What does Kingdom Hearts want? What does Unity mean to the Heart of All?
It would be easy to say that Unity meant re-uniting the Worlds, to bring The World back into existence. Indeed, that was true. Kingdom Hearts was no different from any other in seeking completion.
But Unity was more than that.
What had doomed The World, really? Was it the Light which the people had sought? Was it the Darkness that people turned to, in order to take it?
Neither, truly. The Darkness may have done the deed, but it was jealousy that let it happen in the first place.
Darkness had done exactly what it had always done, and sought out the Light. It was the people who gave it the means to do so.
The χ-blade... The protector of Kingdom Hearts...
Notably, composed of both Light and Darkness. Where had it come from? Where had The World come from? Where had Kingdom Hearts itself come from?
Simple questions with simpler answers. I had learned them before the World was consumed.
In the beginning, there was Darkness. Infinite. Endless. And total. Just Darkness.
But what is Darkness without a Light to define it? Nothing, really. The Darkness of then was a paradox of infinite and non-existent potential. It did and did not exist. It was and was not everything.
So the Darkness twisted, and from it was born a Light. Darkness was defined by Light, and Light much the same. Alongside Darkness and Light, there was Nothingness, which was everything the former two weren't; and, indeed, that was nothing at all.
That first Light was Kingdom Hearts. Simpler, then, than it was now, but Kingdom Hearts all the same...
And alongside it was the Darkness. The two were in harmony, in the beginning. From that harmony came a promise; and so was born the χ-blade. The power of both, together. United in purpose.
Things did not end there, of course. Time and Space came to be, birthed by the Light. Matter and Energy followed.
The World was formed, piece by piece...
And, inevitably, so came the people.
At first, it was great. The people were a wide and varied sort...
Varied enough to start coveting that which had already given so much, to start fighting over it...
It was great... riiight up until almost everything died.
Then it sucked.
But, that part has already known.
I paused, shaking my head. Got a little off track, there...
Kingdom Hearts desired, fundamentally, two things:
Kingdom Hearts desired Unity, of the disparate Worlds, to restore The World once again.
Kingdom Hearts desired Unity, of the Light and the Darkness, longing to return the ancient time where both had coexisted in harmony.
Neither of these things were things I objected to.
Really, the things I've been doing up until now? Basically boils down to safekeeping of powerful artefacts and protecting the Worlds.
Kingdom Hearts' desires were something that I had no problems with at all, really. Especially not right now, since I can actually remember the majesty of The World as it used to be.
The World was a place of Wonder and Ruin... and it took so very long for the latter to come about. There was more good than there was bad.
I could work towards that. It was a goal, something real and concrete, to drive me...
Because, honestly?
I hadn't done much, all things considered. I've locked all of three Worlds, which... is really kind of pathetic since I've been around for over a decade and have had a Keyblade for most of that time.
I've spent more time with the people of those Worlds than I've spent searching for the Keyholes themselves... And, yes, I've made a great deal many friends, but, still...
I emerge into the Sea of Skies, leaving the Realm of Darkness behind.
And I look around, casting my senses wide and far.
I see Worlds. And Worlds. And Worlds. And Worlds. And Worlds.There are countless billions of them, and that's just all the ones I can sense. There are more, so many more...
I've locked three Worlds, made friends, and have, in the grand scheme of things, gotten absolutely nowhere. What was three to billions? Trillions?
And all of these Worlds were simply what remained of The World. These Worlds, billions and trillions, still only represented an infinitesimally small part of The World that had escaped consumption by the Great Darkness.
All existence had been this close to fading completely.
What I was going to do, what Kingdom Hearts wanted done, it was not a task that could be done alone, not without spending an eternity upon it.
I did not have an eternity. I had until something poked the Heartless and set the Great Darkness on consuming everything, again. When that would be, who could say? Could be tomorrow. Could be ten million years from now.
I needed... help. I needed other Keybearers, who I could trust. Keybearers who would not fall or falter. I didn't know any already, but I knew how to make them.
My first thought was Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura. Those three had what it took, I knew. The strength of Will, of Heart, to make incredible Keybearers...
But...
They had fought hard for peace. They, and their entire World, deserved to enjoy it. The simple fact of the matter is that all three of them had their own lives to live, and I didn't want to drag them into something that, in all likelihood, they would never get involved in otherwise.
To take that away from them, to involve them in the affairs of other Worlds... that was not something I wanted to do.
To limit myself only to people who might, one day, become involved in it anyway, would limit my options dramatically.
But not completely.
I knew plenty of people who were ageless, after all. I trusted, and had the trust of, a good amount of them.
Three in particular stick out...
But... If I'm going to do something like that, if I'm going to basically found a Keyblade Order, then I'm going to need to do it right. I'll need a lot of things, a lot of support, both for myself and for them.
Most of that, I can set up myself.
I will need a base, though. Some place for me to set everything up. And where would an appropriate place for something like that be?
Ba-bum.
Again, I halt, completely.
I put my hand over my chest, then pull it away. In my palm, the mote of Light beats strongly, and I feel a pull.
Guiding me, Kingdom Hearts?
Heh.
Follow the Heart and you'll the find the way...
I have no Heart of my own, but you're the greatest Heart of all.
Very well.
Let's be on our way, then.