Chapter 100: Forgotten Tale
The gummi ship flew softly through the eternal night as it slowly travelled to the next set of worlds. It has been a week since the gang has left Christmas Town; it had turned to the New Year a mere hour ago, turning to the year 2010. The gummi ship was silent, most of the gang were in bed, save the person's turn to pilot and Max left to guarding Brian's door. When Brian had gained conscious from his attack, he told the others not to worry and continue to enjoy the break. Even though the others were worried about their friend, they decided to stay until Christmas along as Brian stayed in the Villa while they contacted Kyle. For the run up to Christmas, the gang had gathered together within the Villa, playing games, telling stories, drinking eggnog and stopping another food fight from Riku and Hikari since either of them liked Christmas Puddings and only one other dessert could fit on the table. When it came to the great day, it was assuming to see that Riku got a stocking full of coal while everyone else got a gift within their stocking. It was a week to remember, a break that they needed, some good memories from another world. The gang left after Christmas Day, allowing their worries about Brian to return. As soon as they got to the gummi, Hikari had made sure that Brian was to rest in his room until they waited for Kyle to call back and because Brian is stubborn, she made sure that someone would guard his door at night.
Max slept peacefully as Brian's door slowly opened, allowing a small yellow bird with red tips to slowly fly onto the teen's shoulders. The Chocobo chick looked at the sleeping teen before looking back at the door, sounding a quiet signal. The rest of the door slowly opened as the red headed mage eyed his friend carefully as he sneaked past with his Chocobo flying on his shoulder. He kept the noise down as he walked into the bridge, not wanting to alert the pilot in the cockpit as he approached some of the opened boxes that he been going through, "Let's see…" He began to go through the paper work.
Steve looked at the paperwork with confusion before flying off the master's shoulder, looking around the bridge that might be helpful for the master. The chocobo's small head looked around the bridge before gaining site on one of the cupboards. "Kwek!" Steve called.
Brian halted his actions on the old reports and looked over to Steve, seeing his Chocobo lightly peck at the cupboard. He raised an eyebrow at this and he slowly approached the cupboard where his Chocobo remained. He looked at Steve questionably before opening the cupboard, "Hmm." His eyes laid on the contents inside the cupboard. "Another one?" He questioned as he grabbed the items inside. He pulled out another box with his name on it; he was assuming that this was the box that Hikari had been going through when she had given his armguard to Sora since it was the only box with a full warning on it and a hole on it.
He set the box down on the table quietly, placing the reports back in the boxes before sitting down and opening the box. Steve flew over to where Brian was as the chocobo watched Brian pull out two metal cases, making the chocobo turn to Brian with confusion, "Knew?"
"These are the cases that Kyle gave me, remember?" Brian told his little chocobo. As he placed the two metal cases down, he watched his little chocobo go over to one of them and began to peck it, making the Endless chuckle slightly. "Guess I'm going to found out what's in this case." He said as he set the other case aside, knowing that the case had the Balance Badges for Pride Lands. He looked back at the other case and placed his gloved hands on the hooks, glancing at his chocobo once more before unhooking the case. He moved his gloved claw over the top of the case and lifted it up, earning him a sense of confusion. "More badges?" he raised an eyebrow, looking at the heart shaped badge. He lifted one up, noticing that the badge seem to be made of some sort of shell, having a small craving of a small crowd in the middle with some wings behind it. "Looks like Little Devon's symbol." He said to himself as he placed the badge back in its case. He noticed that there was one missing as it looked like that there should be at least ten but decided it wasn't that important, closing the case shut.
Steve watched as Brian placed the case to the side as the chocobo flew onto the box and looked inside, falling inside in the process. "Kwek!"
"Huh?" Brian turned his attention back to the box as he saw Steve trying to climb out. "Crazy Chocobo." He chuckled quietly as he reached over the box and pulled Steve out. He set the Chocobo down before looking back in the box with question, wondering how he didn't discover the contents of this box in the first place. Within the box was a number of crumbled photos, letters, clothing, accessories and much more, just looking inside was making his head ache already.
He shook his head and placed his claw in as if he was placing a raffle, pulling out a random piece of his past before looking to see what tale would place in his head. The tips of his claw touched something, making him grab it and pull it out of the box. He looked at the item to see that he had pulled out a photo with him, Nikolai, some girl and some guy in the background. All he could tell by the guy behind them was that he had white hair and it was spiky. Was this in the Order? He questioned as he looked at the photo. No…This was in the Resistance. What is Nikolai doing there? And who is this girl? He didn't know why but he felt as if he should know this girl, that there was something important to her.
