Kingdom Hearts Fan Fiction ❯ Dearly Beloved ❯ Jiminy's Notes and Omake Part 1 ( Chapter 7 )

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Jiminy Cricket’s Journal: Part I

Main Characters

Sora:

Sora is a 15 year old boy with chestnut hair that spikes in many different directions. He has a smile that could banish clouds away. He also has a strong sense of justice and can’t stand to see people in trouble. He will do everything in his power to stop evil in its tracks. Sora grew up with his friends, Riku and Kairi, on Destiny Islands, where they share a bond of friendship. He is known as the Hero of Light.

Sora has been searching for Riku, who was lost in the World of Darkness in Kingdom Hearts. His journey took him to worlds where he has been declared a hero and a savior. However, he doesn’t care for such titles and would rather be back home with Riku and Kairi. This is interrupted when Queen Minnie of Disney Castle charged him with a question to go back to Destiny Island and protect the Princess of Heart and bring the King of Disney Castle and the Hero of Dark back from the clutches of Kingdom Hearts.
Sora is able to do so, but their reunion is cut short because of Juusan Kikan members’: Larxene, Luxord, and Xaldin. The three warriors fight but unable to overcome them. Sora is critically injured but is healed by the Knight Errant who tells him about Juusan Kikan’s plan concerning Kingdom Heart. Sora now stays on Destiny Island to wait for something to empower him.

Sora’s feelings towards Riku and Kairi lean more towards a deep friendship rather than love. However, recent events have been making him explore the possibility of them as lovers.

Riku:

Riku is a 16 year old boy with platinum hair that is smooth to the touch. Cool and collected, Riku is the most mature of the group. As such, Sora and Kairi look to him for things to do. When the Heartless attacked Destiny Islands, Riku embraced the darkness as a way of escape from his bigoted father, enticed by Ansem. However, his battle with Sora at Hollow Bastion left him remorseful of what he did. To make up for this, Riku helped Sora close the door to Kingdom Hearts from the inside, trapping him and Mickey.

Riku and King Mickey wandered around the World of Darkness without a clue as how to escape. During this wandering, Riku reflects on all of the things that made him choose the path that he did. He becomes remorseful and regrets ever allowing the Heartless to attack the Island.Riku, during his wanderings, found a Keyblade called Way to the Dawn. It was meant for the Hero of Dark. That is Riku. By taking his Keyblade, a rift in time and space was opened, allowing King Mickey to talk to Merlin and the Fairy Godmother. He told them of how they could get out, through Destiny Island. The King told them to tell Sora and they do so. With Sora’s help, they are able to escape the World of Darkness. Unfortunately, Juusan Kikan revealed themselves, cutting short the reunion. They made quick work of Riku. But, because of the intervention of the Knight Errant, Riku survived. Now, he wants on Destiny Island for something to empower him.

Riku loves both Sora and Kairi. His task before the darkness came to Destiny Island was to get both of them to love him back. Soon, he will make his feelings known. Perhaps they will reciprocate.

Kairi:

Kairi is a 15 year old girl with red hair that she is growing. Ever the optimist, she is the one to go to whenever Sora or Riku was feeling down. She is not a native to the Island, having arrived here from Hollow Bastion. No one knows how she got here, not even Kairi herself. One day, she was just found on the shore and taken in by the mayor of Destiny Island. She joined Sora and Riku in their play and the three became fast friends. This continued until she was 14, which is when the Heartless attacked the Island.

Through a strange set of coincidences, Kairi lost her heart and it was given to Sora for safekeeping. Her body, however, was found on the Lost Boy’s Island in Neverland. It was recovered by Riku and Captain Hook. Riku, under the thrall of Ansem, taunted Sora with Kairi’s body and took her with him to Hollow Bastion. After Sora had defeated Riku the first time, Ansem took control of Riku and waited for Sora to come to him. It was then that Sora learned of the location of Kairi’s heart. With Ansem’s control over Riku severed on upon his defeat by Sora, the Hero of Light stabbed himself with Ansem’s Keyblade, releasing the heart that was inside of him.
Kairi awoke and was lead out of Hollow Bastion by Donald and Goofy. Although Ansem tried to follow, Riku stopped him, allowing the three of them to escape. A short while later, a Heartless followed after them. Kairi was the first to realize that this was Sora and somehow transformed him back. After reaching Traverse Town, Kairi gave Sora her lucky charm and told him to return it when he came back. The last time that she saw either Sora or Riku was when they were closing the door to Kingdom Hearts. Sora and Kairi were separated and she stayed on Destiny Island ever since.

