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Kairi, The Key of Destiny & FFX: Tidus' Deja Vu

"SORA!" Sora flinched as Kairi's outburst echoed through his head.

"Kairi?!" Sora looked around, but he didn't see any trace of her. He and Riku had just escorted the other six Princesses of Heart to a safe-room in a hidden wing of the castle.

"Sora, what's up?" Riku asked. However, one quick glance at Sora's worried expression told him everything.

"Didn't you hear her just now?" Sora asked. Riku shook his head.

"No, but I'm assuming you did." Riku said. "Your hearts are connected after all."

"It sounded like she needed help!" Sora couldn't understand why Riku looked extremely serene at the moment.

"Calm down. I'm pretty sure she's all..." Riku's thought trailed off in mid-sentence. Something was starting to click in the back of his mind. Sora was too focused on Kairi to realize... "I think someone's messing with us," he whispered.

Sora's eyebrows shot up. "Really? Who?"

"Not sure. But for some reason they specifically targeted Kairi out of everyone here. They can't be trying to open the Door to Darkness again, because the other six Princesses of Heart are still here." He motioned toward the safe-room being heavily guarded by King Mickey's royal knights. "This battle, this whole fight..." Riku's eyes narrowed. "...it's a distraction."

Riku broke into a run with Sora Supergliding after him. "Where are we going?"

"We need to regroup with everyone else and fast! Because if I'm right," Riku huffed, "the marriage will be the least of our problems."

* * *

Kairi and Naminé decided to work from right to left, starting with a blue hazy cove holding a shadow of a key. As soon as Kairi touched it, a bright light obscured her surroundings. When her vision finally came back, she found herself on the platform with Sora's etching again. She held out her Keyblade in a ready stance.

"I really hope it's not that Twilight Thorn again," Kairi said nervously. "I so don't want to be groped like that a second time." She shuddered at the memory.

"Except by Sora."

"Yeah, except by..." Kairi stopped herself. "Ewww! No! What's wrong with you?!"

"Hey, I don't have a body of my own anymore, okay? Even a girl's other consciousness has needs too."

Random data streams appeared, twisting and turning before their eyes, until they took form of a black-cloaked humanoid slightly taller than them.

"I'm guessing this is our first opponent," Naminé said.

Two shafts of light shot out of the being's hands, instantly forming into...

"Keyblades?" Without warning, the black-cloaked figure lunged at Kairi. Taken off guard, she barely had time to put her own Keyblade up in time to parry the attack. The figure attacked relentlessly. All Kairi could do was dodge, leap back and deflect his attacks.

"Who are you?" Kairi asked.

"Someone from the dark," came the reply.

"Wait a minute," Naminé said suddenly. "That voice sounds awfully familiar."

Kairi leapt back from a giant swing. She heard the familiarity too. "Roxas?" She swiped with her Keyblade, pushing the hood back to reveal Roxas' impassive face.

"Roxas, please! Don't you know me?" In response, Roxas' Oathkeeper managed to nick Kairi's arm. She bit back tears that were instinctively forming by the stinging sensation and concentrated on blocking his strikes.

"Roxas, please! Don't you know me?" In response, Roxas' Oathkeeper managed to smack Kairi's arm. She bit back tears that were instinctively forming by the stinging sensation and concentrated on blocking his strikes.

However, Roxas was too quick with his attacks, eventually forcing Kairi to defend on her knees. His Keyblades hammered against hers with ruthless aggression. She struggled to hold her Keyblade steady, but with him being Sora's other half, the Princess of Heart wasn't strong enough to withstand the constant flurry of blows.

With one final swipe, Kairi's Keyblade was sent flying, clattering uselessly ten feet from her. Kairi rushed for her disarmed weapon, but Roxas was faster. She barely took a single step before Roxas transformed into light and used his Oathkeeper to pin her Keyblade down. Without hesitation, he shoved Oblivion into Kairi's face, causing her to land painfully on her butt.

"ROXAS, STOP!" Naminé cried. The data projection stopped in mild surprise, for Naminé's voice had come directly from Kairi's mouth.

"Wait, Naminé? Did you just..." That's when Kairi noticed she was no longer in control of her own body. In fact, she didn't look anything like herself anymore. Her hair was blonde, she was wearing sandals and a (surprisingly comfortable) one-piece white dress.

"Roxas! Don't you remember? It's me! Naminé!" Roxas stood silent for a moment, his Oblivion still trained on her.

"Did you get through to him?" Kairi wondered. After a long moment of tension, Roxas shook his head.

"Never heard of you." Oblivion flashed directly into Naminé's hurt expression.

