Kingdom Hearts Fan Fiction ❯ The Next World ❯ one hell of a first day ( Chapter 1 )

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

Disclaimer: I don't own Kingdom Hearts but I do own the world of Shyra and any ocs that appear in it.


Author's note: Hey everyone it's me Koji. Some of the names I'm going to be using are Japanese and some of them are just names I've created inside my own mind. Since the ones that will come from my own mind have probably never been spoken by anyone I'll let you know how to pronouce them as you're telling your friends about this awesome fanfic. I'll also include the pronunciations for the Japanese names too just in case not everyone is able to pronounce them.

Shyra (Shy-rah)
Kage (Kagay)
Tenchi (Tenchee)
Zoul (Zool)




I woke up to the feeling of being shaken. I looked to see Riku standing over me with a worried expression on his face. I quickly became alert. What's going on Riku?" I asked him.


"I went in the secret place for old times sake and I saw what looked like a portal to a forest in there. I think we should check it out." He said.


I jumped out of bed and said "Right let's go." Riku looked at me and laughed.


"What's so funny? I don't think a new world opening up is something to laugh about." I said in frustration.


"The fact that you think you can save it in your boxers is kind of funny. You should really get dressed." Riku said, laughing harder.


"Damn it. I forgot about that." I said as I went to my closet. I got dressed in my usual outfit (The KH2 outfit) and we left to the secret place.

It was harder to get through then I remembered probably because we've both grown since the last time. When we got there I looked at the portal and frowned. "Guess we should go in." I said looking at him.


He caught my eye and gave me a nod. We ran in the portal together and looked behind us. It suddenly closed and disappeared. "Guess there's no turning back now." Riku said. I gave him a nod and looked around some.


There were several tall trees around, a few with slightly bent or broken branches, but other then that it looked like a normal forest. "Let's go this way." I said to Riku as I started walking down a path. He began to follow me but suddenly stopped.


"What's wrong?" I asked him as I turned around and looked at him. He had a nervous look on his face which made me slightly worried.


"I thought I heard someone up there in trees." Riku said, looking up at the canopy of forest above us.


I laughed and said "Riku there's no way anyone could be up there."


He shook his head slowly and said "I'm sure I heard someone. We should be careful."


I gave a nod and we continued to walk down the path until we heard what sounded like a yell from up ahead of us. I called out my keyblade and Riku had his soul eater in his hand as well. "Let's go." I said as I ran to the sound of the scream with Riku following me.


We made it to a small clearing and we saw a guy who was probably a few years younger then me fighting a group of heartless. He was a little over five feet tall with long blue hair in a pony tail behind his head. He was wearing a loose black outfit that reminded me of a ninja. He had a tired and scared look on his face but he still fought without giving a sign of preparing to retreat of being beaten anytime soon. He had a medium length sword in his right hand with a shorter one in his left hand.


He was striking the heartless down quickly but there were too many of them for him to take alone. Riku and I charged in to battle alongside him. The three of us fought together and defeated the last of the heartless. When we were done the mysterious fighter looked at us and smiled. I got a good look at his face.

He had green eyes that seemed to glow with a friendly warmth despite the display of excellent fighting abilities that Riku and I saw against the heartless. He had a few facial markings that I found interesting. In the center of his forehead he had a black circle with a red line going through it horizontally sticking out of it about a half an inch on either side. Under his eyes to the corner of his lip on both sides he had a thin black line.


He laughed and looked at Riku and I. "Thanks guys. I was afraid that I was fighting my last fight but you two came out of nowhere and saved me. The name's Kage by the way." He said as he put his swords back in their sheaths.


"My name is Sora and this is my friend Riku." I said returning his smile.


"I'm guessing that I'll be the first to welcome the two of you to Shyra." Kage said.


"So that's what this place is called then." Riku said as he looked at Kage.


"Yes but the two of you must of known you're in Shyra. Everyone knows about the forest of Shyra. If the two of you don't know then you must be the ones Tenchi was talking about." Kage said looking at us with a hopeful look in his eyes.


"Who's Tenchi?" I asked him.


Kage laughed and said "I'm sure the two of you know unless you actually are from another world which means you must be the ones he was talking about. Everyone in Shyra knows about Tenchi. Follow me to my village and I'll fill you guys in on the way."


He started walking deeper in the forest. Riku was following Kage and I was following behind him. The forest suddenly gave away to a clearing were there were several small huts that seems to be made of clay bricks with a large temple looking building in the center of the village.


I was surprised by the desert looking buildings in the forest. I was looking at the sights and was brought back to reality when Riku tapped me on the shoulder and whispered "They're giving some unfriendly looks at us." in my ear.


I took a look at the people and noticed quite a few things they all had in common. They were all strong looking people, they were all armed, and none of them looked welcoming.


