Kingdom Hearts Fan Fiction ❯ The Next World ❯ the journey begins ( Chapter 5 )

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

Disclaimer:I don't own Kingdom hearts but I do own my OCs and the places they live.



Author's note: There's going to be two new characters in here showing up in this chapter. The first is a guy named Daius (pronounced dieus) and theres going to be one more village. That is the Village of Kouda (pronounced as kooduh). The village of Kouda is led by Seer Shiro (Said like it sounds). With that out of the way lets get on with the story.





I woke up to the feeling of being shaken. I looked up to see Kage shaking me. I looked and Riku being shaken by another boy who seemed to be my age.


This new guy had blue eyes that looked like the water of the ocean by the house. His eyes held a sense of warmth but still had a hardened look in them like Kage's did. He had mid length red hair that went to the middle of his neck. He was a little taller then Kage but still shorter then I was. Not by much though.


He had quite interesting facial marks as well. He is nothing but a marking in the shape of an eye with a line through the middle of it on his forehead. It made me think of a closed eye.


He had the same thin but strong build as Kage with a loose fitting black outfit on. He wore a black hooded cape with the hood down. He smiled at us and said "You two sure like to sleep a lot don't you guys?"


Riku and I looked at each other then at the newcomer who was with Kage who said "Guys this is Daius. He’s going to be coming with us on our journey. He's going to help us get the three keys from the village of Kouda to the east so we can finish the prophecy, close the gate, and make it so that Shyra never falls under such a time again."


"So what do we do then?" Riku asked.


"Well you guys need to put on the travelers cloaks and then we need to report to Tenchi so he knows we're leaving. Then if the two of you decide to be the heroes you say you are we go through hell for a bit, rest in a village far away, go through some more hell, fight with what could be the devil himself, try to live though it, you two do what you must to close the door and then Shyra goes back to normal. Sounds like fun doesn't it?" Daius said.


Kage frowned and said "You didn't have to put it like that."


"I say it as I see it and you know I see quite a bit." Daius told Kage.


"Well let's get going then." Riku said.


I looked to see that he already had his cloak on. It was plan black cloak. I couldn't see how it set Shyra apart from the other villages that existed here but I decided I wasn't going to argue with anyone. I put the cloak on and pulled hood down over my head.


I saw that Kage and Daius were already carrying several weapons on them so they must have been planning this for a long time. I wondered how long Riku and I were sleeping as we left the house and headed for the temple.


We entered the large building and walked to stand before Tenchi who looked at us with his eye and gave us a sad smile. "I wish the four of you the best of luck on this trip. It's the most important mission I have ever sent anyone out on and it must be completed. I would go with you personally but my body is too old and frail for such intense travel and the Seer is the head of his village and it is written in the old laws that the head of the village may never leave home."


"That's why I'm going with you guys. I'm the next in line for Seer of Shyra so I'm going to commit this all to memory to pass down to the scribes so they can write it for the next generations to come to know about this. The old man gets to stay here all nice and cozy by the fire while I go out and risk getting my ass killed. Aren't I lucky?" Daius said with a smile.


Kage smacked him lightly on the back of the head which made the five of us laugh until Tenchi said "There's more Daius. You have to carry the three lights with you until these three can open them."


Daius expression changed from playful annoyance to uncertainty. "Are you sure about that? I doubt I'm worthy."


Tenchi gave a nod and said "As the next seer you are. Take the boxes and carry them with you. I have more questions for the four of you."


Riku and I exchanged wondering looks but Kage smiled and said "I know what you're going to ask and I want a mounting bird for the four of us to ride on. It would be easier then us having to ride horses and quieter too."


Tenchi gave a nod and said "I wish you four the best of luck. You may go now."


We were about to leave when a man came running in and said "Seer Tenchi forgive my prompt intrusion but something terrible has happened. Zoul has left the village for good it seems. I went to his home and saw he left a simple note. The only it said was that he was going on his own great journey."


I saw Kage's expression grow dark and grim. He looked like someone had stabbed him through his heart. I saw a tear run down his cheek and he shook his head. He looked Tenchi in his eye, almost crying. "I'm going to have to kill the only family I have left aren't I?" He asked the old man.


