A/N: This is MY OWN RENDITION of what happens story-wise during the credits at the end of Kingdom Hearts II. This is by NO means canon to the actual storyline of the series. This story also does NOT coincide with any of my other Kingdom Hearts fanfictions. This is a completely INDEPENDENT story.

I really wish Square allowed us to explore more of the Destiny Islands world. Maybe we will in KHIII?

Part I

Deep in the depths of the vast abyss of the ocean, a pair of crabs was fighting over a piece of space on a colorful coral reef populated by sea-dwelling creatures of all types and kinds. As the two crabs continue to snap their claws at one another, a giant shadow overcame the area. Curious, the crabs stop their battle to glimpse up at a veritable wall of green scales as some gargantuan serpentine creature swam over them, undulating from side to side like a snake using its fish-like tail to propel it forward. The sea serpent suddenly pauses in its tracks and heads upwards towards the water's surface.

A large rounded head with floppy long ears and elongated mouth came bursting out of the water. The sea serpent's large rounded eyes scan the area around it all while its elongated mouth firmly held onto a corked glass bottle with gentle fangs. The afternoon sun was high in the cloudless blue sky as the sea serpent sought to find its target destination. It spots something in one direction and trills at its accomplishment. Smiling widely while still holding onto its precious cargo, it dives back down into the ocean's depths and quickly made its way towards the pair of islands it saw.

Meanwhile, in a white wooden studio building on the large island, a dance rehearsal was taking place within. Several teenage girls were dressed in knee-length skirts made of strips of paopu tree leaves with lei headbands while cream-colored tank tops covered their upper bodies. Many of the girls were stretching out their limbs while some focused on making their costumes look good and others began practicing their steps. One particular red-headed girl was so concentration on remembering her steps that she failed to hear someone calling her name.

"Kairi!" cries out brown-haired girl, finally laying a hand on the shoulder of the girl in question.

Losing focus on her dance, Kairi turns to face her friend with a quizzical look. "What is it, Selphie?"

"Don't be so serious; just enjoy it," advised Selphie crossing her arms and smiling. "You've got this dance down better than everyone else."

"I know," responded Kairi, hanging her head. "I just…"

"Coming through!"

Suddenly a drum-bearing young man steps through between the girls.

"Wakka! So rude!" yells out Selphie. "You could at least say 'excuse me'."

Still holding the gourd drum over his shoulder, the teenage boy turns to the girl and gives her a grin. "Ex-CUUSE ME!"

Selphie huffs indignantly at the response while Kairi smiles at the confrontation.

"So," began Wakka. "I heard Sora and Riku are going to be fire dancers with Tidus this year."

"They sure are," answered Selphie. "How come you're not doing it with them?"

"Well, for one thing, music is my passion," replied Wakka, tapping once on his gourd drum. "Also, Tidus plus torches equals disaster waiting to happen."

"I don't believe he's that bad," voiced Selphie with a giggle. "Riku, on the other hand, would do a great job since his mom taught him martial arts and stuff. Sora… well… What do you think, Kairi?"

Kairi pauses to imagine the scenario. Sora can wield a Keyblade to fight Heartless. I'm sure he can handle a torch.

"Umm… Are you still mad at me?"

"…"

"I said I was sorry."

"…"

"I didn't mean to!"

"… Tell that to my butt."

Sora hangs his head in complete and utter embarrassment as Riku continues to sit cross-legged in anger with hands planted firmly on the dirt ground of their high school courtyard. Both teenage boys were dressed in nothing but a tribal loincloth wraps and paopu leaves leg bands around their calves. Nearby stood their fire dancing instructor, who simply shakes his head at the disaster that befell the boys earlier.

"There's a reason why we keep a certain distance from each other when we practice," sighed Jecht. "How you managed to get Riku caught on fire is beyond me. I would've expected that from Tidus, but not you, Sora."

Still squatting down, Sora began drawing circles in the dirt with his finger in hopes that doing so would conjure up a door to darkness to swallow him up and save him from further embarrassment. Obviously, nearly barbecuing your best friend isn't exactly one of the best memories to make. If he had realized that a torch, especially one that is lit on both ends, does not function the same way as a Keyblade, this entire situation would have been avoided completely.

Just then, Tidus comes back from running to his dad's jeep, donning the same costume as Riku and Sora. Breathing heavily, he hands Riku the extra loincloth he had.

"Here… Riku…" panted the boy, his tongue lolling out of his mouth as he struggles to catch his breath. "I think it'll just barely fit you since you're so much bigger than me."

"It'll be fine," said Jecht with a sigh. "We've still got to get the routine down before evening so let's get this over with."

With a huff, Riku reluctantly accepts the loincloth and gradually stands up to go to the restroom to change. As he walks away from the group, the spot of blackened fabric on the butt of his own loincloth was completely visible to all present.

A/N: The sea serpent featured in this story is actually the sea serpent from the original Submarine Voyage ride at Disneyland in California. Since Disney isn't doing anything with him, I've decided to take him for my own. I think he's really cute and has a lot of potential to be a popular Disney character.

The culture of Destiny Islands I'm creating here is greatly based on that of Polynesian and Hawaiian cultures. I figured Destiny Islands would follow a similar trend to those cultures.