Kingdom Hearts Fan Fiction ❯ Dearly Beloved ❯ Sora ( Chapter 2 )

[ X - Adult: No readers under 18. Contains Graphic Adult Themes/Extreme violence. ]

Chapter 2: Sora

Author's Note: I don't particularly like this song. However, it does fit him.

Space is infinite.

At least, it is infinite for someone who has been trying to find his way home for a long time.

Sora has been labeled everything ever since he left: hero, Keyblade Master, savior…. It wasn't as if he didn't mind the names, but the spiky brunet didn't believe that he was worthy of such praise.

He wasn't able to save Riku from his fate. Nor was he able to take Kairi with him.

Sighing, the Keyblade Master leaned back in the captain's chair. This journey took a year out of his life and what did he have to show for it?

Besides him, Donald and Goofy were staring at him. The two citizens of Disney Palace took conference among themselves at another corner of the Gummiship.

“Hey-a, Donald” the Captain of the Royal Guard asked his friend, the Count Wizard. “What do you think is wrong with Sora?”

Donald balled his hands into fists and animatedly moved them as he talked. “Don't be a dummy! Don't you remember that his friend was trapped in Kingdom Hearts with the Heartless!” He quacked incessantly as Goofy did his best to remember. “Honestly, it was just two months ago.”

Goofy had a forlorn look on his face. “I know! It's just that we didn't finish what we set out to do.” Donald stopped ranting and looked at his friend. “We didn't bring the King back. Minnie is going to be sad.”

Donald didn't look at it that way and his eyes were cast downwards. “Yeah! But understand this, Goofy! Let's not remind Sora about what happened to his friends.”

The two returned to their seats to find that Sora was watching Chip and Dale, the two Chipmunk engineers, working on the electrical units.

Donald turned to his friend, the Keyblade Master. “Sora,” he began. The blue-eyed boy looked at his friend with a bored expression. It unnerved Donald. Since when had he looked at him with such dead eyes?

“Are we going to go to another place where they will sing my praises for defeating Ansem?” He asked. After receiving so much praise from all of the worlds that he visited, it was no surprise that he was tired of it.

Ironically, when he was back at Destiny Island, he would pretend to be a knight to rescue fair damsels. His partner, of course would be Riku. The two of them would cut their ways through `forests', `glens' and `mountains', slaying `dragons' and the `evil' knights that stood in their way, particularly Tidus, Vincent, Zidane, Locke, Bartz, Rikku, and Paine. Finally, they would make it to the fair damsel, Kairi, who would be guarded by a powerful `witch', who would be played by Lulu. Finally, with `evil' vanquished, the three of them would ride off into the sunset on stick horses.

He snorted lightly at the memory. This was not something he expected to be doing with his life. He shook his head. “What was it that you wanted, Donald?” he asked.

“We are going to have an audience with the Queen in a few hours, so please watch your manners.” The Count Wizard told him. Sora nodded and immediately lost himself in his thoughts.

There was an incoming message on the vidscreen. Chip scurried over to it and the screen beeped on. There was a feed of Cid Highwind on the screen. At that moment, Jiminy Cricket jumped on Sora's shoulder to see what the gruff man had to say at the moment.

“Sora, meet me in Disney Castle's Library. There is something of great importance that needs to be discussed.” With that, the screen went blank and Sora perked up. It wasn't often that Cid was this excitable. However, when he was, there was something seriously wrong.

“Chip, Dale,” said Sora while he was jumping out of his seat. “Set a course for Disney Castle and have us there faster than the original timeframe.”

“Aye-aye!” the chipmunks squeaked as they hit buttons and commands. The engine could be heard roaring to life. Sora was pushed back into his chair as the Gummiship moved at speeds comparable to when the trio went from world to world locking the worlds.

In no less than 10 minutes, the Gummiship landed on the grounds of Disney Town. The trio got out of the ship. They were greeted by a prim and proper English woman with an umbrella. She bowed low at the sight of Sora, Donald and Goofy. “My name is Mary Poppins. I shall escort Your Grace, Your Excellency, and the Keyblade Master to Disney Castle in order to have an audience with the Queen.”

