~*~Worlds Apart~*~
A/N: Hi! This is my next Kingdom Hearts story! Yay! Im so happy, I think ah well....Well this one is about Riku, except its when he's younger. This doesn't have much to do with Kingdom Hearts, well it does 'cept its kinda a different story line and plot yeah you'll know if you read. There will be a different enemy. They start out young then get older, okay? Okay! Well I don't own Kingdom Hearts....or Riku sadly....but I do own my characters! Hah hah cant sue me for my own characters! Well on with the story!( I notice I say this in everyone of my stories'.' )
~*~My PoV~*~
It was a warm and sunny day on Destiny Island, three young children were playing happily on the beach. "Hey Riku whatcha doin'?" A young boy asked. The silver haired child continued to stare out at the sea, "Oh nothing really Sora, I just got bored with building sand castles and chasin' you and Kairi around." Riku replied.
"That's good," Kairi panted, "I was starting to get tired of running!"
The two boys just laughed, Kairi soon joined them in their laughter.
~*~In the Mayors house~*~
As the mayor sat on his porch, he thought about the guest from another planet. He was very excited at the fact that they were coming here. He looked up to see any sign of their ship, he then saw the shooting star and then knew that they had arrived. He saw a young woman piloting the ship, he also saw what looked like it was a child. The woman landed the ship and opened the hatch, a little girl came running out of the ship and ran towards the mayor. The older woman followed, "Yukara! Behave yourself please young one?" The woman asked.
"Yes Sapphire, I'm sorry." Yukara replied.
Yukara had always looked up to her guardian. What Yukara had loved most about Sapphire was how pretty she always looked, she had long brown hair, a slim body, and her blue sapphire eyes. Her guardian said she got her name from her eyes.
"The child is fine Ms. Sapphire, if you like I can have one of my servants take her over to Destiny Island so she can play with some kids her age." The mayor offered.
Yukara looked at Sapphire with pleading eyes. "Yes I think that would be a great idea." Sapphire said winking at Yukara.
The mayor called his servant and told her to take Yukara to Destiny Island. The servant went over to Yukara and grabbed her hand, Yukara turned and waved goodbye. She had never been separated from her guardian and was then starting to get a little scared. The attendant must have noticed, "Its ok little one, the children on the island are all very nice." Yukara nodded and felt a little better.
"What's your name?" She asked the attendant as they got onto a small boat.
"My name is Raza, and you are Yukara am I right?" The attendant replied happily.
Yukara smiled and nodded her head. Raza pattled the boat towards Destiny Island. Yukara looked at the island in amazement, she watched the kids playing and have fake sword fights. This excited her so much that she didn't have to act proper and could be as hyper as she wanted. She started to giggle, the attendant looked at her and smiled. Raza pulled up to the dock and stood up to get out. She picked up Yukara and then stepped onto the dock. As she sat Yukara down all the kids stopped what they were doing and stared at her. She stood there and stared back, 'uh oh...what if they don't like me?' she thought to herself, then out of the corner of her eye she saw someone with silver hair just like hers. She turned to face him and saw he was looking out at the sea.
~*~Riku's PoV~*~
I continued to listen to Sora and Kairi's little chat, then all of a sudden everything went quiet. It didn't really bother me that much, Sora began to tap my shoulder. "What is it Sora?" I asked him. Sora just pointed towards the dock, I turned towards the dock and my eyes got wide and locked onto the girl who was standing there with Raza. She smiled and waved at me, I waved back. Raza then nudged her to go over to where I was, she looked up at her and jumped off the dock and walked over to where I was. I stood up and walked over to her, everyone had lost interest in what was happening and went back to what they were doing. I could of swore I was under some sort of spell. She was very pretty, well for a girl that is. She had shoulder length silver hair, like mine, I could tell she was shorter then me probably about Kairi's height, and she had very pretty sea green eyes.
"Hi! My names Yukara." She said sweetly.
"Im Riku, welcome to Destiny Island." I replied nervously.
"Thank you Riku." She said happily.
Sora and Kairi came running up to us. "Hi what's your name?" Kairi asked.
"Yukara..." She replied silently.
"Well im Kairi." She said happily.
Sora waved his hand, "And Im Sora, looks like you've already met Riku." Sora replied. 'Well no dip cheese for brains, im the only one who walked up to her' I said to myself. Yukara just smiled and looked around curiously, I knew I wasn't gonna be bored anymore.
"Riku, I want you to do something for me." Raza called from the dock. I turned around and nodded, "Okay then, I want you to look out for Yukara."
I smiled and nodded my head again, "Will do Raza." I said as she got in her boat and left. I turned to face my friends and they had left. "They said they were going to the secret place." Said Yukara.
"Oh I see well come on lets go to the small island over there." I said pointing to the island with the poapu tree on it. She nodded her head and smiled, "I'll race you!" She said happily while getting in a running position.
"Your on Yukara!" I said also getting in a running position.
"3...2...1...GO!" We shouted together.
We laughed as we ran to the shack that lead up to the island, she had gotten into the shack before me but not by much. I entered the house and ran up the stairs beside her, we both pushed the door open and ran across the bridge and onto the island. Yukara was the first to fall down, I soon followed.
"Looks like we're about equal." I said while still panting.
She just nodded and laid on her back, "This place is so much fun, I don't think I ever want to leave." Yukara said looking towards me.
"Hey you two what are ya doing?" Called out Sora.
We both looked up and replied, "Nuttin!" Sora and Kairi came walking down the bridge towards us, I watched them walk over to the poapu tree and then sit on the trunk.
"So Yukara where are you from?" Kairi asked.
"I don't really know, my mom died when I was young so I've been living with my guardian. We move around from place to place trying to find a place to stay forever but so far we've had no luck." she said while everyone just nodded.
"How old are you?" Sora asked.
"Im 7 years old what about you guys?" She asked. "Well Sora and Kairi are 6 and im 7." I answered for everyone.
There was a long silence, "Hey Yukara, you want to go see the secret place?" I asked. She looked at me for a sec, "Sure lets go!" She said smiling.
"We'll just stay here ok Riku?" Sora asked. I nodded my head and Yukara and me headed towards the cave.
~*~My PoV~*~
Riku and Yukara walked up to the entrance of the secret place in silence, he walked up to the entrance and pulled back the plants. "Thank you Riku!" Yukara said sweetly. Riku followed her though the tunnel into the small room. Yukara looked around at all the drawlings, "You want to draw some stuff? We're trying to fill the whole cave up with drawings." Said Riku spreading his arms out.
"Okay I'll help how bout on this wall?" She said pointing to the empty wall to her right.
"M'kay, that'll work, here," Said Riku tossing her a rock.
They went to the wall, sat down and started drawing whatever was on their minds. As Riku drew random things he looked over at what his new friend was drawing. "Whatcha drawin Yuka?" He asked.
"Oh this is a bird from some other world we went to, its known as a chocobo. A teenager named Yuffie let me ride hers once it was fun, but i've messed up on it." Said Yukara as she crossed it out and started drawing something else.
Riku sat there and stared, she had been to other worlds? So this wasnt the only island here...They continued drawing and laughing for another hour untill Riku stood up and said they should go check on everyone. Yukara got up and walked out of the cave with Riku. Once outside Yukara had to cover her eyes cause of the bright lite.
"There you are Yukara!" Someone had yelled.
