Kingdom's Tear
Kairi raced down the docks, a bottled note from the king in her hand.
"Sora!"
She called as she reached the small island where he was sitting and talking to Riku. She stood for a moment and caught her breath, then held it out to him.
"Look."
"From the King?"
Sora stepped down and took the bottle from her. He opened it, and pulled the letter out of the sealed container. Riku smiled and stepped over so he could read it, and fearing the worst Kairi stood and read over Sora's shoulder as well. Their faces fell slowly as they reached the end of the letter.
"So the nobodies had an anker in this world as well."
Riku leaned back against the tree his brow furrowed as he said it, as Sora reread the letter, and Kairi stood looking at the ground.
"This means you two are leaving again, doesn't it? But you just got back!"
Kairi looked back up at her friends, worry in her eyes. They really had just gotten back from destroying the nobodies, and now they were about to head out again. Sora looked first to her then to Riku, and back again not knowing how to respond to her question. Riku didn't answer, but he looked up at her then to Sora.
"I'm sorry Kairi, but the King sent this to us for a reason. You stay here. Sora and I will be back soon."
Riku stood up and smiled at her reassuringly. The truth was neither of them knew what to expect. In his letter, the king wrote that though the nobodies of Organization XIII had disappeared, there was still another. It held the darkness in place, and the heartless to that world. He asked them for their help, and told them that they needed to find that nobody and destroy it, or the worlds would never be at peace. Sora moved over to hug Kairi again, then turned to Riku and nodded. Kairi let go and they took off. She held her hand up for a moment after them, then deciding she wanted them to see her smile before they left, she held up her hand and smiled and waved to them. Laughing, Riku and Sora turned around and waved good bye to her as well, then they raced down the shore and off to the main island.
"So how are we going to get there? We have no way to get off these Islands?"
Riku raced after Sora and called out to him. They made it all the way down the beach and to the ocean on the other side of the small island, when an enormous ship emerged from the sea.
"Take a guess!"
Sora skidded to a stop and grinned as Donald waved at them from the ship's main deck.
"Come on you two! Let's get a move on!"
He called out to them, as goofy released the shields. Sora smiled as Riku leapt up into the ship.
"Come on Sora! Don't keep the King waiting."
Riku held out his hand to Sora, leaning over the side of the ship. Sora's smile turned into a relaxed far off look.
"You know, we might not be back here for a while. It's hard to believe that we have to leave when we just got back."
"What are you, chicken? Come on."
Riku grinned down at him reassuringly, his hand still stretched out to Sora. He smiled and leapt up, taking Riku's hand and aloud himself to be pulled into the ship.
"Alright let's get going!"
Riku jumped in after Sora, and took his seat next to Sora's. Goofy raised the shields again, and Donald sat excitedly in his seat. The ship lifted off the glossy top of the sea and its rockets blasted it out into space. Sora looked behind them as the took of. He watched the islands get smaller then disappear.
"Good bye."