#kingdom hearts diverge

[orangemoonxworks]

COR REGNUM // DIVERGE, VOL. 0 MARCH OF THE FOOLS, PART I — VI WRITTEN BY: Naude Lucem -------------------------------------------------

There was something strange happening in the sky above Seventh District. The gentle afternoon breeze transformed into sweeping gusts of wind that pushed through Fountain Square. Blackened ash-like clouds formed above Fountain Square, catching everyone’s attention. Muffled rumblings and crackles rang out. Amica quickly sat up and stared at the sky.

Nōs’s hands limply dangled, and their eyes widened. “What’s…going on?”

Amica’s fists clenched. “Dunno. But I’m getting a bad feeling.”

“The sky was normal a moment ago, right? And now this…”

“Hmm. A storm wasn’t on the forecast today. Could be some sort of air pollution?”

“It’s definitely not that. The academy’s strict about that.” Nōs replied, their gaze unbroken. “There’s a barrier over the district that snuffs out contaminants and blocks radiation. Not only that but you know those small translucent cubes we always see around? They periodically purify the air here.”

“Huh.” Amica gently rubbed her neck. “Guess that’s why it feels easier to breathe here.”

“That’s beside the point. This is…something else.”

An ear-splitting crack rang out and, as if being ripped apart, the black ash clouds dispersed revealing a blood red sky with black miasma spread in the air. What lay in the sky was something that defied all logic and even physics. There was a tear or rather a huge spatial rift. But that wasn’t what caused everyone to collectively freeze – it was the giant, monstrous dark claws clutching the edges of the rift, followed by a thunderous roar. It was only after that everyone began to panic and scatter.

Amica quickly hopped off the fountain’s edge then grabbed Nos’s arm, yanking and dragging along while they ran alongside the panicked students. “Stop spacing out, damn it! Let’s go!”

Nos couldn’t turn away from it. “That’s…that’s a…”

The giant beast pulled its head and most of its torso through the spatial rift, having ripped it open wide enough to do so. It’s wild tentacle hair blew with the strong winds, it’s golden yellow beady-eyes glowed, distinct from its rugged, muscular, and obsidian-ish body. The beast ferociously roared again. The ground violently shook. It was a calling. Hundreds of smaller spatial rifts appeared over Fountain Square. Many dark creatures – Shadows, leapt and fell from them, crashing onto the ground below, then chasing after and attacking any and everyone in sight. Chaos quickly ensued.

Shadows crave light and aether. Heart crystals are a crystalized mass of both, and since there were so many people in Fountain Square, this was a bountiful feast for them. Neither Nos nor Amica could avoid the horrifying scenes playing out. Bodies slashed and ripped apart. The screams of agony as their heart crystals were violently snatched, watching them be ravenously devoured as their life faded, and light of their souls vanish from them.

Nos clenched their fists and grit their teeth. They pulled away from Amica, stopping with their feet planted firm to the ground, then summoned their keyblade. Amica twisted her body then came, keeping her balance, slowed her steps until she came to a halt.

“H-Hey! What are you doing?!”

“What does it look like?” Nos answered, running toward a shadow and slashing it across the head. Its body dispersed into darkness. “We have to do something!”

“Are you out of your mind?!”

“We’re students of Union Cross!” Nos shouted, cutting through a Shadow that lunged at them, claws outstretched and fangs ready. “It’s our duty to help in a crisis!”

Amica loudly grunted. “You don’t seriously think we can –”

Before she could finish, something large crashed down onto Fountain of Knowledge sending chunks of debris and water everywhere, followed by an earth splitting quake. Neither Nos nor Amica could hold their ground and were blown back. Amica angled herself and spread her arms, letting her feet float and glide smoothly above the ground until her shoes grazed the pavement and she came to a stop. Unfortunately for Nos, they zipped past her and slammed back-first into a wall, and all the air in their lungs rushed out. The wall instantly crumbled.

Amica looked over her shoulder and shouted “Shit! Are you okay!?”

After regaining consciousness, Nos looked at what was once the Fountain of Knowledge now crushed underneath the monstrous Shadow. Amica slowly turned her head, anxiously staring at the shadow as it struggled getting to its feet. Amica’s right hand twitched, and a keyblade appeared in her grasp. Neither her nor Nos could avert the shadow’s fierce presence and, despite how insignificant and small they were in the eyes of the beast, it couldn’t not acknowledge the aura of their keyblades.

