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Kingdom Hearts, "Shine" (Roxas+Mickey)
Drabble: Roxas and Mickey, light (Another Side AU)
No warnings, minor spoilers for the prologue, AU. Part three round two of the drabble exchange with![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
libekory~ All you need to know about the Another Side AU is below the cut, it's a very simple premise. Please to be not making any commentary about Jesse McCartney's musical career. "Get Your Shine On" is so inappropriate for KH2 anyway.
(Another Side is the story of another KH2, wherein Roxas is not absorbed into the unconscious Sora in the basement beneath the mansion. Instead, and with some help from a certain pair, he struggles against DiZ's brainwashing and fights back and is, instead, the one who overcomes his Other. However, Roxas now has the memories of being not only a Nobody, but also a boy in Twilight Town, and also Sora; slightly confused, he becomes more than he was before, and finds himself to a certain extent following Sora's path... in other words, saving the multiverse.)
.shine.
"Why did you save me," Roxas said quietly. The quiet patter of rain made the cobblestones shimmer, turned his hair to crystal. He made no move to get to his feet. He wasn't sure what to do, what to say. How do you face someone whose motives you have questioned again and again, who you have fought and struggled against, and acknowledge that you owe them your life? Nothing in any of his lives had prepared him for this moment.
The king didn't seem to notice his distress, or if he did, he didn't acknowledge it. "Well, that's simple, Roxas," he said, kindly. "Everyone deserves a chance to live. I just... gave you a little more of a chance, that's all."
He could see himself reflected in the street. He looked tired and hurt. Somewhere nearby, Xaldin's body wasn't -- it was already gone, scattered into darkness. Perhaps reclaimed. Axel and Namine were unconscious, but well: an Assassin hovered protectively over their crumpled forms, ready to defend them against the minor Heartless that still lurked near. Axel was already beginning to stir.
"You've been manipulating me all this time." It was impossible to be angry now, but his fingers tightened around the elegant curve of gold keyblades. "Dropping hints, leaving messages and instructions. Telling me where to go and what to do. Why?"
"Isn't that obvious?"
The king took a few steps closer, until he was standing next to him. They were nearly an equal height, with Roxas slumped to his knees in the street.
"I wouldn't be asking if I thought it was obvious," he said, voice dull, feeling dull. Maybe the king was still playing with him -- maybe Xemnas had been right about him, about his feelings towards the ones who had resided in the dark. That they were inferior to those of the world of light, and that he could rule them simply by virtue of being one who ruled over the 'greater' world.
He didn't have to look up to know that the king was smiling; it was in his voice when he asked, "Have I ever asked you to do anything wrong, Roxas?"
"...no."
"You've helped people," said the king, and, "in ways that I can't. That's why I've trusted you with these tasks. There's a light that only you can bring."
Everyone said things like that to him. With some irritation, he snapped, "I was born from darkness."
And the king told him, "That doesn't mean that you can't shine. Don't ever let anyone tell you that, Roxas."
Slowly, Roxas lifted his gaze. But Mickey was already moving away, waving cheerfully at the Assassin (it waved back, hesitant) and greeting Axel as the Nobody regained consciousness, as he looked up and turned pained skepticism on the excited mouse king.
The rain made even midnight seem bright.
No warnings, minor spoilers for the prologue, AU. Part three round two of the drabble exchange with
libekory~ All you need to know about the Another Side AU is below the cut, it's a very simple premise. Please to be not making any commentary about Jesse McCartney's musical career. (Another Side is the story of another KH2, wherein Roxas is not absorbed into the unconscious Sora in the basement beneath the mansion. Instead, and with some help from a certain pair, he struggles against DiZ's brainwashing and fights back and is, instead, the one who overcomes his Other. However, Roxas now has the memories of being not only a Nobody, but also a boy in Twilight Town, and also Sora; slightly confused, he becomes more than he was before, and finds himself to a certain extent following Sora's path... in other words, saving the multiverse.)
.shine.
"Why did you save me," Roxas said quietly. The quiet patter of rain made the cobblestones shimmer, turned his hair to crystal. He made no move to get to his feet. He wasn't sure what to do, what to say. How do you face someone whose motives you have questioned again and again, who you have fought and struggled against, and acknowledge that you owe them your life? Nothing in any of his lives had prepared him for this moment.
The king didn't seem to notice his distress, or if he did, he didn't acknowledge it. "Well, that's simple, Roxas," he said, kindly. "Everyone deserves a chance to live. I just... gave you a little more of a chance, that's all."
He could see himself reflected in the street. He looked tired and hurt. Somewhere nearby, Xaldin's body wasn't -- it was already gone, scattered into darkness. Perhaps reclaimed. Axel and Namine were unconscious, but well: an Assassin hovered protectively over their crumpled forms, ready to defend them against the minor Heartless that still lurked near. Axel was already beginning to stir.
"You've been manipulating me all this time." It was impossible to be angry now, but his fingers tightened around the elegant curve of gold keyblades. "Dropping hints, leaving messages and instructions. Telling me where to go and what to do. Why?"
"Isn't that obvious?"
The king took a few steps closer, until he was standing next to him. They were nearly an equal height, with Roxas slumped to his knees in the street.
"I wouldn't be asking if I thought it was obvious," he said, voice dull, feeling dull. Maybe the king was still playing with him -- maybe Xemnas had been right about him, about his feelings towards the ones who had resided in the dark. That they were inferior to those of the world of light, and that he could rule them simply by virtue of being one who ruled over the 'greater' world.
He didn't have to look up to know that the king was smiling; it was in his voice when he asked, "Have I ever asked you to do anything wrong, Roxas?"
"...no."
"You've helped people," said the king, and, "in ways that I can't. That's why I've trusted you with these tasks. There's a light that only you can bring."
Everyone said things like that to him. With some irritation, he snapped, "I was born from darkness."
And the king told him, "That doesn't mean that you can't shine. Don't ever let anyone tell you that, Roxas."
Slowly, Roxas lifted his gaze. But Mickey was already moving away, waving cheerfully at the Assassin (it waved back, hesitant) and greeting Axel as the Nobody regained consciousness, as he looked up and turned pained skepticism on the excited mouse king.
The rain made even midnight seem bright.
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