He placed the photo to the side for now and pulled out another random item, this time it was a red scarf. "I remember this. I was wearing this when I came to Little Devon." He examined the slightly ripped scarf, his mind drifting slightly as his eyes remained on the scarf.
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"Take this!" A deep voice commanded.
The Endless jumped slightly as he watched the old warrior throw some clothes at him rather hard, pushing him to the floor. He shook his red locks within his Order armour before glaring at the guy. "Why do I have to change?" He questioned, most of the surroundings were blurred for the memory, including the appearance of the man. All he knew was that they were in some sort of cave.
"You really want to stay in Order uniform while avoiding the Order?" The man spoke, full of sarcasm. "They should fit you. I got them when I was first hiding away."
Haru raised his eyebrow at this, "They've been washed right?" He smirked.
"Just pull them on." The man growled before walking out to give the boy some space. The thirteen year old set the clothes down as he leaned down to grab the scarf; he smiled at the certain style before placing it back down and began to change.
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He placed the scarf to the side before he pulled another item out of the box, grabbing another photo. He looked to see that it was him and the girl again; pulling funny faces at the camera. He turned slightly and grabbed the other photo from the side, comparing the two to see that it was the same girl. "So, this girl knows Nikolai…" He said quietly as he kept his eyes on the girl, feeling his mind as well as part of his heart fade into another memory.
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"This is the mage's quarters." The Captain of the Resistance typed in the code on the side before the door slid open. Haru slowly stepped in the light blue and white room, seeing a number of beds as well as a small training room. "This is where you will be staying."
Haru turned to the Captain, his appearance blurred. "How many mages are there?"
"Only a couple. There is only one teacher after all." The Captain explained. "Most of the mages have moved on to missions but Addie should still be here."
"Addie? What sort of mage is he then?" Haru asked as he set his bag down on one of the beds.
"Actually, Addie is-"
An explosion came from the corner training room before the door opened, revealing a female mage. As the Captain walked over to the girl, the Endless could tell that the girl looked the same age as him and could see a hint of black and blue hair underneath her white hood, remaining him strangely of Nikolai. Looking at the white robe with red marking at the end, he assumed that she was a white mage. "I'm guessing that's Addie." He watched as the girl turned to face him, for a moment he felt frozen from the glace of her bright blue eyes.
"Addie, this is Haru." The Captain introduced, "He will be staying here with you." Haru watched as Addie performed some signs with her hands, making the Captain laugh. "No Addie, that's not what we're doing." The Captain checked his pockets before groaning with annoyance, "Addie, could you go get the map for me while I talk to Haru?"
Addie nodded before she turned away from the Captain and walking past Haru, he could feel his heart skip faster as she walked by, her blue eyes locked with his, her lips slowly forming into a smile as she walked past him, leaving the room, his eyes facing the door.
"Don't get too attached." Haru turned back to hear the serious tone in the Captain's voice, he assumed that he was looked at him seriously as well. "Your heart is your greatness weapon but it can become your greatness weakness as well." He warned him.
Haru looked back at the door before looking at the Captain, "Is she mute?" he asked, remembering the hand gestures.
"She used to be." He answered, "She just prefers not to talk, and she only does talk to some of us. She talks to those that she can trust and only if that person she trusts is on their own or with someone else that she can trust."
"So just now-" Haru spoke.
"Because you were here, she used sign. She makes it a challenge if you want to get to know her." He explained.
"Right." Haru nodded to this.
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"Addie…." He said quietly as he looked at the pictures. From the pictures, he assumed that he had managed to become good friends with the white mage from the happy pictures. He just wished that he remembered what her voice sounded like, wondering if he ever heard it? He didn't know why but his heart started it ache, he wanted to see her again and he felt bad for forgetting her in the first place.
He quickly placed the photos to the side, unable to bear the slight pain from his heart anymore before pulling out more reports without dates. He growled at the number of reports he actually has in his boxes, what purpose do they have? They were in like five of his boxes. He threw the reports with the other reports, his Chocobo jumping on the reports for fun, as he placed his claw into the box once more.