"I'm sorry but this is something I'm not going to share with you. Leave now. There will be a bird ready for you at the gates."


Kage looked like he was going to stay and demand an answer but Daius grabbed him by the arm and gave him a slightly forceful tug on the arm making, him head towards the temples exit. Riku and I followed.


We walked to the village gates and I saw one of the most surprising creatures I ever saw. It looked like a small pterodactyl covered in orange feathers. It stood to be seven feet tall with a body that was about twelve feet long. It had two long, feathered legs that ended in viscous looking talons. It had dark green eyes that seemed to stare me down. On its back was a large saddle with several bags and four seats. At the end of the saddle was its tail. It had feathers that looked to be a few feet long.


"What is that thing?" Riku asked.


"A mounting bird. We're going to be riding on it." Kage said with a smile.


I shook my head and took a step away. I backed right in to Daius who whispered "Don't let this one scare you. He's one of the tamer ones and Kage is on of the best riders we have of course you can always sit on me if you get scared. You seem to like me from the way you leaned on me in your fright."


I looked up at him and pushed him away before walked over to Riku. As I saw Kage looking over the saddle and inspecting it I took Riku's hand and glared at Daius.


The red haired boy just smiled, walked over to us and said in a quiet voice "Relax I have my eyes on someone already. I did long before you two came around and I'm not going to give up on him. I was just giving you a hard time Sora."


Riku glared at Daius who lust laughed and walked to face the mounting bird. He seemed to be looking down at something but I wondered what it was until Kage stood up and Daius looked away quickly.


The guard just stood watching us expressionlessly and said "Kage I almost forgot to give you this."


Kage looked at him and held his hand out. The guard gave him what appeared to be just a metal triangle with three holes in it that was flatter on one side.


"You fool. You almost forgot to give us a bird flute." Daius said.


"Don't be so harsh. You've forgotten things too Dai." Kage said.


The red haired boy blushed, smiled and said "So you've given me a nickname now. Seems like I'm getting closer each day."


"Closer but still far away." Kage said as he put the bird flute to his lips. He played a few notes and the creature went down to the ground. Kage got on the front seat of the saddle and said "Riku behind me, you behind him, and then you on the back Dai."

The three of us nodded and we got on the bird with Daius, pausing a bit to put the three chests in one of the large saddle bags on the bird before he got on.


Kage held the reins with one hand as he played the flute with the other. The bird began to run faster then the horses ever did. It ran until we were in a large clearing. When we made it to the clearing it spread its giant wings and began flapping them. Soon we were high in the air flying over the forest.


"This is so cool. We're flying Riku. Flying though the sky on a giant bird." I said to my boyfriend.


He looked behind him at me and I saw his face was pale. "This is worse then a fucking horse. I think I'm going to puke."


"He wouldn't be the first to throw up while flying on a mounting bird would he Kage." Daius asked from the back.


"Give me a break. I was sick that day. I threw up before I got on the bird too. I'm sure you remember that." The younger said.


I let go of the strap I was holding in my hands from the saddle, put my arms around Riku's waist and whispered in his ear "You're going to be fine. We've been through worse then this." I told him.


I saw him shake his head and said "I can't think of many things worse then this."


I felt a tap on my shoulder. I looked behind me and saw that Daius was holding a small piece of black material. "It's a blindfold. I knew he would need it. It might help him or it might make him throw up but it won't hurt to try."


"Can u put it on for me Sora? I don't want to let go of this strap." Riku asked. I put the blindfold on Riku and we flew on.


A few minutes I heard a gargling sound and took my eyes off the ground below to see that Riku was about to throw up. I leaned his head quickly to the side and he puked over to the side of the bird.


"I feel sorry for the poor bastard that's getting hit by that." Daius said.


"It's going to hit someone?" I asked.


"Sure is. I don't know who but someone going to get it." Daius said.


We kept flying on and I watched as the ground under us went from a forest to an ocean. "How far do we have to do over this ocean?" I asked.


Riku quickly tore off his blind fold and looked down at the water below us. He looked around and said "This I can handle. I have no fear of falling in water."


I smiled and said "Glad to know you're not scared anymore."


