Haha yes! Months after writing this, I have finally put it up! And it's mostly cause of my awesome beta Dorkyduck117!!! Obviously this is AU. I'm keeping the OC's to a minimum for your reading pleasure!

Disclaimer: If I owned the seires, I wouldn't be writing this, now would I?

I hurried down the path, watching every step, as I hurried to beat my best friends to the beach. I didn't know where Roxas was, but I was sure Sora was already waiting for us at the beach. Roxas was too impatient to wait for 'us slowpokes', so he met me at the entrance where our race began. I ran my hardest as I approached the opening in the distance.

Of course, since I was running so hard, I was too distracted to notice Roxas appearing in front of me, with his blue eyes widening as he saw me running straight at him. He braced himself at the same time I did. I tried to stop, but of course, I couldn't. At the last second I tripped and fell on top of him.

"Ow, ow, ow..." Roxas kept repeating as we laid there with me sprawled on top of him. I attempted to sit up, only to stop when I felt my ankle pulse in pain. I reached down and rubbed it, then liften my hand up quickly, only to find myself looking at blood on my hand. It figured that we would fall right at the sharpest plant along the way.



"RoxasI'msosorry," I said quickly, slurring my words together. I ignored the pain and sat up against the tree closest to us. Since I had already seen my injuries, I looked over at Roxas. He looked less injured than me, with just a few scrapes and a cut elbow.

"Don't worry about it," He said, smiling at me as he stood up. When he looked down me, his expression changed from happy to one of panic.



"Your ankle! We have to get you to a doctor!" He shouted, freaking out.



"I'm fine. Don't worry about me." In truth, I just wanted to watch the star shower. It was going to start today, after all. We were going to leave soon and it would be one of our last times together.



"Hey, you two! What are you doing?"



We both looked at each other as we heard Riku's voice. Roxas waved him over. He walked over, and looked down at my hurt leg, then back at me.

"What did you do this time, you idiot?" He teased. I stuck my tongue out at him, and slowly stood up...well, attempted to anyways. It was futile, seeind as my ankle was probably broken...not that it hurt, though. As I fell back down, I felt Riku's arms wrap around me.



"You really need to be more careful," he whispered softly, and I blushed. Riku always messed with us like this.


"Now, up you go," he said, flipping me so that he was carrying me bridal style.

"Riku! Let me down!" I yelled, smacking his arm. I watched as he smiled and started carrying me back down the path towards town...most likely so he could force me to the hospital, but I didn't want to go. I had a fear of the hospitals, and Riku knew that.


"Roxas! Save me!" I shouted lamely, and Roxas ran to catch up to us.



"C'mon, Riku, she can take care of herself," Roxas pleaded, "I'll take her to my place. My mom can fix her up!" Riku sighed loudly.



"No. She's going to the hospital whether you like it or not. Her injuries are too bad. What did you two do anyways?" Riku asked, and Roxas and I both blushed. We didn't like it when Riku went all 'adult' on us. We could never figure out any counters. Now, Sora and Kairi...they were really good at it, but not us. It was like they were closer to each other than Roxas and I were. Of course, that was probably true. After all, Roxas was the shy twin, and Sora was the hyper twin. I normally just kept to myself, but Kairi was probably the friendliest girl on this island. Sora and her had tons of friends, while Riku, Roxas, and I were pretty much loners, other than our friendship with one another.



"Riku?" Kairi's voice rang out. I hadn't even noticed her arrival. "What happened?"



"These two idiots have yet to explain it to me," Riku shrugged. I winced as pain went through my leg. Roxas, noticing my expression, held onto my hand. We had a deep bond, Roxas and I, which the other had with each other as well.

Roxas looked up at the two with an embarrassed look on his face, and began to explain what had happened, even though we had done things like this in the past...Although, of course, those times didn't end with me on my way to the hospital.



"Um...guys?" I asked, and they all looked down at me, "Can I have something to put on my ankle? It's kinda...you know... bleeding?"



Kairi's face paled as she looked over at my bloody foot. It was obvious she was trying to avoid looking at blood, but that wasn't working for her too well. Roxas shrugged his apology. He didn't have anything to put over it. We were all inwardly hoping Riku had something to cover the injury with for different reasons, but he just sighed. He wasn't carrying anything to use as a cover. I closed my eyes as I started feeling dizzy.