She looked up and saw Sapphire coming towards her, "Hi Sapphire, do we get to stay?" she asked.
"Yes young one for a while, and who is this? Is he a new friend?" Sapphire asked.
"Yup yup, this is Riku! And I have two other friends named Sora and Kairi!" Yukara replied.
Sapphire smiled warmly, making Riku feel more safe and welcome around her. "Maybe when we get settled in we can have your friends spend the night." She said patting Yukara on the head.
"Wheres our house gonna be?" Yukara asked.
"Its in the woods here on this island." Sapphire replied.
Riku thought for a minute, "Wait a sec, do you go down that trail there to get to your house?" Riku asked. Sapphire nodded and asked,"Why? Do you know where it is?" Riku nodded happily, "Yup, I sure do, thats next to my house!"
Yukara started jumping up and down, Riku just smiled. "I can show the way if you like!" He said happily. Sapphire just nodded, Riku grabbed Yukara's hand then ran ahead to the path and Sapphire followed. Sapphire was remembering the details of the trail so the next time she traveled it she wouldnt get lost. Though she knew in her heart she wouldnt know it for very long, Yukara and herself would have to leave this island in a few years. Three to be exact, Yukara would be ten years old by that time,she hated having to pull her away from here but she would have to. She was brought back to reality when both Riku and Yukara pulled on her hands. "We're here Sapphire!" Yukara said cheerfully.
The mayor wasnt kidding when he said the place was beautiful, it was the nicest place they had lived in so far. Riku went to the door and opened it, Sapphire walked in and gasped, it looked even bigger on the inside. All their stuff had been brought the the house and their ship was behind the house. Yukara had run up the stairs and Riku followed, Yukara looked into all the doors, "Riku? Which one is closest to your room?" Yukara asked.
"Oh its over there." he said going into the room to his left.
"Heh heh I call this room then!" Yukara said.
Riku smiled, "So you want this room huh?" Sapphire said as she walked into the room.
"Yep, I want to be able to talk ta Riku!" She replied happily.
~*~Sappire's PoV~*~
"Yep, I want to be able to talk ta Riku!" She replied happily.
I smiled at her then started to walk up to her slowly.
"Uh oh..." She said silently.
I sprung out at her and started to tickle her, Yukara laughed and snorted. "Ack Riku! Help me!" Yukara cried between her giggles. Riku jumped onto my back and started to poke my sides. I started laughing and lost my grip of Yuka, she to had started to poke my sides as well. "Mercy Mercy!" I yelled. They both stopped and backed away smiling, I could tell they thought they were on top of the world since they made me give in. I stood up and looked at them,
"Alright now, you two go back outside and play. Yukara I want you home before it gets dark."
Yukara smiled and nodded, "Um Sapphire?" Riku asked.
"Yes Riku?" I replied.
"Can Yuka stay and watch the sunset with Sora, Kairi, and me tonight?"
I thought about this for a moment, "Yes, as long as you two stay together once it gets dark." They both jumped up and down and ran out of the room. The sunset will be in about an hour so they wont be gone for long. I walked down the stairs to where all our stuff was and picked up Yukara's stuff, I was just about to take it upstares when I heard knocking on the door. I went to answer the door and was greeted by a blond haired woman,
"Hello my names Arisa, the boy who just came out of your house is my son. He wasnt causeing any trouble was he miss..." Arisa trailed off.
"Oh no, he's friends with the child im watching. By the way my names Sapphire." I said holding out my hand, she took my hand and shook it.
"Well its very nice to meet you Sapphire I hope we can talk some more later?" She said warmly.
"Yes of course, oh you do know Riku and his friends are staying at the beach to watch the sunset right?" I asked her.
She just laughed, "Oh yes dear, those three do that everyday." I just smiled,
"I guess i'll just have to get used to it then."
She just nodded, "Well I must be going now, buh bye!" Arisa said waving,
"Goodbye Arisa!" I said as I shut my door.
~*~Yukara's PoV~*~
Once we were out of the house Riku pulled me fowards a little, "Come on lets go!" We raced down the trails to the beach,
"Bout time you two showed up." Sora yelled just as we had gotten out of the woods.
"Sorry we're late." Said Riku.
Sora just smiled and waved his hand as if he didnt really care. "Come on Sora sit over here with me!" Kairi called from the docks. Sora turned away from us and went over to Kairi.
"Well come on let go over to the island." Riku said running into the water, I gave him a questioning look.
"Come on Yuka! Theres a latter back here that we can climb to get to the island faster."
I nodded my head and ran into the water next to Riku, "Your gonna have to swim a little bit, okay?" He asked.
"Its fine." I replied, as we walk in a little farther and started to swim to the small sand bar behind the island.
Once on the sand bar Riku climbed up the later and I followed, As I jumped up on to the ground Riku was already sitting on the tree looking at me. I walked over to him and pulled myself up on the tree, "So Yuka, what were the other worlds like, you know the ones you visited?"Riku asked me curiously.
"Ah, they were great, each one has different looking peoples, and animals too! The one place I told you where I saw the chocobos the place was call Hollow Bastion." I explaned.
"I was at Hollow Bastion the longest, my guardian knew the ruler of that world. Matter of fact he has silver hair like us."
Riku jumped at this. "Really he does?" he said excitedly.
"Yup, his name was Ansem, he was very kind to everyone.....Oh wow this is th prettiest sunset i've ever seen!" I said in awe. I could tell Riku was looking at me, he was smiling too. We sat there for another half hour talking about other worlds and going on a real adventure some day.
"Well Yuka, we better head home before it gets dark. We dont want to get lost in the woods now do we?" Riku said smiling. "Nope nope!" I said getting up.
Riku did the same and we walked over to the bridge and jumped off. Sora and Kairi were way ahead of us by the time we were in the woods.
"Hey Yuka?" said Riku quietly.
"Yes?" I replied.
"Take this, plug it in, and turn it on at 9:30 okay?" said Riku putting a small hand radio with a powercord in my hands.
"Huh?" I looked up at him and he had an identical one, a light bulb clicked in my head and I smiled. "Well come on, lets get going." Riku said holding out his hand. I grabbed it and we walked home hand in hand talking about random things.
Once at our houses we split up and said our goodbyes to eachother. I walked up to my door and opened it, "Sapphire im home!" I yelled.
"I'm up stairs Yuka!" She called back.
I ran up the stares and went into the only room that had lights on. "Hi Sapphire! Is this your room?" I asked her looking around.
"Yes it is, so did you enjoy your time at the beach?" she asked.
"Yes I did, this place has the prettiest sunset i've ever seen!" I said excitedly.
"Well you better get used to it cause I talked to Riku's mom today and she says they watch the sunset every night." She informed me while smiling.I jumped up and ran around the room. "You should go orginize your room Yukara." Sapphire said calmly.
"Okay!" I chirped and ran to my room.
As I entered my room, I jumped on my bed, I then remembered what Riku told me about the radio. I saw a self near the end of my room with a plug in right next to it. I sat the radio there and pluged it in. I looked at the clock nest to the wall, it was only 9:00, I still had thirty minutes to waste. So I decided to orginize my room, the first box I opened had my stars and moons blankets and sheets, I pulled them out and placed them on my bed. The other boxes had my clothes and toys in them, I put them away and looked at the clock again, 9:30. 'Whoo Hoo!' I said to myself, I hopped over to the radio and turned it on.
"Hello? Can you hear me now?" I said into the mic.