"I wasn't scared. I was just nervous." He defended himself.


The four of us were laughing until a black fireball flew slightly over our head.


"What the hell was that?" Kage asked in surprise and a bit of fear.


"It was a dark fire magic attack. Dark Firaga. A favorite of mine that was taught to me by Ansem. He must be around here somewhere." Riku said with hints of fear and disgust in his voice.


"Looks like we're in for some aerial combat. Shame you can't use a bow right now Kage. You're the better archer." Daius said as he pulled out a longbow and an arrow from a quiver on the bird’s side.


"Where are you Ansem, show yourself!" Riku shouted.


"Kage dodge!" Daius yelled.


We saw a smaller black mounting bird swoop down at us. Ansem and the masked man we knew to be Zoul were on the bird.

As the Kage steered us out of the way of the bird's swoop Daius let an arrow fly from his bow. We watched as Zoul steered the bird out of the way of the shot.


"It's no use fighting like this. It's a dead even fight with me and Zoul steering opposing birds. We're equals in flying. He knows that too. I think they we're just hoping for a lucky shot." Kage said.


"We're almost done flying anyways. I think they're going to attack us again once we're on the ground." Daius told us.


"Shit. I won't be much use for a while after I get off this bird." Riku sighed.


"Relax. I'll keep you safe until then." I said to Riku.


"The power of love overcomes all. Don't you agree Kage?" Daius asked.


"Never been in love so I wouldn't know." The younger said from the head of the bird. I heard Daius sigh from behind me but thought nothing of it.


After what felt like an hour of flying I saw the solid ground under us once more. Riku looked straight ahead once more and Kage said "Relax. We'll be on foot soon. You can take some time to rest and then we can walk the rest of the way to Kouda. It would be better to be on foot in case of an attack anyways. This bird will hear this flute from a long way away. It's bound to the flute by some kind of magic that I don't understand and don't care to."


About fifteen minutes later Kage landed the bird. It was a quick and sudden thing that even scared my slightly. Riku held tightly around Kage's waist and yelled "You could have warned me!"


Kage just laughed. Once the bird was on the ground Riku threw up again over the side of the thing as Kage played his bird flute. The creature leaned down and the four of us got off of it.


Kage sat and watched as Riku took a minute to get his bearings. Daius unloaded a bag that I supposed had the three chests in it and put it on his back. He also removed the bow and quiver.

He handed the bow and arrows to Kage took them. He put the quiver on his back and put the bow around his shoulder.

"I'm surprised the two of you are unarmed." Daius said to me and Riku.


"They aren't. They have magic swords they can summon to their hands anytime they need them. Wish I could do that. It would make traveling a lot easier." Kage said with a slight bit of envy in his voice.


"That's because you carry about ten pounds of weapons on you. You don't need that many weapons for anything. I've never really seen you fight with anything other then your swords anyways. You have all those weapons in your house that I bet you've never even used." Daius said.


"You ever heard of collecting? I have a thing for collecting weapons even if I won't fight with them. It's a hobby and a much more decent one then yours. Do I have to say it in front of these guys?" Kage defended.


"Fine, you win this one." Daius said.


We headed through the forest until Riku said "Stop." The three of us stood in place and he said "Ansem I know you're here somewhere. Come out and show yourself."


Ansem and Zoul stepped out in to the open and Ansem smiled at Riku. "You have sharp senses my dear boy. You make me proud." The white haired man said.


"You know damn well the only thing I want to make you and it's not proud." Riku said in a threatening tone.


"From what I heard you don't have what it takes to kill another person. Not only have that but if you did kill me I doubt your little boyfriend would ever think of you the same again." Ansem said with a sickening smile on his face


"What do you mean by that?" Riku asked.


"We share a bond Riku, a special kind of connection. Nothing in that head of yours is secret from me."


"What do you two want?" Kage asked his hands on his swords.


"You know what I want and I'll take it at the right time." Zoul said to Kage, without moving for his sword.


"You won't get it Zoul. I may not see as much as Tenchi yet but I don't see Kage being killed by you." Daius said.


Zoul removed his mask and I saw that his eyes were full of many evil things. "Daius you know better then anyone that the future is a thing that needs to be looked at constantly because it's ever changing. I think that would of been one of the first lessons Tenchi told you since you're his next in line." He taunted.


