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1 Author’s note: This is a story I wrote after finishing Squaresoft’s | |
2 beautiful game, Kingdom Hearts. This may or may not become a series, | |
3 so please, please tell me what you think. ^-^ This is only a one shot | |
4 right now, but if I get a positive enough response or if I just feel | |
5 crazy enough to actually write a series about this, I just might do | |
6 it. This is shortly after the end of the game. So you might not want | |
7 to read if you don’t like spoilers. ^^;; | |
8 | |
9 | |
10 Prism Hearts | |
11 by Amazoness Duo | |
12 amazonessduo@hotmail.com | |
13 | |
14 | |
15 | |
16 ‘Thinking of you, wherever you are. | |
17 | |
18 We pray for our sorrows to end, | |
19 And hope that our hearts will blend. | |
20 Now I will step forward to realize this wish. | |
21 | |
22 And who knows: | |
23 Starting a new journey may not be so hard. | |
24 Or maybe it has already begun. | |
25 | |
26 There are many worlds, | |
27 But they share the same sky; | |
28 One sky, one destiny.’ | |
29 | |
30 | |
31 Sitting on the end of a small pier, Kairi looked off into the | |
32 sunset. The beautiful colors that descended to the earth looked like | |
33 a painter’s most vivid dream. The sea reflected them, shifting | |
34 recklessly as if it was jealous of the attention the sky was | |
35 garnering for itself. But it wasn’t the sky that Kairi was interested | |
36 in. She was trying to look past it, for something brighter than even | |
37 the most beautiful sunset. She had done this often recently, so much | |
38 so that the others on the island had finally stopped questioning her | |
39 about it. They may think she was crazy or just daydreaming, but she | |
40 was busy searching. All she needed was the tiniest hint. And the | |
41 skies would stare back, teasing her with half-glimpses and images in | |
42 the cotton candy clouds. But she would not let that deter her. She | |
43 would keep searching forever if she had to. | |
44 | |
45 “I’ll be waiting for you. If you come here, you’ll find me. I | |
46 promise,” she whispered, her voice carried off by the wind to | |
47 destinations unknown. “Even if your ears can’t hear me, I know your | |
48 heart can.” Her hand rested on her chest, feeling the beat of her own | |
49 heart. When she closed her eyes, she could almost feel their rhythm, | |
50 all beating in unison. It didn’t matter how far apart they were. | |
51 Their hearts would always be one. | |
52 | |
53 When she blinked her eyes open, he was there. Just as if he had | |
54 never left. His silver hair moved about in the light breeze. His eyes | |
55 were shining and determined. He was reaching out for her, just as he | |
56 always did. He was always reaching out for her, as if he could pull | |
57 her along with him, to some place far away. Her hand left her chest, | |
58 reaching out slowly for him. But before she could take his hand, he | |
59 was gone. With a weak sigh, her hand fell into her lap. So close, yet | |
60 always so far. It was like he was perpetually just out of reach. If | |
61 she could just reach a little further, they could be together again. | |
62 She knew Riku was far away, but she swore she could feel him | |
63 sometimes, as if he were right behind her. That’s why she kept | |
64 looking. Because she knew eventually they would be together again. | |
65 | |
66 A laugh reached her ears from the beach. It was laced with memories | |
67 and feelings. “Sora!” She whirled about on the pier, her back aching | |
68 from twisting so suddenly. Her hands lay on the deck as she gazed for | |
69 the source of the boy’s laughter. Her heart sank when she saw that it | |
70 was only Tidus, laughing at something Wakka had done. Shoulders | |
71 slumped, the young girl turned back to the empty sea. The vast | |
72 expanses that surrounded her encaged her as surely as any prison. | |
73 | |
74 It was ironic that this had all began as an attempt to escape with | |
75 her best friends from this island, to taste the freedom and the | |
76 excitement of other worlds, to see all the beauty they had to offer. | |
77 And now she was trapped on that same island, her friends somewhere | |
78 far off. They were now distant stars to her, lost somewhere in the | |
79 heavens. She would sit up at night, peering into the moonlit sky, | |