And so, the shadow raised its right arm then spread its claws. Its hand swung down fast enough for wind to shoot upward. Amica jumped back before the shadows hand struck the ground, shielding her face from the oncoming debris, and sliding to stop after landing. Nos, finally back on their feet, rushed to her side. The shadow pulled its arm back then raised the other. A small stream of darkness swirled within its palm, forming an orb with a thick fog of darkness and corrupted aether at its core that rapidly vibrated and swelled in size. It didn’t take long for it to implode, sending out a shockwave of darkness. A barrier of darkness fused with aether enveloped the entirety of Fountain Square.

They were trapped.

Amica sucked her teeth. “Damn it! Screw my rotten luck. Too late to run now.”

“Hey! Watch out!”

Nos grabbed her hand and they both jumped. The shadow’s giant claw swept below them followed by a heavy wave of wind carrying dirt, stone, and glass. Its claws ripped up the ground and tore through the faces of the buildings nearby. The wind wave swept up the two students though briefly – they landed in front of destroyed boutique a short distance from where they were. A faint red light flashed in the corner of Nos’s eye. Looking to the side, they saw a hand clutching an emblem. It was a Lux Unitas emblem, and it belonged to the Guardian whose body lay sprawled out in a puddle of blood.

Unfortunately, this was no time to mourn. The shadow had stretched its arm again and raking its opened claw through the ground, sweeping up dirt and stone in its path. With a quick flick of the wrist, its claw dug deep and swept up, pulling up a wave of debris that blew toward the. Both split and dashed off in opposite directions, narrowly avoiding wave of debris that buried the boutique. The shadow belted an ear-splitting roar. Despite the shadow’s efforts, the two students were still alive. A relentless onslaught of swipes, smashes, and punches quickly followed – all of which they narrowly avoided with few scratches and bruises. Seeing its efforts still going to waste, the rampaging shadow abruptly stopped.

Amica and Nos took this small window to catch a breath.

“I don’t…I don’t know if we can…keep this up…for much longer.” Amica panted.

“W-We just have to…do our best to…to survive. Someone…someone’s going to come.”

“F-Fat chance…of that happening. We’re t-trapped…like rats.”

“As long as we have this…we can still…have hope.”

Amica’s eyes shifted down to the red blinking emblem in their hand.

“When did you –”

Their brief rest was interrupted – not by another deafening roar or attack, but by the sight of aether being siphoned and drawn toward the swirling darkness in the shadow’s palms above its head. It was a growing mass of aether and darkness that when mixed together created dark energy – Nether. And with the amount it was creating, it was scarily obvious what was going to happen.

“Augh! Are you frickin’ kidding me?! Don’t tell me that thing’s –”

Nos readied their keyblade. “We have to try and stall it till help comes!”

“As if we can do jack shit! Damn it!” Amica shouted. She rolled up the sleeve of her right arm then tightened the grip on her keyblade. “Someone better respond to that signal or else we’re dead.”

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[kyzveryown]

Kingdom Hearts: //:Diverge has a cover art now that'll be featured on every update. This took about an hour to make. It's the sole reason why the story was updated so late. Well, that and the length of the story update.

[sir-adamus]

honestly Kingdom Hearts presents itself in such a colourful way and distracts with all the Disney worlds, that it can be easy to forget that the lore of the setting is that there was once a conflict so devastating and bloody (fought mainly by child soldiers) that it shattered the world of light into pieces and the various worlds as they are formed in the aftermath, separate lights drifting, never to touch again

the present of the setting is a post-post-apocalyptic universe and the only remnants of the world before is the graveyard of fallen weapons at the epicenter of the conflict and the city founded by the sole survivor, built on the ruins of his original home

[khdivergence]

It's not Divergence-related, but this canon kairi was a patreon piece for february <3

[24hourdreamer]

All current artwork for the fanfiction A Darkness Downed. Some are over 10 years old now! I'd like to create something new in the future for this dear work so we shall see. I think right now I need to focus on actually writing it!

[phantomstatistician]

Fandom: Kingdom Hearts

Sample Size: 17,035 stories

Source: AO3

[justmeinabigolworld]

kh bbs au fic where after an amnesiac ven is dropped off at the land of departure, he still has trauma engrained in his subconscious and shows signs of having been abused in the past (afraid to ask for things or mess up, hiding food under his bed, lack of self-confidence, avoidant behavoirs, etc), which makes eraqus suspicious. he starts to notice that ventus has quite a few scars, mostly hidden under his shirt, and eventually decides to confront xehanort about his possibly having been abusive to ventus. not wanting to repeat the incident where he got his scars, he asks yen sid to come along as well, but the two of them can't find xehanort anywhere, and their attempts to contact him or even scry him fail.

years later, the events of bbs play out very differently...

for one, xehanort never sends eraqus that letter warning him about terra's darkness, so eraqus probably doesn't bother with the exam and just grants both aqua and terra the mark of mastery. this, combined with what eraqus has told him about xehanort, causes terra to distrust xehanort from the beginning.

unfortunately for everyone, xehanort hasn't been doing nothing these past years. in fact, he's come up with a new plan that'll still get him exactly what he wants...

