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revengerevisited · 4 years

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I wanna do something a little fun and just share some of the KH fanfic ideas I’ve had for a while, which are mostly about Vanitas because of course they are. XD But yeah, here are my ideas:

1. A Shadow of Two - a sequel to A Heart and a Half, kinda a fix-it for KH3 but not really since it’s an AU to begin with. Vanitas Aqua and Ventus would be the main trio, but Sora Riku and Kairi are also POV characters, with each of them having their own trio and goals: Sora (with Donald and Goofy) looking for a way to revive Roxas while struggling with his own inner darkness, Kairi training with Axel and getting help from Ienzo in discovering her past, Riku Mickey and an unrevealed character on a secret Realm of Darkness mission and also finding a way to revive Naminé, and Vanitas Aqua and Ventus searching for the new Princesses of Heart while dealing with their own problems: Vanitas still dealing with his trauma while adjusting to normal society, Aqua dealing with something I can’t reveal yet, and Ventus... honestly I don’t know what to do with Ventus. The most obvious answer would be recovering his lost memories, but... well, introducing an egregiously convoluted backstory wherein Ventus and/or Vanitas might be a murderer isn’t exactly appealing to me, to say the least. I really wish Ven’s backstory could’ve been something I was allowed to make up myself. Other than that, the story would generally follow KH3 but with way more Disney worlds and hopefully fewer plot holes. ;P

2. Broken Hearts (Take Time to Mend) - a post-KH3 fic that ignores Re:Mind and the time-traveling Vanitas retcon. This fic is about the REAL Vanitas who was in KH3 and resurrected via scream energy who has returned once again, this time in the Land of Departure but is too weak to leave and is quickly discovered by the Wayfinder Trio. Tensions are high but he’s ultimately allowed to stay, with the focus of the story being on the four of them helping each other recover from their respective traumas: Vanitas’s years of abuse by Xehanort, Terra’s decade of possession by Xehanort (which according to the post-Re:Mind character files was a lot more traumatic than I’d realized), Aqua’s decade spent in the Realm of Darkness and subsequent corruption by darkness, and Ven’s... almost being killed by Eraqus, I guess. While pretty bad, that’s probably not as traumatizing as years of torture and torment, and the more obvious trauma to use would be Ventus committing/witnessing Strelitzia’s murder, but as I’ve established I just really don’t want to deal with KHUX at all. Anyway, this could work as a gen fic but since I love Vanqua so much I might as well make it one, maybe throw a little Terrella in there too 'cause why not.

3. This fic idea focuses on the aftermath of KH3, NOT Re:Mind, where Riku Kairi and Naminé are trying to adjust back to a normal life at Destiny Islands while also dealing with their grief over Sora’s disappearance. Kairi deals with blaming herself for Sora’s ‘death’, Naminé deals with being adopted as Kairi’s sister and learning how to be a normal person, and Riku deals with his growing feelings for Naminé, but the real star of the show is... Sora’s mom! Oh and Vanitas too, of course. Sora’s mom (who really needs a name) has finally been told about everything that’s happened these past two-ish years, and a month after Sora’s disappearance she finds a comatose Vanitas washed up on the beach. She assumes it’s Sora, although Riku and Kairi are quick to correct her. Despite their warnings, Sora’s mom nurses Vanitas back to health and basically adopts him, although he isn’t exactly happy with the situation. Still weak and recovering, Vanitas is unable to leave, and Sora’s mom won’t stop in her efforts to help him adjust to a normal life. This one could be merged into Broken Hearts, since I could imagine Riku informing the Wayfinder Trio about Vanitas’s return and an angry and distrustful post-KH3 Aqua wouldn’t want to let him out of her sight, but it might be better to keep them as separate fics seeing as they’re set in two different locations.

4. My next idea hinges on my theory of what the next KH game could’ve been like... or at least before Re:Mind pretty much shot it down. My theory was that Vanitas, the real Vanitas not the time-traveler, was still inside Sora’s heart and therefore went along with him to TWEWY. I haven’t played TWEWY but I know that Sora would need a partner to defeat the Noise, and what better partner than a former enemy? This would be similar to A Heart and a Half but instead of romance it’s a sibling team-up with them trying to escape Shibuya. This fic could also be combined with the previous idea as well... Maybe Sora allows Vanitas to win the Reaper’s Game and he ends up on Destiny Islands unable to remember what happened in TWEWY. Vanitas would be the key to getting Sora back but only if Naminé can unlock his lost memories. My only problem is that I would have to erase all that character development Vanitas gained with Sora to reset him back to have character development with the Destiny Islands characters instead, at least until he regains all his memories.

5. A different Vanitas and Sora team-up fic. Once again this is the real Vanitas who used scream energy to revive himself, but that made his heart rather unstable. He tries to fight Sora Donald and Goofy in Monstropolis but is too weak and sick and loses. Upon discovering that Vanitas looks just like him, Sora decides to take him back to Yen Sid for healing and answers. But Vanitas’s negativity is too much for the Gummiship to handle and it ends up stalling. Sora Donald and Goofy slowly nurse a very reluctant Vanitas back to health with the power of friendship, which would reduce the amount of negativity so the Gummiship can fly again. Vanitas and the trio travel to a few different Disney worlds and eventually rescue Aqua and Ven. I don’t know what would happen after that though, since I don’t want to just rehash exactly what happened in the Keyblade Graveyard.

6. A pre-BBS Vanqua AU. Only a few months after being created, Vanitas runs away from Xehanort to the Land of Departure, hoping to merge with Ven early. Unfortunately for him Ven is still in a coma, so Vanitas tries to merge with Aqua instead. This doesn’t quite work, but does end up linking their hearts in such a way that neither can go too far away from each other without feeling sick or even dying. Now stuck at the Land of departure, Vanitas is found by Xehanort who is enraged that Vanitas has basically ruined all his plans. Fearing for his life, Vanitas convinces Xehanort that the plan can still be salvaged: Vanitas will become Eraqus’s apprentice under the guise of Ven’s ‘brother’ and is tasked with encouraging Terra’s darkness while making sure Ventus and/or Aqua are trained to their fullest, depending on which one would be better to merge with. Xehanort, not wanting to start this entire endeavor over, agrees to the plan and introduces Vanitas to Eraqus and the others. Since Vanitas is now wearing normal clothing, Aqua has no idea that he is the masked boy who attacked her earlier, but feels strangely drawn to him due to their connected hearts. The rest of the fic would basically be about the four apprentices’ life at the Land of Departure, with Vanitas struggling with his loyalty to Xehanort vs his slowly burgeoning friendship with Terra Ven and Aqua, all while trying not to blow his cover with the Unversed.

