Chapter 1: New Arrival

Kairi blinked open her blue eyes. The sound of the ship's whistle had woken her up at 7:30 sharp, as it had done for the past two weeks. It was early, but she didn't mind. She sat up, stretched, yawned, and tumbled out of bed, drowsily. She opened her little window and gazed out as light flooded the room. She saw a beautiful blue ocean and sky, the sun sitting about what looked like an inch about the surface.

She tugged on a long flowey yellow tank top, shorts, and flip-flops. She brushed her red hair and left her small cabin. She had begged her parents for her own. All it had was a bed, dresser, a small couch, TV, a chair, mini table, and a window. And it was small. But she didn't mind. Her parent's room was the same, just a bit bigger, and with two chairs.

She hopped down three flights of stairs and pushed open a door that led to the ship's main deck. She walked over to a cute, little, juice shack by the pool.

"Good morning!" she said sitting in a stool at the counter.

"Good morning!" said a blonde, sitting down next to her. "Can't believe we're arriving today!

"Me either! New school, new friends, new house – on Destiny Island! Wow Nams, we really have it good. We'll have our usuals please." The red head said to her best friend, Namine, and ordered they're usual pineapple-strawberry-grape smoothies.

"Yeah.. new jobs, too! Maybe we'll even meet some cute boys!" Namine said handing a few dollars to the cashier. "Thanks!"

"Mhmmm… gosh it's hot… wanna sit in the pool?" Kairi said sipping her pineapple-strawberry-grape smoothie blend.

The blonde nodded excitedly.

So the two girls asked the cashier to hold heir drinks for a few minutes.

A few minutes later, they were lounging in the pool, on inner tubes, sunglasses on face, and smoothies in hand. Kairi was sporting a hot pink swimsuit, and Namine, a yellow.

"So what're you lookin' forward to most about the islands? Namine asked.

"Oh, decorating my room, chillin' at the beach – my new house has an outdoor pool!" Kairi replied lifting her sunglasses on her head.

"Mine has a hot tub!" Namine gasped.

"A hot tub? In the middle of June? Eh… could be fun in the fall.." Kairi said, lowering her sunglasses back over her eyes.

So they chatted for a little while longer about this and that, until some dude cannonballed into the pool and sent a tidal wave powering over them.

"Ahh! What are you doing?! You just ruined my smoothie! And my tan! And my sunglasses! And my flip-flops! And my swimsuit!" Kairi complained, soaking wet.

"Hey, swimsuits are for swimmin', right?" a spiky haired blonde retaliated.

"Oh, you are just looking for a fight, aren't you?" Namine retaliated back.

"With two hotties in swimsuits? What else?" He said lacing his hands behind his head.

"Well guess what? Your not getting one. Cause we're gonna be the mature one's, and just walk away." Kairi ended the conversation, tied her towel around her waist, and trotted off, Namine in toe.

"Have fun with that!" the boy in the pool called.

Namine looked over her shoulder. He looked up and smiled at her. She frowned and flipped her hair and continued walking.

Kairi and Namine sat back down in they're seats from earlier to order new drinks.

"Excuse me? We'd like to re-order our drinks from earlier." Kairi said glaring at the boy in the pool.

A spiky haired brunette turned around and gave them a warm smile.

Namine and Kairi's jaws dropped at the exact same moment.

"Sorry, what can I get you girls?" he asked.

"We um… just… we'll have the smoothies we had earlier." Namine stuttered.

He turned around and was clicking on the computer. He wrote something down on a small piece of paper.

"So what brings you lovely young ladies to Destiny Islands?" he asked putting his hands on the counter.

"We're moving there." Kairi replied.

"Where from?"

"Traverse Town."

"What's your name?" he said looking at Kairi.

"Kairi?"

"I'm Sora."

"I'm Namine! Pleased to meet you! Can you make our smoothies now?" Namine leaned over the counter and gave him a "get to work!" look.

"And actually, we're only 15." Kairi said smiling politely.

"Hey, same here. So what makes you need another smoothie?"

"Jerkface over there tidal waved us…" Kairi replied giving the boy a dirty look.

"Oh, Roxas? He does that to every chick. It's just for attention. So are your sunglasses, swimsuit, and flip-flops all really ruined." He asked raising an eyebrow.

"Oh heck no, I was just trying to make a point." Kairi said smiling sheepishly.