* * *

"Wakka! You've seen Selphie or Kairi yet?"

"Nope! Been busy taking down these *erf* black things!" Tidus and Wakka found themselves trapped among a crowd of Soldier Heartless. Unfortunately for Tidus, he had never set foot outside Destiny Islands before, so he had to borrow a sword from one of the castle guards. Wakka was using his trusty Blitzball.

"I never thought fighting for real was going to be this tough!" Tidus complained. Suddenly, Wakka was struck with inspiration.

"I got an idea! Go long!" Wakka yelled. Tidus understood immediately. They had set up a new play earlier and now would be a good time to test it.

"Who's butt am I going to kick?" Tidus thrust his sword into the ground, used the hilt as a stepping stone, and leaped high into the air. "Eeny, Meeny, Miny..."

Wakka wound up and let the ball fly. "Here you go!"

"...Mo!" Tidus fluidly flipped into a powerful bicycle kick, disintegrating the Heartless by sheer force. "Score!" Before they could celebrate their victory, reinforcements materialized, completely surrounding them. "What's with these things? There's too many of them!"

As soon as the words left Tidus' mouth, a red blur rushed past him and in one swift stroke, their new ally took down the entire crowd.

"Whoa! That was awesome!" Tidus exclaimed. Auron looked at Tidus through his unscarred eye.

"It seems we were fated to meet. Maybe you need a guardian."

Tidus shot a confused glance at his friend. "Hey, Wakka?"

"Ya?"

He jerked a thumb toward Auron. "This old guy look familiar to you?"

Wakka scratched the back of his head. "Nah, never met him before in my life." Then Tidus felt something bump into his back.

"Hey, what..." He turned to see three cute, young fairies hovering behind him. The one with the blue and white sash was rubbing her head.

"So sorry about that!"

Tidus raised an eyebrow. "And who are you three?"

Yuna waved her arms dismissively. "Oh, we're nothing worth mentioning."

Tidus gave the Gullwings a good, hard look before shifting his gaze back to Auron.

"Okay, you four look really familiar, but I can't place it..." Tidus turned to Wakka who was spinning his Blitzball on his forefinger. "Does any of this give you a feeling of deja vu?"

"Hmm..." Wakka stared at the balancing globe before letting the sphere drop into his open palms. "Nope. I think you've just been taking one too many Blitzballs to the head."

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Kairi, The Key of Destiny & FFX: Tidus' Deja Vu

"SORA!" Sora flinched as Kairi's outburst echoed through his head.

"Kairi?!" Sora looked around, but he didn't see any trace of her. He and Riku had just escorted the other six Princesses of Heart to a safe-room in a hidden wing of the castle.

"Sora, what's up?" Riku asked. However, one quick glance at Sora's worried expression told him everything.

"Didn't you hear her just now?" Sora asked. Riku shook his head.

"No, but I'm assuming you did." Riku said. "Your hearts are connected after all."

"It sounded like she needed help!" Sora couldn't understand why Riku looked extremely serene at the moment.

"Calm down. I'm pretty sure she's all..." Riku's thought trailed off in mid-sentence. Something was starting to click in the back of his mind. Sora was too focused on Kairi to realize... "I think someone's messing with us," he whispered.

Sora's eyebrows shot up. "Really? Who?"

"Not sure. But for some reason they specifically targeted Kairi out of everyone here. They can't be trying to open the Door to Darkness again, because the other six Princesses of Heart are still here." He motioned toward the safe-room being heavily guarded by King Mickey's royal knights. "This battle, this whole fight..." Riku's eyes narrowed. "...it's a distraction."

Riku broke into a run with Sora Supergliding after him. "Where are we going?"

"We need to regroup with everyone else and fast! Because if I'm right," Riku huffed, "the marriage will be the least of our problems."

* * *

Kairi and Naminé decided to work from right to left, starting with a blue hazy cove holding a shadow of a key. As soon as Kairi touched it, a bright light obscured her surroundings. When her vision finally came back, she found herself on the platform with Sora's etching again. She held out her Keyblade in a ready stance.

"I really hope it's not that Twilight Thorn again," Kairi said nervously. "I so don't want to be groped like that a second time." She shuddered at the memory.

"Except by Sora."

"Yeah, except by..." Kairi stopped herself. "Ewww! No! What's wrong with you?!"

"Hey, I don't have a body of my own anymore, okay? Even a girl's other consciousness has needs too."

Random data streams appeared, twisting and turning before their eyes, until they took form of a black-cloaked humanoid slightly taller than them.

"I'm guessing this is our first opponent," Naminé said.

Two shafts of light shot out of the being's hands, instantly forming into...