I also have a few smaller ideas that I haven’t really thought through yet or might work better as oneshots or fanart: 1. A Lion King Vanqua AU with lion Aqua and black leopard Vanitas, Terra Eraqus and Xehanort also as lions, Ven as a regular leopard, and Braig as a hyena. 2. A KH1 retelling/reimagining with Vanitas reincarnated as Sora’s younger brother. 3. A Nier Automata AU with resistance android Terra, scanner Ventus, attacker Aqua, and Vanitas as a scanner with executioner chips installed by Xehanort sent to infiltrate Yorha. 4. A post-KH3 fic dealing with Sora’s restlessness after attempting to return to a normal life on Destiny Islands, feeling like he doesn’t belong after everything he’s been through. 5. Something about Aqua taking care of Ven when he first arrives at the Land of Departure, possibly Venqua. 6. A Vanqua-ish KH3 fic with Vanitas kidnapping Aqua to be used as a Guardian or Seeker back-up for Org13, but he eventually befriends her and lets her go. 7. And finally, a Namiku fic set between CoM and KH2. I kinda feel like this should be part of the A Heart and a Half ‘canon’, but I’m not actually sure whether it should be its own fic or just flashback scenes in A Shadow of Two.

You’ll notice that I really love stories about villain redemption, abuse/mental illness recovery, and former enemies becoming friends/lovers, which is why I’ve grown so disappointed with mainstream works nowadays rarely exploring those topics (at least not that I’ve seen). I guess that’s where that old saying comes in, “if you want something done right, you have to do it yourself”. But yeah, that’s just a quick list of my KH fic ideas so far!

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flynn-science · 5 years

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Ryan Reacts to Kingdom Hearts 3

Okay, so this is a mix of live reactions and post-world reactions. Lot of live reactions in the beginning and end, more sporadic in between. You can probably guess what I’m reacting to most of the time from the sequence of events.

