Dying... Dying.... Dying... Dead.
Because this is the second day of not getting any sleep. I'm aiming to rectify that after posting this up.
Title: The Beginnings of a Journey
Rating: G
Pairing: N/A
Genre: General, Crossover
Series: xxxHOLiC, Kingdom Hearts
Disclaimer: I own nada.
Inspiration: The Chinese proverb, “A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.”
Summary: A two-part shot told from two different perspectives of a “chance” encounter. His wish was to travel and see all of the other worlds out there. And she could grant him that wish, if the price didn’t kill him first.
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Working at Yuuko's shop was like walking down a winding road. Sometimes the ground was straight, sometimes, uneven.
Every once in a while, he would stumble across a crossroad, each path leading him to a different encounter.
Crossroads
"The Beginnings of a Journey"
By Hikagi
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Yuuko watched as a young, white-haired boy stumbled into her yard and tripped over a tree root. He was ridiculously cute and she resisted the urge to walk up and pinch him in the cheeks as old ladies were wont to do.
His friends were chasing him, but they stopped at the edge of her property. Apparently, they couldn’t see anything save an empty plot of land, and that suited her just fine.
She had a customer to attend to, after all.
Gracefully, the Time Dimensional Witch rose from her place situated in the shadows and moved to greet her newest client. The boy stiffened at the swishing noise her clothes made and spun around.
“Who are you?”
Instantly, Yuuko was hit by how radiant his eyes were and in the chaos of the blue-green orbs, she saw something. A future of suffering and trials.
She saw him standing alone in the middle of nowhere, surrounded by a darkness that had no end. She saw him shoulder the burdens of his sins as he attempted to atone for his past crimes.
She saw an ocean and his friend running up, reaching out to grab his hand. But their hands never met, and they were swept away from each other, the water swirling around them and pulling them apart.
She saw someone falling. Falling from the sky that had been the ocean before it had changed with the shifting atmosphere. Falling into a lonely, empty world. Falling into darkness.
But she blinked all of the visions away and introduced herself. He seemed to be intrigued at her title, and said that his name was Riku.
He asked her what this place was, and she replied that it was a shop that sold wishes. Only the people who had wishes could see and enter this place. He asked her if that was why his friends went away, and she nodded.
“Sometimes I see this strange door,” Riku explained. “It’s at our secret place, and it’s always locked.” He paused a little, almost hesitant about what he was going to say next. “When I ask the others, no one else can see it.”
She asked him when he had started seeing this door.
“About a month ago. Right after Kairi got here.”
She was intrigued because she could tell that this was some sort of portal or door that led to different dimensions, but she wasn’t quite sure why it was there.
So she asked him, “Where is Kairi from?” thinking that that might give her some sort of clue.
But he gave a shrug. “I don’t know. They say she came from far away. But she doesn’t remember anything.”
Yuuko didn’t frown, but she didn’t like where this was going either.
“Is there a wish you want, Riku?”
“I want to travel to other worlds. I want to see everything that’s out there.”
“In compensation, you have to give me something in return…”
If his wish was to travel worlds, then she could grant it. The way he would go about doing so would not require the usage of the Mokonas, because she had those in special reserve for certain someones in the times to come.
No, Riku would have to use the darker, more sinister method of traveling, and Yuuko wasn’t sure if the idea was a good one, despite what her Sight was telling her. She didn’t like exposing children to the darker side of magic where the stakes were higher and the consequences, deadlier.
The price was going to be very heavy.
Because most likely, this young boy was going to be dragged into an unavoidable situation; one of Fei Wong’s colleagues were meddling in her affairs, seeking something that was better off left alone. This boy was going to lose something very important to him, if her visions were any indication. He was going to have to make choices in the future, and his decisions would affect the paths his friends would take.
But she had faith in him and his friends. Somehow, things were going to work out in the end.
Because he was going to be a Keyblade Master.
Fin.
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I’m sorry that this shot is so short compared to my other ones.
There are so many things wrong with this, but my brain is in pieces at this point. Most of it is technical and has to do with Kingdom Hearts and can be blamed on my lack of sleep.
Please review! That makes me very, very happy. And if you haven’t done so, go read the other side of this shot under In Consistencies, chapter 3.
x-posted to xxxholic and FFN
Previous chapters/shots can be found under Crossroads (FFN) or at the challenge table (LJ).
