdom Hearts. The Princess of Light was the essence of the light that was nestled inside Kingdom Hearts, and the Prince of Darkness was vise versa.

But the princess soon became lonely, and wanted to see for herself what life was like outside of Kingdom hearts. So she created seven pure hearts, in order to bring peace and to be her eyes to watch over the people who lived in those worlds. Those hearts became seven pure maidens who could not be devoured by the darkness. With this, they were dubbed the name "The Seven Princesses of Heart".

But since darkness now existed in almost every heart, it began to consume the people who lived on those worlds. And in turn, created dark creatures with frightening powers. No name was ever given to these beings, but they were simply called "those without hearts". The princess, sensing the danger these beings posed, decided to create a weapon that would keep both the light and darkness in check, as well as protect those from losing their hearts.

With her power, she created a blade that would lock and unlock doors, as well as protect both the user and the people he protects from the darkness. She then dubbed the name "Keyblade" to the weapon, knowing that in the wrong hands, it could cause mass destruction.

The Prince of Darkness, who wanted to rule all worlds, sneered at her weapon and created his own keyblade. But while hers was full of light, his was full of darkness.

The keyblades chose their first wielders, and the two clashed, fighting for seven days and seven nights. Both wanted to prove that they were stronger than the other, that the light was stronger than the darkness and vice versa.

At the end of this fight, the keyblades met each other for one last time, and merged, to become the ultimate keyblade. The X-blade. A blade that could summon the heart of all worlds to the wielder at will.

"The… X-blade? Why does it sound so familiar?" she thought as she read on.

But the princess immediately sealed the blade away, knowing that it could mean the end for all worlds should another ever be created. But the keyblade wielders sought for a way to open Kingdom Hearts, the heart of all worlds, and in the end a war erupted between the keyblades of light and darkness. For both sides hoped for a way to recreate this powerful "X-blade".

In the end, both sides perished, leaving the princess heartbroken at the loss of so many lives and a scarred battlefield where only the lifeless keys remained. This place was then called the "Keyblade Graveyard", in reference to the war that tore the world apart. Strangely, the Prince of Darkness grieved as well, and both decided that Kingdom Hearts must never be opened.

But one day-

"Kyrie, we're here!" Sora shouted, causing her to jump and drop the book, whipping her head around to glare at him.

"Sora, you almost gave me a coronary!" she thought as she glared at him, causing him to back up and chuckle nervously.

"Uh…oops? Sorry about that." he chuckled, scratching the back of his head. She simply shook her head and sighed, reaching down and picking up the book as she placed it back on the chair. Turning to him, she nodded and the two followed after Donald and Goofy, who were already off the ship. When they got off, they found themselves in a familiar desert-filled world. Kyrie smiled.

"Hey, this is Agrabah! I've been here before…" she thought as she looked around at the familiar surroundings. Donald smiled as he looked around.

"Agrabah! We made it!" he exclaimed happily, probably glad to be back in a familiar place. Sora and Goofy nodded as the group began walking into town, going nowhere in particular.

"Gawrsh, I wonder how Aladdin 'n' Jasmine are doin'?" Goofy mused, placing a finger against his chin. Kyrie stared at them in confusion, they knew Aladdin and Jasmine?

"Man do these three get around, they must know everybody!" she thought with a shake of her head, a smile on her lips. Sora nodded in agreement.

"Hey, maybe Riku's with them!" he spoke hopefully. Goofy nodded, before smiling.

"Yeah, and the King!" he added happily. But Donald simply rolled his eyes.

"Keep dreaming, you two." He said sternly, but Sora simply snorted and rolled his eyes. The two began to bicker before Kyrie heard the flapping of wings, turning just as a red parrot with blue tail feathers flapped over. She raised her eyebrow and stopped, causing Goofy to stop and turn as well. The bird began to circle the two of them, causing him to gasp.

"Uh-oh, it's uh…um…" he started, trying to remember the parrot's name. Kyrie looked at him, he knew this bird?

"It's Iago!" he cried, finally remembering the bird's name. Within seconds, Sora and Donald whipped around, weapons drawn as the bird began to panic.

"Wait! You got me all wrong." The bird cried desperately. Kyrie felt bad for the bird, she had no idea why the three had a grudge against him, but he seemed harmless enough.

"You're Iago all right!" Donald pointed out, irritated. The bird quickly shook his head.

"No! I mean, it's not the old me. I turned over a new feather. I'm legit! No more scams. Promise!" he cried. Sora banished the keyblade and crossed his arms, eying the bird warily.

"Bet that's your new scam." He snorted, causing Kyrie to look at him in surprise. Never had she seen Sora so mean towards someone, aside from the enemy. But the bird shook his head immediately.