"Yup, loud and clear Yuka." I laughed a little,"This is so cool!"
~*~My PoV~*~
The two friends talked for what seemed like forever to them, "Well Yuka, its getting late, I think i'm gonna go to bed now okay?" Riku said tiredly.
"Yeah I agree, well goodnight Riku."
"Goodnight Yukara.....'click'......"
Yukara turned off the radio and got up and changed into her night clothes. After she was done she hopped into bed and covered herself, she layed there for a few minutes thinking about her new life and Riku. Her eyelips slowly began to droop over her eyes and she fell into a peaceful sleep.....
Sapphire opened the door to see a sleeping Yukara, "Sleep well little one..."Sapphire closed the door and walked down the hall to her room, she stepped in quietly and closed the door. Sapphire went to her bed and sat down, she kept thinking about when they would have to leave...It would be so hard on Yukara and her friends...but she couldnt let the princess fall into the wrong hands...after all she promised Ansem he would keep her safe. Ansem was close friends with the girls mother, Yukara does not know any of this though, she doesnt know shes a princess or that her choices could change the world. Sapphire sighed and layed down on her bed. She closed her eyes and drifted off into a deep sleep...
[A/N: Okay peoples im gonna jump ahead 3 years now ok? I mean come on their gonna do the same stuff over and over again, so ya aint gonna miss much. Gonna start it at Yukara's 10th birthday, its important so thats why its starting there!]
Three years came and went quickly, it was april 15th and Yukara was celebrating her 10th birthday. Riku had been looking in all kinds of stores to find something for her. Riku had to admit, she wasnt hard to shop for or anything, he just couldnt find anything he thought would suit her. Out of all the stores on Destiny Island he couldnt find a thing, as Riku walked up the
sandy roads again a certain store had caught his eye. It didnt have a sign or anything on it, it just had a sign on the door that read 'Please come in' simple as that, and thats what Riku did, he went inside to see what was there. As he walked in he was greeted by the old woman behind the counter,
"Hello young man, how can I help you?" She asked kindly.
"Well its my friends birthday today and I cant find anything for her...." Riku trailed off.
"Ah I see she must be very speacial if you couldnt find anything for her, but I do think we have one item that would interest you." The woman said getting up and unlocking the wooden show case in front of her.
Riku walked up to her as she opened it, it contained all sorts of necklaces and such. The one thing that caught his eye was a silver necklace that had a poapu fruit charm on it. "Ah yes that necklace is a very fine one indeed." She said as she noticed Riku looking at it.
"How much is it?" Riku asked.
"I'll just give it to you, here let me get it packaged up for you." The old woman picked up the necklace and put it in a blue velvet box, she then put it in a bag and handed it to Riku.
"Here ya go, I hope your friend really likes it." She said warmly.
Riku nodded. "Thank you miss, im sure she'll love it" Said Riku as he walked out of the store and down the street. He walked down the road to his house and thought about Yukara, now that he was older he was begining to notice her a little more then just a friend. Of course he'd never tell her that, he laughed at himself for even thinking about it. He started to run don the trail untill he saw a clearing ahead, he slowed his pace down and spotted Sapphire. "Hey Sapphire need some help?" Riku called out.
She was setting stuff up for Yukara's party. "Yeah that'd be great." She called back.
"Kay, just let me put my stuff up." Riku replied running inside his house and up to his room.
He sat the bag on his bed then ran back to help Sapphire. "So wheres Yuka?" he asked.
"Kairi had her come over for the day she'll be home by tonight." She replied.
Riku and Sapphire worked all day setting up stuff, Arisa even came out and helped after a while. With about an hour and a half before Yukara was due to come home they finished. The three of them stepped back and sighed happily. After a few minutes of looking at it, everyone left to get ready for the party.
~*~Hour and twenty-five minutes later~*~
Riku waited up on his roof for Yuka, he stared out at the trail just for even a hint of her arrival. He pulled out the little box a looked at necklace. Riku thought about actually sharing a poapu fruit with Yukara tonight too, but he wasnt sure, but one thing was for sure though. He was gonna take her to walk along the beach with him, and so he could talk to her in private. He heard
someone walking down the trail, it was Sora.
Sora looked up and saw Riku on his roof, he ran over to the side of Riku's house and climbed up the latter and went to where Riku was. "Whatcha doing up here?" Sora asked sitting down.
"Waiting for Yukara." He replied quietly.
Sora just mouthed an 'oh' and turned to watch the trail. A few minutes later they heard Kairi and Yukara talking and giggling, the two friends jumped up and moved to a different place so that they weren't visible. They listened to see if they could hear anything that their friends were saying.
"So Yukara, what do you think of Riku?" Kairi asked.
Yukara looked around and then back to Kairi, "Well..." She trailed off.
"Uh huh?" Kairi said curiously.
"I'm not gonna say cause you'll report to Sora and Sora will tell Riku." Yukara said giggling,and Kairi joined her. They walked into the clearing of houses. It was so dark they couldnt see their hands in front of their faces. "Huh? Whats going on here? Theres usually lights on at this time." said Yukara in a confused voice.
Sapphire came out from behind the house and shined a light at Riku, he nodded and tapped on his roof. He heard footsteps going down the steps, Arisa went behind her house and turned the power on. At that time everyone jumped out and screamed,
"Happy Birthday Yukara!!"
Well everyone but Riku that is, he jumped from roof to roof silently until he landed behind Yukara. He slowly walked up behind her and put his hands over her eyes, "Guess who?" He said softly.
"Hmmm.....lets see, semi soft hands......you must be Riku!" Yukara said happily as she grabbed his hand and turned around.
"Aw how did you know?" Riku asked playfully.
"Lucky guess!"she said while smiling.
The party went on as planned and such, Yukara had opened most of her presents by now, she mainly got clothes and such. After she finished opening her presents, Riku pulled her away from everyone, "Will you come to the beach with me?" he asked holding out his hand.
Yukara nodded her head and grabbed his hand, they walked down the trail in silence. Sapphire watched them go down the trail, but she didnt stop them. They would be leaving soon so she was going to let Yukara have as much time with her friends as possible. Most of the other kids were heading home now, and Arisa and Sapphire were cleaning up. It didnt take long since most of the kids had taken the streamers and such. After they were done, Sapphire said goodbye to Arisa and took Yukara's stuff up tp her room. She layed the stuff on her desk and then walked to her room, she walked to her closet and pulled out some boxes. She began to fill the boxes with her stuff, she would have Yukara pack all her stuff tomorrow instead of tonight.
~*~At the beach~*~
As Riku and Yukara reached the beach, they let go of each others hands. They walked over to the shore and let the water wash over their feet. It was a full moon that night and everything seemed to glow, Riku looked over at Yukara as she stared out at the sea, even her sea green eyes looked like they were glowing.
"Yukara, I have something for you." Riku said quietly as he reached in his pocket and pulled out the small velvet box. Yukara turned to face him, he gently lifted her hand and placed the box in it. Yukara looked at the box then opened it, she gasped slightly,
"Oh Riku, Its so beautiful."
Riku smiled at her, 'So is the person about to wear it' he thought to himself. She carefully took it out of the box and looked at Riku, "Will you help me put it on?" He nodded and took the necklace from her hand, she held her hair up and Riku gently put it around her neck, connecting the ends. "There you go." He said smiling at her. Yukara turned around and smiled, "You wanna go to the poapu tree?" she asked.