Mmm dat orchestral Don’t Think Twice Needed a minute on the menu. Finally seeing it say KH3 was A Lot. HOLY FUCK WHAT A COOL INTRO The speed is the same as 0.2, with that sprint that kicks in. Will take some getting used to. The stained glass looks gorgeous though Nice touch of KH1 Sora’s jump animation changing to KH2 Sora’s Making choices again like the original. Vitality is probably health, Wisdom is probably magic, and Balance is, well, balanced. I’ll go balanced. (I’m on Proud, btw) Guardian, Warrior, Mystic. Same as the weapons in KH1. In that case, I’ll make the same choice I do there: Guardian. SORA HAS AN IDLE ANIMATION OH MY GOD BLOCK AND DODGE FROM THE START! Also this sky place is new for a Dive to the Heart (AND THOSE HOOOORNS, LISTEN TO THEM) The water looks great A four-hit combo instead of the usual three? Huh Scan from the start too Nice detail of Sora’s head angling towards the locked on target All this music sounds SO GOOD I’MMA NEED THIS SOUNDTRACK ONCE I’M DONE Ahhh that little soft version of Sora’s theme WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS KINGDOM HEARTS II.9 SHIT These Instagram-style posts on loading screens are adorable Oh damn, we get a LOT of abilities from the start. And this is on Proud! Dodge Roll, Air Slide, Aerial Dodge (formerly a Master Form ability), plus all the Flowmotion stuff Wow, THREE shortcut menus! 12 total! Wow, and a LOT more control over how allies use items. That can be very useful! Sweet, synthesis materials are back! Water is an interesting new spell. And being able to reorder the Magic menu is nice (though I only use shortcuts). Kinda glad the item art has stayed the same. Also hey, Wellspring is from BBS. And first AP Boost of course goes into Sora, as will they all. WOW USING THOSE IS WAY FASTER NOW Yooo that Underworld music with the Titans’ appearance Take a shot every time someone says “Sora, Donald, Goofy” Sora, Donald, Goofy counter: 1 HERCULES HAS JOINED THE PARTY “Team Effort: Always start battles with a team attack command.” Damn, what are those that this ability is FIFTY AP?! (Are team attacks that move we saw Sora and Goofy do in a trailer? The throw?) I like that tutorials are playable at any time Also I was worried Save Points might not return with that auto save message at the start ALSO THIS IS NIGHT OF FATE PLAYING IN THE COMBAT TUTORIAL Ooh, Panacea art is nice. (Panacea has only appeared as a command in games like BBS and re:coded, so it hasn’t had art before) *reads Ability Ring* Damn, if 10 AP is a SMALL boost, I can’t imagine how expensive abilities are gonna get (well, Herc does have that one 50 AP ability) Ultima Weapon returns, looks like Synthesis recipes are based more on collector’s goals than finding them. Looks like there’s 60 synthesis materials, sounds about right. Ooh, synthesis item rarities, types: soothing and pulsing are from BBS, writhing, betwixt, sinister are new. Looks like everything goes in Shards, Stones, and Gems. Ooh that’s a lot of Heartless. Hey when is Jiminy gonna show up? Gonna need to complete that Journal again. Oooh battle music has bits of the old Coliseum battle music. Sora, Donald, Goofy counter: 2 Environmental fire damage followed by Sora’s butt on fire limiting my actions. Neat. Okay, these have been live reactions so far, but I’m gonna stop doing that because it’s slowing my progress. “What the heck is Rage Form?” “OH. OH THAT’S A THING.” I keep seeing hidden Mickeys, I bet those are gonna be a thing with the camera once I get it. Also damn are they giving me a lot of ingredients for the cooking minigame I can’t play yet. So the biggest thing I’ve noticed about the new combat is that because they give you so many really powerful abilities (grand magic at higher levels, formchanges, attractions, team attacks) that are all basically free (are you hitting things with your keyblade or magic? Can you hit this specific enemy once? Can you wait for your teammate to give you a prompt?), the number of enemies in each fight seems to have SIGNIFICANTLY increased from previous entries. KH2’s level design this is NOT. Lots more nooks and crannies to search. Me approaching the gates of Olympus: “Is this Anor Londo?” Yay nostalgic Coliseum music! And oooh little environmental puzzles are back! Like from KH1! I forged Goofy a new shield! Aaaand playable Riku. I have no idea why they were so dodgy about the second playable character. This is only the third time Riku’s been playable. Anyway, gotta fight the Demon Tower again. Damn, Riku is WAY stronger than Sora right now. Wish I could have read his abilities (and moved shortcuts). Nice emulation of the death screen. Also hot damn, is that Repliku talking??? I guess Riku’s “other me” really could be Repliku. Awwwww yeah, Lea’s getting new clothes too! YEAH JIMINY! “Dream Heartbinder” So Heartbinders must be this game’s summon gems, and this one lets me use Dream Eaters. SORA’S THEME IS THE RINGTONE!!! Ienzo’s here, with a bit of OrgXIII music from CoM. HOLY SHIT THE GUMMI SHIP IS THE BEST IT’S EVER BEEN UPGRADEABLE KEYBLADES?! I guess that makes sense, considering they all have different formchanges. They want all of them to stay viable throughout the game. OH MY GOD, DEMON TIDE HAS SO MUCH HEALTH I guess the bosses have to with all these powerful attacks I have Does Hayner have a new voice? Olette sounds different too. Checked the wiki, all three have different actors. Pence sounds closest to his original though. So judging by the Dusks and Snipers, no more enemy-specific reaction commands. The Ducklings sell Gummi blocks now?? Huh. Whoa wait, the road out of Twilight Town’s Tram Common leads back to the world map? Can I NOT go to the clock tower in this game?? Man, Twilight Town felt really small. Hope the remaining worlds don’t, though they’ve certainly seemed significantly larger than the two I’ve been to so far. Also, totally called the Lucky Emblems, though I’m gonna keep calling them hidden Mickeys. I think Tou Story is my favorite world. Granted, I’ve only been to three, but still. The Gigas are super fun, Woody and Buzz look amazing, and I can’t stop whistling/humming along! AHHH CREEPY DOLL Lol, the Verum Nox poster even has a Square Enix logo. First death, the Gigas battle in the video game. GOD DAMN! WOODY dropping an amazing “The Reason You Suck” speech to Xehanort! “Unless you’re in the ~real~ Organization too? Good for you!” Damn, Sora! Also love hearing that music from Chain of Memories every so often Glad flowmotion’s jump isn’t as level-breaking as it was in DDD. Same goes for the attacks. Wow, so Rapunzel permanently leaves the party. Was wondering they’d just give her a different moveset like with Mulan/“Ping”. This is the first time a character permanently leaves your party. And of course, Marluxia. Who I didn’t think could or would return. And Vexen who rejoined willingly, which is, man. Not something I’d have done. Both Norted of course. And was Saïx missing his scar? Maybe he’s just Isa now. I could tell it was Unversed, and Flood specifically, in that first Monstropolis cutscene just from the sound of them spawning. That’s how I know I’ve put a lot of hours into this series. Monstropolis feels the most linear so far. Arendelle’s ice labyrinth is awesome, the level design gives me some light Dark Souls vibes. I like how there’s zero explanation for Sora, Donald, and Goofy being able to breathe underwater in The Caribbean. And by that I mean I would have liked even just one line to explain it. The ship combat isn’t as good as AC3’s and AC4’s, but it’s still pretty good for a one-world mechanic! The ship is a LOT more responsive than the AC ones. And damn, is this world open. Okay, San Fransokyo is gonna be a pain to search for chests and Mickeys. PRESS TRIANGLE TO SORA IS THE BEST REACTION COMMAND I HAVE EVER SEEN Jiminy telling people about summaries on the gummiphone is Square Enix saying “IF YOU DIDN’T PLAY THE GAMES, READ THE FUCKING SUMMARIES” Giant