Sora watched as Mary Poppins tapped the ground with the tip of her umbrella. The ground shook beneath him and they levitated on a thin slice of metal. This `vehicle' flew in the direction of Disney Castle. The Keyblade Master turned to Donald and Goofy.

“Who was she talking to when she said Your Grace and Your Excellency?” he asked.

Donald looked at him, oddly. “Don't you know?” Sora shook his head. The Count Wizard sighed, though it did sound like a washing machine on the fritz. “Your Grace refers to this lunkhead” he said, pointing to Goofy “because the King made him a Duke as well as the Captain of the Royal Guard.” Said captain looked at his friend.

“That wasn't very nice, Donald.” He commented. The Captain smiled as he looked towards the castle.

“And Your Excellency refers to me, a Count.” With the explanations finished, Donald and Goofy told Sora what was expected of him when dealing with the Queen.

The thin slice of metal landed at the front gate. Mary Poppins bowed low and took her leave. Sora, Goofy and Donald made their way into the castle.

The blue-eyed boy was dazzled by the sights of animate brooms and mops cleaning the castle without someone to utilize them. There were statues of the King in stone. Creatures of all kinds moved about the castle. Finally, the trio ran into a familiar dog.

“Pluto!” Goofy exclaimed as he rubbed the dog's head with his large hands. “A-hyuck, how have you been, boy?” Pluto barked his response. It was somewhat happy, yet expectant of someone. “Sorry boy, but the King isn't with us.” Pluto looked at Goofy with a sad expression; well, as sad as an expression a dog can give.

Pluto sulked away from the trio. Sora, Donald and Goofy found themselves in front of large, grandiose doors. These doors opened themselves and the trio walked inside the throne room. Inside was Queen Minnie sitting on one of the thrones and Countess Daisy standing by her side. There is an audience of many individuals standing in a row on either side of a red carpet.

Sora, Donald, and Goofy bowed low before the Queen of Disney Castle. “Rise!” Minnie commanded. The trio rose and stood upright. The Queen, followed by Countess Daisy, amble royally towards the three heroes. Queen Minnie bowed her head in front of the heroes. There was a gasp let out from the people inside the courtroom, then the people kneeled in front of the heroes. Countess Daisy also had her head bowed like her Queen and best friend.

“Please kneel, Sora!” she asked in a soft voice. Sora could not deny her so he kneeled in front of the Queen of Disney Castle. Minnie drew her hand forward and a sword materialized in her hand. “This is the Sword Excalibur, once wielded by the greatest of all knights.” She touched him on each shoulder with the sword. “With this sword, Disney Castle knights those worthy of the title, Hero. So, Sora of Destiny Islands, I dub thee, Sora, Hero of Light.”

There was a resounding cheer as Sora, awed by the reaction and the praised that he received by the Queen and her people, blushed. In a similar fashion, Donald and Goofy were also given similar titles. With its task completed, Excalibur disappeared and the trio stood up. “Unfortunately, there is a problem that needs to be taken care of,” Minnie told the Hero of Light. “Please follow me!”

Queen Minnie led the trio and Countess Daisy behind the thrones and into a room. Inside the room were some of the friends Sora made during his travels: Cid, Squall Leonheart also known as Leon, Yuffie Kisaragi the Ninja, Aerith Gainsborough, and Cloud Strife. They were about to bow as the Queen entered when she held up her hand. “Please do not worry about the formalities.” She asked and the group stopped in mid-bow.

Sora glanced at the room. This must serve as a war room. There are star maps and maps of the country. There is also a huge roundtable. He took his seat and the others did the same.

Queen Minnie nodded in Leon's direction and he took it as his cue to begin. “There is something going on in Destiny Island.” Leon told the group. At the mention of his home planet, Sora perked up. “There is a huge accumulation of Light and Dark energy on Destiny Island. Not only that, it is happening also on Agrabah, Wonderland, Hollow Bastion, Halloween Town, Neverland, and Traverse Town. We don't know what is happening there.”