"Eheheh.. smoothies?" Namine said rudely. Kairi shot her a look.

"Yeah, yeah, of course!" he said, finally getting to it!

The girls watched as he threw the ingredients in as if he had made it a thousand times. Which he hadn't. Because it wasn't on the menu. Hmmm… Suspicious? Kairi shrugged it off. He even added a few scoops of vanilla icecream! Wow! He poured the smoothie into two, pretty, plastic cups, and stuck a straw and an umbrella in each one.

"Here ya go!" he said handing the girls a tray with their smoothies and flashed a smile.

Kairi took a sip. Her eyes sparkled at Sora.

This was delicious.

"Wow! This is way better than this mornings! What's the secret?"

"Vanilla icecream,"

"That's what I thought!"

The clock beeped 9:00. Sora hung up his apron and jumped over the counter and sat in the stool next to Kairi.

"Roxas, your shift's starting," he called to Roxas.

Roxas was there in moments. Apparently, there was a small set of lockers or something. Roxas pulled on a shirt, and an apron, and a hat, and came to the counter.

"Can I get you guys anything else? A pastry, perhaps?" he asked politely.

"Hehe… you could get a life and quit flirting.." Namine muttered.

"I could… get you my number…" Roxas replied, writing on a small piece of paper.

"Oh, gosh, my show is starting in five minutes. Bye, guys." Sora said, and took off for the rooms.

"Speaking of numbers, what's this?" Kairi said picking up a small piece of paper that read

Sora's #

218- 4502

Call me!

Aww. That was cute if him. She would call him later.

"That's Sora's number." Roxas said.

"As if I didn't notice?" Kairi thought.

"Oooh! Looks like someone has a crush!" Namine nagged.

"Oooh! Looks like someone else does, too!" Kairi retaliated, noticing how close together they were. Cause they were both leaning over the counter. Embarrassed, Namine scooted back in her seat.

"Well, I'ma go take a walk or something. Namine, your not coming." Kairi said grinning at the two soon-to-be's. Namine frowned. Kairi got up and walked over to a quieter place, near the rooms. She took out her iPhone and dialed 218-4502.

…

…

"Hello?" Kairi heard Sora answer the phone.

"Hi, Sora, it's Kairi."

"Hi,"

"I was wondering if you wanna hang out?"

"Well, I'm doing something right now.."

"Oh, later, I mean. "

"Sure, ok,"

"So… what are you doing?"

"Oh, just watching a lame TV show…"

"Lame like Adventure Time lame?"

"No.. lame like Kingdom Hearts lame…"

"Omg… I love that show!"

"Me too!"

"Why'd you call it lame?"

"I didn't think you'd like it."

"Oh."

"Wanna come over and watch it?"

"Yeah! What room?"

"Lower floor, room 2.

"'Kay, be there in a few."

"'Kay, bye."

Kairi hung up her phone.

"Yessssss!"

Sora hung up his phone.

"Yessssss!

Kairi shot up three flights of stairs and rocketed into her room. She glossed a few times, and pulled on her shorts and tank top(she had still been in her swimsuit). Calmly, she trotted down three flights of stairs, turned the corner, and down one more flight. She knocked softly on his door. It was swung open within seconds.

"Hi."

"Hi.'

…

"So… can I come in?"

"Yeah, yeah! Of course, come in." he moved out of the way and let her through. She walked in to see an evergreen painted room, a striped couch, a coffee table(a bowl of popcorn on it), a TV, a bed, and a dresser.

She sat down and patted the seat next to her. The room was a whooooooole lot better than hers. At least he had a microwave!

Within minutes, they were yelling at the TV screen, stuffing their faces with popcorn, snoozing on the couch at boring parts, waking up when they heard the action come on, and repeat.

"GO! GO! C'MON KEYBEARER! DESTROY THEM! "

"GO! SLICE 'EM!" Sora was making weird hand gestures as the characters fought through a high, white, winding staircase, battling every heartless that dared stand in their way.

By the time they were tired of it, it was around 4:30.

"Oh, gosh, we're arriving soon. I have to pack up." Sora said

"Oh, really? Ok, I better, too, then." Kairi agreed. "See ya later!"

"See ya,"

Kairi left the room and darted up four flights of stairs and into her room. She stuck all her

(many)clothes in a few suitcases, then she worked with her bedding, then all her other many things. The ship's whistle blew and the captain announced the ship would be arriving Destiny Islands in minutes.