battle at the start of Keyblade Graveyard was cool, but hurt the frames, especially on the fake shadows. And just as I was getting hyped at the possibility of having Riku and Aqua as party members. Oh hey, just realized Riku’s keyblade has a Mickey keychain now too. “And so, as legend foretold, darkness prevailed and light expired...” “Your hearts will be torn from your bodies” “To move through time, you must leave your body behind.” THE FINAL WORLD?! Wait, Sora’s been here MULTIPLE times?? Okay, so the star talking about the person who’d miss them, whose heart has been taken by another’s? Strelitzia? Talking about Lauriam? Love and hate? Going back for fight after fight? Hm. Cloud or Sephiroth maybe? (Longshot, but it doesn’t sound like a khux character, or anyone else) Identical pair? There’s no twins in this series. Like walking alongside a mirror... maybe it’s not an literal identical nature? Same clothes, same food, maybe Xion?? “Nothing left to teach you”? Damn, that’s not much to go on. Maybe Eraqus’ and Xehanort’s master?? “Just friends... stepped back” Skuld maybe? “I’m gone... they’ve added another member” Could that be Xion? Wait, no, how could Xion be here, she’s still within Sora’s heart. Are these actual named characters we’ve met before? Or not? The one who was defeated and supposed to fade... Repliku?? But he’s with Riku now... Someone searching for their Papa??? Most of the characters in this series don’t have parents at all, so my only guess here is Pinocchio?? No way a Disney character ends up here though. I don’t think all of these are characters we know. Someone holding onto a sliver of memory, and a servant?? Yeah, these could all just have been ordinary people. Naminé?! What happened to Kairi??? Okay, so the darkness split them. KAIRI IS KEEPING SORA FROM FADING AWAY OH MY HEART “GO TO HER” SHE SAYS "That's not the official thank-you!" Lol Damn, this area is fuckin huge, why is it so huge?? A PORTAL?! A DDD PORTAL HERE?! Well this place is rad. I better see that weird Darkside at some point here OOOOOHHHHHHHHHHH OH IT ROTATES THAT'S FUCKIN SICK God damn, this game's got some of the best level design of the series! Is... is this OUR Chirithy? “He doesn’t remember the past”? Although I guess it could be Marluxia/Luxord/Demyx’s too. Or Ven’s. My bet is that it’s Ven’s. DID SORA JUST TIME JUMP BACK A FEW MINUTES??? Aaaand did nothing different. So now we’re world-hopping like we did back in End of the World. OH WHAT IS THIS DIVING INTO STATIONS TO PICK A WORLD?!?! YOOOOOOOO Just Kairi and Lea are left. Haven’t hit San Fransokyo or Twilight Town yet. Guess they must be in those two. Last one is San Fransokyo. Lea must be here. Kairi’s probably gonna be the last. “Traversing hearts to reach worlds” That must be what I’ve been doing here. Not jumping between worlds, jumping between HEARTS. Was Sora just considering telling her he loves her? He should have. Wait, am I back in time? This already happened... OH SHIT! THE LINGERING WILL IS HERE! EPHEMER! OHHHHHHH HO HO WOW! OHHHHHH FUCK! YOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Congrats to all the lucky people who got their names in the game! PRESS TRIANGLE TO UNION X GIANT SHADOW MASTER XEHANORT IS TERRIFYING I like how Axel is holding his keyblade by the guard instead of the handle OH SHIT MASTER YEN SID! YOOOOOO! Okay KH3, I want to fight thirteen bosses now, you hear me? DAMN that Ancient Light finisher on Starlight’s Second Form is STRONG YOOOOOOO THREE BOSSES AT ONCE??? (I really hope this is as tough as they were before, but seeing as Xemnas was harder in 1 than in 2, doubt it) Went to help Mickey first, so I’m taking on Marluxia, Luxord, and Larxene Oh come ooooon, I barely got to fight them! Luxord’s out, 12 to go OH SHIT THE OTHER TWO Larxene’s done, 11 to go. With XI conveniently up next. Marluxia’s defeated once again. 10 left. Hey whatever happened with that comment of their ancient keyblade legacy...? Xigbar... might be gone? So maybe 9 left. Dark Repliku is defeated, and light Repliku gave himself up so the Replica could be used for Namine. That’s sweet. 8 left. YO actual time of day change! I like the door switches. Nice having little environmental things like this. Hm, Kairi and Lea one way, Aqua and Ven the other. Well that’s no contest, gotta go back up my girl Kairi! Mysterious new hooded figure??? Oh. Oh no. I think it’s Xion. D: Yeah. It’s her. *Xion stops Xemnas “YEYEYEYEYEYEYEYEYEYYE YEEEEEAAAAAAHHHHH” *Roxas shows up “OOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHH FUCK” THE WHOLE GANG’S HERE YOOOOOOOOOOO Shout outs to Ienzo, Ansem, Vexen, and Demyx for helping Roxas return! WHY THE FUCK IS KAIRI GETTING KIDNAPPED A-FUCKING-GAIN, NOMURA WHY WAS SHE EVEN TRAINING, FUCK Okay, so Kairi and Lea/Axel are out, BUT ROXAS AND XION ARE IN OH HOLY SHIT, SORA SQUAD FORM UP!!!! I HAD TO STOP AND LISTEN TO THE MUSIC FOR A MINUTE It’s all three of their themes! (Plus a bit of Another Side) THIS IS THE HYPEST SHIT Aww, Saix’s death mirrors Xion’s. AND THE SEA-SALT TRIO REUNITE! Saix is out, 7 left. Xion turned, 6 left. Vanitas fades again, 5 left. I know some people had hoped for a heel-face turn, but I knew it wasn’t likely. WHAT TERRA’S HEART WAS IN ANSEM’S GUARDIAN THIS WHOLE TIME. THAT THEORY WAS RIGHT! Terra-nort’s back to just Terra. 4 left. Just wanna say, I love that it’s Sora who gets to turn the tides of all these fights. Who’s dull and ordinary NOW, huh?? AND he’s still going! Oh boy, time for a triple Xehanort fight! UMMM NINE KEYS (but why are they No Name and not the X-blade?) OOOOOOOHHHHHHH THIS BLEND OF ANSEM, XEMNAS, AND YOUNG XEHANORT'S THEMES Guardando Nel Buio, Darkness of the Unknown, and Impeto l’Oscurito 1V3 ME, I'LL TAKE YOU ALL ON Young Xehanort returns to his time. 3 left. I like how we all agree to pause the fight whenever someone falls. Xemnas fades. 2 left. Ansem as well. Just 1 darkness left. WHAT THE FUCK, KAIRI NOOOOOOOOOOOO AH SHIT HE’S GOT THE X-BLADE AH SHIT HE’S GOT KINGDOM HEARTS Oh hey, everyone’s caught up. Donald: “You can’t do anything without us, Sora.” Me: “Donald, shut the FUCK UP.” Xion: “Kairi will be alright.” Me: “OH THANK GOD” Scala ad Caelum. Stairway to Heaven. It looks like a proto-Land of Departure. But the music is Case of the Foretellers from X Back Cover. Could this place and Land of Departure once have been Daybreak Town? Damn, Dark Kingdom Hearts is over the ENTIRE Keyblade Graveyard now Spooky twelve figures are spooky Why do they have the Organization’s weapons?! I love this return of Destati though They all had a shared HP bar? Scala ad Caelum’s world icon is kinda shaped like a heart Oh wow, full Inception Weird hearing Rage Awakened without the Lingering Will here “There is one sky, one destiny!” “DEEEESTAAAATI!” Ohhhhh shit Shout out to the heart in the floor design though And the figure in the middle has 7 points Classic Xehanort pose from the KH2 secret ending Aaaaand now he’s got ANOTHER Kingdom Hearts! GREAT WHOA HE FORCED ME INTO RAGE FORM DESTATI IN FULL FORCE WHAT A RAD FINISHING BLOW! The canon death screen, the heartbeat, Donald and Goofy calling from my controller! ONE BIG BLAST! So Xehanort sees himself as some sort of white knight? A templar to guide the masses with an iron fist? Yeah, no dice dude. Sora’s right, not your choice to make, and destiny is beyond your control. So Eraqus really WAS with Terra all this time. MARK HAMILL IS BACK!!! Xehanort just hands it over, huh? Wow, closure between Eraqus and his apprentices after all these years Eraqus and Xehanort mimic Sora and Riku from KH2, and pass on. Go get her, Sora. HIKARI ORCHESTRAL Ven met his Chirithy! Lea’s finally wearing his new outfit. Aw, Xion looks good too! And Isa’s here! Naminé is back too! And I bet the Namine/Riku shippers are happy! AWWW They’re all hanging out at Destiny Islands! Look at them all being friends!!! THERE THEY ARE! WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT

Epilogue: XIGBAR HAS BEEN LUXU THIS WHOLE TIME?! WHAT WHAAAAAAAAAAAT?! You know while watching Back Cover I was like “Man, the Master of Masters really talks like Xigbar for some reason.” BOY DOES THAT MAKE SENSE NOW So what was it about Ava’s role with the Dandelions that led to her absence here? AND WHAT’S IN THE GODDAMN BOX Is it a Book of Prophecies? Something else entirely? In any case, I doubt Maleficent and Pete would be able to get it away from them all. Secret Ending, “Yozora”: Ooh, “Another Side, Another Story” vibes right off the bat. SORA! And... Riku? Well this is just Japan. Wait, the guy from Verum Rex? And a black coat, who’s probably Xigbar/Luxu or the Master of Masters? After watching, a friend informed me that Riku is in Verum Rex. And Sora’s dead. Cause he’s in TWEWY’s version of Shibuya, since that one building said “104.” But which one is the black coat in? It could be the Master of Masters dead, in Sora’s world. Or Xigbar/Luxu, still watching things.

I have no idea what comes next. But I am excited.

#kingdom hearts 3 #kh3 #kh3 spoilers #kh spoilers

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sideofwritingsandramblings · 5 years

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My Friend

This is a very short piece I did for the free The Ties That Bind Fanzine put together by @destiny-islanders and @novallion. If you’re a KH fan make sure to check out all the work the artists/writers/cosplayers/editors did!

A five-year-old Sora sat on the beach with his back to the ocean as he watched his best friend Riku, and another boy named Titus, spar with wooden swords. Riku had already beat Sora twice and Sora definitely wasn’t pouting as he watched them.

Don’t worry Sora, you’ll get him next time.

Sora smiled, spreading his legs out in the sand.

His imaginary friend Ventus always knew what to say when he was feeling down.

At eight years old Sora had a feeling he was doing this whole “imaginary friend” thing wrong.

“I’ve never had an imaginary friend,” Riku told him when he asked.

“Never ever?”

“No,” Riku replied, then paused for a moment to look between Sora and Kairi, “I’ve never needed one.”

Sora felt warmth in his chest when he realized what Riku meant. He shared a look with Kairi and could tell she was happy too.

“Well… what about you Kairi?” Sora tried, “Did you ever have one before coming to the island?”

Kairi hummed, crossing her arms as she thought for a moment. She looked past them to the ocean, as if it held the secrets to her lost memory. She eventually shook her head.

“I don’t think so… Even though I can’t remember much, I was never really alone. I don’t think I ever needed one either.”