"You gotta believe me!" Iago exclaimed. But Donald tugged on Sora's arm, turning his back on the bird.

"Sora, let's go!" he ordered. Sora nodded and the two began to walk off, causing the bird to sigh and fly over to the stairs, looking down dejectedly.

"Oh, that poor bird." Kyrie thought as she walked over. He looked sincere about turning over a new feather, no pun intended.

"I was stuck in that lamp with Jafar. Remember? Well, I finally escaped. But then some things happened and…" he explained, but Sora cut him off.

"So. Free as a bird, huh?" he asked, not really in the mood with dealing with any of Iago's nonsense.

"Have fun!" Donald called. Kyrie glared at the two before walking over, placing a hand on Iago's head as she tried her best to reassure him. The bird looked at her, but the sad look didn't leave his face. She picked up the bird and cradled him against her chest, feeling nothing but sympathy for him.

Goofy looked over at Kyrie as she cradled Iago, a sympathetic look on her face. Then he noticed the dejected look on Iago's face, and frowned.

"Gawrsh, fellas. He looks pretty sad. Kyrie thinks so, too." He spoke, making the bird perk up and look at him. Kyrie smiled and released the bird as he flew over, landing in Goofy's open palms.

"I wanna apologize to Aladdin and Jasmine. Could you guys maybe put in a good word for me?" he asked. Goofy nodded before turning towards Sora and Donald.

"Sure, we can do that, can't we?" he asked as he turned to them. Sora and Donald raised their eyebrows at him incredulously, as if Goofy had grown another head. All was silent for a few minutes before Iago screamed.

"Watch out!" he cried. The four turned, surprised to see a group of unknown heartless surrounding them, carrying two curved blades in each hand. Kyrie growled silently, summoning her two keyblades.

"Crap, these guys have two blades." she thought as a heartless lunged at her, their blades clashing in a furry of sparks. She could hear clashes from multiple sides and ran the heartless in front of her through, before moving on to the next.

A few minutes into the fight, the group found themselves getting tired and worn out, but more heartless just kept appearing.

"They just keep coming!" Sora growled as they four regrouped, back to back as their foes circled them.

"Ah!" Kyrie turned and spotted Iago as he fled from a heartless, knocking over crated and pots on several heartless, knocking them out and creating an opening for the group. They took this opportunity as they ran, Kyrie quickly grabbing Iago and holding him against her chest as they did so.

"This way!" Sora called over his shoulder as they ran into an abandoned building. When they were in the clear, they stopped, taking a few minutes to take a small break. Goofy and Kyrie turned to Sora and Donald, staring at them with pleading eyes.

"Aw, we'd've been goners if Iago hadn't helped us. Ain't that right, fellas?" Goofy spoke, making Kyrie nod as she released Iago from her arms. The boy was silent for a moment before sighing and nodding, giving in to them.

"I guess we owe you one." He sighed, making Iago smile hugely at the turn of events.

"Perfect!" he cried as he flew around, making Kyrie giggle silently as he did so. But Sora quickly stopped him, wagging his finger at him.

"But you'll have to win over Aladdin and Jasmine yourself. Be on your best behavior, got it?" Sora said sternly. Iago nodded, but he was too happy to say much.

"Yeah, I got it." He agreed, looking as if he would do anything to gain their trust. Goofy was silent for a moment as he placed his hand against his chin, lost in thought.

"Where is Aladdin, anyway?" Goofy asked. Everyone was silent as they thought of all the places the young man could be, but within seconds Iago had an idea as he flew over to Goofy and Kyrie, landing on her shoulder as he did so.

"I betcha he's at the palace." Iago spoke, pointing in the direction of the palace. Sora nodded in agreement, before he started for the door.

"Then let's go." he called as he walked out, with Donald, Goofy, and Kyrie right behind him. Iago looked at the girl who's shoulder he was currently sitting on, not sure really of what to make of her. But she did help him get points with Sora, so he had to at least thank her.

"Thanks for the help back there, uh…" he trailed off, what was her name anyways? She turned to him and smiled, before Goofy spoke up.

"This here's Kyrie. She's been travelin' with us for awhile, so she's new. She can't talk either, but she's real nice." Goofy explained. The bird nodded before looking back to her.

"Okay. Thanks, Kyrie." he said gratefully. But the girl's smile simply grew, as she patted him on the head gently. The group continued on through Agrabah's streets, until they reached the palace, where a familiar girl dressed in green stood at the palace doors.

"Jasmine!"

Yep. We're in Agrabah now.

And I bet a lot of you guys are going to kill me for cutting off Kyrie's reading. But don't worry, there's a good explanation for this!

...Uh...well, she's going to learn more later so you guys have something to look forward to.

Anyways, enjoy and please read and review!