Seek the Stars
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Kingdom Hearts › AU - Alternate Universe
Rating:
Adult ++
Chapters:
30
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1,432
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XXII
XXII
Kairi looked at Sora and Kaoru and clasped her hands together. The three stood before the Sun Gate, weapons in hand, waiting for the onslaught. Out in the void, they could hear thunder, and all of them kept looking for the lightning. Kairi chewed on her lip, wondering what she could say to ease the tension in Sora’s shoulders. He was worried about Riku most of all, but he was worried about Roxas, Naminé, and Tenkuu as well. They should be fighting together, not separated, and they should be there to fight alongside Riku, because they were friends, and friends fight alongside one another.
Kairi looked up when she heard the growl emanate from the dark beyond the Sun Gate and saw Kaoru tense. Kairi queued up a Curaga, far enough away so she could cast healing spell after healing spell and not get in the way of the two Keyblade masters.
Kaoru engaged the Enigma first, Reaver slicing through flesh as he rushed out beyond the Gate. Sora took those that were able to get past Kaoru and within the gate, the two fighting fiercely with everything they had. Kairi cast Curaga after Curaga and tossed the boys ethers when their magic ran low, but still there were too many Enigma. Kairi was able to fire a few bullets before she had to retreat to the stone circle set twenty paces back from the Sun and watched from there, still casting what spells she could.
Sora fell to one knee as an Enigma slammed into him from behind, but the Ultima Keyblade kept it from doing any more damage. Kaoru was flagging, his strikes more out of desperation than natural movement. Kairi spammed ethers and healing spells, trying to rejuvenate the two Keyblade Masters. The Enigma just kept coming, and behind them were the Heartless. Kairi felt a tear roll down her face.
They were going to die here. Their parents would never know what happened to them, and Kaoru’s family and loved ones would wonder if they had done the right thing in letting the teenagers leave the safety of the city. Kairi clasped her hands together in a prayer-like fashion and squeezed her eyes shut.
“Please don’t let Sora and Kaoru die!” she whispered fiercely. “They have people waiting for them, people who love them, hoping they come back. Please don’t let my friends die!”
Kairi repeated herself over and over again, whispering the words against the crashing of blades and claws, of screams and yells. She lifted her head, tears in her eyes and screamed for her two protectors.
The sigil under her feet burst into a radiant golden light. The Enigma close to the light squealed in pain and tried to run back to the darkness, but they couldn’t avoid it. The light rushed out in pulsing spears, ghosting over the stretch of battleground between the sigil and the gate. The Sun gate began to glow with that golden light then, and Kairi stared with wide eyes as the great lioness on the gate came to life. She did not move except to let out a long and loud roar that echoed and re-echoed across the stretch of the courtyard.
Kairi thought she heard an answering roar.
Sora and Kaoru sprinted up to Kairi to catch her before she collapsed and broke something, supporting her as the Sun Gate began to glow brighter than any sun they knew.
“It’s beautiful,” Kairi breathed.
“Yeah.” Sora whispered. “Look how it shines. There’s so much light in that thing.”
Kaoru kept his silence, watching as the light fathered at the lioness’ mouth in a large orb. Then, a single beam of light shot out, heading straight for the Door where Riku waited. Sora was about to chase after it, but Kaoru grabbed his arm.
“We can’t go yet.” Kaoru said at Sora’s indignant splutter. “We have to wait for the lightning.”
“Who knows when that will be!” Sora hissed. “Riku needs me now!”
Kaoru’s grip tightened. “Wait.”
Kairi gasped and pointed as the Sun Gate’s portcullis began to descend. Outside the Gate, the Enigma yowled and writhed in the light, but beyond that, the trio could see Doors that were wide open. Then were hundreds, maybe even thousands, all open and exposing the world and its inhabitants to the Enigma. One by one, those doors slammed shut and sparked out of existence, the light as bright as lightning.
Kaoru grinned at Sora. “Now we go. Before the Sun Gate closes completely.”
Sora pulled at Kairi’s arm and the three began to run, feeling the ground begin to rumble beneath their feet. They didn’t look back, hurrying ever forward, running with all the strength they had left in them.
They passed through a flickering void, a viscous fluid that only served to slow them down, and when they emerged, they fell flat on the cobblestone path that surrounded the hill to the Door. Riku was nowhere to be seen, and the Door stood slightly ajar. Panic filled Sora and Kairi’s hearts.