Cid stood up next and Leon sat. “Plus those damn Heartless are back in force. We were pushed back by the overwhelming numbers. Hollow Bastion was overrun by the buggers. We barely escaped with our skins.”

Sora grimaced. So it is starting again. “Why do you need me?” he asked.

Aerith stood next and Cid sat down. “We intercepted a conversation with one of the people controlling the Heartless. He wore a dark leather jacket and a hood covered his face.” She pulled out a tape recorder and pressed place. The voice was distorted and garbled.

Have you found the Princess? (pause) Well, you better find her. We didn't bring the lot of you back for nothing. We need all seven Princesses to unseal the way into Kingdom Hearts. Also, be on the lookout for the Heroes of Light and Dark. They are necessary to opening the Final Door.

The tape ended at that. Sora looked pale. Heroes of Light and Dark! Do they mean Riku and me? “We believe that the Princesses refer to the Princesses that Maleficent captured a month ago and the Heroes of Light and Dark refer to Sora and Riku respectively.” Queen Minnie nodded in Aerith's direction and she sat down.

“What are you suggesting that we do?” Queen Minnie asked. Although she tried to mask it, it was evident that worry crept into her voice. Goofy stood up.

“Your Majesty, send us to Sora's home so that we can protect one of the Princesses.” There weren't many times that Goofy was this resolute bar two exceptions, when the King was involved or when his friends were involved. This was one of those times.

Leon looked at the Captain of the Royal Guard. “That's not a bad idea. Except we need to retrieve the Princess and bring her here. In fact, we need to protect all of the Princesses.”

Cloud, after allowing everyone to speak, stood up. A terrible silence fell over the people at the table. “Whoever is controlling the Heartless will believe that we will separate to retrieve more Princesses. In fact, that is what they are expecting. If we can rescue one of the Princesses, then they will fail because their plan can only succeed with all of the Princesses.”

Queen Minnie looked at Cloud. “And how do you know this?” she asked. “I was employed by Hades to kill Hercules. In his employment, a witch by the name of Maleficent came to him. They were in cahoots to kill Sora because he wielded the Keyblade. She mentioned that the Heartless can not harm the Princesses because of the nature of their hearts render them immune to their assaults. It would take a powerful source of Light and a more powerful Darkness, a rational Darkness, to nullify that immunity.”

Countess Daisy looked at the mercenary. “So what you are saying is that if we send warriors to retrieve the Princess there is a chance that we may fail to rescue them?”

“I'm not saying that it is not impossible but that is something that you should be aware of.” Cloud answered. “Maleficent and her gang were able to capture Aurora, Cinderella and Snow White by allowing Leon, Yuffie, and Aerith to have contact with them. The rest of the Princesses: Alice, Jasmine, and Belle had their immunity nullified when they came into contact with Sora.”

Queen Minnie had closed her eyes as if in deep thought. She opened them and looked at Sora. “Sora, what is your opinion on this?”

Sora did not expect to be called on. “I'm sorry, Your Majesty.” His blue eyes looked dejected. He just wanted to go home, or at least search for Riku. “I don't have a good enough opinion to share with the group.”

Queen Minnie looked at him skeptically. “No, I'm sorry!” she told him. The people at the table were shocked. “I know that you've been through a lot and all you want to do is be reunited with your friends.” Sora looked at her with awe. How did she know that?

“And I will not force you to do anything that you don't want to do. But I am asking you” she stood up from the chair and walked in Sora's direction. When she was standing by his side, she knelt next to him. “Nay, I am begging you. Please save all of the worlds once again.”

Sora looked around at the people he called his friends. Even though he was a bit tired from the flight and the adoration, there was no way that he would ever let anyone down. “I will do it.” He beamed a smile at everyone.