~ Ika
Title: The Beginnings of a Journey
Rating: G
Pairing: N/A
Genre: General, Crossover
Series: xxxHOLiC, Kingdom Hearts
Disclaimer: I own nada.
Inspiration: The Chinese proverb, “A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.”
Summary: A two-part shot told from two different perspectives of a “chance” encounter. His wish was to travel and see all of the other worlds out there. And she could grant him that wish, if the price didn’t kill him first.
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Working at Yuuko's shop was like walking down a winding road. Sometimes the ground was straight, sometimes, uneven.
Every once in a while, he would stumble across a crossroad, each path leading him to a different encounter.
Crossroads
"The Beginnings of a Journey"
By Hikagi
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Yuuko watched as a young, white-haired boy stumbled into her yard and tripped over a tree root. He was ridiculously cute and she resisted the urge to walk up and pinch him in the cheeks as old ladies were wont to do.
His friends were chasing him, but they stopped at the edge of her property. Apparently, they couldn’t see anything save an empty plot of land, and that suited her just fine.
She had a customer to attend to, after all.
Gracefully, the Time Dimensional Witch rose from her place situated in the shadows and moved to greet her newest client. The boy stiffened at the swishing noise her clothes made and spun around.
“Who are you?”
Instantly, Yuuko was hit by how radiant his eyes were and in the chaos of the blue-green orbs, she saw something. A future of suffering and trials.
She saw him standing alone in the middle of nowhere, surrounded by a darkness that had no end. She saw him shoulder the burdens of his sins as he attempted to atone for his past crimes.
She saw an ocean and his friend running up, reaching out to grab his hand. But their hands never met, and they were swept away from each other, the water swirling around them and pulling them apart.
She saw someone falling. Falling from the sky that had been the ocean before it had changed with the shifting atmosphere. Falling into a lonely, empty world. Falling into darkness.
But she blinked all of the visions away and introduced herself. He seemed to be intrigued at her title, and said that his name was Riku.
He asked her what this place was, and she replied that it was a shop that sold wishes. Only the people who had wishes could see and enter this place. He asked her if that was why his friends went away, and she nodded.
“Sometimes I see this strange door,” Riku explained. “It’s at our secret place, and it’s always locked.” He paused a little, almost hesitant about what he was going to say next. “When I ask the others, no one else can see it.”
She asked him when he had started seeing this door.
“About a month ago. Right after Kairi got here.”
She was intrigued because she could tell that this was some sort of portal or door that led to different dimensions, but she wasn’t quite sure why it was there.
So she asked him, “Where is Kairi from?” thinking that that might give her some sort of clue.
But he gave a shrug. “I don’t know. They say she came from far away. But she doesn’t remember anything.”
Yuuko didn’t frown, but she didn’t like where this was going either.
“Is there a wish you want, Riku?”
“I want to travel to other worlds. I want to see everything that’s out there.”
“In compensation, you have to give me something in return…”
If his wish was to travel worlds, then she could grant it. The way he would go about doing so would not require the usage of the Mokonas, because she had those in special reserve for certain someones in the times to come.
No, Riku would have to use the darker, more sinister method of traveling, and Yuuko wasn’t sure if the idea was a good one, despite what her Sight was telling her. She didn’t like exposing children to the darker side of magic where the stakes were higher and the consequences, deadlier.
The price was going to be very heavy.
Because most likely, this young boy was going to be dragged into an unavoidable situation; one of Fei Wong’s colleagues were meddling in her affairs, seeking something that was better off left alone. This boy was going to lose something very important to him, if her visions were any indication. He was going to have to make choices in the future, and his decisions would affect the paths his friends would take.
But she had faith in him and his friends. Somehow, things were going to work out in the end.
Because he was going to be a Keyblade Master.
Fin.
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I’m sorry that this shot is so short compared to my other ones.
There are so many things wrong with this, but my brain is in pieces at this point. Most of it is technical and has to do with Kingdom Hearts and can be blamed on my lack of sleep.
Please review! That makes me very, very happy. And if you haven’t done so, go read the other side of this shot under In Consistencies, chapter 3.
x-posted to xxxholic and FFN
Previous chapters/shots can be found under Crossroads (FFN) or at the challenge table (LJ).
~ Ika