Kairi was devastated when neither of the boys came back but was more devastated when no one on the Island remembered either of the boys. She started to sink into depression. It continued until she was contacted by the Princesses of Heart. Being one herself, she was able to hear their wishes loud and clear. She was told that there was something coming to threaten her life. The only ones that could stop that were the Heroes of Light and Dark. Kairi is suppose to bring them to Island at the light of the full moon so that the Princesses of Heart can talk to them. During the attack from Juusan Kikan, she realized that she is just a burden on Sora and Riku, a princess whose only role is to be protected. Perhaps she will change that.

Kairi is unable to choose between Sora and Riku. She had problems explaining to Selphie which one of them held first in her heart and, as such, is at a crossroad when trying to explain the feelings in her heart. She feels she has to make a choice but perhaps she doesn’t have to.

Mickey: The King of Disney Castle, Mickey is one of the wielders of the Keyblade. His mission is to stop the influx of evil spreading through the universe via the Heartless. His journey has taken him to see Ansem and warn him about experimenting with the Heartless. He has also learned that there is something off about the Ansem that took over Riku and that he wasn’t the same Ansem that he meant with many years ago. So, to stop the influx of Heartless, he journeyed to the World of Darkness and into Kingdom Hearts itself. With Sora’s help, he was able to shut the door on his end.
After a year of wandering, he and Riku, his traveling companion in the World of Darkness, they had found a means of escape. It was through the door on Destiny Island. With Sora’s help, they were free from the World of Darkness, only to be ambushed by Juusan Kikan. They were defeated but through the intervention of the Knight Errant, Mickey and the others were saved. What is to happen to the King of Disney Castle now?

Knight Errant:

Little is known about this person but his strength is undeniable. He easily defeated Juusan Kikan and forced the three members to retreat. He also holds a Keyblade but as to what powers does it hold remains unseen. The Knight Errant says that he is trying to correct a mistake that he made but as to what that is, no one but he knows. As a parting gift, he gave Sora and Riku clothes that will help them break the limits of the human body. What that is remains to be seen.

Minor Characters

Donald and Goofy

Donald and Goofy are retainers to the King of Disney Castle. They are given a charge. Find the one with the ‘key’ and protect him. They found Sora and have been traveling with him to seal all of the worlds. By doing so, they stop the Heartless from taking the world’s heart. They are loyal to both the King and Sora and will protect them to the best of their abilities. Donald, in battle, wields a staff and powerful magic is his to command. Goofy, on the flipside, wields a shield that defends against all. They are surely a dynamic duo not to be taken lightly in battle.

Cid Highwind and his group

The creator of the dreadnaught Ragnarok, Cid is the man to go to whenever there is anything that can be solved mechanically. He and his crew hail from Hollow Bastion but were forced to abandon it because of Maleficent and her Heartless army. But now that she is gone perhaps they can return home. Leon, who has abandoned his true name of Squall Leonheart, is the de facto leader of the group. He wields the one of a kind Gunblade, a strange weapon that takes many years to master and only few have in the course of hundreds of generations. With him are Yuffie Kisaragi, a stealthy ninja who always has interesting pieces of information from her stalking in the shadows, Aerith Gainesborough, a serene woman who always has words of encouragement, and Cloud Strife, a mercenary who is looking for something and doesn’t care how he goes about obtaining it.

Princesses of Heart

They are seven of the purest hearts in the entire universe. They are Aurora, Cinderella, Snow White, Alice, Jasmine, Belle, and Kairi. Their power together is enough to open the door to Kingdom Hearts. Before, Maleficent had captured all of the Princesses of Heart and opened the door to Kingdom Hearts but Sora, along with Riku and King Mickey, closed the door and stopped the Heartless from overrunning all of the worlds. Because there was no need for them, the Princesses returned to their homes. But there is an influx of evil coming and the Princesses seem to be targets again. Sora and crew will have to most likely rescue them again.

