Author's Note:Hey! This is ThatsMahKeyblade! But you can just call me Kitten, I guess. :D It's what all of my friends online call me, so yeah..

But this is my first fic (on this site that is), so try not to be too tough on me, okie dokie?

-ThatsMahKeyblade

Disclaimer: Sadly, I don't own Kingdom Hearts.

Summary: Sora and Riku have just returned home, and they had just gotten used to having the normal life back. But when problems hit the fan, Sora, Kairi, and Riku are forced to leave home again. On their travels, they meet someone who was different than anyone they have ever met before; this person had no emotions or feelings. SoraxKairi RikuxOC

Authors Note Two: Eh heh.. Sorry the summary isn't so clear, but if I went into detail, it'd give the plot away. So hopefully the summary will make sense soon.

The Shade of Nothingness Chapter One:

Can You Feel This?

Heaven.

This was surely what Sora thought was heaven. Being at home with Riku and Kairi, being able to eat his mom's cooking (it felt like forever since he was able to eat any of her great cooking that he missed for two years), and living a carefree life.

Folding his arms lazily behind his head, Sora laid back on the comforting sand, and he only closed his eyes for what seemed like a second to him, but when he reopened him, he saw none other than Kairi. To him, she was more beautiful than anything he had ever seen before. Sure, he might have led Donald and Goofy to figure out his feelings towards the red head, but they hadn't said anything….Yet.

"Er….Sora?" Kairi questioned when she saw Sora blanking out on her again. A small smile was tugging at the edges of her lips, as she looked the boy over. She found it funny how her childhood friend would always be with her and Riku at one moment, but a moment later would be in la la land.

"Soraaaaa?" she tried again, waving a hand infront of his eyes, and then watched as they snapped back to attention and she giggled. "Being lazy again, are we?"

"No!" Sora quickly defended as he stood up to full height, nearly being a head taller than she is. "I was just….Waiting."

"Waiting for what?"

"Someone."

"Ooh, who's this someone?" Kairi pressed on, not bothering to hide her smile any longer.

'You.' "I can't tell you," Sora said, and nearly grinned when he saw Kairi pout. To him it made her look even cuter.

"And why not?" Kairi asked, faking to be hurt by his actions.

"'Cause."

"'Cause, why?"

"'Cause, 'cause."

"Sora!"

"Alright!" Sora said, raising his palms in defeat. He bent his head downward in thought, before a mischievous smirk came to his face, and he lifted his head to see a confused Kairi.

"So?"

"So." Sora said, before he grinned, a grin Kairi knew too well. She put her hands on her hips in impatience.

"Stop avoiding the subject!"

"So you want to know?"

"Yes."

"Really?"

"Yes! Sora, tell me!" Kairi said, now stepping closer to Sora and looked him straight in the eyes, trying to see if she could find the answer there. She found nothing. But she did note a bit of red come to his face, and that made her smirk inwardly. Standing on her tiptoes so she was looking him straight in the eyes, she tilted her head.

"You know what you're in exact range for?" Sora asked, his grin only making Kairi confused even more. He managed to keep the snickering he felt inside him from coming out from Kairi being oblivious.

"What?" She asked, and, if possible, Sora's grin got wider.

"This," And Sora began to tickle the read head, who was now in a giggle fit, trying to keep from laughing. She wasn't surprised that Sora still remembered she was ticklish; he used to tickle her all the time when they were little.

After a few moments of the torture of tickling, Kairi had to use Sora for support to keep from falling. Her hands were gripped tightly on his shoulders for two reasons; that was the only place she was able to move her arms to at the moment, and, if she fell, he was going down with her.

Unfortunately for the both of them, Kairi's legs couldn't keep themselves up and gave out, making the two fall to the ground. It took a few moments for both of them to realize what was going on, before both of their faces were a shade of red.

"Er…" Sora began, rubbing his neck sheepishly as he got up from the red head, and single handedly pulled her off the ground. "Sorry about that, Kai."

"It's okay," Kairi said with a nod, before taking in a deep breath to calm herself down over what just happened. The scene kept replaying in her mind, and each time it did, her small smile grew a bit larger. She wished it last for more than just five seconds, but hey, five seconds is better than nothing.

The two teens turned around when they heard laughter, only to see Riku doubled over, clutching his stomach from laughing so much.

"You should've seen the look on both of your faces!" he exclaimed while laughing, ignoring his two friends' glares.

"Riku, how long were you here?" Sora asked while crossing his arms, before Riku straightened himself out and stood straight again.

"Not long."

"Seriously, Riku."

"Fine. A minute. And in that minute I saw all that I needed to see." A smirk was on Riku's face as he watched Sora and Kairi's faces turn red again. "Oh yeah, Sora?"

"What?" Sora asked, snapping to attention again, and the silver haired boy gestured him over.

Looking at Kairi with a shrug, Sora walked over to riku with a confused look on his face.

"Nice job," was all that Riku said and walked off, leaving a confused and aggravated Sora. He was about to take off after Riku when Kairi's voice made him stop.

"What was that about?" she asked, before Sora turned around, looked at her, and shrugged.

"Who knows. But hey, it's getting late. Why don't I walk you home?" Sora asked with a smile, and Kairi found herself not able to refuse. Smiling back, she walked over to him and nodded.

"Don't get us lost again," she said playfully, remembering the last time he offered to walk her home, and claimed that there was a shortcut. When they took it, they ended up getting lost, and when they found their way out, they were back where they first started.

Sora playfully pouted, before he gently shoved Kairi forward. "I know not to go that way, now!" he said in his defense, before he walked besides Kairi, who rolled her eyes playfully.

"Let me guess. You went that way again, didn't you."

"….Nope!"

"Sora…"

"Okay, fine I did! But Kairi, can I ask you something?" Sora asked while he turned his head to look at her.

"Sure." Kairi answered, looking back at him with a smile.

"Can you feel this?" Sora asked, poked her in the side, and received a giggle as she swatted his hand away. Grinning, he continued.

"How about this? This? What about this? Hey! S-stop!" Sora said, when Kairi decided to poke him back.

Kairi giggled at his reaction, "I think Sora has a ticklish spot, too." She said, before Sora shook his head.

"I do not!"

The whole walk home consisted of the two going back and forth with poking each other in the sides, and each time they did, the same question was asked.

Can You Feel This?

Author's Note:Whee, my first chapter! I like how this one turned out, even though I vaguely had an idea of how I wanted to end it. It may seem a little cheesy, but hey, I thought it was cute. If you can't tell (or didn't read the summary), this is a SoKai fic. So if you despise the couple, don't flip out on me, okay? Okay. This chapter had fluff, and later on there's gonna be even more. Yay fluff! So er… Hopefully the next chapter will be up soon, maybe some point today since I'm home alone. (My dad's in Canada, and my brother went to work.)

Until Next Update!,

ThatsMahKeyblade