She smiled at Riku, and Sora suddenly felt bad. Why did he create an imaginary friend when he had Riku and Kairi? When he thought a bit more about it, he couldn’t even remember creating Ventus in the first place.

“Sora, it’s okay to have imaginary friends,” Riku said, probably concerned by Sora’s expression, “Sometimes you just need someone to talk to.”

“Ye-yeah, right,” Sora said, then quickly tapped Riku on his arm, “Tag! You’re it!”

Sora took off running, hearing Riku laugh and Kairi yelp as she also tried to get away from Riku. Their laughter helped Sora refocus. These were his best friends. He didn’t need an “imaginary” friend either but…

Ventus was his friend too.

While Riku was determined to tag Kairi, Sora ducked behind a bush and out of sight.

“Ventus?” Sora asked under his breath, “Who are you exactly? You’re not really my imaginary friend are you?”

Sora waited, watching from his spot as Riku finally caught up to Kairi, cornering her at the water’s edge. He ended up tagging her as she laughed and tried to run past him.

Sora, you saved me, Ventus finally responded.

“I did?”

Yeah. You did. And… I’ve been resting in your heart ever since. I want to do anything I can to repay you but, I also don’t want to be a burden.

“You’re not a burden,” Sora replied, “You’re my friend.”

Friend?

“Yeah! You’re always so nice to me and encourage me when I’m sad. Do you ever get sad Ventus?”

Yes, sometimes.

“Do you want to talk about it?” Sora asked, pushing further back into the bushes so that Kairi and Riku couldn’t see him.

No, it’s okay Sora. Don’t worry about me.

“But-”

“Ah-ha! There you are!” Kairi said, pulling the branches of the bush out of the way, “Why were you hiding Sora?”

Kairi reached out a hand and Sora grabbed it so she could help pull him back up. As soon as he was standing she dropped his hand and ran.

“You’re it by the way,” She called back to him.

Come on Sora, let’s go after them! Ventus laughed, Also, you should call me “Ven.”

Sora smiled and decided that he could be friends with Riku, Kairi and Ven.

When Sora turned twelve he realized that he hadn’t talked to Ven in almost two years. Maybe he had just been imaginary after all?

Sora was so tired and he didn’t know why. The three of them were planning on getting on the raft and leaving the island tonight, but all he wanted to do was sleep… and every time he did he had strange dreams.

Earlier on the beach, just before Kairi had woken him up, he had dreamt of shadow monsters and darkness. It was terrifying but he’d had a weapon, a key shaped blade to fight them off. The strange part was that it had all been so familiar somehow. Like he’d seen it before, but when he woke up he couldn’t put his finger on why.

After recovering more materials for the raft he had snuck off to the wooden shack and curled up in a corner to rest his eyes for a second. That dream had been even more vivid.

He had been standing on a wide barren land, with a great looming darkness in front of him. There had been a woman with blue hair and a man with brown hair standing before him. Both of them were carrying weapons similar to his previous dream.

Keyblades.

The word came to him in an instant. The two keyblade wielders had started running towards the darkness and Sora tried to follow them. Yet every step he took felt too slow. He couldn’t keep up. He tried calling out to them, but couldn’t think of what to say. Their names were on the tip of his tongue.

Why did they both look so familiar?

“Ven!” the woman yelled back to him.

Sora woke up. And he didn’t have time to think about dreams after that.

When Riku received the Mark of Mastery, it was time for Sora to help find the other Guardians of Light. He stood in front of Yen Sid’s desk being briefed for their next assignment.

“So who exactly are these keyblade wielders we’re looking for?” Sora asked.

“First we must locate Master Aqua,” Yen Sid replied, looking to Mickey and Riku, “That’s why they will go to the Realm of Darkness to search for her. Hopefully, we will be able to find the other two with her help.”

“What other two?” Sora asked, his stomach suddenly in knots.

“Terra, a man who may have fallen victim to Xehanort’s dark plans. He could be one of the thirteen vessels of darkness.”

“And the other?”

Yen Sid sighed, “A young man who has been asleep for a very long time. We need Aqua in order to wake him.”

Sora’s heart was beating too fast. It hurt.

“What’s his name?”

“Ventus.”

Sora. Sorry that we got you caught up in all of this. Thank you for keeping my heart safe all this time. Your heart truly is a sanctuary. And now I’m going to help you in return.

#kingdom hearts #kh3 #zine #sora #ventus #riku #kairi #fanfic

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orangedodge · 6 years

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Instead of flooding my blog with a deluge KH posts, I figured I'd do just one in-depth one about the end reveal.

At least until the next trailer comes out, and my inner nine year old breaks out once again.

So despite Nomura's limitations as a writer, and his occasional technical naivete, I've always been a bit surprised that he's never really given his due as a director. He has good storytelling instincts, and can be skilled at framing information on screen to highlight what he wants, while making his audience ignore what he doesn't want them to pay attention to. His team can also cut a trailer very well. The 2.8 trailers were masterful at presenting actual spoilers, but framed within an artificial context that hid their meaning, and led to the audience anticipating story beats that did not actually exist. The respective natures of Aced and Gula as people, in particular, was something he was highly successful at concealing.

E3 trailer spoilers below the cut

The first E3 trailer drop, which I think we're calling the "Frozen" trailer, reminds me a lot of what he did last time, with those 2.8 trailers. The reveal at the end, and it's implication that Aqua is now evil, is driven by two lines,

SORA - "I wont let her fall to darkness"

and

AQUA - "You're too late"

The combination is framed to suggest that it's specifically too late for Aqua, but as these lines occur in two entirely different scenes, and this structure is unlikely to be preserved in the actual game, the thematic bridge they create is an artificial one. It's unknown what the full context of each scene actually is, particularly the latter scene with Mickey, Aqua, and Riku. Instead, Aqua's lines are being set up with by potentially false context by Sora.

What actually happens in that scene? I think the position of landmarks, and the continuity in way the scene is lit, is sufficient to establish that it most likely takes place within the same span of time as the previous trailer's Riku and Mickey scene, in which Riku's Way to Dawn Keyblade was broken.

By combining the two Riku scenes, I would posit that the chain of events is as follows: Riku and Mickey arrive at the Dark Margin > Aqua attacks them in her new shadow form > Mickey is disarmed, and Riku's Keyblade broken > Aqua stops fighting and reveals herself > Aqua picks up Mickey's Keyblade.

If the line "This Keyblade..." is native to that scene, and not something that was simply placed out of context in the trailer to create false context (a trick Nomura used with Phantom Aqua's dialogue in the 2.8 trailers), then it could be possible that she didn't recognize her opponents until she saw that Keyblade. Either way, I believe it's likely that she fought them until they were both disarmed, whereupon she stopped, and revealed herself to them.

Two things grabbed my attention,

Is breaking Way to Dawn, the Keyblade with one of Xehanort's creepy time-travel spy eyes (that we've been warned about), actually an inherently aggressive act? She appears to have been completely shrouded/cloaked in darkness, if not actually invisible (if that was a Red Eyes effect Mickey was under), when she arrived. Assuming that the two Riku clips are in fact one continuous scene, than it seems as though she didn't let them see her until that Keyblade was out of the way.