Riku didnt even think, he just blurted, "Yeah lets go."
The two friends walked to the shack and entered, a minute later they emerged at the top and walked over to the island. Riku sat down on the Poapu and Yukara did the same, they sat in silence for a while until Riku noticed a ripened Poapu just in reaching distance. He slowly stood up, picked it and sat back down again. He fumbled it around in his hands. Yukara watched Riku out of the corner of her eye, 'he's so cute when he's thinking' she thought to herself.
"Yuka...you know the legend of the poapu, right?" Riku asked.
"Yes, I know it very well." she replied.
"Well.....would you li-.....ah never mind....." he trailed off.
"What? Would I share a poapu with you? Of course I would Riku." Yukara said happily.
Riku looked at her in amazement, "You would?"
"Yeah of course, I think it would be kinda cool being connected with you forever." Yukara said smiling at Riku.He smiled and split the poapu fruit in half, giving half to Yukara. They both took a bite at the same time, the taste was so sweet yet tangy. After they had both finished their halves, Riku moved closer to Yukara and put his arm around her and she laid her head on his shoulder. They sat there for a while not wanting to ever leave, but they knew they would have to eventually. Riku sighed and removed his arm from around Yukara,
"We better get going, we don't want anyone to worry."
Yukara lifted her head and nodded, they slid off the tree and walked over to the bridge and jumped off. Riku reached out for Yukara's hand and gently grabbed it. They walked down the trail in silence, just enjoying each others company.
"Are you getting on the radio tonight?" Yukara asked.
"Nah, im sorta tired tonight." Riku replied.
She just nodded and everything went silent again. Once they reached the clearing Riku stepped in front of Yukara and hugged her,
"Sleep well Yukara..." Riku whispered.
"You to Riku..." She whispered back.
The two friends went there separate way and entered their homes.
~*~In Yukara's house~*~
"Welcome home Yukara, did you have fun tonight?" Sapphire asked.
"Yes, I had a lot of fun." Yukara said happily.
She walked up the stairs to her room. She laid down on her bed and didn't even bother changing. She closed her eyes and thought about Riku, and before she knew it she had drifted off into a deep sleep.
~*~The next day~*~
The next day had come and Yukara had been woke up by Sapphire, "Wake up young one." Yukara looked at her guardian.
"Why? What's going on?" asked Yukara sleepily.
"We're leaving, you need to pack you stuff..."Sapphire replied quietly.
"But...But why? I thought you said we were gonna stay here...." Yukara said almost crying.
"Its for your own safety..." She said getting up and leaving.
Yukara got up and changed, she walked to her closet and grabbed some boxes. she started to throw her stuff in them. After she finished, she took all her stuff down to the ship. It was still early so Riku wouldn't be getting up any time soon. Yukara stayed away from her guardian as much as possible, she knew she shouldn't be mad at her but she was. She didn't want to leave this place, mainly she didn't want to leave Riku behind. After she was done, she wrote a note saying she went to the beach to be alone for a while. After she signed her name she stuck the note on the fridge, grabbed two small empty bottles, and ran out of the house slamming the door behind her. She ran down the trail as fast as she could.
Riku jerked up from his sleep to see who had slammed a door, he looked out his window and saw Yukara running down the trail to the beach. He jumped up and got dressed, wrote a note, and climbed out his window. Once out his window he jumped down from his roof and ran after Yukara. It didn't take him long to reach the beach, he looked around to see if he could find her. He spotted her, she was sitting in front of the poapu tree, her knees were pulled to her chest and her head rested on her arms. Riku ran into the water and went up the back way to get to her. She didn't seem to notice that Riku was standing there beside her, "Yuka? What's wrong?" Riku asked her in a worried voice.
She lifted her head up and looked at him, she had been crying for a while by the looks of her face, Riku went over to her and hugged her, "Yukara...what's going on...why are you crying?" Riku asked.
"Sapphire and me are moving again..."she said crying even harder.
"But...why? Why are you moving?" He asked in a choked up voice.
"She said it was for my safety."
"But, Destiny Island is safe! There's nothing here that would hurt you!"
Yukara nodded and pulled out two bottles, "What are though for Yuka?" Riku asked.
"I'm gonna get some sand and water from here so I'll always remember this place." Yukara replied sadly.
She jumped down from the island and started putting some sea water in one of the bottles. Riku jumped down as well, "Here let me fill the other one with sand..." he said holding out his hand.
She gave him the other bottle and he went a few feet away from his friend and filled the bottle with sand. Yukara walked over to him, "Riku, take this..." She said handing them a necklace that had dragon spiraling downwards on it. He looked up at her and she held a blue crystal on a chain.
"It was my mothers, if we were to connect the two necklaces together, its supposed to hold some sort of great power." Yukara explained to him.
He nodded and slipped it on over his head.
"Will you ever be coming back?" Riku asked.
Yukara shook her head, "No, once we leave its forever..." she said sadly. Riku's head fell to the ground, "Oh...I see...Well then, I'll just have to go out there and find you." said Riku looking at Yukara with determened eyes.
"Riku..."
She was cut off by someone yelling, "Yukara! Come on we gotta go!" Sapphire said over the intercom. Just then Sora and Kairi came running down the trail, "Yukara!" they yelled together.
They ran up to their friend, "We heard that you were leaving Yuka, so we had to come say good bye." said Kairi hugging her friend.
"We're going to miss you Yuka..." said Sora also hugging her.
Yukara then turned to Riku, "Please, dont forget me..." she said looking at Riku sadly.
"Don't Worry Yuka, I couldn't forget about you even if my life depended on it." He said hugging his friend one last time.
As they pulled away Riku gave Yukara her bottle and she walked into the ship, she walked over to the window and waved sadly. Riku stood there watching, Sora and Kairi waved back. Just as the ship began to pull away Riku ran into the water,
"Riku! What are you doing!" Sora yelled.
Yukara looked out the window again, she saw Riku running out in the water. "Riku, Please stop!" She yelled. It was as if he heard her, he stopped dead in his tracks. He had tears that threatened to fall, but he wouldn't et them. He watched the ship until it disapeared, even after it had gone he still stood there. Sora walked out to his friend, "Riku...shes gone...come on back..." Sora said sadly.
"Sora...When we get older...lets go on a real adventure, and find Yukara..." Riku said quietly.
Sora looked at his friend in shock, "Riku have you lost yer mind?! Yukara could be anywhere, and besides we'll never be able to get off this island, we dont have a ship or anything." said Sora.
Riku turned around, "I will find a way, with or without you..." said Riku walking away from Sora.
"Hey come back!" Yelled Sora.
Riku stopped and Sora ran up to him, "Of course i'll help you Riku, I mean Yukara was our friend too ya know?" Sora said cheerfully.Kairi came up to them, "And i'll help too!" She said smiling.
Riku turned to his friends, "Thanks you guys." He said calmly.
"Okay then, uhhh does anyone actually have a plan?" Sora asked stupidly
Everyone shook their heads, "Nope but we'll think of one!" Kairi said cheerfully. Riku smiled and looked out at the ocean, he grab the necklace Yukara gave him, 'We'll find you Yukara...I promise'
A/N: YaY I'm done with chapter, I hope that the peoples who read this story review so I know that all my time working on this story wasn't wasted. I'll get the next chapter up soon, Im open for ideas if you have any okay? Well Buh-Bye for now!