(i don't actually know what the plan is lol, i just came up with this)

[orangemoonxworks]

KINGDOM HEARTS: DIVERGE, VOL. 0 MARCH OF THE FOOLS, PART I — V WRITTEN BY: Naude Lucem -------------------------------------------------

Ava quietly sighed as she went through the stack of paperwork piled in front of her. The strong winds brushing against the large windows behind her were washed out by the thickness of the glass and the barriers that surrounded the Vulpes Unionis Praetoria. Of course, this was necessary given that the Grandmaster’s chambers were always at the highest point of these towers. Despite it being nearly silent, the ringing afternoon bells from the Seventh district’s clock towers, though faint, managed to get through.

Ava’s gaze slowly rose from the papers and, with rapid swiftness, swept her left land out and summoned her keyblade though partially – the bladed half was lodged inside a spatial rift. She turned the keyblade sideways. Golden chains quickly sprang from the multiple spatial rifts that opened around the room, all of which seemed to be striking down at something on the move, piercing through the floor. The chains ceased after reaching the vicinity of her desk.

Ava’s eyes narrowed. Her keyblade vanished from her right hand along with the spatial rift then appeared in the left. She swung the keyblade right, quickly coming to a full stop as if time had frozen. Something cracked. The barrier concealing the perpetrator shattered like glass to the floor revealing Gula slightly leaning back with his hands up. The tip of her keyblade was less than a hair from his neck. He nervously chuckled. A ray of light sprang up from the floor fully illuminating Gula. It happened in a flash – a light bream shot up from a spatial rift that appeared beneath him which then crashed through the ceiling, burning a gaping hole through it.

Luckily for Gula, he managed to evade it though narrowly, quick stepping away. He reappeared in front of her desk then frowned. “Someone’s not in a good mood today.”

“What do you want?” she asked straight away.

“What, I can’t visit a friend?”

Another spatial rift appeared though this time above his head. It was slightly larger than the others, and light was glowing from inside. Ava’s glare, like a sharpened blade, pierced deeply into his soul. “Out with it. I won’t miss.”

“All right, all right. Geez. You used to be so much nicer.” Gula sighed then continued. “I genuinely want to check in on you. I mean, you did cause quite a stir during our meeting earlier.”

“And whose fault is that? Those were your words, not mine.” Ava replied sharply.

“But you delivered them so well. Might’ve flubbed a little here and there but I couldn’t have said it any better myself. Everyone reacted just as expected – well, all except for one. You deviated from the script.”

Ava’s eyes narrowed. “You asked for my help, and I gave it to you. Next time, do it yourself.”

“You know I can’t do that. Like you, I’m still working on the mission the Master gave me. And I’m nowhere close to figuring out who the traitor is or what they’re looking for.” Gula stepped away from her desk then began massaging his chin. “I thought I’d get some leads after the scourges started popping up, but so far I’ve got nothing and its starting to irk me.”

“And now you’re suspecting us?”

“Gotta keep an open mind.” Gula said, tapping his finger on the side of his head. “Everyone’s got something they’re hiding in the shadows. Even our renowned and virtuous leader Ira has something hidden in his heart that he doesn’t want anyone to know about. The same goes for Invi, our Master’s number one fan girl. Loyalty can make you do some truly shameful things – some that’d even make you wish you could forget.”

He continued. “And then there’s Aced. That Bear-Headed idiot never ceases to amaze me. One minute he’s as dense as a brick, and the next he’s alarmingly perceptive. If he wasn’t such a self-righteous dumbass, he’d be a real force to reckon with. And that’s one of the reasons I don’t like him or trust him.”

“And what about me?” Ava asked.

Gula snapped his fingers and pointed at her. “You’re just as unpredictable. Everything changes with time – especially people. And that’s what makes people unreliable. You used to be so lively and cheerful. Nowadays, I can’t tell whether you hate me or trust me. Hmph. But that’s fine. I prefer it that way. The less defined a relationship, the easier it is to throw it away.”

