(A/N) It really isn't THAT bad. Please R&R, it's my first fic!
Disclaimer: I do not own the characters/ places from Kingdom Hearts and Final Fantasy. I do, in fact, own Diceandria Chamaigne Castellenetta Von Thibodeaux, Loki, and Ryou Dufresne. So don't sue me!!! On we go.
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DESTINY ISLAND
Kairi stood there on the beach, in a state of disbelief. Once again, everything had happened so fast, too fast. He had left, she was abandoned. It was just like before, only, at least, this time she was home and had her heart. She stood there like a statue as if waiting for Sora to suddenly fall down from the sky. It wasn't entirely farfetched, I mean, there was a good chance of it, right? If everyone had returned home, why couldn't Sora and Riku? Why didn't Riku just step to the other side of the door? Kairi had watched the whole thing. After Sora had defeated Ansem for the fourth time Kairi was transported there for some odd reason. If only they could go back in time and start over from the beginning. If only life had a reset button, Sora could have stayed, Kairi should have gone with him. There were so many things they could have done differently. But fate had its tricky ways of playing with them.
The sky had begun to get brighter and Kairi realized that it wasn't a dream, that she wouldn't wake up at the beginning of it all, but rather at the end.
"Kairi?" came a voice from behind her. It sounded like Sora, it had to have been. Kairi quickly threw herself around in excitement when her face was met with Tidus's. Disappointment washed over her.
"You okay?" he asked considerably. Kairi looked behind him, at her island, her home. She shook her head; the usual sparkle in her eyes was gone. Tidus nodded. "Lets go home, you're probably tired." Tidus suggested. Kairi, hesitant to follow, wanted to wait here, in this spot forever. Eventually she got to sleep, she knew she had to go on with her life, but it hurt. It hurt too much. It was like she got a second chance, she got to reset it, but Sora and Riku were still out there, it wasn't fair to them. A deep, dreamless sleep took over her and she didn't wake up until 3:00 p.m. the next day.
A playful laughter coming from outside awoke her. She tentatively sat up in her bed and stared out her window. It was just like the old days. Wakka was beating Selphie down with his ball and Tidus was practicing whacking things with his stick.
"Maybe," Kairi said to herself. "It was all a dream." She suddenly pulled on her purple skirt and white tank top and ran outside to the beach. She sifted her surroundings with her eyes.
"Good to see you're up and moving." Came Wakka's voice from behind Kairi. Kairi spun around.
"Hmmm," she replied solemnly.
"We all kind of figured you had drifted off into a coma." Laughed Wakka. Kairi nodded and looked over to the ocean. The waves formed at a steady pace lapping against the sandy shore. Everything seemed to be normal. Nothing was different, except for two things. Kairi walked away not wanting the conversation to turn to something she didn't want to talk about. She traveled over to the area where they had built the raft. The raft was still there. She stepped onto it seeing everything Sora had collected for her the day before everything had changed. The fish had died and the mushrooms had gone bad, but it was still there in its entirety. She let out a sad smile. Everything they had dreamed of became a reality; they wanted to see other worlds, didn't they? I guess no one ever thought about what could happen. How badly it could backfire. Well, it did. In her book, Kairi figured what is meant to be a mystery should stay that way. She wasn't a big risk taker, because every time she took a risk, she ended up hurting someone.
Kairi walked back to the beach and walked over the bridge to the small island. She sat down on the poupu fruit tree. She imagined Sora and Riku sitting next to her, talking about their future. Everything seemed so distant now, in her memory. She would call to it, but it all seemed just out of her reach.
Now her life was nothing. What was she to do? She had never been with out Riku or Sora to her knowledge and there was just nothing to occupy her time with. It was simply depressing. There was never a day spent without either of them, they were always coming up with some kind of interesting game to play. Now, when she is surrounded by more people than she ever was, she felt most alone.
Then she remembered Sora's promise. She knew he'd be back. The only question was when? She couldn't wait a year, a month at the most. It seemed impossible. Just the thought of having to live with him only in her memory was terrifying. Something inside of her had died that day when she saw Sora float away with his arm outstretched to her. She couldn't look at him. The noticeable hurt in his eyes. Never had she seen him in so much pain, not even when he had twisted his knee when he fell playing soccer with her and Riku. He seemed to have been crying for days. But this was a different kind of pain, Kairi knew that. The pain of being separated from the only thing in life that brought you joy. Of course, saving the universe does kind of get your mind off of things. Kairi, on the other hand, was left to face the silent suffering of her torment alone. How could Sora be so selfish? So what if the worlds die, at least they'd be together. They'd die together. Sora could be dead right now, not having fulfilled his promise.