-Kairi
A/N: Hi! This is my next Kingdom Hearts story! Yay! Im so happy, I think ah well....Well this one is about Riku, except its when he's younger. This doesn't have much to do with Kingdom Hearts, well it does 'cept its kinda a different story line and plot yeah you'll know if you read. There will be a different enemy. They start out young then get older, okay? Okay! Well I don't own Kingdom Hearts....or Riku sadly....but I do own my characters! Hah hah cant sue me for my own characters! Well on with the story!( I notice I say this in everyone of my stories'.' )
~*~My PoV~*~
It was a warm and sunny day on Destiny Island, three young children were playing happily on the beach. "Hey Riku whatcha doin'?" A young boy asked. The silver haired child continued to stare out at the sea, "Oh nothing really Sora, I just got bored with building sand castles and chasin' you and Kairi around." Riku replied.
"That's good," Kairi panted, "I was starting to get tired of running!"
The two boys just laughed, Kairi soon joined them in their laughter.
~*~In the Mayors house~*~
As the mayor sat on his porch, he thought about the guest from another planet. He was very excited at the fact that they were coming here. He looked up to see any sign of their ship, he then saw the shooting star and then knew that they had arrived. He saw a young woman piloting the ship, he also saw what looked like it was a child. The woman landed the ship and opened the hatch, a little girl came running out of the ship and ran towards the mayor. The older woman followed, "Yukara! Behave yourself please young one?" The woman asked.
"Yes Sapphire, I'm sorry." Yukara replied.
Yukara had always looked up to her guardian. What Yukara had loved most about Sapphire was how pretty she always looked, she had long brown hair, a slim body, and her blue sapphire eyes. Her guardian said she got her name from her eyes.
"The child is fine Ms. Sapphire, if you like I can have one of my servants take her over to Destiny Island so she can play with some kids her age." The mayor offered.
Yukara looked at Sapphire with pleading eyes. "Yes I think that would be a great idea." Sapphire said winking at Yukara.
The mayor called his servant and told her to take Yukara to Destiny Island. The servant went over to Yukara and grabbed her hand, Yukara turned and waved goodbye. She had never been separated from her guardian and was then starting to get a little scared. The attendant must have noticed, "Its ok little one, the children on the island are all very nice." Yukara nodded and felt a little better.
"What's your name?" She asked the attendant as they got onto a small boat.
"My name is Raza, and you are Yukara am I right?" The attendant replied happily.
Yukara smiled and nodded her head. Raza pattled the boat towards Destiny Island. Yukara looked at the island in amazement, she watched the kids playing and have fake sword fights. This excited her so much that she didn't have to act proper and could be as hyper as she wanted. She started to giggle, the attendant looked at her and smiled. Raza pulled up to the dock and stood up to get out. She picked up Yukara and then stepped onto the dock. As she sat Yukara down all the kids stopped what they were doing and stared at her. She stood there and stared back, 'uh oh...what if they don't like me?' she thought to herself, then out of the corner of her eye she saw someone with silver hair just like hers. She turned to face him and saw he was looking out at the sea.
~*~Riku's PoV~*~
I continued to listen to Sora and Kairi's little chat, then all of a sudden everything went quiet. It didn't really bother me that much, Sora began to tap my shoulder. "What is it Sora?" I asked him. Sora just pointed towards the dock, I turned towards the dock and my eyes got wide and locked onto the girl who was standing there with Raza. She smiled and waved at me, I waved back. Raza then nudged her to go over to where I was, she looked up at her and jumped off the dock and walked over to where I was. I stood up and walked over to her, everyone had lost interest in what was happening and went back to what they were doing. I could of swore I was under some sort of spell. She was very pretty, well for a girl that is. She had shoulder length silver hair, like mine, I could tell she was shorter then me probably about Kairi's height, and she had very pretty sea green eyes.
"Hi! My names Yukara." She said sweetly.
"Im Riku, welcome to Destiny Island." I replied nervously.
"Thank you Riku." She said happily.
Sora and Kairi came running up to us. "Hi what's your name?" Kairi asked.
"Yukara..." She replied silently.
"Well im Kairi." She said happily.
Sora waved his hand, "And Im Sora, looks like you've already met Riku." Sora replied. 'Well no dip cheese for brains, im the only one who walked up to her' I said to myself. Yukara just smiled and looked around curiously, I knew I wasn't gonna be bored anymore.
"Riku, I want you to do something for me." Raza called from the dock. I turned around and nodded, "Okay then, I want you to look out for Yukara."
I smiled and nodded my head again, "Will do Raza." I said as she got in her boat and left. I turned to face my friends and they had left. "They said they were going to the secret place." Said Yukara.
"Oh I see well come on lets go to the small island over there." I said pointing to the island with the poapu tree on it. She nodded her head and smiled, "I'll race you!" She said happily while getting in a running position.
"Your on Yukara!" I said also getting in a running position.
"3...2...1...GO!" We shouted together.
We laughed as we ran to the shack that lead up to the island, she had gotten into the shack before me but not by much. I entered the house and ran up the stairs beside her, we both pushed the door open and ran across the bridge and onto the island. Yukara was the first to fall down, I soon followed.
"Looks like we're about equal." I said while still panting.
She just nodded and laid on her back, "This place is so much fun, I don't think I ever want to leave." Yukara said looking towards me.
"Hey you two what are ya doing?" Called out Sora.
We both looked up and replied, "Nuttin!" Sora and Kairi came walking down the bridge towards us, I watched them walk over to the poapu tree and then sit on the trunk.
"So Yukara where are you from?" Kairi asked.
"I don't really know, my mom died when I was young so I've been living with my guardian. We move around from place to place trying to find a place to stay forever but so far we've had no luck." she said while everyone just nodded.
"How old are you?" Sora asked.
"Im 7 years old what about you guys?" She asked. "Well Sora and Kairi are 6 and im 7." I answered for everyone.
There was a long silence, "Hey Yukara, you want to go see the secret place?" I asked. She looked at me for a sec, "Sure lets go!" She said smiling.
"We'll just stay here ok Riku?" Sora asked. I nodded my head and Yukara and me headed towards the cave.
~*~My PoV~*~
Riku and Yukara walked up to the entrance of the secret place in silence, he walked up to the entrance and pulled back the plants. "Thank you Riku!" Yukara said sweetly. Riku followed her though the tunnel into the small room. Yukara looked around at all the drawlings, "You want to draw some stuff? We're trying to fill the whole cave up with drawings." Said Riku spreading his arms out.
"Okay I'll help how bout on this wall?" She said pointing to the empty wall to her right.
"M'kay, that'll work, here," Said Riku tossing her a rock.
They went to the wall, sat down and started drawing whatever was on their minds. As Riku drew random things he looked over at what his new friend was drawing. "Whatcha drawin Yuka?" He asked.
"Oh this is a bird from some other world we went to, its known as a chocobo. A teenager named Yuffie let me ride hers once it was fun, but i've messed up on it." Said Yukara as she crossed it out and started drawing something else.
Riku sat there and stared, she had been to other worlds? So this wasnt the only island here...They continued drawing and laughing for another hour untill Riku stood up and said they should go check on everyone. Yukara got up and walked out of the cave with Riku. Once outside Yukara had to cover her eyes cause of the bright lite.
"There you are Yukara!" Someone had yelled.
She looked up and saw Sapphire coming towards her, "Hi Sapphire, do we get to stay?" she asked.