“I’m not some tool you can toss in the trash.”

“It was a figure of speech. Speaking of that, shouldn’t that apply to you too?” he asked, the palm of his hand to her. “Are we not each other’s pawns in an elaborate game of chess?”

Ava briefly paused, looking down at her desk, then raised her head and stared straight into his eyes. “You’re right. I absolutely hate you.”

“Is that right?” Gula chuckled. “Even though you’ve gotten colder with age, your heart’s still as soft and pure as gold. If I were you, I’d treasure that. Time tends to darken the heart, you know.”

“Tch. Funny, coming from you.” Ava snapped back. “You’ve changed the most out of us. And for the worst too.”

“I’m glad you’ve said that because the last one I’m suspecting is me, of course.” Gula pointed to himself, his finger pressed into his chest. “You’re the only other person who knows there’s a traitor out there. For all we know, I could be the traitor! That’d be an interesting twist, right?”

“Sure. Whatever you say.”

“In all seriousness, I doubt either of us are the traitor. I’ve been watching you all for the past seven years, and while everyone’s got their own things they keep in the shadows, I haven’t come across anything that’d make me question your devotion to this realm and the future we’re striving for.”

“So, why’d you make me say all that?”

“Who knows.” Gula spread his hands out and shook his head. A smirked crept on his face. “Maybe I just wanted to mess with you.”

As soon as he said that, a light beam rained down from the spatial rift Ava had summoned earlier. Gula kicked his feet off the ground and jumped back, narrowly avoiding the deadly beam mere inches from his face. He landed on his heels and stumbled backward, barely catching his balance. For a moment, all his could see was white. As soon as his sight began to return, he sucked his teeth then glared at Ava.

“That was a joke, you know.”

“And I missed, didn’t I?” she coldly replied. “Look, I’m busy. Stop playing around and tell me why you’re really here.”

Gula let out an exaggerated sigh. “Fine. I guess I am being a pain-in-the-ass.”

He snapped his fingers. Ava’s attention shifted to the three notebooks that appeared on her desk.

“One of my guardians found these while they were going through the archives in the Librorum Praetorium. These are journals that the Master wrote sometime before or after the realm was created. From what I skimmed through, they seem to be just a collection of notes and halfwit ideas. I was never interested in his crackpot theories or his bizarre and useless inventions – like those talking cats that were supposed be our personal aides.”

“The Chirithy, right? I thought they were cute.”

“Anyway, you were always into that stuff – more than anyone else. So instead of having them locked away in some far corner collecting dust again, I’ve decided to be generous and give them to you. Think of them as a gift from a friend.”

Ava’s arms folded. “Uh huh. And you’re not just pawning these off on me in hopes that they’ll have something you’re looking for, right?”

His sighed, letting his shoulders slump. “Nothing gets past you, does it? I am curious about whether there’s anything interesting in them, but the journals really are just for you. That said, if there happens to be something that’s worth looking into, that’d be great wouldn’t it?”

Ava blankly stared at him, unconvinced.

“Well, I’ve clearly overstayed my welcome. You can go back to doing your precious work for Union Cross.” He said, lazily flapping his hand as he turned to leave.

He took only a few steps forward before stopping and looking back over his shoulder.

“Oh! I forgot to congratulate you on the number of students you’ve managed to rake in.” He grinned while holding up an index finger. “This year’s crop is looking pretty good so far. Let’s hope it stays that way. I’ve already got an eye on a few.”

Ava’s right eye and upper lip twitched. “I’d appreciate it if you kept your eye away from them. Wouldn’t want your influence warping them into something beyond repair – like you.”

“Ouch. That kind of stung. You really used to be much nicer.” Gula frowned then turned around, headed for chamber doors. “Eh, whatever. Enjoy those journals. Read them to your heart’s content.”

Ava watched as he left chamber, his hand waving limply as the doors closed behind him. With peace and quiet now returned to her, she palmed the side of head then let out relieved groaned. Her eyes fell upon the journals he left. She picked one up, gently rubbing her thumb slid across it’s dingy and worn surface, then let slip from her hand and fall back onto her desk. Ava leaned back in her chair, her neck lying on the head rest.

“As if I’d trust anything that comes out of your mouth.”

[autismgirl4998]

I thought I might do this. Send me a ship in the ask box with these fandoms that I know.

[snowflake-of-destruction]

If You Give It Form ....for @mexican-roxas or anyone else who wants to read me have a true silly, fun time* with the beginning of Kingdom Hearts

https://archiveofourown.org/works/23832823/chapters/57270073

*Silly and fun are in the eye of the beholder, shh.