80 striving for any glimpse of the two boys that held her heart up. | |
81 Sometimes she would mistake a falling star for one of them, hoping | |
82 they were returning to her. But her hopes were always dashed when she | |
83 didn’t find them running to her on their beach. | |
84 | |
85 Her memories were still clouded, distant things that seemed to come | |
86 from another lifetime. She knew that she was a princess, but of where | |
87 she wasn’t certain. But those memories didn’t matter to her. The | |
88 memories that she cherished, that she held onto with all the strength | |
89 in her heart were of her days with Riku and Sora on the island, of | |
90 all of their moments together. Those were things she would never | |
91 allow herself to forget, no matter how painful they could be or how | |
92 lonely they might make her feel. They were her treasures, her little | |
93 gems that she would sneak looks at whenever she could. | |
94 | |
95 The pier creaked behind Kairi, but she didn’t turn around | |
96 immediately. For the first few days she had turned at every sound, | |
97 every whisper that came her way, hoping that she would see the two | |
98 boys again. But now she wouldn’t let herself be distracted about such | |
99 things. She was trying to focus past all of the surface noise and | |
100 images, to see where the two were out there. | |
101 | |
102 “Kairi?” A voice asked tentatively. Selphie waited for a moment, not | |
103 quite expecting an answer. With how out of it Kairi had been lately, | |
104 she wouldn’t be at all surprised. But she could understand. Love did | |
105 that sort of thing to you. Especially when your love was very far | |
106 away. | |
107 | |
108 Kairi slowly turned, her legs still slowly kicking away from the | |
109 deck. She spotted Selphie waiting behind her. With Selphie was a | |
110 blonde girl with glasses and a long pink dress. The blonde girl | |
111 looked about a year or so older than Selphie. She could vaguely | |
112 recall seeing her before on the main island of the Destiny Islands | |
113 when she had been visiting with Sora and his parents. “Oh, hi, | |
114 Selphie,” Kairi said, a little sheepishly. She placed a hand behind | |
115 her head. “I guess I wasn’t paying attention.” | |
116 | |
117 Selphie giggled, her hands behind her back. “Yeah, but you’re always | |
118 like that lately. Thinking about someone special?” She grinned wider. | |
119 Selphie loved romance. And watching it unfold on the Destiny Islands | |
120 was her favorite past time. And she’d been wondering for quite some | |
121 time what would become of the love triangle between Kairi, Riku, and | |
122 Sora. | |
123 | |
124 Kairi sighed, looking back at the ocean waves beneath her feet. | |
125 “Something like that.” | |
126 | |
127 “Oh, this is Quisty. You probably haven’t seen her much. She spends | |
128 too much of her time studying. I practically had to drag her out | |
129 here,” Selphie stated with mock exasperation. She perked up | |
130 immediately, dropping the façade. “But it’s nice and romantic at | |
131 sunset on the beach and she needed a break from all those books.” | |
132 | |
133 Quistis sweatdropped, not quite sure what to say. She had indeed | |
134 been studying when Selphie had taken it upon herself to get her to | |
135 relax and had dragged her off to the island. Of course, she knew | |
136 Selphie too well to believe her pretenses about relaxing. Selphie | |
137 wanted a moonlit stroll on the beach or to sit and watch the sunset | |
138 together or something. And how could she have possibly said no to | |
139 that? | |
140 | |
141 Kairi giggled softly, looking at the two. It sounded like this | |
142 ‘Quisty’ was the exact opposite of Selphie. Studious and mature, the | |
143 slightly older girl didn’t seem anything like the spunky and childish | |
144 brunette. But her smile slipped slightly as she saw them holding | |
145 hands. She missed Riku and Sora. She wanted to watch the sunset with | |
146 them again. She shook her head to clear her thoughts, smiling warmly | |
147 at the two other girls. “That sounds like fun. The sunset’s gorgeous | |
148 tonight. It’s perfect to watch with someone.” | |
149 | |
150 Selphie bit her lip, watching Kairi for a moment. “You really miss | |
151 them, don’t you? I’m sure they’ll come back soon. They must miss you | |