"Yes young one for a while, and who is this? Is he a new friend?" Sapphire asked.
"Yup yup, this is Riku! And I have two other friends named Sora and Kairi!" Yukara replied.
Sapphire smiled warmly, making Riku feel more safe and welcome around her. "Maybe when we get settled in we can have your friends spend the night." She said patting Yukara on the head.
"Wheres our house gonna be?" Yukara asked.
"Its in the woods here on this island." Sapphire replied.
Riku thought for a minute, "Wait a sec, do you go down that trail there to get to your house?" Riku asked. Sapphire nodded and asked,"Why? Do you know where it is?" Riku nodded happily, "Yup, I sure do, thats next to my house!"
Yukara started jumping up and down, Riku just smiled. "I can show the way if you like!" He said happily. Sapphire just nodded, Riku grabbed Yukara's hand then ran ahead to the path and Sapphire followed. Sapphire was remembering the details of the trail so the next time she traveled it she wouldnt get lost. Though she knew in her heart she wouldnt know it for very long, Yukara and herself would have to leave this island in a few years. Three to be exact, Yukara would be ten years old by that time,she hated having to pull her away from here but she would have to. She was brought back to reality when both Riku and Yukara pulled on her hands. "We're here Sapphire!" Yukara said cheerfully.
The mayor wasnt kidding when he said the place was beautiful, it was the nicest place they had lived in so far. Riku went to the door and opened it, Sapphire walked in and gasped, it looked even bigger on the inside. All their stuff had been brought the the house and their ship was behind the house. Yukara had run up the stairs and Riku followed, Yukara looked into all the doors, "Riku? Which one is closest to your room?" Yukara asked.
"Oh its over there." he said going into the room to his left.
"Heh heh I call this room then!" Yukara said.
Riku smiled, "So you want this room huh?" Sapphire said as she walked into the room.
"Yep, I want to be able to talk ta Riku!" She replied happily.
~*~Sappire's PoV~*~
"Yep, I want to be able to talk ta Riku!" She replied happily.
I smiled at her then started to walk up to her slowly.
"Uh oh..." She said silently.
I sprung out at her and started to tickle her, Yukara laughed and snorted. "Ack Riku! Help me!" Yukara cried between her giggles. Riku jumped onto my back and started to poke my sides. I started laughing and lost my grip of Yuka, she to had started to poke my sides as well. "Mercy Mercy!" I yelled. They both stopped and backed away smiling, I could tell they thought they were on top of the world since they made me give in. I stood up and looked at them,
"Alright now, you two go back outside and play. Yukara I want you home before it gets dark."
Yukara smiled and nodded, "Um Sapphire?" Riku asked.
"Yes Riku?" I replied.
"Can Yuka stay and watch the sunset with Sora, Kairi, and me tonight?"
I thought about this for a moment, "Yes, as long as you two stay together once it gets dark." They both jumped up and down and ran out of the room. The sunset will be in about an hour so they wont be gone for long. I walked down the stairs to where all our stuff was and picked up Yukara's stuff, I was just about to take it upstares when I heard knocking on the door. I went to answer the door and was greeted by a blond haired woman,
"Hello my names Arisa, the boy who just came out of your house is my son. He wasnt causeing any trouble was he miss..." Arisa trailed off.
"Oh no, he's friends with the child im watching. By the way my names Sapphire." I said holding out my hand, she took my hand and shook it.
"Well its very nice to meet you Sapphire I hope we can talk some more later?" She said warmly.
"Yes of course, oh you do know Riku and his friends are staying at the beach to watch the sunset right?" I asked her.
She just laughed, "Oh yes dear, those three do that everyday." I just smiled,
"I guess i'll just have to get used to it then."
She just nodded, "Well I must be going now, buh bye!" Arisa said waving,
"Goodbye Arisa!" I said as I shut my door.
~*~Yukara's PoV~*~
Once we were out of the house Riku pulled me fowards a little, "Come on lets go!" We raced down the trails to the beach,
"Bout time you two showed up." Sora yelled just as we had gotten out of the woods.
"Sorry we're late." Said Riku.
Sora just smiled and waved his hand as if he didnt really care. "Come on Sora sit over here with me!" Kairi called from the docks. Sora turned away from us and went over to Kairi.
"Well come on let go over to the island." Riku said running into the water, I gave him a questioning look.
"Come on Yuka! Theres a latter back here that we can climb to get to the island faster."
I nodded my head and ran into the water next to Riku, "Your gonna have to swim a little bit, okay?" He asked.
"Its fine." I replied, as we walk in a little farther and started to swim to the small sand bar behind the island.
Once on the sand bar Riku climbed up the later and I followed, As I jumped up on to the ground Riku was already sitting on the tree looking at me. I walked over to him and pulled myself up on the tree, "So Yuka, what were the other worlds like, you know the ones you visited?"Riku asked me curiously.
"Ah, they were great, each one has different looking peoples, and animals too! The one place I told you where I saw the chocobos the place was call Hollow Bastion." I explaned.
"I was at Hollow Bastion the longest, my guardian knew the ruler of that world. Matter of fact he has silver hair like us."
Riku jumped at this. "Really he does?" he said excitedly.
"Yup, his name was Ansem, he was very kind to everyone.....Oh wow this is th prettiest sunset i've ever seen!" I said in awe. I could tell Riku was looking at me, he was smiling too. We sat there for another half hour talking about other worlds and going on a real adventure some day.
"Well Yuka, we better head home before it gets dark. We dont want to get lost in the woods now do we?" Riku said smiling. "Nope nope!" I said getting up.
Riku did the same and we walked over to the bridge and jumped off. Sora and Kairi were way ahead of us by the time we were in the woods.
"Hey Yuka?" said Riku quietly.
"Yes?" I replied.
"Take this, plug it in, and turn it on at 9:30 okay?" said Riku putting a small hand radio with a powercord in my hands.
"Huh?" I looked up at him and he had an identical one, a light bulb clicked in my head and I smiled. "Well come on, lets get going." Riku said holding out his hand. I grabbed it and we walked home hand in hand talking about random things.
Once at our houses we split up and said our goodbyes to eachother. I walked up to my door and opened it, "Sapphire im home!" I yelled.
"I'm up stairs Yuka!" She called back.
I ran up the stares and went into the only room that had lights on. "Hi Sapphire! Is this your room?" I asked her looking around.
"Yes it is, so did you enjoy your time at the beach?" she asked.
"Yes I did, this place has the prettiest sunset i've ever seen!" I said excitedly.
"Well you better get used to it cause I talked to Riku's mom today and she says they watch the sunset every night." She informed me while smiling.I jumped up and ran around the room. "You should go orginize your room Yukara." Sapphire said calmly.
"Okay!" I chirped and ran to my room.
As I entered my room, I jumped on my bed, I then remembered what Riku told me about the radio. I saw a self near the end of my room with a plug in right next to it. I sat the radio there and pluged it in. I looked at the clock nest to the wall, it was only 9:00, I still had thirty minutes to waste. So I decided to orginize my room, the first box I opened had my stars and moons blankets and sheets, I pulled them out and placed them on my bed. The other boxes had my clothes and toys in them, I put them away and looked at the clock again, 9:30. 'Whoo Hoo!' I said to myself, I hopped over to the radio and turned it on.
"Hello? Can you hear me now?" I said into the mic.