Juusan Kikan

As the name suggest, they are an organization of thirteen individuals. According to the Knight Errant,
“They have no hearts and, as such, cannot feel emotions. They can exaggerate anger, fear, and love but they cannot truly feel it. Because of this, they hate those who are not like them. They hate those with hearts and so, they plan to make their way into Kingdom Hearts to retrieve the hearts they once lost.” He also says that they have control over the elements. Sora, Riku, Mickey and Kairi encountered three of them: Number III Xaldin, Number X Luxord, and Number XII Larxene. Currently, they are stronger than us. Not only that, they seem to have control of the Heartless and Nobodies. The Knight Errant says that they cannot be allowed to have their hearts but as to why that is, he hasn’t said.

Places of Interest

Destiny Island

This is where the journey started. Sora, Riku and Kairi lived here until the Heartless took over and snuffed out this star. When Sora closed the door to Kingdom Hearts, all of the stars were returned to normal. Destiny Island is also the place where Kairi had been for a year, waiting for the return of Sora and Riku. The main point of interest is the Children’s Island, named that because that is where the children play. On the Island, there is a mysterious door that seems to be connected to Kingdom Hearts.

Disney Castle

This is our base of operations. Queen Minnie rules in the stead of the King with her advisor Daisy. Maleficent attacked recently but thankfully, no one was hurt.

Items of Interest

Keyblades

The Keyblade is an amazing weapon. Not only can it attack foes with considerable strength, but under the right conditions, it can do incredible things. Sora has used this to lock the world’s heart and summon magic. The Knight Errant has used his to summon a creature known as Leviathan. But, because there is no manual or someone who knows how to use it to its fullest potential yet, the rest of its abilities remain to be seen. However, it is known that by attaching Keychains to it allows the weapon to take on different shapes. If these different shapes manifest certain abilities is yet to be determined.

Kidou

Kidou is something strange as only the Knight Errant can manifest it. It seems similar to magic but that is yet to be determined.

Shakkahou (translates into Red Fireball Crash)

A red fireball that the Knight Errant direct at his opponents. Summoned by this chant.

Dominator, Mask of blood and flesh, all living beings fluttering, that which bears the name Human, Inferno and pandemonium. The sea barrier surges, March on to the south!

Summons

Summons are creatures that aid the Summoner. They are different and each one manifest a different ability. Sora has summoned a few in his journey to seal Kingdom Hearts. Now that the Knight Errant has shown up, it seems that this is not a unique ability.

Leviathan

A creature of the deep. Leviathan can only be summoned where there is open sea. Although his range of battle is limited, his special ability, Tsunami, can wash all enemies to the sea where they will be at a disadvantage.

And now, Spark of Life presents OMAKE.

Laundry

Roxas is not allowed to do laundry. EVER!

Because thirteen people living in the same habitation eventually need to clean, the chores are usually divided up evenly, with, of course, The Superior getting none of them. Genius has to be free of distraction. Plus who was going to make him do it?

So back to why Roxas is not allowed to do the laundry. Well, as you know, leather is something you can’t wash normally, even if you get it dirty. Roxas did not know that. So when XIII spilled red wine on his jacket, he knew that it had to be cleaned right away. Unfortunately for him, he did not know that leather, when it is dried in a dryer shrinks. So it was a surprise for him when the jacket was very tight on him.If you think it was a surprise for Roxas, imagine Axel, seeing him in that tight jacket. His mouth watered at the form-fitting trench coat, showing off all of the beauty that was the sculpture called Roxas. Upon seeing him, the redhead pounced Roxas.

It was a good day for both of them. Although he had to get a new trench coat for missions and stuff, whenever he wore the shrunken one, it was a sign. It meant that he wanted his lover to ravish him. But it still stands; Roxas is not allowed to do laundry.

Cards

Put a poker table with Cid’s crew. I wonder if you can guess is the biggest cheater.

I can tell you who it is not. It is not Yuffie. For all of her quick hands, she doesn’t know how to cheat. Allow me to rephrase that. She doesn’t know how to cheat in her favor. Perhaps after playing a couple of games, you would think that she would catch on, but she doesn’t.

It isn’t either Cloud or Leon. Neither care about the results to cheat. Also, they are honest about the game. Money comes and money goes. But if either were hurting for money, they could easily find work.

