Ok, so this fan fiction was actually thought up by my friend, Lilli(who is LilDiz on this site). It was her first fan fiction/story she had ever written and I always loved the plotline. So I decided to rewrite it last night. I changed a bit in the beginning, but for the most part it will remain the same after the first few chapters.
I'm not quite sure if I really should continue writing this fully(especially considering all my other fan fics), but if there's enough people who really want me to, I will. So if you want this story to be continued(after you read it of course) then leave me a review saying so(and no this isn't a plot to get more reviews).
Disclaimer: I DO NOT OWN THE RIGHTS TO THE CHARACTER/PLACES MENTIONED IN THE FAN FICTION. THEY BELONG TO SQUARE ENIX, AND ANY OTHER INVOVLED PARTIES. THE FOLLOWING IS PURELY FAN MADE.
School had just gotten out. As usual, Kairi fled away without so much as a word to anyone. She had been so down lately. Everyone noticed, even the teachers. Her friends, Selphie, Tidus and Wakka, just couldn't figure out why either. She wasn't having any family problems or anything. She just kept muttering about some promise she can't remember. They had told her to forget about it, but she wouldn't.
Still, today was Selphie's turn to try and cheer up the depressed, auburn haired fifteen-year-old. Kairi had been walking home unusually slow lately. She lived near a happy couple, they never had children, but for some reason they did have a room in their house that looks like a teenagers. It always baffled them, but they didn't change it. The couple liked to trick people with that particular room.
It was funny to them for some reason. Kairi didn't like it though, she actually went so far as to hating that house. Not the owners, just the house. Her reason was that it felt 'odd' to her. She actually even went so far as to ask her parents if they could move because of it. They said no, of course. There was nothing wrong with their current house other then their daughter's hate of the one next to it.
Selphie approached Kairi at a steady jogging speed. Her pace slowed down as she got nearer and then went to a slow walk to match her friend's as she finally reached her.
"Hey, do you feel like going out to the island? Tidus and Wakka are all wrapped up in their ballgame and they won't go with me." Selphie lied. Tidus and Wakka were both home doing their massive loads of homework they had put off to play ball the week before.
Kairi sighed, moving her gaze to her feet as her eyes darkened with yet another unidentified sadness. "Not today, sorry."
"Aw, why not?" Selphie cooed, tilting her head over and bending down a bit to look Kairi in the face.
"Do you remember those boys who used to hang out with us?" Kairi asked, randomly. Perking up a bit -but still managing to have a troubled look on her face-, and stopping in her tracks at the top of a hill with a view of the island in a sunset background. Splashes of orange, red and pink everywhere. With the occasional purple stripe hiding between the three.
"Riku?" Selphie said, only remembering one boy, not two or more. Other than Wakka and Tidus at least. Those two were a bit too immature to be called anything but children however.
"Yeah." Kairi answered, clearly disappointed by Selphie's answer. She was hoping for more. She wanted to remember the boy she'd made a promise to, not Riku. Riku was just her friend. She couldn't help but feel that the boy -the one she couldn't remember- was something more. Something special.
Realizing the need for a subject change after seeing Kairi's facial expression change yet again; Selphie smiled, perking up herself and putting her arms behind her back, hands joined together as they twisted the straps of her bag carrying everything but her actual school books. Selphie would rather pay attention to her looks, then her books. It was just the way she was. "I wonder whatever happened to him. I sure miss him."
"He's far away. But I know we'll see him again." Kairi smiled, looking up at the sky as the fluffy clouds outlined in pink and red moved peacefully across the already setting sky in perfect harmony.
Selphie agreed subconsciously, deciding not to pry on the 'he's far away' comment. "Sure. Of course we will."
"And the other boy?" Kairi asked again. Hoping for a better answer.
"What other boy?" Selphie questioned back, confused. There was no other boy. Just children that are considered 'men' for one reason or another. As far as she knew.
Kairi frowned, more troubled then ever. No one remembered him. Except her, of course. Who was this mystery boy? Why did only she remember him, and their promise?
"The one who was with Riku and me all the time--we played together on that island. His voice always used to be there...but now it's gone. I can't think of his face, or his name. I feel awful about it." Kairi said, trailing off at the end.
There was brief silence for a moment as Selphie stood there wondering and Kairi tried to push back the wave of guilt. It didn't work, but she tried. More then anything she just wanted to remember his name. If she knew his name she could forgive herself for forgetting. Maybe. Possibly. Why does everything have to be so hard for her?
She continued, sighing, "So I told myself--I'm not going to the island until I remember everything about him."
"Are you sure you didn't make him up?" Selphie wondered. If no one knew him, then it was very likely that she did. Kairi's imagination had always been a bit astray.
"Of course!" Kairi snapped. "Why would I make him up! I couldn't feel this guilty about an imaginary boy! I just couldn't!"
"OK! Sorry!" Selphie yelled, "I didn't mean to offend you."
"Yeah, I know." Kairi replied glumly as a sharp pain went through her head instantaneously and left, rendering her unconscious.
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"Naminé? Naminé...? What's happening to me?"
"Who are you? And that's not my name. I'm Kairi."
"Kairi... I know you. You're that girl he likes."
"Who? Please, a name!"
"I'm Roxas."
"Okay, Roxas, but can you tell me HIS name?"
"You don't remember my name? Thanks a lot, Kairi! Okay, I guess I can give you a hint. Starts with an 'S'!"
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Kairi stirred awake. Soon realizing that she had fainted from the worried look on Selphie's face, and the fact that she was laying on the ground in a very uncomfortable position.
"Are you okay?" Selphie asked, as she helped Kairi to her feet, picking up Kairi's school bag and handing it to her. Kairi nodded, and turned to look at the island at the other side of the sparkling ocean. Selphie did the same.
Kairi smiled widely, and then ran down the hill and to the beach where their boats to get to the other island were sitting on the docks that their parents built for them. Selphie caught up to Kairi a few moments later. To see her friend still smiling brightly and searching through her bag to find something.
"Kairi...?" Selphie mumbled. She wasn't quite sure what caused her friend's sudden mood swing, but she wanted to know. After all, they were best friends. She should get some sort of explanation.
Kairi laid her bag down besides her and took out a corked bottle with a letter inside. She crouched down placing the bottle in the ocean and watching the waves take it away.
"What's that?" Selphie inquired. Nothing Kairi was doing lately made any sense. The girl was getting more mysterious by the second. Considering Kairi's usual optimistic, bright, kidding nature, it was strange for her to act so strangely.
"A letter... I wrote it yesterday, to the boy I can't remember." Kairi responded, "I said that no matter where he is... I'll find him. One day. . .And when I stopped writing, I remembered we made a promise, something important. This letter is where it starts. I know it."
Selphie looked at her friend. She was serious, but why could only she remember this boy. It didn't make sense. Still, she decided that supporting Kairi would be best in this case. Mainly because she knew that Kairi would kill her if she tried to send the her to the loony bin. So she answered, somewhat amazed that she cared that much, "Wow... I hope he gets it."
"He will. Starts with an 'S.' Right, Sora?" Kairi said, confidently. Like there was no way she could be wrong.