Kingdom Hearts x Fem!Reader: The Lost Princess

Chapter 63

Warnings: same as it always has been.

Rating: SFW

Sora arrived in a Dark City at the base of a tall skyscraper.

"Wait, isn't this..." he said as he walked around. "Is the Organization's world sleeping too? No, it can't be. I know I definitely found the seven Keyholes already. So, I've gotta be awake again and in the real world. But why here? Is (Y/N) here too?"

"Aw, what's the matter, sleepyhead?" someone said. Sora looked around.

"Who's there? Show yourself!" he said.

"We jumped through a lot of hoops to get you here." A crosshair locked onto Sora and the arrow gun powered up. "But it looks as if it's gonna pay off."

Sora dodged the bolt as it struck the ground. He saw a man atop an adjacent skyscraper, who jumped down to street level. The man dispelled his arrowguns and smirked at Sora with his good eye, a scar lining his face.

"You're a part of this?" Sora asked, surprised.

"Hey. Let's hit these plot points in order, Sora... Roxas. First, you must be wondering about your revised itinerary. 'Why am I here, not back home?' The answer's simple. We brought you to this place! Hijacked your little slumber party before it started. And ever since, we've been both your companions and your constant guides," Xigbar said.

"Before it started?" Sora gasped. "The man in the robe! And so that guy in the black coat, and Muki..."

"Bingo. You were able to go back in time to just before your home became a Sleeping World, only because a past version of you already existed there." Xigbar walked up close to Sora, who backed away slowly. "And I can see, in the past, you already met Mr. Robe Guy. Yup, he was there then to make sure you ended up here now."

"That's ridiculous!"

"It sure is. It's too perfect. Who'd ever believe it? Which is why you idiots never saw it coming. You thought you were off doing some kind of test, right? Well, test this–how come you're wearing the same clothes if you're already back home? You are not gonna wake up, okay? Look–there's no real versus dreams anymore. There's just you, us, and this."

"I see. Fair enough." Sora summoned his Keyblade. "So what? At least I know who to blame for it!" He glared at Xigbar, ready to fight.

"Ooh, I see you've still got that angry look down. But, here is where I tag out. I got just a few more hoops I gotta jump through," Xigbar said. He teleported away, leaving Sora alone. He reappeared upside down in the air above Sora, laughing as he shot the ground around him with thirteen bolts. In each bolt's place, a cloaked figure appeared. To Sora's immediate front stood the young man from his previous encounters, fully unhooded.

"Come with me," he said as he extended his hand, and Sora had a flash of Riku doing the same on that fateful night. Suddenly, Sora felt dizzy and he held his head.

"What?" he asked. He looked to his right and saw Xigbar.

"Pleasant dreams, kiddo," Xigbar said and Sora collapsed. Meanwhile, Riku descended into a synthetic-looking castle.

"Where am I now?" he asked. He looked up to see various broken panels on the wall. "Why am I here? I unlocked all seven Keyholes–so I should be back in the world I came from."

He turned and proceeded through the castle, reaching the Verge of Chaos.

"Is that... Sora?" he asked. He found a spectral image of Sora floating comatose inside a bubble surrounded by a swirl of darkness. He ran over to his friend. "Sora!"