He heard a small amount of metal move as he moved his claw around; deciding to grab the item to see was it was. As he pulled it out, he saw that he had managed to grab a rusty looking chain before seeing what it was connected to. "Huh?" He was beyond the word confused as he looked at the item. The chain connected to a rusty silver crown that centred and held together a number of shells that was sealed to the back of the crown, some of the shells were cracked or broken, the chain was sealed to the top shell. Now he knew why Kairi's Charm looked familiar to him, because if the crown was smaller and the shells weren't broken then it would look exactly the same.
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Haru slowly moved towards the old Keyblader, the appearance of him blurred like before. "Master?" He called to him, seeing him continue to look at his feet. "Master, I'm sorry. I didn't mean-"
"You're right, Haru." The man spoke, rubbing his face before digging through his pockets. "You know the story of what happened, right?" Haru nodded in response. "After she faded away, I felt like nothing. I felt that I couldn't help anyone. I needed to get away…." The thirteen year old watched as his teacher took out a shell like item. "I remember making a promise that I would never change and that I would keep her safe but I never managed to keep them."
"You know what you have to do." Haru said to him. "The past is the past; there is nothing that can be done. But maybe, helping out now will help make up for said promises."
The man sighed before looking at him, "You're going to keep bugging and giving me pep talks until I cheer up, aren't you?" He shook his head as he watched the boy nod his head at a face rate. "In that case…" He closed his eyes as he summoned his weapon, Haru gasped in amazement. "I'm making a new promise. A promise to never forget who I am, to become who I was before, to fight for your heart." The teen watched as the keybearer placed the charm onto the Keyblade, turning the handle into something of Ultima Weapon while the other half turned into Oathkeeper. "This will be my Ultimate Oath."
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"A keychain…" Brian ran his thumb over the charm. "Why would he give this to me?"
While Brian looked at the broken charm, Steve looked into the box once more as the Chocobo leaned down and grabbed a folded piece of paper before flying over to Brian with it. The Chocobo dropped the piece of paper on the table before flying up to Brian's face, grabbing the mage's attention. The small bird landed back on the table, looking at the letter. Brian looked down at the piece of paper, seeing that it had 'Haru' written onto it. He picked up the letter, quickly seeing his chocobo fly onto the edge of the sofa to keep an eye out, as he unfolded the paper.
Dear Haru,
By time you read this, my heart would have re-joined with hers.
Some facts you want to forget, pretend that they don't exist.
Others might scar you whole and darkness seems like your only friend.
I'll tell you this though; you are the sun, the one to bond the sky and the sea once more.
Never give up; I believe that you can save us from this cruel fate that the Order has cursed on us.
I know that you can save yourself in the process as well.
Just remember that within the deepest of darkness, there is a light that never goes out.
You managed to remind me of that...
Warn them, Save them, Remind them.
Steve tried to grab Brian's attention but his mind was too focused on the letter, reading the lines over again and again, trying to find what it is meant about him being the sun, what could his father be trying to tell him.
"I thought I heard someone in here."
Brian snapped out of reading the letter, subconsciously placing the broken charm in his pocket before looking behind him, "Kairi."
The Princess of Heart laid her hand out, lifting the chocobo up. "You're supposed to be resting." Kairi said to him with concern, stroking the chocobo's head.
"Being in my room all day won't solve anything." Brian set the letter down before looking back at Kairi with a serious look. "I need to remember the past."
"Maybe I can help." She offered as she sat opposite him on the table, looking through some of the reports beside her.
"It doesn't matter how many photos, papers or objects I look at." He leaned back, "There is only one person that could help me reconnect the chains to my memories." He sighed.
"Nikolai." She spoke.
Brian nodded to the name. "He was my friend in the Order and apparently in the Resistance as well." He said as he handed over the picture with him, Nikolai and Addie over to Kairi. "Maybe he can tell me everything; we just have to look out for him." He said began to look through the box once more.
"Yeah." Kairi laid her sights on the photo given to her, looking at the picture for any clue, her eyes laying on the man with spiky white hair. "Brian. Do you know who the man in the back is?" She asked him, still looking at the photo.
"Nope. Nothing comes up."
"What about the girl?" She took her eyes away from the picture to look back at her friend.
Brian halted his actions, frozen from the question, as he looked back up at her with his eyes turning dark and full of sorrow. "Her name was Addie." He began to tell, not sure why the mere mention of her brought back the ache in his heart. "All I know is that she was in the resistance when I joined, she was a white mage, and she would only talk to those she trusted and that she knew Nikolai." His face remained fall-casted as he dug through his pockets and pulled out a bracket, "A part of me is telling me that they is something important that I need to know about her, another part is telling her that I need her. Somehow, she links to this bracket, I just know it."