Kairi stood up. She knew she had to stop thinking about it or she might develop the sudden urge to kill someone. She walked back to the beach, by now the sun was getting low in the sky and Kairi didn't want to watch it fade away or she would begin an endless cycle of tears. She went back home with Tidus, Wakka, and Selphie.
"Kairi," Selphie began as she and Kairi sat in the back of a rowboat with Wakka and Tidus both rowing. Kairi nodded slowly, knowing somehow what Selphie was thinking about.
"I haven't heard a word from you all day, are you alright?" Selphie questioned intently in her usual, rather chipper, tone.
"I." Kairi began not wanting to lie, but not entirely wanting to tell the truth either.
"Come on Kairi, I know something's up. You're usually so cheerful." Selphie urged. Kairi looked down into the dark water, rippling as she touched it with her hand. The boat suddenly hit shore when Wakka got up and began to tie it to the dock.
A ball began to form in Kairi's throat. She had been good about crying about it so far, but she felt it coming.
"Come on Kairi," Selphie said, as she and Tidus, too, got up and followed Wakka.
"Don't tell me you have a walking problem now as well." Tidus laughed. Wakka whacked him in the arm. "Owe."
"You guys, go ahead in." Wakka ordered to Tidus and Selphie. They walked away into the shadows and Wakka Sat down onto the dock facing the sunset. Kairi, too, faced the same way while in the boat, not wanting Wakka to see her cry.
"It's been tough, huh?" Wakka questioned looking down onto Kairi's small form. She nodded slowly.
"Hmmm," Wakka replied sadly searching for the right words. "Don't be mad at him, ok?" Wakka said knowing that she would.
"How can I help it?" Kairi replied in a small, broken voice.
Wakka sighed, "Look, I know it's tough now, but it will get better, I promise." Wakka smiled. "Just think about the good times."
"There was nothing but good times when Sor." Kairi realized that she had not yet mentioned his name once, and she couldn't. It's amazing how one tiny word could bring so much pain. Wakka frowned and stepped down off the dock into the boat and sat next to Kairi. The tears began to come as Kairi feverishly tried to stop them.
"All this crap that he's given me. Everything that he's ever done. I hate him for it!" Kairi shouted as the tears came uncontrollably now.
"He's doing it all for you, ya know." Wakka tried to comfort. Kairi looked at him and he smiled as he looked back at her.
"Why can't he just understand that all I want is him?" asked Kairi as Wakka wrapped his arms around her and gently rocked her trembling body.
"I just wanted everything to be normal again. I just want him to be here." Kairi's voice broke. "With me." she mumbled softly, not able to fight against the pain.
Awhile passed of nothing but silence and the sound of Kairi's muffled cries. She eventually fell asleep and Wakka carried her to her room and set her down on her bed.
"Don't worry Kairi, you'll be alright soon. Just give it time." Wakka smiled as he gently whipped Kairi's hair out of her face and set her blanket over her shivering body. "He'll be back."
Disclaimer: I do not own the characters/ places from Kingdom Hearts and Final Fantasy. I do, in fact, own Diceandria Chamaigne Castellenetta Von Thibodeaux, Loki, and Ryou Dufresne. So don't sue me!!! On we go.
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DESTINY ISLAND
Kairi stood there on the beach, in a state of disbelief. Once again, everything had happened so fast, too fast. He had left, she was abandoned. It was just like before, only, at least, this time she was home and had her heart. She stood there like a statue as if waiting for Sora to suddenly fall down from the sky. It wasn't entirely farfetched, I mean, there was a good chance of it, right? If everyone had returned home, why couldn't Sora and Riku? Why didn't Riku just step to the other side of the door? Kairi had watched the whole thing. After Sora had defeated Ansem for the fourth time Kairi was transported there for some odd reason. If only they could go back in time and start over from the beginning. If only life had a reset button, Sora could have stayed, Kairi should have gone with him. There were so many things they could have done differently. But fate had its tricky ways of playing with them.
The sky had begun to get brighter and Kairi realized that it wasn't a dream, that she wouldn't wake up at the beginning of it all, but rather at the end.
"Kairi?" came a voice from behind her. It sounded like Sora, it had to have been. Kairi quickly threw herself around in excitement when her face was met with Tidus's. Disappointment washed over her.