Why pick up Mickey's Keyblade? It was established ages ago that a Keyblade can't be stolen from its wielder, so unless that's being retconned, I don't see why she'd benefit from picking it up unless to demonstrate to them that she's still capable of doing so. And that's being done in a state where she's not just possessed by darkness, but seems to have been totally transformed into it. The only precedents I can think of for that are Anti-Sora and Ansem. Anti-Sora didn't have access to Keyblades, and Ansem could only wield one through Riku's body (and presumably Riku’s heart, since he lost his access to the Keyblade once he cast that away).

So is Aqua currently fallen to darkness? Almost definitely, unless this is just Phantom Aqua messing with Mickey, or a physical manifestation of an impression she left behind when she lived there, or the result of some unique circumstance like Aqua-removed-her-Heart-from-her-body or Aqua's-looking-for-Ven-in-the-realm-of-sleep that that would render her condition a temporary side effect.

Is she 'norted? It seems probable, but I'm not one-hundred per cent sure that it actually follows from what's been shown. Xehanort's never shown the ability to discorporate into dark fog or become invisible, I mean, and it seems like that would be a fairly useful ability to make use of if he had it. It seems not unreasonable to assume that it's therefore an ability newly unique to Aqua, and not something connected to a 'norting. I'm going to leave the changers to her hair aside because it's appeared that shade before (for example, in the daylight Wayfinder sequence at the start of the 0.2 trailer), and I'm not sure how much of the color change is being influenced by the lighting conditions, or even if the lighting is finished. The eyes seem like a big give away that she's 13th 'nort, as we've only ever seen glowing amber eyes in humans with Xehanort's vessels... but we don't actually know why he has those traits in the first place.

It could be nothing of consequence, just a unique aspect of his character design that made an easy shorthand for showing who he was possessing. Or it could be that amber eyes are actually meant to represent something in this setting (connection to Heartless?), and what specifically that is just hasn't come up yet, except as through the brothers and sisters 'nort. So it's possible that her eyes don't really mean what we assume they do, and it's just a fun way to use the trailer to mess with us.

(And because this series is so weird, it may also be worth remembering that incomplete beings have been shown to take physical forms influenced by the expectations of the people viewing them. Think Xion's magic flippy-floppy hood, or Aqua perceiving Ansem as Terra. So depending on what the meaning of Aqua's shadow form actually is, the way she appears to Mickey might not be what she actually looks like, as opposed to just the material consequence of how he expects her to look, reflected back upon his own reality. I... ugh. This series is something else.)

(There's also a possible exception to the only-'norts-have-glowing-eyes rule with Terra, who did have glowing amber eyes before he was 'norted, but portions of those cut scenes may now be apocryphal)

But even if Aqua is 'norted, does it automatically follow that she's now an evil puppet of the arch villain’s? I'm going to just throw this out there, and give a hard no. Could be! She could be evil now, she could even be a boss fight and a resulting fetch quest to fix her Wayfinder to bring her back to normal, or be a recurring super boss introduced to give the heroes someone more threatening to fight than Vexen and Marluxia, or anything else. But it's not absolutely necessary and it's a truly strange assumption to make, given past experiences with 'norts and people consumed by darkness.

Riku was 'norted for... really the entirety of the first three games in one way or another, and after a few initial close calls, he got his second wind, and was fine. Vanitas and Braig both seem to do whatever they want; it just so happens that they want to be evil, but I don't think Xehanort has ever shown any supernatural capacity—resorting instead to threats and possible torture—to modify their behavior if they wander off to undermine him. Terra is... well his body has been possessed for decades now, but also obviously is not being controlled in any meaningful way, unless Xehanort actually planned to choke himself and get whipped in the face by chains. Axel also didn't seem to have any problems with just throwing Xehanort out, when he was a heartless shell that theoretically had compromised means of resisting a takeover.

So Xehanort is clearly not always in complete control of his vessels, other than Young Xeno (himself), Ansem (his own literal heart), and maybe Xemnas (some proportion of his own heart in Terra’s empty body), who could all be unique exceptions. And even the vessels that have been with him the longest have habit of doing as they please. I should find it strange should Aqua be the absolute only exception in the series. And thinking on it, all that's really said of the final confrontation is that you have 13 seekers and 7 guardians... but there's not really a rule that they have to form two opposed teams and stick to them no matter what.

To just fly off into blind speculation though, what I'm personally leaning towards is the possibility that Aqua has just become a part of the realm of darkness. That Mickey is “too late” to reach her before a point of no return, and now she just cannot leave. She doesn't sound particularly angry, or upset to see him. It sounds like she's just stating a fact, or just speaking with resignation. Mickey and Riku, in the clip where Way to Dawn is shown broken, also do not seem as defeated as one might expect them to if they had experienced complete and total failure. They seem pretty sure of themselves, whatever has happened.

I'm hesitant to add this in, given my own bias, but it actually seems not unlike they're saying goodbye. Perhaps just letting go of something, if they've failed and are moving on, or if Riku is just saying goodbye to the chapter of his life represented within Way to Dawn. Or they could be getting ready to split up.

I've seen a lot of speculation, that I think rings true, that Disney would prefer for Mickey to not be involved in the final fight, whacking recognizable humans in the face with a sword-like weapon. The rumor's line of reasoning follows that he needs to be swapped out for someone else, and Aqua seems like the most fitting possibility. Maybe literally? One stays, so another can go? Thematically, she took on Terra's punishment for him, trapping her there in the first place. Mickey taking it on for her, so she can leave, would be a fitting continuation. And it seems to be what he wants. Edgy, traumatized, Mickey Mouse is a weird concept to introduce to a story, but it almost pulls it off where his trauma re: Aqua is concerned. This is clearly meant to be the great unhealed wound in his life, and to not just free his friend, but take her place in the underworld for a while is one way to help him patch it.

#video games #kingdom hearts #aqua #why do i do this to myself

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atomic-taco-muffin · 3 years

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The Lost Princess Chapter 58

warnings: do i even need to say it

rating: SFW

“WHAT THE HELL?!” the twins shouted.

“Eek!” Rumi yelped.

“How did she go missing?! You were the one with her!” Roxy said.

“I don’t know. We passed out and the next thing I knew, she was gone,” Sora said.

“Grr...She should’ve stayed with us. That way, she wouldn’t have been kidnapped!” Yui said.

“Did you see who kidnapped her?” Xemnas said.

“No. Both of us were knocked out cold,” Sora said.

“Well, I know that you’ll find her. You always have. Now we must get back to the task at hand,” Yen Sid said.

“But--” Roxy said.

“Roxy,” Xemnas warned. Roxy scoffed and listened to what Yen Sid, Xemnas, and Ansem had to say.