"Riku...Just hurry," I said. At this point, I didn't even care if I went to the hospital. The cut was really bad and kept bleeding. Riku looked at Kairi.



"Let Sora know where we're going," Riku instructed. Kairi nodded and ran toward the path as fast as she could. Riku glanced at Roxas, who had been looking down.



"I know you want to be with her, but you need to go find her mother, and let her know what happened," Riku said, and I glanced up at Roxas with pleading eyes. He was my closest friend out of everyone. I really wanted him to be with me...but my mom needed to know that I was okay as well. He looked up at us, determined.



"I'll be back as soon as I can!" We watched as Roxas ran off in the direction of the houses. It would take him a while, but we both knew he would be running as fast as he possibly could to make it there. He was always so determined like that. It was something that I liked a lot about him, for some reason.



"Hold on tight. I'm going to run as fast as I can with you," Riku told me softly. He was the one who always made sure everyone was all right, no matter what the danger.



"I will," I said smiling. I wrapped my arms around his neck, holding on as tightly as possible. With that, he began to run, carrying me all the to the hospital.

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"Sora! Roxas!" I shouted, waving to them happily. It had been a few days since the accident, and I was finally able to leave my house and walk around. The had to stitch up my foot and wrap it, but I was able to walk out with a large cast on since nothing was broken. Riku was the only one I had told about finally being able to walk, so we decided to surprise the others. 



Roxas' face lit up as he saw Riku and I appear behind the bushes.



"Chie!" He smiled and ran over to us, hugging me and laughing, "I didn't know you could walk!"



"It was a surprise, dummy," I smiled. Of course, it was also because I wanted the monthly star shower before it gone...and before I was gone. Tomorrow the last ferry was leaving, which meant I would be moving. Sora and Roxas were moving as well. Of course, we were moving to different towns...so we would never get to see each other...

I shook my head and smilked again. I was happy to be with my friends now, and I wanted to make the most of our last moments together. We probably wouldn't see each other for a very long time, seeing as the ferry was so rare and expensive. Destiny Islands was more of a private place, after all.



None of us wanted to leave though. We all wanted to stay here and go to school...which was the worst school to attend...but our parents wanted more from us. My mom wanted me to go to a private excel school, while Roxas and Sora needed to find a good high school that would 'improve their lives'. Seriously. That's what the brochure from the school said. It was funny, since they were both already so smart.

I snapped out of my little daydream to see Sora running over to us, his huge goofy grin on his face. That grin always cheered us up, no matter what.



"I'm glad you're better!" Sora told me happily. He was always affected by stuff like this, probably because of the whole 'twin telepathy' theory we had about the two. Roxas was sad that I was hurt, so naturally, Sora would feel down as well. It freaked the rest of us out, at least, until we got used to it. Twins always had those weird powers.



"Sora! Roxas!" Kairi yelled as she ran over to us, "Riku! Chie! You're okay!" I smiled, noticing that the sun was lower in the sky.



"Of course I'm okay! Why wouldn't I be?"



"I thought you weren't going to make it..." she admitted quietly. That made us all remember what tomorrow was.



"I wouldn't miss this for the world," I responded. Roxas grabbed my arm and we walked over to the beach with everyone else. It was times like this that made me happy that no one knew about our beach. It had been a long day for all of us; packing, saying goodbye to some, and for me, learning to walk. 



Kairi was the first to sit, with Sora next to her. Riku followed him, and Roxas helped me sit. It was the order we always sat in. I don't ever remember how it came to be, but we always sat exactly like this. We sat there in silence, waiting...counting down the moments until the shower began. At the final seconds, we all inwardly counted the seconds left.



Three... Two... One...



The star shower began, and I don't know why, but this one seemed more beautiful than any other. Maybe because it was our last time together...or maybe because we were all here. We would never know, we would just remember.



"So... We'll all be friends forever? No matter what happens?" Roxas asked quietly.



No one answered, as we all knew the answer. Kairi looked over at the rest of us. She was holding a paopu fruit in her hand. As far as I knew, no one in our group had ever used a paopu fruit before...but we all hoped that our wish would come true. We all reached over and grabbed a tip off the end of the paopu fruit and ate it in silence. Smiling, Riku responded.



"Always"


Well, that's chapter one! Review please?