1: Destiny Islands 1:00PM

The first sound I heard was the waves. Then the seagulls cawing happily on the beach

And footsteps... coming towards me. All I could do was pray that they hadn't come this far. I knew they weren't afraid to kill.

"Well, look who's up. You can open your eyes sleepyhead, you're not fooling anyone." Cautiously I opened my eyes. The same silver hair and aqua eyes- Riku. That did it. I couldn't be here.

"How did... how am I here?"

"You washed up on the beach about this time yesterday. What a coincidence, I was the only one here." He smiled. Riku's smile wasn't that familiar to me. I guess one doesn't smile much when they're trapped in the realm of darkness.

"I've been here since yesterday... Sora and Kairi don't know I'm here do they?"

"No I figured you'd want to introduce yourself. "

"Listen Riku, I can't be here. I'm putting you all in danger. So just let me go, and not mention to anyone that I was here. "

"Maybe you forgot, but we can defend ourselves. What's going on?"

"Nothing I can say here. "

"Well, you'll have to be able to say it somewhere close by, the way the reef beat you up." For the first time I noticed bandages around a few spots on my arms, and the long scar on my stomach. How long had that scar been there? Chances were he probably knew the reef didn't do that. I tried sitting up, which just triggered a burning pain all through my torso.

"I wouldn't try that, it might tear the cut open. Did you want to go down to the beach?"

"Yeah, that sounds good." I didn't question how he planned to get me down there; we were up in the tree house. But before I knew it, he was walking forward and scooping me up into his arms. I couldn't keep myself from blushing the slightest bit.

Now that I saw Riku up close, I noticed some changes about him. It might have been my imagination, but his eyes looked darker. Still aqua blue, but darker somehow. Maybe it's something that happens when you stay blindfolded for almost a year, trying to block out the light. Second, his silver hair was longer than I remembered, but that's to be expected when you don't cut it for such a long time.

He set me down in the sand under a paopu tree.

"So, Ciel, what've you been up to lately?"

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