It isn’t Cid. But he is the biggest complainer and the biggest gambler. He is the one that puts the most in the pot and comes out with the least.No! The biggest cheater is Aerith, sweet unassuming Aerith. Do you want to know how she does it? Before any game, she always picks the spot where she is going to sit. It is always the same spot. This is important. She is always the first one to shuffle. When she shuffles for the first time, she gives off energy which she transfers to the cards. For every card it is a different energy or a different amount of energy. It is never enough power that no one can tell when she’s cheating but enough that Aerith knows what cards are which. Now, when she can tell when someone has a good hand, she hits a compartment in the spot where she always sits. Inside of there are good hands. Making sure that no one sees her, she quickly switches her bad cards with the good hands. Sometimes she has to instigate an argument, but no one has yet caught on. She also knows when to let someone win so that she can bankrupt them later on. Her favorite patsy is Cid, who always bets big and always loses to Aerith, even though he thinks he has the best hand. Aerith always wins these poker games.

To date, she has won 30,000 munni. What she will spend it on, she hasn’t decided. But soon, she will live like a queen on the money she cheats her friends out of. What they don’t know will not hurt them.

Aerith smiles on the deck of the Ragnarok. Cid wants to play poker. “I’ll play.” Aerith smiles sweetly.

“You better, Aerith. My luck is going to turn around.” Cid always says. “I will be the one to win today.” He gives her the cards. “Shuffles the cards, sweetheart.”

“Here we go again.” She thinks to herself. Now that she thinks about it, there was a very cute dress in Disney Castle that she had her eye on. Perhaps she can afford using the winnings from this game.

Roughin’ It

Being the only three on Destiny Island, it was essential that they bring all of the food in the entire star to one place. That place was in the shack on the Children’s Island. However, there was only one fridge. So, how do you think that they got all of the food to the island? Well, for one thing, they needed multiple refrigerators. But how do get multiple refrigerators to one island?

Although they were sad that there were no adults, Sora, Riku, and Kairi learned that Destiny Island was their oyster. They could do things that normally wouldn’t be able to do: drive a speedboat, operate a forklift, and break into people’s houses. This was all in the name of collecting all of the food into one place before it spoils but why spoil a good thing?
They divided the responsibilities evenly. Sora was to take all of the food he can carry into iceboxes and put them on his speedboat. Kairi was to take all of the clothes, power strips for the refrigerators, medicals supplies, and other essentials that she could carry onto her speedboat. Riku was in charge of taking refrigerators, two at a time, onto his speedboat. Their target was the Children’s Island.

All in all, they amassed six refrigerators, not counting the one that they already had in the shack, two tons of food, 100 pairs of clothes, three boxes of medical supplies, a couple of boxes of toiletries, books and other entertainment items, and anything else that they could think of. Riku also brought over some lumber, nails and tools so that he could build another shack since the first one was being occupied by the fridges. The three of them worked until dark and by that time, they had halfway finished the task.

Since it was a cool night and the new shack was not finished, the three of them decided that it would be a good idea to sleep outside like they did before that awful day.

The stars were beautiful tonight. As the three relaxed under beauty of nature, they could not help but think of what has happened over the past year.

Kairi sighed, causing the boys to look at her. “I remember our idea to leave this island.” She began to reminiscence. “Is this how we had planned to lead our lives? Alone in a place that not one of us knew where we were. Did we really think this out?”

Riku grabbed Kairi’s hand, making her blush. “It’s better not to think of the past. What’s done is done.”

Sora grabbed Kairi’s other hand. The blush intensified to a point where she was sure that it was permanent. “Besides, we are together and isn’t that the most important part?” he asked.

The redhead nodded in agreement. They were right.

Through their hands clasped in hers, she could feel the warmth of each boy. It made her smile. This is all she ever wanted.

Another thought came to her mind. “How long do you think the electricity will last?” Neither boy had a sufficient answer for that, so it was just best to see how things would turn out to be. Today was over with and nothing can be done to change it. Tomorrow would be a new day. They had to finish that shed. With each boy’s hand in hers, Kairi let eyes close and found sleep. Her knights, Sora and Riku, the Heroes of Light and Dark, would protect her.

A figure watched from a power plant. An image of the three sleeping flickered away. The person was wearing a leather trench coat in the style of Juusan Kikan. A silver Keyblade was in the person hand.

“Sleep well, you three.” The Knight Errant told the fading image. “You will soon see your connection to each other.”

He looked to one of two beds that he brought. On one of them was a girl with blonde hair and a white dress. The girl was fast asleep. “Namine, you will soon go home.” He told the sleeping figure

And that’s the notes and Omake. I hope that you enjoyed my little side stories. I will return you to your regularly schedule fic in the next chapter. It’s going to be an important one that will deal with the feelings of our threesome. So make sure that you are there for it.