“Long ago, in the age of fairy tales, the World was filled with light--a gift, many believed, from an unseen power known as "Kingdom Hearts." You see, Kingdom Hearts was protected by its counterpart, the "Chi-blade," so that none could ever lay hands on its mysteries. But in time, the World was overrun by legions who wanted the light all for themselves, and the first shadows were cast upon the land. These warriors crafted ‘Keyblades’ in the image of the original Chi-blade, and waged a great war over Kingdom Hearts. We call this the ‘Keyblade War.’ But though the war extinguished all light from the World, the darkness could not reach the brightness inside every child's heart. With that light, the World was remade as we know it today, with countless smaller worlds shining like stars in the sky. As for the real Chi-blade, it did not survive the battle. The two elements that created it, one of darkness and one of light, shattered into twenty pieces--seven of light; thirteen of darkness. And as for the source of all light--the one true Kingdom Hearts--it was swallowed by the darkness, never to be seen again. As long as it remains there, even the brightest world will have its dark corners. After all, light begets darkness, and darkness is drawn to light. For this reason, some decided to use the Keyblade-- a weapon designed to conquer the light--to defend the light instead. These were the first heroes of the Keyblade,” Yen Sid said.

~~~~

Sora awoke in Traverse Town with a jolt.

“Where is he?” he asked. He looked over and saw that Rumi and Yui were with him.

“Rumi! Yui!” he said.

“Wh-why am I back here?” Rumi asked, nervously.

“It’s okay, Rumi. Sora and I are gonna protect you. Right, Sora?” Yui said.

“R-right,” Sora said.

“Hey Sora. Who were you talking about?” Rumi said.

“Before I fell asleep, Neku said that he and that creep in the coat had a ‘deal.’ But what was the deal? Are the two of them in league? That can't be right... We never even found Neku's partner. I guess we should just take a look around,” Sora said.

“Agreed,” Yui said. The three of them made their way to the First District and found a hidden entrance to the Post Office beneath the tall mailbox in the square. Through there, they traveled to the Fourth District.

“Wow! Never been this way before!” Sora said.

“Neither have I!” Rumi said. The three of them spotted a large stadium with balloons.

“Ooh! What's that?” Rumi said. The three of them saw a young kid talking to a Moogle.

“Hey, um...any chance you're Neku's partner?” Yui asked.

“Huh?” the kid asked. They turned to face him, the Moogle flapping his tiny wings. “Umm...I'm not really sure. All I know is that my name is Rhyme.”

“You mean...you've lost your memory?” Sora asked.

“Yep.”

“Oh. Sorry...”

“Aw, it's no big deal. You know what they always say--’Sometimes memories just need a little help getting out.’”

“Yeah...that's true. Huh, ‘a little help’... I know! Maybe Neku can jog your memory! Come on, Rhyme. Let's go find him!” Rumi said.

“Right!” They walked into the Fifth District, which housed a large multilevel garden. Rumi looked up and saw Neku standing on the roof. They soon reached his level.

“Neku!” Rumi said.

“What? Rumi? You’re back? Sora...You actually still trust me?” Neku asked.

“Of course I do,” Sora said.

“But you know that I tricked you, right? That guy in the black coat, he said he could send me home--me and my partner--but I had to bring you to him first. He was also with two women. They wanted (Y/N). I’m sorry.” Neku hung his head down.

“Wait, black coat? Oh no,” Yui said.

“W-what is it?” Rumi asked.

“The Organization. They want (Y/N) for something. And I don’t even want to say it,” Sora said.

“Well, it’ll be no big deal. You’ve taken care of them before. I’m sure you can do it again. Now then, Neku--this here is Rhyme. Is she your Game partner?” Rumi said.

“No. Sorry. I'm teamed up with somebody else,” Neku said. Suddenly, Rhyme vanished. “Huh?”

“What? Rhyme!” Yui said. The cloaked figure appeared in the center of the rooftop along with two cloaked women. Sora readied his Keyblade while Yui and Rumi summoned their guardians and Neku ran toward the cloaked people, who knocked him away with ease.

“Neku!” Rumi said. The man raised his arms as a large Hockomonkey Nightmare appears, floating in the air above them and the two women summoned a group of Negaverse’s. A corridor of darkness appeared behind them, and began to walk inside it.

“Huh? Hey, wait!” Sora said. Him and the girls ran forward, but the corridor closed and the Nightmare and Negaverse’s blocked their path.

“Out of our way!” Yui said. After a tough battle, Sora and the girls defeated the Hockomonkey and the Negaverse’s. Meanwhile, Riku woke up in the Second District, Roxy right next to him.

“What happened? Did I fall asleep?” he asked.

“How should I know?” Roxy asked. Riku got up and walked around, Roxy following close behind.

“Where are Joshua and Beat?” he asked.

“Who?” Roxy asked.

“Uh, nevermind.”

“Hey, do you mind?” someone asked. Riku and Roxy turned and saw a girl running away from some Dream Eaters and Negaverse’s. Him and Roxy chased them to the First District, finding them surrounding her at a closed-off door. He summoned his Keyblade while Roxy summoned her guardian.

“Stay back,” Riku said. Him and Roxy took out all the Dream Eaters and Negaverse’s and faced the girl with pink hair. She held a cute cat doll in her hands.

“Seriously, thanks. I'm Shiki, how 'bout you?” she said.

“Riku.”

“The name’s Roxy.”

“Thanks, Riku and Roxy.”

“Sure,” Riku said. Him and Roxy started to leave.

“Hey! That's it? You chat up a girl and then just say, ‘Sure,’ and walk off?” Shiki said.

“Look sweetcheeks. I’m here to find my sister and my best friend, okay? I don’t have time to talk to people like you,” Roxy said. Riku stopped and looked at Shiki.

“Sorry about her. She doesn’t know how to control her anger sometimes,” Riku said.

“I HEARD THAT!” Roxy yelled.

“Look, it's not safe here. You should go home.”

“If it's dangerous, how can you just leave me here? Aren't you my knight in shining armor?” Shiki asked. She played with her doll while talking and winked at him. “Well?”

“Kn-knight? You've got the wrong idea,” Riku said.

“Omigosh, I was so just kidding. You get out much?”

“He doesn’t!” Roxy said. Riku crossed his arms, unable to form words.

“You remind me of this guy I know. Well, good thing we met,” Shiki said.

“Yeah, great,” Riku said. Him, Roxy, and Shiki walked to the Fifth District. At that moment, Sora, Rumi, and Yui and Neku reached ground level, seeing an image of Riku, Roxy, and Shiki, who held her cat doll.

“Riku!” Sora said.

“Roxy!” Rumi and Yui said.

“Over there!” Shiki said. Sora, Rumi, and Yui saw the girl's image ran off toward a staircase and they started to run over to Riku and Roxy.

“Hold on, guys,” someone said.

“Hey! We should stick together!” Riku said. Shiki cried out in alarm.

“Perfect,” Roxy said. A Portal appeared behind Sora, Rumi, and Yui, who watched the image of Riku and Roxy run after the girl. Joshua appeared before Sora, Rumi, Yui, and Neku.

“Joshua,” Neku said.

“Hello, Neku. How long the days without you have felt,” Joshua said. Suddenly, Rhyme reappeared.

“Rhyme! I'm glad you're okay,” Sora said. Rhyme smiled.

“Neku, do you know this guy?” Rumi asked.

“Yeah. Joshua. He's my...friend,” Neku said.

“Okay... Are you the one who took Rhyme away? And...why do you know our names?” Yui asked.

“If you'd like to settle down for a sec, I'll field your questions one at a time. Let's start with Rhyme. I'm hanging on to her dreams for her. They're my Portal,” Joshua said. Yui and Sora crossed their arms, looking confused.

“Let's just say, her dreams are a gateway between worlds. Next question--how could I possibly know your name--right? This town has a little secret. It only appears when someone out there has need of shelter. I'll spare you the details, but right now it's made up of my dreams. So of course I know you--I dreamed you up. I know your best friend, Riku, too,” Joshua said.

“Really? You know Riku?” Sora asked.

“What about Roxy? And (Y/N)?” Rumi asked.

“Hmm, nothing on them. But I can always find a way. I'm kind of omniscient.”

“Where’s Riku?” Sora asked. Riku and Roxy stopped running as they turned the corner at the staircase.

“You can't expect me to--” Riku said. They saw three cloaked figures, Shiki's doll at the man’s feet.

“Shiki! No way...” Roxy said. The man stepped on the doll and kicked it away.

“How did you get here?” he asked.

“Who are you?” Riku asked. The doll hit him in the chest.

“By choice or chance? You cannot control what you're not aware of,” the first woman said. The figures began to walk down the stairs towards Riku and Roxy, who backed away slowly. Joshua turned toward the staircase, where Sora, Rumi, and Yui saw Roxy and Riku's image.

“Him and Roxy right inside this projection, in another imagining of this world. I don’t know where this (Y/N) person is though,” Joshua said.

“You mean...another Traverse Town? Can we get there with your Portal thing?” Sora asked.

“Sad to say, it won't work for you. My ‘Portal thing’ only opens for the one with Rhyme's dreams. In this projection, you're seeing another chain of events, in another world trapped by the Dream Eaters. As for how the world got split in two...I have a feeling you'll need to ask them.” Sora and the girls saw the cloaked figures walk down the stairs in pursuit of Riku and Roxy.

“Them again,” Rumi said.

“This wakeless sleep will be your prison...to wander forever,” the second woman said. Riku and Roxy reached the edge of the fountain and stopped.

“What do you mean?” Riku asked.

“Riku, don'chu listen to that punk!” Beat said. Neku and Rhyme sensed something behind them and saw an image of Shiki and Beat, who was yelling across the water.

“Shiki's gonna be fine! She told me whassup. Hoodies here set this whole thing up, yo. They promised to send Shiki back to our world, and you two was the cost of travel,” Beat said. He looks over to the cloaked figures. “Yo, this is seriously one half-baked excuse for a mission. Betchu ain't even a Reaper.” The figures takes off their hood, the revealing yellow eyes and long silver hair, the first woman revealing black hair and red eyes, and the second woman revealing blonde hair and having red eyes as well.

“No...” Roxy, Yui, and Rumi said.

“All right. Who are you?” Riku asked.

“Who's...that?” Sora asked. The image's form flickered and vanished. On Riku and Roxy's side, the young man and the two women raised their arms and summoned a Hockomonkey Dream Eater, which flies inside the garden building and summoned a group of Negaverse’s. They escaped through a corridor of darkness.

“Wait!” Riku and Roxy said.

“I'm really sorry,” Shiki said. Riku tossed the doll back to her.

“It's all right. Beat, watch her,” he said.

“I gots this, yo! Hey lady! I’m free if you want some fun!” Beat said.

“First of all, my name’s Roxy and second of all, I’m not interested,” Roxy said. Riku and Roxy entered the building and defeated the Hockomonkey and the Negaverse’s. They joined the others outside, where they saw images of Sora, Rumi, Yui, Neku, Joshua, and Rhyme.

“Hey, what is this?” Shiki asked. Riku and Roxy walked up to Sora and the girls.

“What are we...seeing?” Riku asked.

“No idea,” Roxy said. She moved his hand into the image.

“This is so messed up, man!” Beat said as he knelt down to Rhyme’s height. “She's right here in front of me and...I can't reach her!” He tried to grab Rhyme, but his hand went right through the mirage.

“If your hearts are connected, you'll reach her,” Riku said.

“Beat...” Rhyme said.

“Rhyme...” Beat said.

“Shiki...” Neku said.

“Neku...” Shiki said.

“Girls...” Roxy said.

“Roxy...” Rumi and Yui said.

“Riku...” Sora said.

“Sora...” Riku said. There was a flash and Sora, Rumi, the twins, and Riku stood alone with Joshua, each in their own version of Traverse Town.

“In their world, something happened that brought their existence to an end. To keep them from fading altogether, I gathered up the very last remnants of their dreams and looked for a place to give them refuge. It was then this world appeared to answer my call, and Rhyme's dreams allowed us to reach it. Here, I thought they might have a chance--that the pieces of their dreams could make them whole again. Imagine my surprise when I realized dreams take bodily form in this world. It struck me--by linking their dream pieces back together, maybe I could make them exist again. Maybe I could give them another chance,” Joshua said.

“It can't be that simple,” Roxy said.

“Well, why can't it? By ourselves, we're no one. It's when other people look at us and see someone--that's the moment we each start to exist. All they needed was for someone to see them, connect with them. And the two of you were a big part of making it happen.”

“Joshua, just...who are you?” Sora, Rumi, the twins, and Riku asked.

“Let's say...a friend.” Two large angel wings sprouted from his back and he flew up into the sky. A Keyhole appeared on the building in front of them. They nodded to each other and sealed it.

~~~~

You woke up and saw that you were in a dungeon. But not just any dungeon. The dungeon from when you were kidnapped by the Organization. You got up and ran to the door.

“Hello?!” you asked but no one answered. “Yui?! Roxy?! Rumi?! Anybody?!”

“That won’t work.” You turned around and spotted...

“Vani!” You ran up to him and engulfed him into a hug. He hugged you back and buried his face in your shoulder.

“What are you doing here?” you asked as you pulled away.

“I can’t tell you,” he said.

“What do you mean you can’t tel--No.”

“I’m sorry.”

“You’re sorry?! Do you realize what he wants with me?!”

“I do know that and that’s why I’m in here with you.”

“The hell are you talking about?”

“I’m here to break you out. We all are.” Vani summoned some of his Unversed and you smiled.

“What’s your plan of action then?” you asked.

to be continued...

#kingdom hearts #kingdomhearts #kingdom hearts imagine #kingdom hearts imagines #kingdom hearts x reader #kingdomhearts x reader #kingdomhearts imagines #kingdomhearts imagine

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