"Brian." Kairi leaned over the table as placed her hand on his shoulder, giving him some support. "I'm sorry."
"It's fine, Kairi." He said before smiling sadly at her, "I'll remember and then I will find her." He pocketed the bracket before calling Steve over, petting the Chocobo lovingly.
"I remembered when I forgot about Sora." She told him, grabbing the Endless' attention. "I remembered that there was this empty space within a part of my life. I knew that there was supposed to be another boy but I couldn't remember his face, his name and I just felt a part of me was missing. I was determined to remember him that I didn't return to the Island where we used to play until I did."
"At least you remember everything now, right?" Brian smiled slightly, grabbing the letter once more.
"I guess so…" Kairi shrugged.
Brian read the letter over again but his mind was now focused on the friend across from him. Both of them have suffered from Amnesia and that they have both felt that something was missing but the only different was that Kairi suffered memory loss when she was young while Brian has lost most of his memories of his childhood and teen life. "Hey Kairi." He looked back at his friend, "Do you ever wonder what life would be like if you were still in Radiant Garden?"
"Life in Radiant Garden?"
"Yeah. Have you ever wondered what life would be like if you remained?" he asked her.
"I guess." She thought, "I might have ended up with Leon and the others in Traverse Town. Helping to rebuild Radiant Garden."
"You think?" He smiled.
"Yeah."
"Either way, you would have met Sora." He smirked, making the girl blush slightly. His smirk dropped as looked at his friend with concern. "Kairi, I don't think it's a good idea if you stay close with Sora."
Kairi looked at him in disbelief, "What?"
"Just hear me out." He lifted his hands out, trying to calm her before explaining. "As much as I would love to see you happy, Sora still has the virus. I have this feeling that Sora will flip into his outburst mode any moment."
"Brian." Kairi glared slightly at him, "You just have to trust him. Sora will be able to fight this. He's strong enough to tell me his troubles so-"
"He told you?" He gasped at this news.
"Yeah. He did." Kairi rose from the sofa seat and began to head towards her bedroom, "I see you in the morning."
"Kairi! Wait!" He quickly got up and stopped her, seeing that she was irritated from he had said about Sora. "I just don't to see you hurt like last time." He admitted to her.
"Everyone gets hurt." Kairi simply said.
"Not in the way you are destined to." He said seriously to her, making Kairi look back at him questionable. "Look Kairi, I know you care for him but you will lose your heart if you get too close."
"Sora wouldn't hurt me."
"He will hurt everyone close to you though." He said, "I remember a story of how the Colonel used to have a family before the virus. He had loved his wife with all his heart and trusted her as well, like you and Sora. When he got the virus, his rage and jealously grew to a point when he could no longer avoid going after his wife….she didn't stand a chance. Sooner or later, Sora will lose control to protect you and his virus will hunt you down."
Kairi took all of Brian's words in, he knew the most about the Endless but she didn't want to believe that Sora will end up like that. "Sora's different."
"Kairi, listen to yourself." Brian looked at her, "Even the people we love can change into monsters." He halted himself; knowing saying anything else will just either hurt her or anger her. "I don't want to lose you, Kai." He breathed heavily before letting her go and sitting back down on the sofa. "A part of me feels like I don't know what to do."
"Brian…" The Princess of Heart turned back around, walking behind the Aversion Endless, wrapping her arms around him as she rested her head on his shoulder, her eyes resting on the sleeping chocobo. "I'm not going to fall and left the fighting to you guys." She told him, earning a chuckle. "I'm not going anywhere." She pecked him on the cheek before pulling away, heading back into her room.
Not matter what he felt; he felt his cheeks heat up and his heart race slightly from the contact, making him look back as he watched the Princess of Heart away. He dug into his pockets to pull out the broken charm once more taking it into hand, looking over the detail of the shells before back towards the doorway. "Kairi…." He held the charm close to him.
A/N: Will Brian discover the rest of his past and will the others find out about Brian's feelings. What is to come up next? Tune in next time for KINGDOM HEARTS: BALANCE OF WORLDS. YAY Triple digits. I have finally made it to triple digits. Now for messages:
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Van Pat: And yet there are still not together. Maybe if they were then Brian wouldn't be risking his friendship with Sora.
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