Queen Minnie bowed her head. “Thank you, Sora!” With that, she took her seat. When she did, two puffs of smoke appeared. “You called for us, Your Majesty?” the smokes said.

On the Queen's left side was the wizard Merlin and on her right was the Fairy Godmother. “Yes! Please let me explain first.” All eyes were on the Queen.

“I received a message from the King a few minutes before Cid and his crew came to me about the growing influx of Light and Darkness.” Donald and Goofy shot up with the news. “Your Majesty received a message from the King.” They shouted in unison.

Minnie held up a hand to calm them. “Yes!” Both the Count Wizard and the Captain of the Royal Guard sat down. “The King told me that he and another individual need a way to escape Kingdom Hearts.”

Sora looked at the Queen. “There is a way that we can save both Kairi and rescue the King. There is a door on Destiny Islands that opens to Kingdom Hearts. Send King Mickey there.” Minnie smiled. “That's a great idea.” She turned to Merlin and the Fairy Godmother.

“Please send a message to the King. Tell him to find a way towards Destiny Islands.”

Merlin and the Fairy Godmother went to work on reaching the King.

Sora looked at the Queen curiously. “Your Majesty, did the King say with whom he was traveling?” With that question, Minnie smiled. “He said that it was a boy named Riku.”

To say that Sora was shocked would be an understatement. His jaw dropped so fast, you would have thought there were weights in his mouth. But that was replaced with a huge smile. Minnie continued with her speech, relieved that the news made Sora smile.

“Anyways, Sora, you are going to have to open the door with your Keyblade. That will allow the two of them to safely cross into the Present World.” The Keyblade Master nodded.

Cid stood up and shouted. “Well, what are we waiting for? Follow me to my new and improved airship.” Cid led the charge with everyone else following behind him. Queen Minnie and Countess Daisy stayed behind.

“Are our peaceful days about to end, Daisy?” The Queen's eyes were downcast. “We have to believe in them, Minnie.” Her friend responded.

The gruff engineer known as Cid led them outside to a magnificent airship.

He stopped in mid-step and Sora looked to see what was going on. “Why did you stop….” The question died on his lips as everyone gasped at the person standing in their way.

With her long flowing cape and her staff, Maleficent grinned darkly at the Keyblade Master. “Long time no see, Keyblade Master.” She spat. “And there are the king's lackeys.” She said to Donald and Goofy. Finally she looked at Cid and his group. “And finally, the homeless people.” She cackled loudly.

Leon growled. It was because of her and Ansem that the four of them were homeless. He fingered the Gunblade at his waist. He did not notice Cloud next to him, brandishing his huge sword against the witch. She only laughed harder.

“Do you really think that you can me, me the mistress of all evil? No longer am I Maleficent, but Maleficent Nata.” Raising her staff into the air, meteors from heaven came hurtling towards Disney Castle. Fortunately, they were shot into smithereens by the airship, which was done through a controller. That controller was in the hands of Cid. With a huge grin, Cid held the controller in the air.

“Sorry, witch. But this baby is the key to my latest invention, the Ragnarok.”

Yuffie, seeing an opening, jumped in the air and dropped a flash charge. A bright light blinded Maleficent and Sora and company escaped on the Ragnarok.

After recovering from the charge, Maleficent scowled at the airship that dared to defy her. “Do you really believe that you will get away?” Before she could do something, Merlin and the Fairy Godmother appeared in her line of sight. Now Maleficent was smart. Yes, with her newfound powers, she could defeat the two goody-goods. However, she knew they would only serve as a diversion and the Keyblade Master would get away. Plus, they were powerful enough to wound her critically and after failing once, she would not allow for anymore missteps.

“I'll allow them to escape. They will fulfill the purpose that is assigned to them.” With that, Maleficent disappear.

The mighty dreadnaught Ragnarok was in the air and Sora was amazed at the flying machine. Yuffie was bounding up and down, following the blue-eyed boy and asking if he liked it. Leon and Cloud walked ahead of Yuffie, a little annoyed at the bundle of energy. Aerith walked behind the two, calm and smiling. Donald and Goofy walked behind the Keyblade Master. Cid had already taken the helm and started to pilot the ship to Destiny Island.