152 a lot, too. They’re probably both on their way right now. You’ll see | |
153 them before you know it.” She smiled brightly. There was always hope. | |
154 No matter how dark things were, there was always some light tucked | |
155 away in the shadows. | |
156 | |
157 Staring back at the pink and orange sky, Kairi nodded, smiling | |
158 softly herself. “I know. I can feel them. They’ll come back to me. | |
159 Someday. Besides, Sora promised me that he’d bring my lucky charm | |
160 back. And Riku risked everything to get my heart back. I know he | |
161 wouldn’t give up on me no matter what.” | |
162 | |
163 Tilting her head to the side, Selphie tried to see what Kairi was | |
164 looking at. It was almost like she was looking through the sunset to | |
165 something behind it. Finally giving up, Selphie looked at Kairi | |
166 again. “Remember what I said about Paopu fruits? How they intertwine | |
167 your destiny forever with someone when you share it? I can get you | |
168 one if you want. Then you can share it with one of them when they get | |
169 back.” She squeezed Quistis’s hand, feeling a giddy thrill run | |
170 through her. “I finally found someone to share one with. It’s | |
171 wonderfully romantic. You should really try it.” She could tell | |
172 Quistis was blushing, but that just made her want to melt against the | |
173 taller girl. | |
174 | |
175 “I will,” Kairi promised. She leant back on her hands, staring | |
176 straight up at the sky. “But I’d have to share it with both of them. | |
177 So the three of us will never be apart again. So we’ll always be | |
178 together.” Her blue eyes closed as she imagined them all sitting | |
179 together, sharing the star shaped fruit. | |
180 | |
181 Selphie sweatdropped, looking down at the lost princess. “But which | |
182 of them do you love? Which one do you want to be with forever?” | |
183 | |
184 Blinking, Kairi slowly focused on the sky above. That thought | |
185 puzzled her. It seemed so simple, yet the answer eluded her. It felt | |
186 like a trick question. She rolled it over in her mind. But she | |
187 couldn’t imagine one without the other. It felt wrong, incomplete. | |
188 “Both of them,” she said at last, her voice barely above a whisper. | |
189 "I love both of them. I want to be with them forever.” And she was | |
190 satisfied with that answer. It was what her heart desired, what she | |
191 wanted more than anything else. That was why they were all still | |
192 together, why their hearts were all one, even if they were far apart. | |
193 | |
194 ~~~~~~~~~~ | |
195 | |
196 “Everything has been restored. Our world’s back to normal,” Aerith | |
197 said, relief filling her soul. For so long they had been cast out | |
198 into the universe, their home world a mere shell of it’s former self, | |
199 consumed by the Heartless. Now all of those hopes and dreams that had | |
200 grown inside of them were realized, brought back as if they had never | |
201 been gone at all. But what cost had been paid to return their home to | |
202 them? | |
203 | |
204 “Do you think they’re all right?” Yuffie asked after a moment’s | |
205 pause. She had been thinking the same thing. They had bound together | |
206 in order to stop the Heartless, but in the end they could only pray | |
207 the Keyblade Master could stop the outpouring of darkness. She felt | |
208 as if she should have been there herself. This was her home, after | |
209 all. She should have been fighting for it. No one else should have to | |
210 sacrifice themselves for her happiness. | |
211 | |
212 Leon shrugged, his arms crossed. “Who knows? I don’t suppose we’ll | |
213 ever find out. The worlds are separated again so we can’t know what’s | |
214 become of them.” Though he couldn’t voice it, he felt the same way | |
215 Yuffie did. He had spent so long mourning the loss of his home world, | |
216 blaming himself for not being able to save it. He had even changed | |
217 his name to distance himself from the pain. He had been willing to do | |
218 anything to fix his mistake. And a boy had done that for him. He had | |
219 to hope the Keyblade Master was all right somewhere out there. | |
220 | |
221 “Hey, guess who I found wandering outside? Looks like he got lost. | |
222 Aerith, you seem to have a thing for lost puppies. Maybe you can | |