[ultraericthered]

Some love for Skuld and Strelitzia (plus Elrena in there too)

The actual character and chemistry these girls could've had... :(

[holleighgram]

Fuck it. Riku Replica has been living in my head like I found him in the Realm of Darkness, so here's a bunch of canon divergence concepts that I'm too lazy to write into full stories:

1: Repliku doesn't walk away after the Marluxia fight. Instead he also gets a pod and goes to sleep so Namine can fix his heart and make him like the real Riku, but with the Darkness locked away. Sora wakes up and sees Repliku in his pod. He wakes him up, assuming it's the real Riku and they go home to the islands. The real Riku (looking like Ansem) is then responsible for having to stop the Organization and deal with knowing that Sora doesn't even realize that Replica isn't him..

2: Repliku gets his ass beat into the ROD at the end of COM, but ends up on the Dark Margin and meets Aqua. They become friends. She helps him grow out of being a dickhead and he ends up sacrificing himself so that she can follow Sora and Riku into the Realm of Light at the end of KH2. He then gets kidnapped , Norted, and drafted into The Real Org from there.

3. On his his first visit to the ROD with Mickey, Riku finds Repliku, but he still has his physical form but BIGGO DEPRESSION. No angry, just despair to the point of being near catatonic. Mickey and Riku bring him back to Yen Sid's where he just stares out the window, not talking or moving until Sora shows up. And is like "Another Riku??? Can I have him??" Since the real Riku and Mickey are still going back to find Aqua, Yen Sid says fuck it, and let's Repliku go with SDG. The simple fact that Sora WANTS him to come along (even though he isn't real) combine with Donald and Goofy saying yes he can come with them (as apposed to kh1) is enough bring him to near tears. And he goes with them on their adventures and begins to heal and become his own person, with Sora noting how different he is from Riku and even giving him a different name like Kiru, or Cave or some shit.

He gets to save Namine

4. (This one is a Dark Riku/Replitwo Electric Boogaloo one) No Repliku in this one. Dark Riku is the Replica from deep into Castle Oblivion before his heart gets smashed and his memries are the most fucked up. During their interactions he keeps saying the weird shit like "always trying tonworm your way into my heart" and "it never mattered to you" and "I bet you'd all but forgotten about me" and all that stuff from COM. Sora beats him at the KBGY and he tells Sora to finish him off-- that he had already broken his heart, he might as well tear it out of him put him out of his misery. Sora doesn't (obviously) he's just super confused as to why he's saying all these things cause he thought this is Riku Ansem, but is realizing now it's not.

Xigbar, who is fighting the real Riku sees Sora is distracted. He knocks Riku back and takes his shot. Dark Riku, utterly broken and defeated, still notices and pushes Sora out of the way, taking the hit and saving him.

By this time, Riku is back up and back at the fight.

Sora, however is stunned, and as Dark Riku lay fading, he wants to know why he saved him. But all the Dark Riku says as finally fades is "Sora, let's take the raft and go. Just the two of us..." and then he's gone.

These are all up for grabs. If any of them are interesting to you, let me know and I might do some art of them, but not a whole ass comic cause I'm really slow at art and it takes forever.

[firestorm09890]

if you were wondering how that batshit video game crossover rp I mention intermittently is going, right now Beat twewy (neo era) is actively pursuing the friendship of Zexion because he's smart and, quote, "so cool dawg", which has included Beat stealing a kill from him and then winking at him, so. it sure is going. btw i highly recommend doing batshit rps with your friends featuring your respective favorite fictional weirdos, it's been doing wonders for my mental health

[kyzveryown]

KH Diverge Fanfic Update: I'm finally done with the dialogue script for "March of the Fools — Pt. I" and now I'm writing the first episode/chapter. As for how I'm going to go about posting each episode of this series, it'll likely be in sections as I finish writing/editing them. I'm making a new account for my writing where I'll post the Diverge fanfic series among other stories. I'll see how that works out. In the mean time, expect something some time this month.

For anyone curious about what Diverge is, this post explains it.

[spirit-of-creativity16]

I came up two family trees for my two main kingdom hearts oc, Aki and Shade. Also their connections to Terra and Master Xehanort. Thought it would be fun to make one of those.

Sorry how messy and confusing it may look. 😅

[nopeknight39]

New Year is here and I wanted to do this. Don’t expect fast update! I prefer to write in my own pace. Enjoy