An especially large man steeped up and glared at us. He had the same face markings as Kage did but his circle on his head had a cross in it as opposed to just a single line. He had to have been at least six and a half feet tall. He wore a tight fitting pair of black pants and a matching black shirt. He had a large broadsword on his back that had to have been a good three feet long


The large man unsheathed his sword and held the tip of the blade at Kage's throat. "I should kill you on the spot Kage. You're orders were to observe the intruders to the forest, eliminate them, and report back. Instead you bring back not one but two strangers to our village. They obviously aren't nobles in search of our services so they have no business here."


Kage just laughed and took a step back. He looked the large man in his cold looking blue eyes and said "I'll make a deal with you Zoul. Let me take these guys to see Tenchi and if he wishes for me to die I'll use my finial request to let you be the one to kill me?"


Zoul lowered his sword and said "Sounds like a deal to me." He began to lead us to the temple like building in the center. Kage, Riku, and I followed him until he suddenly stopped. Zoul turned around to us with an evil looking smile on his face and said "Come in with me Kage. My men will watch these two strangers you brought with you."


"I'll be right out to bring you guys in." Kage said to me and Riku with a smile. He turned back to the temple entrance and walked in with Zoul. I frowned and looked at Riku who just shrugged his shoulders and said "We've been through worse."


I let my eyes wander to our three guards. They were dressed in the same black outfits as Zoul but the had only the black markings from eyes to lips on their faces. They looked to be a lot older then Kage was as well but he was young to be a soldier or whatever these people here were.


Riku and I stared at the entrance to the temple for what seemed like forever before Kage and Zoul came out. When the two of them came out Kage had not only a cross on his circle but there was a diamond formed from the lines of the cross with the circle inside it.


"Leave us." Kage said without his usual smile and a dismissing gesture to Zoul and his guards. The guards obeyed instantly but Zoul just glared at Kage who said "I outrank you now. It's in your best interests to obey me Zoul."


"One of these days you'll pay for what you've done to me." Zoul said before he walked off in the direction the guards went. We watched him go until he was out of our eyesight.


Kage let out a sad sigh and shook his head. "If only you know how much it hurts me too Zoul." He said softly. I hardly heard it and was about to say something but Riku's hand on my arm made me close my mouth.


"Well then let's go. I'm taking you two to see Seer Tenchi." Kage said as he led us inside the temple. I was stunned by what I saw when I went inside of it. There were several people wearing outfits similar to the ones Zoul wore but their were a white color and they were armed with clawed gloves and they all had spears in their hands. They were all fully gown adults which made me wonder even more of why Kage was here in this village of what seemed to be mercenaries.


At the end of the temple, which was quite warm, there was a large fire that was being built by several boys and girls who looked to be quite young. I wondered what the fire was for because it seemed to be in the process of being prepared even though it was quite large. We walked for several minutes until I could see what appeared to be a throne behind the fire.


Sitting on the throne was a man who I could tell the importance of just be looking at him. He was quite tall and he an old but not frail look to him. He had long white hair with eyes that looked clouded. He had a marking on his forehead of an eye that seemed to be moving. He wore a simple white hooded rode that reminded me a bit of the organization XIII robes.


He had a white staff with an large white crystal on the tip of it and there were three chests in front of him. One of them was black with red trim, one of them was white with a gold trim, and the last chest was a solid gray color. His eye on his forehead looked at me, then to Riku, and finally he rested it on Kage before he spoke.


"I was correct in what I assumed as always. I feared this would be the one time I was wrong and it may still be that time. You two are Sora and Riku I assume." The white robed man said to Riku and I.


"Yes we are. You must be Seer Tenchi." Riku said. I figured I would let him do the talking here. He was always better at speaking to the older ones.


Tenchi gave a nod and said "I have a suspicion that you three boys are the next destined holders of the three legendary blades that sit in these chests before me. There is only way to be sure but the three of you must all be in agreement or the ritual of the chest opening will be a failure. Let me inform you two newcomers what's going on shall I?"


When the seer finished what he said he was seated cross legged on the ground with his hands out. "Seat yourselves on either side of me boys, Each of you must take one of my hands and hold each others hands. I don't want to have to do this twice."


Riku and I did as we were told. When I took Riku's hand I felt the blood rush to my face. I looked out the corner of my eyes to see that Riku was slightly red in the face as well. I heard Kage laughing in the background but he stopped when Tenchi cleared his throat and said "Close your eyes you two."


Riku and I closed our eyes and suddenly I saw several flashes of battles, rituals, banquets, celebrations, and many other things until I saw the white and gold box and then I couldn't keep my eyes closed any longer. I looked to Riku who was staring at the black and red box.


