Kingdom Hearts Fan Fiction ❯ Dearly Beloved ❯ Friends in My Heart ( Chapter 5 )

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Chapter 5: Friends in My Heart

Kairi woke from her sleep a few minutes before her alarm was going to ring. Her heart was beating strongly. Something was going to happen today. She could feel it.

Today is a Saturday. School is out and the children are free. On every Saturday, Tidus, Wakka, Selphie, and Kairi would head out to the island where the children would play. Their group had grown larger since the disappearance of Sora and Riku. It now included some of their high school friends: Yuna, Rikku, Paine, Lulu, Seifer, Fuujin, and Raidin. They would play some games, fight with each other, and just have fun like normal teenagers would. Normally Kairi would just sit on the weird-shaped tree, contemplating whether or not Sora and Riku would come back.

But today, the redhead felt a burst of energy. In her heart, she knew that today was going to be the day when Sora and Riku would return. A genuine smile reached her face. Today was going to be a good day.

The dreadnaught Ragnarok wasn’t as fast as the Gummiship, but it could withstand the Heartless’s ships quite easily.

Sora, Donald, and Goofy went to the bridge where Cid and the others were preparing to enter Destiny Islands’ airspace.

“I have to cloak the ship.” Cid told them. “It would be troublesome to be spotted in the sky and then having to answer questions as to why we are in a ship.”

Sora nodded dumbly at the explanation of the ship’s captain. It wasn’t as if he was asking that particular question. Nor did he really care whether or not the cloaking device was on. He just wanted on the island. He wanted to see Kairi and Riku.

The dreadnaught landed in the water near the main island. The thrusters lightly disturbed the water. Sora was home.

Riku and King Mickey made their way to Nexus Connectus, a place within Kingdom Hearts that connects all worlds to each other. This would be the place where the two would be able to leave this place and return to the world of light.

“Which path leads to Destiny Islands?” Mickey mulled. There were so many paths. If they chose the wrong one, then, when Sora opened the door, they wouldn’t be able to escape this place.

Riku closed his eyes. For some reason, he felt his heart go hot. His heart beat erratically. It was as if his heart was resonating with something. “Sora, Kairi, where are you guys?”

His Keyblade came to his hand almost immediately. It pointed to a path northwest of their direction. “Thank you.”
With that, Riku and Mickey ran in that direction, to the place where his secret loves were waiting for him.

Larxene, Xaldin, and Luxord arrived on Destiny Islands through one of the gates of darkness. Zexion was already waiting for them, having left after the meeting. In the savage nymph’s hands was a box which she was to put at the entrance of Kingdom Hearts. The main island wasn’t where their objective was. However, teleporting to that island would cause attention to the Princess of Heart, Kairi. Therefore, they would have to find another way onto the island. The search for another passage led them to Zeke’s Boats, a boat rental shop.

“We want a boat.” Xaldin spoke. It would be better for him to speak. Who knows what Larxene was tempted to do in this kind of situation!

“That’ll be 300 munny per hour to rent.” Zeke, an old man with a hunchback, told them. “I also need a 100 munny deposit.”

Xaldin smirked a bit. “I don’t believe you heard me. I said we want a boat. I never said that we wanted to rent a boat.”

“Are you daft?” the old man responded. “Do you really think that I am going to just let you have a boat?”

“Either you rent us a boat or all of your other boats sink to the bottom of the ocean.” The whirlwind lancer told them. Raising his hands, Xaldin summoned a wind storm on one of the boats. A mini-tornado swirled around the boat, destroying it in an instance.
The old man’s face paled. Xaldin’s smirk widened. “Now you can lose one boat or all of your boats. It’s your decision.”

Within mere moments, the three Organization members were on a boat, sailing to the island where the children played.

Sora was in the town’s square with Donald, Goofy, Cid, Yuffie, Leon, Aerith and Cloud in tow. It was an almost familiar feeling. However, he couldn’t help but feel that his presence was alien. But why was that? This was where he grew up. Was it because he had been away for such a long time?

In any case, the group decided that it would be better to head to the Children’s Island first and recover the Princess of Heart before the bad guys do.

Kairi made it on the island at 10 in the morning. She wore a happy smile on her face. Although she hadn’t resolved the issue of which boy she liked more, it wasn’t important. She had a feeling that she would see both of them today. Seeing her friend Selphie, she waved to the brunette and ran in her direction.

“So what has you in a good mood today?” Selphie asked.

“I feel that I will finally find what I lost a year ago” was the redhead’s response.

“Really? What’s that?” Kairi’s energetic friend was curious. What could have Kairi meant by that statement? “I am glad that you are happy but, can you please inform me as to what do you mean by that statement? I don’t think I follow.”

“You will see.” She winked. “You will all see and then I will be proven right all along.”

Selphie started to see where this was going. She was talking about the two people that she made up, Sora and Riku. The brunette thought that she was going mad. How could people in someone’s imagination just pop out from nothing. However, Kairi was smiling. And if it meant that Kairi would smile, she would believe in the imagination.

Riku and King Mickey finally made it to the door at the end of the road. This door would lead them onto Destiny Island where Sora and Kairi awaited them. Just the thought of them waiting for him with open arms warmed his heart. But he traded them all for darkness. Would they accept him with open arms or openly hate him?Not being one to mull on things longer than need be, Riku prepared the ritual to open the door from his side.

Within the hour, the Keyblade Master had reached the island alone.

“Guys, let me do this on my own.” Sora told them. “Please stay here.”

“But, ah, Sora” Goofy stuttered. “You numbskull!” Donald chastised “Sora needs to do this on his own.”

The Captain of the Royal Guard looked at his friend Sora with forlorn eyes. His nod almost imperceptive, Goofy watched as the brunet took one of the canoes and paddled his way to the island.