223 handle him.” Cid grinned as the brunette turned her attention his | |
224 way. He motioned behind him at a cloaked figure. | |
225 | |
226 “Cloud!” Aerith called out happily, hurrying to the blond man. Now | |
227 her home felt complete again. Now she truly felt like she was home. | |
228 Her eyes sparkled with diamond tears of joy. | |
229 | |
230 “Aerith...” Cloud could only stare for a long moment. He felt so | |
231 exhausted after his long and lonely journey. He wanted nothing more | |
232 than to collapse at Aerith’s feet. Or better yet, in her arms. But he | |
233 could only stare, his heart thawing now that he had finally found | |
234 what he had spent so long searching for. “I never stopped looking for | |
235 you.” | |
236 | |
237 Aerith smiled brightly, taking the cloaked man’s hand. “I know, | |
238 Cloud. I knew you’d find me one day. I’ve always had faith in you. | |
239 That’s why I was never worried. Because I knew one day I’d see you | |
240 again. I was just worried you wouldn’t have the same hope. You can be | |
241 so dark sometimes.” | |
242 | |
243 Cloud’s emerald eyes shone as he held Aerith’s hand tightly, | |
244 reveling at just the simple fact of being able to hold it again. “It | |
245 was hard sometimes. But I knew I had to keep looking. I couldn’t | |
246 afford to give up. I knew you didn’t die with the planet. And I would | |
247 do anything to see you again.” | |
248 | |
249 Leon watched on, his arms still crossed. This was reminding him too | |
250 much of something he would prefer to forget. He hadn’t been able to | |
251 save her. He had given up hope of ever seeing her again. But this | |
252 man, this Cloud had kept searching even when it had been more than | |
253 likely that Aerith had died along with almost everyone else on Hollow | |
254 Bastion. He felt a cold wind blow across his soul at the thought. He | |
255 had been such a naïve child, believing he could protect the woman he | |
256 loved from something like the Heartless. He had been unsuccessful. | |
257 That was part of why he had changed his name. If he was someone else, | |
258 he wouldn’t have to think about losing her. Because Squall had lost | |
259 Rinoa, not Leon. | |
260 | |
261 Sitting on the table in the library, Yuffie watched with mild | |
262 interest at Cloud and Aerith’s reunion. They really were back home. | |
263 With all of their friends. It was slowly sinking in. The world’s | |
264 greatest ninja was back home with all of her family and friends. No | |
265 more wandering and fighting. | |
266 | |
267 Leon sighed, turning his back on the goings on. He wasn’t a part of | |
268 any of this. He felt awkward, like an outsider. But he had always | |
269 felt that way. He wasn’t good with people. Until she came along... He | |
270 banished the thought, walking away from his teammates. He walked | |
271 deeper into the library. He just wanted to be alone right now. | |
272 | |
273 “Aren’t you even going to say hello?” | |
274 | |
275 Leon froze. All of his cold mental reserve shattered like brittle | |
276 glass. He couldn’t move. He couldn’t breathe. It couldn’t be... He | |
277 slowly turned to face the voice, his heart still frozen in midbeat. | |
278 His eyes fell upon a girl in blue leaning against a bookshelf. He | |
279 felt dizzy and lost all over again, as if the floor had been yanked | |
280 out from under him. | |
281 | |
282 Rinoa smiled at him, brushing back some dark hair as she advanced on | |
283 Leon. “You look different. But it doesn’t seem like you’ve changed at | |
284 all otherwise.” | |
285 | |
286 “...” | |
287 | |
288 Rinoa giggled, finally reaching the moody gunblade expert. “I love | |
289 you, too, Squall,” she replied. Her arms wrapped around his shoulders | |
290 as she stood up on her tiptoes to give him a kiss. | |
291 | |
292 Leon slowly found himself regaining control as she kissed him, as if | |
293 his soul was reawakening because of her. He closed his eyes tightly, | |
294 holding onto Rinoa. All that he had thought he had gotten rid of had | |
295 only been hidden away. Forgotten, but not entirely gone. And she was | |
296 the key to unlocking it all. | |
297 | |
298 ~~~~~~~~~~~~ | |
299 | |
300 Sora collapsed onto his back, staring up at the cerulean skies above | |
