Kingdom Hearts x Fem!Reader: The Lost Princess

Chapter 78

Warnings: Same as the last chapter

Rating: SFW

"Checkmate," Y!Xehanort said. Y!Eraqus scanned the chessboard. "And so darkness prevails, and light expires. You need a new strategy."

"My move, isn't it?" Y!Eraqus asked. Y!Xehanort scanned the board and Y!Eraqus lifted his final white piece.

"Huh?" Y!Xehanort asked as Y!Eraqus placed it on the far edge of the board.

"It's not over," Y!Eraqus said.

"C'mon. That's not fair. I know I had you."

"Yes, you nearly did. But, a game's no fun if you know where it's going. There's more to light than meets the eye. I told you." Behind the single white piece carrying a crown token, fifteen more white pieces appeared on the board, and Y!Eraqus smiled.

"Some light comes from the past," he said.

On an endless sea and sky stretching onward to infinity, a light shined onto the transparent body of Sora. Sora opened his eyes and sat up, taking stock of the world he found himself in. He stood, the water splashing beneath his feet paired with no other sound at all.

"Where am I?" he asked as he wandered the bright expanse, searching for answers.

"Can't stay away, now, can you?" someone asked. Sora looked around for the source of the voice.

"Hello?" he asked. A tiny light sparkled down in front of him, making an odd mewling sound, it reached down to the water, which rippled as if something had set its feet down on it. There was a bright flash, causing Sora to shield his eyes as a small cat wearing a cape and a coin purse appeared in front of him.

"The name's Chirithy. And this is The Final World," they said.

"I'm Sora. What's the...'Final World'?"

"There's nothing else beyond this. You've wandered here more than once before on your visits to the Station of Awakening, buuut...I let that slide. The edges of sleep and death touch, and one can't help the occasional crossover."

"Wait, 'death'?"

"Yes. The natural end for those whose hearts and bodies perish together. But some persist, and arrive here."

"My heart and body perished? Um, does that mean..."

"Something is holding you here–refusing to let you go. You're hanging by a thread."

"What about my friends?"

"I'm afraid that no one else arrived with you. And if they're not here, they're either gone forever, or they're clinging to the world you came from."

"I'm going back!" Sora summoned his Keyblade and started to leave in a rush.

"Whoa, whoa! How exactly?" Chirithy said. Sora turned back around. "You can't just wander out like your other visits."

"What?"

"I told you. The other times you came here by your own choice. This time is very different. To become your old self again and return to the real world, you'll have to piece yourself back together in this world first."

"Agh! Why am I in pieces?!"

"What? No, not literally, of course. You're conceptually in pieces. On the inside, who knows, but on the outside you're just fine." Sora dispelled his Keyblade.

"Oh, okay. You kinda freaked me out there!" he said.

"Oh boy...Usually, only a heart can reach The Final World. But since you've clearly managed to retain some kind of form, that can only mean your body was cast into this world as well. Maybe it was the Bond of a Spirit."