Disclaimer: I do not own Final fantasy or Kingdom hearts. Though it would be great if I did...

Thinking of you wherever you are,
we pray for our sorrows to end and hope that our hearts will blend.
Now I will step forward to realize this wish and who knows:
starting a new journey may not be so hard,
or maybe it has already begun.
There are many worlds, they share the same sky.
One sky, one destiny.
Kairi.

Sora stared at the familiar text sprawled across the white paper and smiled. He hadn't seen the message in over three years. Of course back then he said he'd never leave the islands, or Kairi again. He had left, but never without Kairi. She had been training since then and had learned a lot of new attacks and maneuvers he hadn't even seen yet. Looking up, his blue eyes held a mischievous gleam as he noticed Riku in the water splashing at Kairi. Her laughter cut into his thoughts leaving him feeling warm and almost disorientated. The auburn haired girl looked up and waved to him.

"Come on Sora! Come join us!" Sora pretended to look serious, making his way to the two in the water. Folding the paper and shoving it into his pocket, he stood at the shore staring out at them and scoffed.

"Aren't we a bit too old to be playing in the water?" Riku shook his head, platinum hair now a bit longer.
"Nah, never. Besides, you're the most immature one here. Always wanting to spar against me. You think you're ever going to win?" Sora grinned the same goofy grin that made her heart flutter. Kairi could feel her cheeks growing warm at her thoughts of Sora and she shook her head lightly. Scooping up some of the clear water into her cupped palms she sent a spray of water over at Sora. He chuckled before sitting down in the sand. "Of course I will. Someday." He then let his gaze move over to Kairi. She really had grown in the last three years, so hadn't Riku and himself. But she had grown the most. Her auburn hair was now longer, and she was a bit taller. She had a more mature look to her features, not so childish as from four years ago. Her level of thinking had greatly increased as well, she was a formidable sparring partner. He hadn't won yet. She smiled at him and he caught the last signs of her blush causing a feeling of confusion to come over him. 'Hm...' She had recovered herself very quickly though by splashing him with water. His eyes locked with her's a moment before he was picked up and thrown into the water. Breaking the surface Sora looked around. Riku grinned over at Sora, daring him to do something about it. Sora cupped his palms shoving the water over at Riku engulfing the other in a tidal wave of water. Ducking under the water, Riku swam away from the wave of water and surfaced a few feet away.

"Kairi!" She looked up at the sound of her name and blinked. Searching the shore she found the waving form of Selphie. Wearing a yellow jean dress, brown hair shoulder length, curling out at the bottoms. "Someone is here to see you. I guess it's important." Kairi began to swim toward shore waving to Sora and Riku.

"I'll be back you guys. Don't miss me too much." She gave them a smile before jogging off after Selphie. It took only a few minutes to reach her home. Staring at it silently a moment she thought of how lonely it was. She lived alone, her adopted parents had died shortly after her return to the island. Shaking the depressing thoughts from her mind she ran inside making her way to her room quickly, to change. She found one of her normal dresses and put it on. It was a pink dress that stopped above her knees, zippers all the way up. A white shirt underneath could be seen since the side zippers were designed to curve out. Scanning the room she found a towel and began drying her hair. Selphie spoke through the door urging the other girl to hurry.

"Come on! It's important." Kairi rolled her eyes opening the door and stepping out. Throwing the towel into the laundry basket on the other side of her room she made her way downstairs with Selphie in tow. Selphie slid out the door calling over her shoulder as she walked. "I'll meet with you later and you can tell me what happened. Wakka wanted me to hang out with him. See you later." The other girl waved before running off. Kairi sighed softly shaking her head and closed the door. Making her way into the living room she looked around a moment. Her eyes fell on a black cloaked figure, hood up. She approached the figure cautiously, unsure of why it would be someone wearing a black cloak who needed to see her. When he turned to face her Kairi froze, unable to move.

"You. How did you get here?" The figure threw back it's hood, eyes gleaming devilishly at her.

Please read and review. The first story I'm working on that has a likely pairing.