301 him. He yawned, stretching out on the soft grass. His entire body was | |
302 sore. It felt like they had been travelling forever. He just wanted | |
303 to lie down for a moment. But lying there, his weariness tore at him. | |
304 He didn’t want to get back up. He just wanted to lie there. | |
305 | |
306 ‘Sora, you lazy bum,’ he could hear Kairi say. | |
307 | |
308 ‘I know you’re stronger than that, Sora,’ Riku’s voice called out in | |
309 his mind. | |
310 | |
311 Nodding resolutely, he struggled back into a sitting position. There | |
312 was still too much work to do. He couldn’t go slacking off now. He | |
313 couldn’t let down Kairi and Riku. | |
314 | |
315 “We’re never going to find that door,” Donald said exasperatedly, | |
316 slumping next to Sora. His legs ached. He was a lot shorter than | |
317 Goofy and Sora, so he had to work harder to keep up. On top of that, | |
318 he had to get back to Daisy soon. Or she’d kill him. He gulped at the | |
319 thought, resting against his staff. | |
320 | |
321 “We’ve gotta find the door. We will find it. It’s the only way we | |
322 can find Riku and your king.” Sora looked up at the clouds, seeing | |
323 his friends in them, calling to him. That managed to reenergize his | |
324 spirits. They were out there. And they would be together again one | |
325 day. If there was one thing his journey had taught him, it was to | |
326 believe in the power of one’s heart. And there was a red thread | |
327 connecting his heart to Riku and Kairi’s. As long as he believed that | |
328 they would be together, they eventually would. He just had to keep | |
329 believing. | |
330 | |
331 “Hey, Sora,” Goofy began. “You finally got that friend of yours, | |
332 Kairi, back, right? So why aren’t you trying to find a way back to | |
333 your island?” | |
334 | |
335 “Because I’m not going back without Riku. I have to find him. We’re | |
336 going back to Kairi together. I can’t leave him. And I can’t leave | |
337 you guys to find your king alone. We’re in this together,” Sora | |
338 explained. He could see Riku and Kairi smiling at him in the clouds. | |
339 “And even if I can’t be with Kairi right now, I’ll always be with | |
340 her. The same with Riku. But I want us to all be together again. So | |
341 I’m going to make sure it happens. No matter how long it takes.” | |
342 | |
343 “Gawrsh. Poor Kairi has to wait all this time while we’re off | |
344 lookin’ for that door.” Goofy shook his head sadly. | |
345 | |
346 Donald glared at Goofy, crossing his arms. “Poor Kairi? I wouldn’t | |
347 mind trading places with her. Let her find that stupid door.” | |
348 | |
349 Sora laughed. “But you’ll keep looking with us anyway, right, | |
350 Donald? Remember, only smiles on this trip.” | |
351 | |
352 The duck looked over to protest but found himself staring at the | |
353 oddly grinning faces of both Goofy and Sora. Sighing, the mage gave | |
354 up. “All right, all right! Only smiles.” | |
355 | |
356 Sora stretched as he finally stood up. “Good. Then lets get going. | |
357 We have to go find Riku and the king. We can’t waste any time. | |
358 They’re probably waiting for us right now.” With renewed enthusiasm, | |
359 he began walking again. He had no idea where the door to the light | |
360 would be, but it hardly mattered. He’d keep looking until he found | |
361 Riku. | |
362 | |
363 Donald sighed and slowly got to his feet. “Hey! Wait up!” | |
364 | |
365 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | |
366 | |
367 Walking along the beach, Kairi was lost in thought. The island felt | |
368 so empty without Sora and Riku by her side. She found herself closing | |
369 her eyes more and more and wishing that they would be there when she | |
370 opened them. But they never were. So she wandered the island, | |
371 visiting all of the places that were important to her two best | |
372 friends, that held special memories for her. It was all she could | |
373 think to do. It wasn’t as good as having them there with her, but it | |
374 let her relive those moments they had together. Even if she did wind | |
375 up crying because of it quite a bit. She felt so alone without the | |
376 two of them. “Come back to me,” she whispered. | |
377 | |
378 Something in the air caught her eye, drawing her gaze to the | |
379 heavens. Something was plummeting through the sky, falling like some | |