“Just think,” Yuffie went on, a huge grin plastered on her face. “You'll get to see your little girlfriend, Kairi.” Sora blushed. “Hey, I like Riku, too.” The blue-eyed boy shot back. He didn't realize what he said until he saw the smile vanish from the cheerful ninja's face. With that, he ran away from her, from everybody to another part of the ship.

Yuffie was about to go after him when a strong hand stopped her. It was the shaggy-haired Leon, grabbing her hand. “Let him go!” he said softly. There was power in the way that he spoke. “He needs to be alone for a while.” He may have been only talking to Yuffie, but everyone knew that Sora wanted to be alone in his thoughts.

Sora ran to a cabin room and shut the door. How could I have blurted that out like that, he wondered.

It was his best kept secret that Sora liked both Riku and Kairi. Call him bisexual, but Sora didn't think of it that way. Sora was a very loving person and the only ones that made him feel special in the way that people make their lovers feel special were Kairi and Riku.

It wasn't until a week before the catastrophe when he learned of his true feelings. The three of them were lounging on the beach, staring at the night sky. Kairi was on his right side and Riku was on his left. It was the night that they had decided that the three of them would leave the island in search of the place where Kairi came from.

Unfortunately for the three friends, the cold tide came in and drenched them. Now their clothes were soaked and the ocean breeze, which would have been comfortable before the soaking, started to chill them. They didn't have the foresight to bring clothes and none of them wanted to leave the island, just to get clothes. So Riku, strangely enough, told them that in order to stay warm, the three of them needed to strip to their underclothes and huddle together to stay warm. He said that it would be good practice for when the three of them were out at sea and needed to stay warm.

Sora and Kairi blushed, although Kairi blushed more because, at least in Sora's mind, she would be near-naked in front of two boys. Sora, being body shy because he didn't have the physique like Riku or Tidus, was reluctant about getting to a state of near nakedness. But Riku had promised the two of them that they weren't going to have sex and that it was just to keep warm. And then he did it. He took of his shirt and pants, leaving him with just his boxers. Sora could only stare in awe at his wonderful physique: washboard abs, muscled biceps, and lean legs. However, Sora's attention was directed towards the silver-haired teen's green boxers, hoping to see what could lie under that. He looked at Kairi and she had the same look that he had.

Kairi had taken off her clothes next and stripped to her bra and panties. Once again, Sora was in awe of his friend's physique: lean legs, ample waist, smooth tummy, but it was her breasts that caught Sora's attention. Supple and just the right size for her body, they were a beacon for men's eyes. Fumbling with his shirt and pants, the blue-eyed boy finally undressed to his black boxers. Even with his gaze down, he could feel eyes on him. Strangely enough, he didn't feel uncomfortable.

With that, Riku motioned the other two to the blanket that they had planned to sleep on. They lied down, but the wind picked up and the three of them shivered. Riku suggested that the three of them share body warmth by staying very close. Sora looked at Riku strangely. Since when did he have such ideas?

The three had became a mass of limbs and created a Sora sandwich. After the initial awkwardness, Sora felt so comfortable. That is when he realized that he loved the two of them.

Coming back from his reminiscing, Sora opened his eyes and they quickly adjusted to the darkness. Being such a kind person, he didn't like to hurt anyone. But such a decision would hurt someone and would ultimately hurt him in the end. Sora would have rather not have these feelings in the first place but he did.

There was a knock at the door. Sora opened it and Donald and Goofy looked at the blue-eyed boy.

“Aa, Sora, we are entering Destiny Island airspace!” Goofy told him. Sora faked a smile and went to the bridge. Right now, saving Riku and Kairi was the first thing on his mind. He would protect the ones he loved.

Here is the second chapter. Now some of the plot is forming. The next chapter will deal with Riku and his feelings. So stay tuned.