Please note that I'm not so familiar with what happened during Chain of Memories, because I never played the game. So if anything seems out of place, just go with it, please?

This chapter will take place right after the Kingdom Hearts ending.


Sleepless Chapter One


She rowed her way towards home in a slightly delayed shock.

He is…gone. Where? Where has he…gone?

She stopped rowing and let the gentle water take her where it wanted. She knew she shouldn't stop, but she needed to think before she got home. Her family was probably worried sick about her. Would they remember? Or would everything that happened be like a dream. She prayed it was only a dream, that everything she encountered was just a dream. That the plan of the raft was thrown out and they never took it seriously. Yes, that's it; she just went to the island with them like any other day.

But they were gone. Both of them.

She loosened her grip on the paddles, lost in clouded thoughts as tears started to form in her blue eyes.

"Sora...Riku." She could barely hear herself as she spoke their names. "Why did you-"

She heard a splash on to her right, so she turned her head weakly in that direction. Her right paddle was gone. She quickly wiped the tears out of her eyes and threw her only paddle near her shoes that were lain in the back. She craned her head out of the boat to see her paddle sink quickly. She mentally cursed at herself and without much thought, jumped into the cold water to retrieve it.

It took her a moment to grasp what she had just done, but she told herself to stay calm. She started to swim after her sinking paddle, trying her best to catch up to it. It was sinking too deep into the darkness, but she continued to go after it. She swam straight into the unknown, where she was left blind and disoriented. That's when she finally stopped.

Gimme a break, Kairi.

Kairi's eyes widened and she looked around the darkness, to only find nothing.

Sora...Where-

What, are you kidding?

Riku...

Air bubbles floated out of her mouth, she was starting to struggle on her breathing.

Where are you? Please, tell me!

She felt desperate for their voices to tell her something, anything. She couldn't take it any longer. She'd run out of air if she didn't start swimming to the surface now. But she stayed.

Please...

I'm always with you.


How was it? I hope you liked it! I have no idea where this will be going, so I'll just let the pieces fall where they will. Review? Thanks so much! 3