"Keyblades?" Without warning, the black-cloaked figure lunged at Kairi. Taken off guard, she barely had time to put her own Keyblade up in time to parry the attack. The figure attacked relentlessly. All Kairi could do was dodge, leap back and deflect his attacks.

"Who are you?" Kairi asked.

"Someone from the dark," came the reply.

"Wait a minute," Naminé said suddenly. "That voice sounds awfully familiar."

Kairi leapt back from a giant swing. She heard the familiarity too. "Roxas?" She swiped with her Keyblade, pushing the hood back to reveal Roxas' impassive face.

"Roxas, please! Don't you know me?" In response, Roxas' Oathkeeper managed to nick Kairi's arm. She bit back tears that were instinctively forming by the stinging sensation and concentrated on blocking his strikes.

"Roxas, please! Don't you know me?" In response, Roxas' Oathkeeper managed to smack Kairi's arm. She bit back tears that were instinctively forming by the stinging sensation and concentrated on blocking his strikes.

However, Roxas was too quick with his attacks, eventually forcing Kairi to defend on her knees. His Keyblades hammered against hers with ruthless aggression. She struggled to hold her Keyblade steady, but with him being Sora's other half, the Princess of Heart wasn't strong enough to withstand the constant flurry of blows.

With one final swipe, Kairi's Keyblade was sent flying, clattering uselessly ten feet from her. Kairi rushed for her disarmed weapon, but Roxas was faster. She barely took a single step before Roxas transformed into light and used his Oathkeeper to pin her Keyblade down. Without hesitation, he shoved Oblivion into Kairi's face, causing her to land painfully on her butt.

"ROXAS, STOP!" Naminé cried. The data projection stopped in mild surprise, for Naminé's voice had come directly from Kairi's mouth.

"Wait, Naminé? Did you just..." That's when Kairi noticed she was no longer in control of her own body. In fact, she didn't look anything like herself anymore. Her hair was blonde, she was wearing sandals and a (surprisingly comfortable) one-piece white dress.

"Roxas! Don't you remember? It's me! Naminé!" Roxas stood silent for a moment, his Oblivion still trained on her.

"Did you get through to him?" Kairi wondered. After a long moment of tension, Roxas shook his head.

"Never heard of you." Oblivion flashed directly into Naminé's hurt expression.

* * *

"Wakka! You've seen Selphie or Kairi yet?"

"Nope! Been busy taking down these *erf* black things!" Tidus and Wakka found themselves trapped among a crowd of Soldier Heartless. Unfortunately for Tidus, he had never set foot outside Destiny Islands before, so he had to borrow a sword from one of the castle guards. Wakka was using his trusty Blitzball.

"I never thought fighting for real was going to be this tough!" Tidus complained. Suddenly, Wakka was struck with inspiration.

"I got an idea! Go long!" Wakka yelled. Tidus understood immediately. They had set up a new play earlier and now would be a good time to test it.

"Who's butt am I going to kick?" Tidus thrust his sword into the ground, used the hilt as a stepping stone, and leaped high into the air. "Eeny, Meeny, Miny..."

Wakka wound up and let the ball fly. "Here you go!"

"...Mo!" Tidus fluidly flipped into a powerful bicycle kick, disintegrating the Heartless by sheer force. "Score!" Before they could celebrate their victory, reinforcements materialized, completely surrounding them. "What's with these things? There's too many of them!"

As soon as the words left Tidus' mouth, a red blur rushed past him and in one swift stroke, their new ally took down the entire crowd.

"Whoa! That was awesome!" Tidus exclaimed. Auron looked at Tidus through his unscarred eye.

"It seems we were fated to meet. Maybe you need a guardian."

Tidus shot a confused glance at his friend. "Hey, Wakka?"

"Ya?"

He jerked a thumb toward Auron. "This old guy look familiar to you?"

Wakka scratched the back of his head. "Nah, never met him before in my life." Then Tidus felt something bump into his back.

"Hey, what..." He turned to see three cute, young fairies hovering behind him. The one with the blue and white sash was rubbing her head.

"So sorry about that!"

Tidus raised an eyebrow. "And who are you three?"

Yuna waved her arms dismissively. "Oh, we're nothing worth mentioning."

Tidus gave the Gullwings a good, hard look before shifting his gaze back to Auron.

"Okay, you four look really familiar, but I can't place it..." Tidus turned to Wakka who was spinning his Blitzball on his forefinger. "Does any of this give you a feeling of deja vu?"

"Hmm..." Wakka stared at the balancing globe before letting the sphere drop into his open palms. "Nope. I think you've just been taking one too many Blitzballs to the head."