"What the two of you have seen is the entire history of the Shyra warriors. You've seen all our rituals, our many victories, our few defeats, and the rest of the entire history of our people and you may call fourth that knowledge at anytime you feel the need to do so. I’m sure you boys are tried now so I'll leave you to rest. We have only a few dwellings that are open and those will be filled early in the next morning. It's quite late already so you two won't be getting much sleep. It seems even this all seeing third eye of mine is developing." Tenchi said.


"The two of them can rest at my home if that's okay with you Tenchi. I've got more then enough space for the three of us. They can live with me as long as it's needed. I'll take charge of them." Kage said with a unusually serous expression on his face.


"I'm sure you know the responsibilities of taking charges. You're wise beyond your fourteen years but I'm not sure about your level of maturity." Tenchi said in the most sincere tone I've ever heard coming from anyone.


"I'm well aware of it and if what you say about these guys is true, which I'm sure it is, then they're good at keeping out of trouble." Kage said as he stood up and looked the seer in his eye.


Tenchi thought deeply for a several minutes. He looked as if he was in deep consideration of something as important as a matter of life and death. He finally looked Kage in the face and said "I strongly hope we don’t have the same problem as we did last time you took a charge in but seems from what I've seen that couldn't happen no matter how hard you tried, which I strongly forbid, so I think things will be fine."


Kage blushed, laughed and said "I promise I won't try but I won't refuse either." with a smile on his face and his hands behind his back. He was looking almost straight up in Tenchi's face because he was so much shorter then the old man.


"Remind me why I put up with you again. All seeing doesn't mean I'm all remembering and in your case I need constant reminding." Tenchi said with an almost tender look to his face. I was reminded slightly of a parent playfully scolding an ornery child.


Kage was all smiles again and he said "Several reasons. I'm the best fighter, I have the highest mission success rating no matter what the mission is, I'm now at the second highest level in the authority rankings for a solider, I brought you the supposed wielder of the Sunlight with the supposed wielder of the Moonlight on the same day, and I'm sure you know what I'll do next before I even have a clue so there's not much need for me to keep talking. I'll just be taking my charges home now."


Kage turned his back on Tenchi and began walking towards me and Riku. He walked between us, grabbed our hands and said "Come on guys. I'll show you to were I live. Also were you guys will be living until those strange creatures are driven from out of Shyra and the prophecy is fulfilled"


We were led out of the temple and deeper in to the village past several houses until we came to a large tree. Kage let go of our hands and placed them on a flat spot of the tree. As soon as he laid his hands on the tree a sort of energy began to glow from it. He looked behind him at us and said "Each of you guys has to put a hand on my shoulder for this to work."


I placed my a hand on his right shoulder and Riku placed a hand on his left. Kage turned his attention back to the tree and said "I Kage of Shyra, dweller of the spirit tree, bring to this home myself and two charges, Sora and Riku, who are linked to you through me. Let us now go to the home of rest."


As soon as the last word was said the tree opened up as if it were a gate. Kage looked at us and said "You can take your hands off of me if you want now."


Riku and I took our hands from his shoulders and he walked through the inside of the tree until we came to what appeared to be a large wooden house. Kage opened the door and stepped inside. The first thing he did was take his swords off his back and then he walked down a long hallway to door that had picture of a sword on it.


Kage placed his hand on the door and pushed it open. Riku and I followed him inside there and I let out a gasp of surprise. The walls were covered with all sorts of swords, knives, daggers, throwing weapons, a few bows, spears, battle axes and a few things I had never seen or even heard of before. Kage set his swords on an open slot on a wall stand and then walked out.


"Don't ask what I need that many weapons for. I would rather not go on about all the jobs I've had to take to rise to my current rank." Kage said as he led us out of the room. It was almost as if he was reading our minds or maybe he had been asked about it before. I decided to take his advice and not ask.


We made it to the end of the hallway and there was a door with a bed drawn on it. Kage held the door open for me and Riku to enter. Once we were inside he shut it and stood behind us while we took in the sights of the bedroom.


There was a nightstand with a lamp on it next to one of the most elaborate beds I've ever seen. The bed frame rose a few feet above the ground with pillars that were connected to the bed from the floor to the roof. It had a thick mattress on it and soft, fluffy looking whit bedspread on it . There were several large pillows on end of the bed.


The walls were covered in bookshelves and almost all of them were full of books. Most of them were written in English but a few were written in strange lettering that I had never seen before. On the few shelves that didn't hold any books they instead held small statues craved out of wood. I looked on the other side of the bed and saw a table that had several blocks of wood about the size of the statues and what appeared to be a folding razor.


There was another door that had a picture of a tub on it which I had guessed led to a bathroom. Kage opened this door and we stepped inside to see that it was a well furnished bathroom. It had a large tub that, like the bed, looked like it could fit several people comfortably. There were a few sinks so that multiple people could wash their hands or do whatever they needed to do at the same time without disturbing each other.