"Yup, loud and clear Yuka." I laughed a little,"This is so cool!"
~*~My PoV~*~
The two friends talked for what seemed like forever to them, "Well Yuka, its getting late, I think i'm gonna go to bed now okay?" Riku said tiredly.
"Yeah I agree, well goodnight Riku."
"Goodnight Yukara.....'click'......"
Yukara turned off the radio and got up and changed into her night clothes. After she was done she hopped into bed and covered herself, she layed there for a few minutes thinking about her new life and Riku. Her eyelips slowly began to droop over her eyes and she fell into a peaceful sleep.....
Sapphire opened the door to see a sleeping Yukara, "Sleep well little one..."Sapphire closed the door and walked down the hall to her room, she stepped in quietly and closed the door. Sapphire went to her bed and sat down, she kept thinking about when they would have to leave...It would be so hard on Yukara and her friends...but she couldnt let the princess fall into the wrong hands...after all she promised Ansem he would keep her safe. Ansem was close friends with the girls mother, Yukara does not know any of this though, she doesnt know shes a princess or that her choices could change the world. Sapphire sighed and layed down on her bed. She closed her eyes and drifted off into a deep sleep...
[A/N: Okay peoples im gonna jump ahead 3 years now ok? I mean come on their gonna do the same stuff over and over again, so ya aint gonna miss much. Gonna start it at Yukara's 10th birthday, its important so thats why its starting there!]
Three years came and went quickly, it was april 15th and Yukara was celebrating her 10th birthday. Riku had been looking in all kinds of stores to find something for her. Riku had to admit, she wasnt hard to shop for or anything, he just couldnt find anything he thought would suit her. Out of all the stores on Destiny Island he couldnt find a thing, as Riku walked up the
sandy roads again a certain store had caught his eye. It didnt have a sign or anything on it, it just had a sign on the door that read 'Please come in' simple as that, and thats what Riku did, he went inside to see what was there. As he walked in he was greeted by the old woman behind the counter,
"Hello young man, how can I help you?" She asked kindly.
"Well its my friends birthday today and I cant find anything for her...." Riku trailed off.
"Ah I see she must be very speacial if you couldnt find anything for her, but I do think we have one item that would interest you." The woman said getting up and unlocking the wooden show case in front of her.
Riku walked up to her as she opened it, it contained all sorts of necklaces and such. The one thing that caught his eye was a silver necklace that had a poapu fruit charm on it. "Ah yes that necklace is a very fine one indeed." She said as she noticed Riku looking at it.
"How much is it?" Riku asked.
"I'll just give it to you, here let me get it packaged up for you." The old woman picked up the necklace and put it in a blue velvet box, she then put it in a bag and handed it to Riku.
"Here ya go, I hope your friend really likes it." She said warmly.
Riku nodded. "Thank you miss, im sure she'll love it" Said Riku as he walked out of the store and down the street. He walked down the road to his house and thought about Yukara, now that he was older he was begining to notice her a little more then just a friend. Of course he'd never tell her that, he laughed at himself for even thinking about it. He started to run don the trail untill he saw a clearing ahead, he slowed his pace down and spotted Sapphire. "Hey Sapphire need some help?" Riku called out.
She was setting stuff up for Yukara's party. "Yeah that'd be great." She called back.
"Kay, just let me put my stuff up." Riku replied running inside his house and up to his room.
He sat the bag on his bed then ran back to help Sapphire. "So wheres Yuka?" he asked.
"Kairi had her come over for the day she'll be home by tonight." She replied.
Riku and Sapphire worked all day setting up stuff, Arisa even came out and helped after a while. With about an hour and a half before Yukara was due to come home they finished. The three of them stepped back and sighed happily. After a few minutes of looking at it, everyone left to get ready for the party.
~*~Hour and twenty-five minutes later~*~
Riku waited up on his roof for Yuka, he stared out at the trail just for even a hint of her arrival. He pulled out the little box a looked at necklace. Riku thought about actually sharing a poapu fruit with Yukara tonight too, but he wasnt sure, but one thing was for sure though. He was gonna take her to walk along the beach with him, and so he could talk to her in private. He heard
someone walking down the trail, it was Sora.
Sora looked up and saw Riku on his roof, he ran over to the side of Riku's house and climbed up the latter and went to where Riku was. "Whatcha doing up here?" Sora asked sitting down.
"Waiting for Yukara." He replied quietly.
Sora just mouthed an 'oh' and turned to watch the trail. A few minutes later they heard Kairi and Yukara talking and giggling, the two friends jumped up and moved to a different place so that they weren't visible. They listened to see if they could hear anything that their friends were saying.
"So Yukara, what do you think of Riku?" Kairi asked.
Yukara looked around and then back to Kairi, "Well..." She trailed off.
"Uh huh?" Kairi said curiously.
"I'm not gonna say cause you'll report to Sora and Sora will tell Riku." Yukara said giggling,and Kairi joined her. They walked into the clearing of houses. It was so dark they couldnt see their hands in front of their faces. "Huh? Whats going on here? Theres usually lights on at this time." said Yukara in a confused voice.
Sapphire came out from behind the house and shined a light at Riku, he nodded and tapped on his roof. He heard footsteps going down the steps, Arisa went behind her house and turned the power on. At that time everyone jumped out and screamed,
"Happy Birthday Yukara!!"
Well everyone but Riku that is, he jumped from roof to roof silently until he landed behind Yukara. He slowly walked up behind her and put his hands over her eyes, "Guess who?" He said softly.
"Hmmm.....lets see, semi soft hands......you must be Riku!" Yukara said happily as she grabbed his hand and turned around.
"Aw how did you know?" Riku asked playfully.
"Lucky guess!"she said while smiling.
The party went on as planned and such, Yukara had opened most of her presents by now, she mainly got clothes and such. After she finished opening her presents, Riku pulled her away from everyone, "Will you come to the beach with me?" he asked holding out his hand.
Yukara nodded her head and grabbed his hand, they walked down the trail in silence. Sapphire watched them go down the trail, but she didnt stop them. They would be leaving soon so she was going to let Yukara have as much time with her friends as possible. Most of the other kids were heading home now, and Arisa and Sapphire were cleaning up. It didnt take long since most of the kids had taken the streamers and such. After they were done, Sapphire said goodbye to Arisa and took Yukara's stuff up tp her room. She layed the stuff on her desk and then walked to her room, she walked to her closet and pulled out some boxes. She began to fill the boxes with her stuff, she would have Yukara pack all her stuff tomorrow instead of tonight.
~*~At the beach~*~
As Riku and Yukara reached the beach, they let go of each others hands. They walked over to the shore and let the water wash over their feet. It was a full moon that night and everything seemed to glow, Riku looked over at Yukara as she stared out at the sea, even her sea green eyes looked like they were glowing.
"Yukara, I have something for you." Riku said quietly as he reached in his pocket and pulled out the small velvet box. Yukara turned to face him, he gently lifted her hand and placed the box in it. Yukara looked at the box then opened it, she gasped slightly,
"Oh Riku, Its so beautiful."
Riku smiled at her, 'So is the person about to wear it' he thought to himself. She carefully took it out of the box and looked at Riku, "Will you help me put it on?" He nodded and took the necklace from her hand, she held her hair up and Riku gently put it around her neck, connecting the ends. "There you go." He said smiling at her. Yukara turned around and smiled, "You wanna go to the poapu tree?" she asked.