"I think it's time we part with these boys for now Zoul but shall we leave them with a little parting gift?" Ansem said.


Zoul replaced his mask and said "I think we shall."


The two of them disappeared and we were left facing a large group of heartless. There had to be at least fifty of them. I called out my keyblade and Riku has his soul eater in his hand.


Daius took several steps back and Kage said "He doesn't know how to fight very well. We have to protect him."


I gave a nod and Riku said "I think we can do this."


Riku and I charged at the heartless, cutting them down quickly. Every so often we would see an arrow fly in to one of them. I looked behind me to see Kage was standing in front of Daius, shooting them with the longbow.


I turned my attention back to the close quarter’s fight that me and Riku had on our hands. We eventually defeated all the heartless. Riku and I unsummoned our weapons as Kage walked around the battlefield and retrieved his arrows.


Once he had all his arrows gathered up he said "We aren't too far away now."


"Good I'm tired out from that fight." I said, breathing harder then normal.


Riku gave a small nod and said "It was a little more then usual."


We walked on through the forest lands until we came to a large gate. Standing in front of the gate were six very strong looking men with swords on their backs. One of them approached us and said "Who are you guys. You don't look like you're from around here." He said with his hand on his sword handle.


"You fool. Remove your hand from your sword right this second before I chop it off. This is Kage of Shyra. Take him to see Seer Shiro immediately." Another guard said.


The first guard said "Forgive me Kage. I've heard much about you but I've never seen you before. You don't look anything like I pictured you to in my head. Follow me to the Seer's temple."


The gates opened and the guard led us through the city to a giant temple that was made out of stone. We were led up a long flight of stairs where there was a large golden throne. On it sat a man who resembled Tenchi but at the same time had a few differences.


His hair wasn't white but instead it was a yellowish blond color. It was just as long. He had the third eye on his forehead and his blue eyes were clouded over slightly but it was obvious that he could still see out of them quite well. He was quite the tall man as well. He was probably a good six inches taller then Riku. He wore a robe that had a wine red color to it.



He smiled at the guard "Stand by for further orders." The guard gave a nod and Shiro turned to us. "Speak." He said.


Daius stepped forward and said "I'm Daius, first apprentice seer of Shyra. I bring with me Kage of Shyra along with his charges Sora and Riku. Seer Tenchi sees these three to be the wielders of the moonlight, the sunlight, and the twilight blades. I have the chests with me and you have the keys. You may test the three of them as needed to determine if they are indeed the three legendary swordsmen."


Shiro looked over Kage, Riku, and I. He gave a nod and said "Daius place moonlight in front of Riku, twilight in front of Kage, and sunlight in front of Sora. I'm going to get the keys."


Kage sat down cross legged on the ground. Riku and I did the same. Daius set the solid gray chest in front of Kage. "The twilight." He said. Daius then moved in front of Riku to palace the red and black chest in front of him. "The moonlight." He said. He finally set the white and gold chest in front of me and said "The sunlight."


Shiro stood before us with a white key, a black key, and a gray key. He sat each key on its matching chest and said "Before this happens I would like to warn the three of you about something. If you boys are truly the three legendary swordsmen then having these blades won't make your lives any easier. If you three truly believe in yourselves then you may try opening the chests. The chests themselves will test you. If you are able to open them, then you will have passed the test."


"Who goes first?" Kage asked.


"All of us at once?" I asked.


"Sounds good to me." Riku said.


We each grabbed our key and opened our chests. I looked in my chest and saw a sword in a sheath. The sword was about as long as my keyblade. It had a white handle with a golden sun in the middle of the guard. I pulled the sword out of the chest and drew it from the sheath. I saw that it had a long, thin, white, straight blade that ended in a tip with the fineness of a needle.


Kage's was a solid gray with what looked like a gray star in the middle of the guard and Riku's sword was black with a red moon in the center of its guard but other then that the swords were identical. Kage put his sword around his belt as did Riku and I.


"Now guard take these four to the building they'll be staying at." Shiro said with a smile on his face.


"Yes sir." The guard said as he led us out of the temple.