Kingdom Hearts fic: Fractured Moments - Day 16 - "Wild"
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museficSummary: The three take a break in the Pride Lands.
[I always wondered what Riku or Kairi's Pride Lands forms would be. This one is pretty fluffy, set sometime after the long unwritten fic, maybe between "Dragon" and "Build."]
It wasn’t quite a whirlwind tour of the worlds Sora (and sometimes Riku) had visited, though the idea held some appeal. Instead, they spaced the visits out, making lists of all the places they’d gone, the places they wanted the others to see.
The mirrors had opened up even more worlds than the gummi ships and keyholes had. They’d started trying to map them (with all the attendant struggles of multi-dimensional mapping where distance and relative position and existence itself all seemed to be theoretical at times) and as new worlds were discovered, they made plans to visit them. Not to deliberately interfere: they didn’t feel as strongly about the “world order” as some rulers did, but they still respected new worlds’ autonomy. But they also felt at least some sense of duty to ensure the safety of these worlds, knowing there were dangers out there from Heartless and mirror shards.
Quick visits to some of these new places, plus diplomatic journeys to worlds they’d already allied with, and frequent returns to visit Sora’s mom and Kairi’s parents back on Destiny Islands, meant their travel time was beyond spoken for most of the time.
Still, every once in a while, they just wanted to go have fun.
The Pride Lands had been peaceful since Simba had returned to his kingship. He and Nala were raising their daughter, the region was prospering, and Heartless incursions had grown increasingly rare.
The best mirror was an oasis pool. They could have taken the gummi ship, but it would have added a not-insignificant amount of time to their journey, and they didn’t have much more than the afternoon as it was.
Sora was the first to splash his way out of the reflective water, shaking water from his fur. His legs—all four of them—were longer than the first time he’d been here, and his spiky mane was thicker.
He turned back to Riku and Kairi. He’d intentionally not reminded them of how this was one of the worlds that shifted visitor’s forms, though he’d told them about it before. It would have been a lie to say that he hadn’t been looking forward to seeing what forms they’d wind up in.
Riku was a leopard, though with a subdued silvery coat under the spots. His blue-green eyes stayed the same. He almost stumbled as he got out of the pool, awkwardly adjusting to four legs instead of two. “What the…” he trailed off, and then circled, trying to stare at his own tail.
Kairi was a unusually reddish cheetah, the facial striping like liner around indigo eyes. She seemed to adjust slightly faster than Riku had, making it out of the water without tripping. “You could have reminded us.” She glared at Sora, the expression still coming through perfectly on a feline face.
“That wouldn’t have been nearly as fun.”
“At least we’ll dry off quickly,” Riku said. “Turns out wet fur really doesn’t feel great.”
Sora nodded. “Come on, let’s run!”
“I bet I’m fastest!” Kairi teased, taking off and quickly passing him.
“Get back here!” Riku chased after her, laughing.
Sora brought up the rear, only pretending that it was a competition. For now it was enough that they were together, under a hot sun, with the afternoon stretching ahead of them.
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[I always wondered what Riku or Kairi's Pride Lands forms would be. This one is pretty fluffy, set sometime after the long unwritten fic, maybe between "Dragon" and "Build."]
It wasn’t quite a whirlwind tour of the worlds Sora (and sometimes Riku) had visited, though the idea held some appeal. Instead, they spaced the visits out, making lists of all the places they’d gone, the places they wanted the others to see.
The mirrors had opened up even more worlds than the gummi ships and keyholes had. They’d started trying to map them (with all the attendant struggles of multi-dimensional mapping where distance and relative position and existence itself all seemed to be theoretical at times) and as new worlds were discovered, they made plans to visit them. Not to deliberately interfere: they didn’t feel as strongly about the “world order” as some rulers did, but they still respected new worlds’ autonomy. But they also felt at least some sense of duty to ensure the safety of these worlds, knowing there were dangers out there from Heartless and mirror shards.
Quick visits to some of these new places, plus diplomatic journeys to worlds they’d already allied with, and frequent returns to visit Sora’s mom and Kairi’s parents back on Destiny Islands, meant their travel time was beyond spoken for most of the time.
Still, every once in a while, they just wanted to go have fun.
The Pride Lands had been peaceful since Simba had returned to his kingship. He and Nala were raising their daughter, the region was prospering, and Heartless incursions had grown increasingly rare.
The best mirror was an oasis pool. They could have taken the gummi ship, but it would have added a not-insignificant amount of time to their journey, and they didn’t have much more than the afternoon as it was.
Sora was the first to splash his way out of the reflective water, shaking water from his fur. His legs—all four of them—were longer than the first time he’d been here, and his spiky mane was thicker.
He turned back to Riku and Kairi. He’d intentionally not reminded them of how this was one of the worlds that shifted visitor’s forms, though he’d told them about it before. It would have been a lie to say that he hadn’t been looking forward to seeing what forms they’d wind up in.
Riku was a leopard, though with a subdued silvery coat under the spots. His blue-green eyes stayed the same. He almost stumbled as he got out of the pool, awkwardly adjusting to four legs instead of two. “What the…” he trailed off, and then circled, trying to stare at his own tail.
Kairi was a unusually reddish cheetah, the facial striping like liner around indigo eyes. She seemed to adjust slightly faster than Riku had, making it out of the water without tripping. “You could have reminded us.” She glared at Sora, the expression still coming through perfectly on a feline face.
“That wouldn’t have been nearly as fun.”
“At least we’ll dry off quickly,” Riku said. “Turns out wet fur really doesn’t feel great.”
Sora nodded. “Come on, let’s run!”
“I bet I’m fastest!” Kairi teased, taking off and quickly passing him.
“Get back here!” Riku chased after her, laughing.
Sora brought up the rear, only pretending that it was a competition. For now it was enough that they were together, under a hot sun, with the afternoon stretching ahead of them.
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