Kingdom Hearts Fan Fiction ❯ Elemental Tale ❯ Chapter 6

Kingdom Hearts II: Elemental Tale

by Axel Ingleson and Darcy Black-Valentine

 

-Chapter Six-

 

All four of the Elemental Fighters walked through town, noticing that it was deserted and run down. They looked through the front glass of the music store and saw that there was nothing left there except a broken sitar that was covered in a fine layer of dust. Demyx's face fell and he went inside the store to examine the broken instrument. Sora stood beside his friend and looked at the instrument.

 

“Any chance of fixing it?” he asked.

 

“No…not when it's broken to this degree.”

 

The other two entered the store and watched as Demyx brought the sitar outside.

 

“What are you going to do with it?” Axel asked.

 

Demyx shrugged.

 

“Don't really know yet. An idea will probably come to me as the day wears on.”

 

They made their way through town. As they neared the edge of the town, Sora spotted his mother's house. Or rather, what was left of it. It looked as though it had burned down ages ago, which it probably had.

 

Tears streaming down his face, he ran to the burnt embers and found a small star-like charm lying amidst the ruins. It was clear that Kairi had been there when the house had been destroyed. He wept as he realized that Kairi would never have left the charm behind.

 

Picking up the charm, he looked over at Demyx, who gave him a look of sympathy. “Looks like we both found something of sentimental value.”

 

Sora nodded. Then, he looked out at the little island and gasped. “Riku! Look!”

 

Riku took one look, then ran as fast as he could to his boat. Rowing out to his island as fast as he could, he was soon kneeling at the charred trunk where the Paopu tree had once grown.

 

He dug frantically through the ashes until he found a single burnt seed. He clutched it in his hand.

 

“Let me see,” Demyx said, holding his hand out to Riku.

 

Riku held out the seed, reluctantly.

 

Demyx took the seed and wove a teardrop of water which was clear and at the same time the color of Riku's eyes around it. This teardrop was attached to a chain of ice that wasn't cold at all.

 

Demyx tied the chain around Riku's neck and then decided, finally, to bury the sitar.