“Riku!” They screamed together as loud as they could. “RIKU!?”
Kairi looked at Sora and Kaoru and clasped her hands together. The three stood before the Sun Gate, weapons in hand, waiting for the onslaught. Out in the void, they could hear thunder, and all of them kept looking for the lightning. Kairi chewed on her lip, wondering what she could say to ease the tension in Sora’s shoulders. He was worried about Riku most of all, but he was worried about Roxas, Naminé, and Tenkuu as well. They should be fighting together, not separated, and they should be there to fight alongside Riku, because they were friends, and friends fight alongside one another.
Kairi looked up when she heard the growl emanate from the dark beyond the Sun Gate and saw Kaoru tense. Kairi queued up a Curaga, far enough away so she could cast healing spell after healing spell and not get in the way of the two Keyblade masters.
Kaoru engaged the Enigma first, Reaver slicing through flesh as he rushed out beyond the Gate. Sora took those that were able to get past Kaoru and within the gate, the two fighting fiercely with everything they had. Kairi cast Curaga after Curaga and tossed the boys ethers when their magic ran low, but still there were too many Enigma. Kairi was able to fire a few bullets before she had to retreat to the stone circle set twenty paces back from the Sun and watched from there, still casting what spells she could.
Sora fell to one knee as an Enigma slammed into him from behind, but the Ultima Keyblade kept it from doing any more damage. Kaoru was flagging, his strikes more out of desperation than natural movement. Kairi spammed ethers and healing spells, trying to rejuvenate the two Keyblade Masters. The Enigma just kept coming, and behind them were the Heartless. Kairi felt a tear roll down her face.
They were going to die here. Their parents would never know what happened to them, and Kaoru’s family and loved ones would wonder if they had done the right thing in letting the teenagers leave the safety of the city. Kairi clasped her hands together in a prayer-like fashion and squeezed her eyes shut.
“Please don’t let Sora and Kaoru die!” she whispered fiercely. “They have people waiting for them, people who love them, hoping they come back. Please don’t let my friends die!”
Kairi repeated herself over and over again, whispering the words against the crashing of blades and claws, of screams and yells. She lifted her head, tears in her eyes and screamed for her two protectors.
The sigil under her feet burst into a radiant golden light. The Enigma close to the light squealed in pain and tried to run back to the darkness, but they couldn’t avoid it. The light rushed out in pulsing spears, ghosting over the stretch of battleground between the sigil and the gate. The Sun gate began to glow with that golden light then, and Kairi stared with wide eyes as the great lioness on the gate came to life. She did not move except to let out a long and loud roar that echoed and re-echoed across the stretch of the courtyard.
Kairi thought she heard an answering roar.
Sora and Kaoru sprinted up to Kairi to catch her before she collapsed and broke something, supporting her as the Sun Gate began to glow brighter than any sun they knew.
“It’s beautiful,” Kairi breathed.
“Yeah.” Sora whispered. “Look how it shines. There’s so much light in that thing.”
Kaoru kept his silence, watching as the light fathered at the lioness’ mouth in a large orb. Then, a single beam of light shot out, heading straight for the Door where Riku waited. Sora was about to chase after it, but Kaoru grabbed his arm.
“We can’t go yet.” Kaoru said at Sora’s indignant splutter. “We have to wait for the lightning.”
“Who knows when that will be!” Sora hissed. “Riku needs me now!”
Kaoru’s grip tightened. “Wait.”
Kairi gasped and pointed as the Sun Gate’s portcullis began to descend. Outside the Gate, the Enigma yowled and writhed in the light, but beyond that, the trio could see Doors that were wide open. Then were hundreds, maybe even thousands, all open and exposing the world and its inhabitants to the Enigma. One by one, those doors slammed shut and sparked out of existence, the light as bright as lightning.
Kaoru grinned at Sora. “Now we go. Before the Sun Gate closes completely.”
Sora pulled at Kairi’s arm and the three began to run, feeling the ground begin to rumble beneath their feet. They didn’t look back, hurrying ever forward, running with all the strength they had left in them.
They passed through a flickering void, a viscous fluid that only served to slow them down, and when they emerged, they fell flat on the cobblestone path that surrounded the hill to the Door. Riku was nowhere to be seen, and the Door stood slightly ajar. Panic filled Sora and Kairi’s hearts.
“Riku!” They screamed together as loud as they could. “RIKU!?”