I have followed behind him since we first encountered one another. It's not as if I had much of choice in the matter. It was something about him that drew me in. The more I tried to become independent, the more I found myself clinging to him.

I help him find his way

I assist with his missions

And I do all I can to ease the troubles of his journey... to find the heart of another girl.

Jealousy. I never thought I would be the one to feel this way.

With her bright blue eyes and glossy maroon hair and ivory skin. Nothing about myself can even compare with her.

She is a princess. A princess of Heart. Pure, Bright, Beautiful.

Ebony hair, olive skin and dark violet eyes defined my being.

I set my eyes on her still, motionless body as she rested upon the floor. Her heart was gone and I knew that I was going to help get it back. Not for her, but for the platinum-haired boy who always stands at my side.

And then... as if I were there all along, I found myself at the Door to Darkness. I figured that I would eventually find myself here, but there was one problem. I was on the wrong side of it.

As the door begins to close, I watch as two of the closest friends say goodbye to one another... for the second time.

There are only three now.

The only shining light within this darkness: The King

The one I will follow no matter what the circumstance: Riku

And myself.

I don't know how it came to be, but when I awoke in the depths of Castle Oblivion, I was alone.

I was alone to fight my own battles and to find my own way out.

Days, months, maybe even years? I'm not sure but the time when I was to see him again seemed too far away.

I searched a number of different worlds searching for him, in hopes that the gap of time between our reunion would lessen.

Then, like a cruel twist of fate: Destiny Islands. The place that I had found myself lingering in.

A chance encounter? Somehow, I don't think so.

The Princess. She tells me her name and I tell her mine. I don't think she remembers me, which is not at all bad.

An unlikely friendship. It was surprisingly easy. It seems that the two of us fit together like a pair of puzzle pieces.

Opposites complimenting one another. The both of us waiting on the shore of the beach, everyday until the sky was dark and the stars shone brightly.

Then, out of the blue, they were here.

The two bestfriends... the ones we have waited for.

Was it fate? I would like to believe so.

He walked towards me, my vision began to blur.

Pulling something out of the pocket of his pants, he held it out to me.

Wet streaks ran uncontrollably down my face. Although my vision was blurred, there was no mistaking that distinct shape.

"You remember, right?" He said to me.

I tilted my head upwards in order to see his newly matured features. He was taller... much, much taller. His hair had grown past his shoulders but the scowl on his face was forever recognizable and cherished to me. The feeling was virtually indescribable at the time.

I nodded. "Yeah" I replied.

A brilliant and radiant smile swept across his face.

He reached out to me. With a hand at the back of my head, he pulled me closer to him and held me against his chest. He continuously patted and stroked my hair as he whispered words of comfort. He was here. He would never leave me again. He missed me.

Then, like a blast of memory straight from the past: the words I once spoke in agony resonated within my mind, but this time my heart swelled with happiness upon hearing them.

"I would give anything to share a paopu fruit with you".