I wondered how someone of Kage's age would be able to afford such an extravagant home but then he was a high ranked mercenary or so I guessed. I decided not to think about what his jobs included though I knew very well the kind of place this was and the kind of life he lived from the short time I've spent here in this forest village.


"I hope you guys don't mind hot water." Kage said as he began to turn on the bath water. Riku and I looked at each other and then to Kage who was in the process of removing his shirt.


"Wait a second?" Riku asked with a nervous tone in his voice.


"What is it?" Kage asked.


"You expect the two of us to share a bath with you?" I asked quickly. The words were out of my mouth before I could even think of a tactful way to say it.


Kage smiled and said "If the two of you ever want to bathe while you're here then yes. Shyra is in a bit of a drought. Every home is allowed to run one bath a night because of a water shortage. It's been that way for a long time. I'm the kind of person who likes to bathe daily and I request the same of anyone who shares my bed like the two of you will be doing unless you guys would rather have the floor?"


"Sora and I are going to barrow your bedroom real quick. We need to talk." Riku said as he grabbed me by the wrist and pulled me in to the bedroom. He shut the door and lost his composure. I could read Riku's moods easily since we've known each other since we were small children.


I could tell he was angry, frustrated, embarrassed, and confused. I was also pretty sure that Kage was the cause of all these things.


"That boy is evil. Pure fucking evil." Riku said glaring at the door. Even though he was speaking quietly I could feel the anger in his voice.


I let out a quiet laugh and said "Riku he's not doing anything to hurt us. I don't think we have anything to worry about really."


"What makes you think we can trust him? We hardly know him and he wants us to take a bath with him and share his bed. He sounds like a sicko to me." Riku argued back.


"Think of it this way if he tries anything all his weapons are put away in his armory and we can summon ours right in to hands any time and any place we need them. Besides he's fourteen I doubt he even knows about what you're so afraid he's going to do to us. I trust him." I said looking back at the bathroom door.


Riku let out a frustrated sigh and said "I don't fully trust him but I do trust you and your judgment of him so I guess I'll join the two of you."


We opened the bathroom door to see Kage leaning over the tub naked and about to step in. I let out a gasp of surprise. He looked thin and fragile with the baggy outfit he had been wearing all day but I guessed that was probably the reason he wore the baggy outfit. It was probably a trick of his. He had a muscular build and although he was young his body had several scars. The biggest was a large rectangular scar the was in the middle of the left side of his back.


Kage got in the bath and smiled when he saw us. "I'm glad you guys decided to join me."


I gave a nod, quickly undressed and got in the large tub. I let out a sigh of relief as I slid in the hot water. I looked to see Riku was still standing there. I doubt he moved since I started to undress.


"Come on Riku. Relax and join us. The water is wonderful isn't it Sora?" Kage asked me with his usual smile. I gave a nod to him and turned back to Riku.


"All fucking right. I'll get in" Riku said slowly. He turned his back to us and undressed quickly. He tried to get in the tub backwards but was havening trouble. I laughed but Kage wasn't laughing for some reason. Instead he had a sympathetic look on his face.


"It's obvious Riku. Sora turn around." Kage said as he faced the wall away from Riku. I did the same until we heard a splash in the water that told us Riku had gotten in.


We turned around and saw that Riku was in definitely the tub but he didn't look very relaxed. I scooted over to sit next to him but he moved away from me slowly as if he were afraid of something. "Sora come over here by me. I think it would be best for Riku if we gave him some space right now." Kage said.


I went and sat next to Kage who grabbed three bars of soap, he handed one to me, tossed one to Riku, and began washing himself with the third. "Those are brand new so you guys can use them until you leave." He said. We sat in the bath scrubbing ourselves clean and then when we were done Kage stood out of the water and walked over to a small cabinet and pulled out three large towels. I got out of the water and looked at Riku who was still in the bath. "Just leave him be Sora. He'll get out when he's ready." Kage said.

I gave him a nod and followed him in to the bedroom. He got out three pairs of what must of been pajama pants. He put a pair on himself, handed me a pair, and then knocked on the bathroom door. "Riku I have some sleeping pants that you can wear. Is it all right if I come in and give them to you?" Kage asked.


"Yes." Riku said as he opened the door and took the pants Kage was offering. He shut the door, but opened it up a few seconds later. he came out wearing the pants and looking a little more at ease


The three of us were in the bedroom and Kage just smiled and said "I think I'll sleep in the middle. I sleep best there. You guys can settle in on either side of me." Kage said.


"Works for me." I said as I slid under the covers on the left side of the bed. Kage got in next to me and Riku got in beside him.


"Can you shut off the lamp Sora?" Kage asked. I gave a nod and shut it off. After it was dark in the room I laid there listening to the sounds of Riku and Kage breathing until I fell asleep myself.