380 shooting star. It took her a moment to realize it was human shaped | |
381 and plunging towards the waves nearby. It finally crashed into the | |
382 aquamarine ocean, sending water splashing everywhere. Kairi ran to | |
383 the water, swimming as quickly as she could towards the figure. Her | |
384 mind raced with thoughts, all jumbling upon each other in their | |
385 confusion. Riku? Sora? Were they hurt? Was it them? How had they | |
386 fallen from the sky? Could she really drag them all the way back to | |
387 the beach? | |
388 | |
389 Searching under the gently rolling waves, Kairi finally spotted a | |
390 prone figure in the water. She pushed forward, grabbing hold as | |
391 tightly as she could. Pulling herself up, she gasped greedily for | |
392 air, holding the figure close as she made her way back to land. Her | |
393 heart was playing a staccato beat inside of her chest as she | |
394 struggled wet and weak along the sand. She finally collapsed with the | |
395 fallen person, her curiosity and anxiety nearly maddening. Rolling on | |
396 her side while she tried to catch her breath, she found herself | |
397 staring back into blue eyes. | |
398 | |
399 Sitting up as quickly as she was able, Kairi found herself staring | |
400 at herself lying on the sand. “What?” The sight gave her no relief. | |
401 It only served to raise more questions, confusing her further. This | |
402 didn’t feel like a dream. But how? This didn’t make any sense. She | |
403 could only stare at herself for a long moment, waiting to see if the | |
404 other her would do anything. Where had it come from? Why was it her? | |
405 What was going on? | |
406 | |
407 It took Kairi a bit before she noticed a difference in the other | |
408 her. There was something strange sticking out of her chest. Still on | |
409 her knees, she slowly reached toward the strange object. Her hand | |
410 jerked back when she saw the chest rise and fall. She finally worked | |
411 up the courage to reach out again, taking hold of what she now | |
412 realized was a handle. But for what? The girl that looked so much | |
413 like her didn’t seem to be stabbed or anything. But the handle still | |
414 seemed to lead to something. | |
415 | |
416 “It will be okay, Kairi. I’ll always be with you. There’s nothing to | |
417 be afraid of. You just have to reach out and take my hand.” | |
418 | |
419 Kairi looked up in shock at the familiar voice. She could see Riku | |
420 looking down at her, holding his hand out for her. “Riku... I...” She | |
421 reached forward, trying to take his hand, to pull him close. But his | |
422 hand was gone before she could grab hold of it. “Riku...” She looked | |
423 back down at herself, her other hand still on the protruding handle. | |
424 | |
425 “Find them,” her other self whispered. “They need you. They can’t do | |
426 it alone.” | |
427 | |
428 Kairi slowly found herself nodding. “We should be together. We need | |
429 each other.” She couldn’t just wait on her island forever. ‘This | |
430 time, I’ll protect both of you,’ she thought to herself. The her on | |
431 the sand smiled. Taking a firmer grip on the handle, Kairi pulled it | |
432 out of the other version of herself. In a storm of sparkles, the | |
433 other her was gone, and Kairi was holding a large key. | |
434 | |
435 “Open the door,” a voice whispered in her head. Who was it? She | |
436 couldn’t quite tell. Looking up, she could see a lone door standing | |
437 on the beach, apparently leading to nowhere. It had a large keyhole | |
438 on it. It almost seemed to beckon her. Kairi slowly stood up. If she | |
439 stayed here, her friends might be in danger. She knew they could | |
440 handle anything if they were all together again. Sora and Riku were | |
441 both lost out there. Maybe she could find them. She would find them. | |
442 Wherever they were. | |
443 | |
444 Stepping forward, the young princess used the large, unwieldy key to | |
445 unlock the door awaiting her. As the door slowly opened, she knew | |
446 there would be no turning back. This was it. But her choice was | |
447 simple. She had to find them. Anything could have happened to them | |
448 out there, lost on any one of countless worlds. Without a glance | |
449 back, Kairi plunged through the door. | |
450 |