A/N: Hello everyone. Firstly, I wanted to say that this first chapter is played out like the scene when Kairi first meets Axel in Kingdom Hearts II. But as the story goes on from Chapter 2 things will be different.
Now, I have about 11ish chapters already done, but I won't be uploading them right away, because I don't want to fall behind having to write chapters continuously and taking forever to upload them. I will probably upload a chapter maybe, each week or so. I do have another story that I work on, as well if you're a fan of Harry Potter and Dramione, you can find that story on my profile.
Anywho, I will stop this Author's Note and let you begin. Enjoy. :)

Disclaimer: I do not own Kingdom Hearts or it's characters. I am just using it's characters and places for writing purposes only.

Through The Portal Of Darkness

Axel/Kairi Fanfic

Chapter 1: Kairi Meets Axel

I stood out on the beach overlooking the ocean that was in front of me on Destiny Island. Sora and Riku had been gone for awhile now. I had lost count in the days since they've left. But I had guessed it had been a few months.

I sat down on the sand below me, hugging my knees to my chest. I had never felt so alone in my life until they had left. I put my head on my knees in front of me. Trying to hold back the tears that were fighting to fall down my cheeks.

I had wished for days and days that it was all just a dream and that I would wake up and they would be here with me just like it use to be. I thought to myself. 'It's just a dream, Kairi. Snap out of it. You're just asleep, Sora and Riku are here. And when you wake up, you will see them, again.' But I had to face the harsh reality of them being gone for so long. I had wondered if they would ever come back to the island.

Some days were worse than just crying about it, I would be so angry and kick the sand pretending that it was them I was kicking.

In my head asking, 'How could you do this to me? How could you leave me alone like this?' I snapped out of my thoughts, wiped my tears away and got up from the spot I was sitting at. And just decided to stand there and stare out at the ocean just once more before going walking back home.

"Maybe, waiting isn't good enough," I say outloud.

"My thoughts exactly!" I hear a unfamiliar voice say. I turn around to see who it was.

"If you have a dream, don't wait. Act." The voice says. Suddenly, a strange dark swirl rises above the sand.

"One of life's little rules. Got it memorized?" And a man walks out of this portal like blackhole.

I look at him curiously, but scared, too. The man dressed all in black. His hair is fire red and his eyes, a beautiful emerald green.

"Who are you?" I ask.

"Axel," he replies. "I happen to be an acquaintance of Sora's," he adds. "Why don't we go see him?" He asks holding out his hand.

"...Sora?" I say to him curiously. I gasp as I hear a dog bark and look down at the ground to see an approaching barking dog.

He barks at me playfully as he spins around in circles and wags his tail. Until four strange creatures appear around us.

I hear a whistle behind me and I look back to see another black and purple portal appearing from the ground.

The dog next to me looks excited and runs straight towards the portal before turning back at me and barking.

"We've got something in common, Kairi. You and I both miss someone we care about," Axel says.

"Hey, I feel like we're friends already," he adds.

I can feel the strange creatures coming towards me. The dog runs through the portal.

I follow it towards the portal before turning back to Axel replying, "You're not acting very friendly!"

Not knowing where exactly this portal will take me, all I know is that I must get away from him and those creatures. I disappear into the darkness.