It was 11 when he arrived. He could hear children’s laughter on the other side. Sora would go to them later. Right now, he was on a mission. His mission was to open the door and save Riku.

He entered that cave where the mysterious door resided. As a kid, he always wanted to know what was on the other side of the door. After many explorations of the door, he and Riku were no where close to figuring out the secrets on the other side. Force wouldn’t work on the door, nor would any keys. It didn’t make any sense. Of course, when they told their parents about it, none of them believed that there was a door, believing that it was just in their imagination.

Who would have known that the key to opening that door is now in his hand!

Approaching the door with all confidence, he summoned the Keyblade to his hands, appearing in the form of the Kingdom Key. Sora was not fighting any enemies at the moment, so there was no use for any key chains.

Raising his Keyblade high, he closed his eyes and wished with all of his might that the door would open.

Kairi felt her heart beat hard. There was an influx of power on the island. It could be coming from one place. Without preamble, she ran to the other side of the island where the mysterious door existed.

Riku saw the outer edges of the door shine with a bright light. Having lived in darkness for so long, he had to cover his sea-green eyes to protect them from the blinding light. The Hero of Dark lifted his Keyblade high and proceeded to wish as Sora was.

Xaldin, Luxord and Larxene felt the influx and smiled. All was going according to plan. Luxord tapped on his jacket and he could hear static. “Zexion, is the girl ready?” he asked.

Zexion, from his perch on one of the adjoining islands looked at the girl in the white dress, Namine. “She’s is ready. Are you there?”

“We will be on the island in five minutes.” The gambler commanded. “Begin to overflow the memories.”

Zexion looked at the girl. She looked back with dead eyes. “You want me to flood everyone’s memories of Sora and Riku.” She told him. It wasn’t as if she was asking a question. She knew that was her purpose in the Organization all along. She was a tool for them to seek ultimate power.

Namine began to draw. Her drawings of Sora and Riku were simple at first, beginning from the night of the catastrophe and working backwards. Within minutes, the memories of Sora and Riku were finished. Though the drawings were crude, they served the purpose. She waved a hand over her drawings. Now that she began the process, it couldn’t be stopped. It could only increase with speed, which is the reason that she repeatedly waved her hands over the drawings.

“Excellent. All is going to plan.” Zexion chuckled darkly.

Just then, he felt a ripple in darkness. Turning around, he saw a figure in a trench coat just like his own. The hood was drawn so the identity was hidden. In this mysterious person’s hand was a Keyblade.

“Roxas, is that you?” the schemer asked.

Without warning, Number VI was struck with the blunt side of the Keyblade, knocking him out instantly. This figure walked calmly towards Namine.To say that she was surprised would be an understatement. She didn’t realize what was going on. She believed that it was her good friend Roxas.

“Roxas, what are you doing here?” Before she could ask anything else, she found herself face-to-face with the Keyblade. It was turned slowly, as someone would a regular key. In that moment, Namine fainted.

The hooded person looked out of a window. From it, he could see the Children’s Island.

Leon and the gang that was left behind could feel the influx of power growing stronger. Now there was also something else happening. It was as if their hearts were constricted. Their memories of Sora and Riku were flooding into their minds so quickly that it was hurting them.

Sora was in trouble, they all thought. Taking a boat, they rowed to the island.

There was a faint click that could be heard from the door. It was open. Riku was finally free. All he had to do was walk through the door. Smiling at the king, they both boldly walked through the door, covering their eyes till they adjusted to the light.

Kairi entered the cave, feeling a gust of wind from the entrance. She could see one of the boys that she wanted to see for such a very long time. His spiky brown hair put a smile on her face. Sora was back.

The redhead saw the door open. The first thing that she saw was silver hair. Riku was back. Sora and Riku was back.

“Sora, Riku!” She called out to the boys. Kairi ran to be near them, to feel their presence.

Sora turned around to see Kairi and turned around to see Riku. He did it. They were back.

Riku looked at the loves of his life with their smiling faces. He couldn’t help but smile. He was home. Wherever Sora and Kairi were was home.

The three friends were reunited and it felt so good. All were oblivious to the tiny king of Disney Castle. However, Mickey didn’t mind being ignored. After all, it was their moment.

“I knew you guys were coming back. I just knew it.” Kairi started to tear up.

Riku smirked. “Did you really believe that something so insignificant as Ansem was going to stop me from coming back?”

“I knew that I would be reunited with you guys.” Sora smiled with all of his heart.

Laughter could be heard from the end of the cave. “Isn’t this cute? Three friends reunited after so long. It makes my nonexistent heart warm.”

The foursome turned around and saw three figures in black trench coats at the entrance of the cave. Removing the hood revealed themselves a man with blond hair and a goatee, a woman with blond hair and an animalistic look on her face, and a man with long black hair and an air of authority. In the woman’s hand was a box.

The woman spoke. “I would like you to get yourself out of the way. We need to get into Kingdom Hearts.”

Sora, immediately sensing danger, drew his Keyblade and got into a fighting stance. Riku and the King were not far behind. “Who are you?” Sora demanded.

“Ah,” the woman chuckled. It looks as if she was going to fight. “I’m sorry. Where are my manners? My name is Number XII, Larxene. You won’t have to remember this. Pretty soon, you won’t remember anything.”

“Number III, Xaldin.”

“Number X, Luxord. We represent Juusan Kikan, an Organization that wants to get into Kingdom Hearts. Resist us and be destroyed.”

Sora, Riku, and Mickey had no idea who they were, but they were not going to use Kingdom Hearts for their own purposes. So they charged at the enemies.

And that’s where we will leave it off. What’s in the box? Who was that mysterious person? All these questions will be answered and more. Join me next time for the battle between Juusan Kikan and the good guys. This is Sparky, signing off.