Riku didnt even think, he just blurted, "Yeah lets go."
The two friends walked to the shack and entered, a minute later they emerged at the top and walked over to the island. Riku sat down on the Poapu and Yukara did the same, they sat in silence for a while until Riku noticed a ripened Poapu just in reaching distance. He slowly stood up, picked it and sat back down again. He fumbled it around in his hands. Yukara watched Riku out of the corner of her eye, 'he's so cute when he's thinking' she thought to herself.
"Yuka...you know the legend of the poapu, right?" Riku asked.
"Yes, I know it very well." she replied.
"Well.....would you li-.....ah never mind....." he trailed off.
"What? Would I share a poapu with you? Of course I would Riku." Yukara said happily.
Riku looked at her in amazement, "You would?"
"Yeah of course, I think it would be kinda cool being connected with you forever." Yukara said smiling at Riku.He smiled and split the poapu fruit in half, giving half to Yukara. They both took a bite at the same time, the taste was so sweet yet tangy. After they had both finished their halves, Riku moved closer to Yukara and put his arm around her and she laid her head on his shoulder. They sat there for a while not wanting to ever leave, but they knew they would have to eventually. Riku sighed and removed his arm from around Yukara,
"We better get going, we don't want anyone to worry."
Yukara lifted her head and nodded, they slid off the tree and walked over to the bridge and jumped off. Riku reached out for Yukara's hand and gently grabbed it. They walked down the trail in silence, just enjoying each others company.
"Are you getting on the radio tonight?" Yukara asked.
"Nah, im sorta tired tonight." Riku replied.
She just nodded and everything went silent again. Once they reached the clearing Riku stepped in front of Yukara and hugged her,
"Sleep well Yukara..." Riku whispered.
"You to Riku..." She whispered back.
The two friends went there separate way and entered their homes.
~*~In Yukara's house~*~
"Welcome home Yukara, did you have fun tonight?" Sapphire asked.
"Yes, I had a lot of fun." Yukara said happily.
She walked up the stairs to her room. She laid down on her bed and didn't even bother changing. She closed her eyes and thought about Riku, and before she knew it she had drifted off into a deep sleep.
~*~The next day~*~
The next day had come and Yukara had been woke up by Sapphire, "Wake up young one." Yukara looked at her guardian.
"Why? What's going on?" asked Yukara sleepily.
"We're leaving, you need to pack you stuff..."Sapphire replied quietly.
"But...But why? I thought you said we were gonna stay here...." Yukara said almost crying.
"Its for your own safety..." She said getting up and leaving.
Yukara got up and changed, she walked to her closet and grabbed some boxes. she started to throw her stuff in them. After she finished, she took all her stuff down to the ship. It was still early so Riku wouldn't be getting up any time soon. Yukara stayed away from her guardian as much as possible, she knew she shouldn't be mad at her but she was. She didn't want to leave this place, mainly she didn't want to leave Riku behind. After she was done, she wrote a note saying she went to the beach to be alone for a while. After she signed her name she stuck the note on the fridge, grabbed two small empty bottles, and ran out of the house slamming the door behind her. She ran down the trail as fast as she could.
Riku jerked up from his sleep to see who had slammed a door, he looked out his window and saw Yukara running down the trail to the beach. He jumped up and got dressed, wrote a note, and climbed out his window. Once out his window he jumped down from his roof and ran after Yukara. It didn't take him long to reach the beach, he looked around to see if he could find her. He spotted her, she was sitting in front of the poapu tree, her knees were pulled to her chest and her head rested on her arms. Riku ran into the water and went up the back way to get to her. She didn't seem to notice that Riku was standing there beside her, "Yuka? What's wrong?" Riku asked her in a worried voice.
She lifted her head up and looked at him, she had been crying for a while by the looks of her face, Riku went over to her and hugged her, "Yukara...what's going on...why are you crying?" Riku asked.
"Sapphire and me are moving again..."she said crying even harder.
"But...why? Why are you moving?" He asked in a choked up voice.
"She said it was for my safety."
"But, Destiny Island is safe! There's nothing here that would hurt you!"
Yukara nodded and pulled out two bottles, "What are though for Yuka?" Riku asked.
"I'm gonna get some sand and water from here so I'll always remember this place." Yukara replied sadly.
She jumped down from the island and started putting some sea water in one of the bottles. Riku jumped down as well, "Here let me fill the other one with sand..." he said holding out his hand.
She gave him the other bottle and he went a few feet away from his friend and filled the bottle with sand. Yukara walked over to him, "Riku, take this..." She said handing them a necklace that had dragon spiraling downwards on it. He looked up at her and she held a blue crystal on a chain.
"It was my mothers, if we were to connect the two necklaces together, its supposed to hold some sort of great power." Yukara explained to him.
He nodded and slipped it on over his head.
"Will you ever be coming back?" Riku asked.
Yukara shook her head, "No, once we leave its forever..." she said sadly. Riku's head fell to the ground, "Oh...I see...Well then, I'll just have to go out there and find you." said Riku looking at Yukara with determened eyes.
"Riku..."
She was cut off by someone yelling, "Yukara! Come on we gotta go!" Sapphire said over the intercom. Just then Sora and Kairi came running down the trail, "Yukara!" they yelled together.
They ran up to their friend, "We heard that you were leaving Yuka, so we had to come say good bye." said Kairi hugging her friend.
"We're going to miss you Yuka..." said Sora also hugging her.
Yukara then turned to Riku, "Please, dont forget me..." she said looking at Riku sadly.
"Don't Worry Yuka, I couldn't forget about you even if my life depended on it." He said hugging his friend one last time.
As they pulled away Riku gave Yukara her bottle and she walked into the ship, she walked over to the window and waved sadly. Riku stood there watching, Sora and Kairi waved back. Just as the ship began to pull away Riku ran into the water,
"Riku! What are you doing!" Sora yelled.
Yukara looked out the window again, she saw Riku running out in the water. "Riku, Please stop!" She yelled. It was as if he heard her, he stopped dead in his tracks. He had tears that threatened to fall, but he wouldn't et them. He watched the ship until it disapeared, even after it had gone he still stood there. Sora walked out to his friend, "Riku...shes gone...come on back..." Sora said sadly.
"Sora...When we get older...lets go on a real adventure, and find Yukara..." Riku said quietly.
Sora looked at his friend in shock, "Riku have you lost yer mind?! Yukara could be anywhere, and besides we'll never be able to get off this island, we dont have a ship or anything." said Sora.
Riku turned around, "I will find a way, with or without you..." said Riku walking away from Sora.
"Hey come back!" Yelled Sora.
Riku stopped and Sora ran up to him, "Of course i'll help you Riku, I mean Yukara was our friend too ya know?" Sora said cheerfully.Kairi came up to them, "And i'll help too!" She said smiling.
Riku turned to his friends, "Thanks you guys." He said calmly.
"Okay then, uhhh does anyone actually have a plan?" Sora asked stupidly
Everyone shook their heads, "Nope but we'll think of one!" Kairi said cheerfully. Riku smiled and looked out at the ocean, he grab the necklace Yukara gave him, 'We'll find you Yukara...I promise'
A/N: YaY I'm done with chapter, I hope that the peoples who read this story review so I know that all my time working on this story wasn't wasted. I'll get the next chapter up soon, Im open for ideas if you have any okay? Well Buh-Bye for now!
-Kairi