"You okay?" he asked considerably. Kairi looked behind him, at her island, her home. She shook her head; the usual sparkle in her eyes was gone. Tidus nodded. "Lets go home, you're probably tired." Tidus suggested. Kairi, hesitant to follow, wanted to wait here, in this spot forever. Eventually she got to sleep, she knew she had to go on with her life, but it hurt. It hurt too much. It was like she got a second chance, she got to reset it, but Sora and Riku were still out there, it wasn't fair to them. A deep, dreamless sleep took over her and she didn't wake up until 3:00 p.m. the next day.
A playful laughter coming from outside awoke her. She tentatively sat up in her bed and stared out her window. It was just like the old days. Wakka was beating Selphie down with his ball and Tidus was practicing whacking things with his stick.
"Maybe," Kairi said to herself. "It was all a dream." She suddenly pulled on her purple skirt and white tank top and ran outside to the beach. She sifted her surroundings with her eyes.
"Good to see you're up and moving." Came Wakka's voice from behind Kairi. Kairi spun around.
"Hmmm," she replied solemnly.
"We all kind of figured you had drifted off into a coma." Laughed Wakka. Kairi nodded and looked over to the ocean. The waves formed at a steady pace lapping against the sandy shore. Everything seemed to be normal. Nothing was different, except for two things. Kairi walked away not wanting the conversation to turn to something she didn't want to talk about. She traveled over to the area where they had built the raft. The raft was still there. She stepped onto it seeing everything Sora had collected for her the day before everything had changed. The fish had died and the mushrooms had gone bad, but it was still there in its entirety. She let out a sad smile. Everything they had dreamed of became a reality; they wanted to see other worlds, didn't they? I guess no one ever thought about what could happen. How badly it could backfire. Well, it did. In her book, Kairi figured what is meant to be a mystery should stay that way. She wasn't a big risk taker, because every time she took a risk, she ended up hurting someone.
Kairi walked back to the beach and walked over the bridge to the small island. She sat down on the poupu fruit tree. She imagined Sora and Riku sitting next to her, talking about their future. Everything seemed so distant now, in her memory. She would call to it, but it all seemed just out of her reach.
Now her life was nothing. What was she to do? She had never been with out Riku or Sora to her knowledge and there was just nothing to occupy her time with. It was simply depressing. There was never a day spent without either of them, they were always coming up with some kind of interesting game to play. Now, when she is surrounded by more people than she ever was, she felt most alone.
Then she remembered Sora's promise. She knew he'd be back. The only question was when? She couldn't wait a year, a month at the most. It seemed impossible. Just the thought of having to live with him only in her memory was terrifying. Something inside of her had died that day when she saw Sora float away with his arm outstretched to her. She couldn't look at him. The noticeable hurt in his eyes. Never had she seen him in so much pain, not even when he had twisted his knee when he fell playing soccer with her and Riku. He seemed to have been crying for days. But this was a different kind of pain, Kairi knew that. The pain of being separated from the only thing in life that brought you joy. Of course, saving the universe does kind of get your mind off of things. Kairi, on the other hand, was left to face the silent suffering of her torment alone. How could Sora be so selfish? So what if the worlds die, at least they'd be together. They'd die together. Sora could be dead right now, not having fulfilled his promise.
Kairi stood up. She knew she had to stop thinking about it or she might develop the sudden urge to kill someone. She walked back to the beach, by now the sun was getting low in the sky and Kairi didn't want to watch it fade away or she would begin an endless cycle of tears. She went back home with Tidus, Wakka, and Selphie.
"Kairi," Selphie began as she and Kairi sat in the back of a rowboat with Wakka and Tidus both rowing. Kairi nodded slowly, knowing somehow what Selphie was thinking about.
"I haven't heard a word from you all day, are you alright?" Selphie questioned intently in her usual, rather chipper, tone.
"I." Kairi began not wanting to lie, but not entirely wanting to tell the truth either.
"Come on Kairi, I know something's up. You're usually so cheerful." Selphie urged. Kairi looked down into the dark water, rippling as she touched it with her hand. The boat suddenly hit shore when Wakka got up and began to tie it to the dock.
A ball began to form in Kairi's throat. She had been good about crying about it so far, but she felt it coming.
"Come on Kairi," Selphie said, as she and Tidus, too, got up and followed Wakka.
"Don't tell me you have a walking problem now as well." Tidus laughed. Wakka whacked him in the arm. "Owe."
"You guys, go ahead in." Wakka ordered to Tidus and Selphie. They walked away into the shadows and Wakka Sat down onto the dock facing the sunset. Kairi, too, faced the same way while in the boat, not wanting Wakka to see her cry.
"It's been tough, huh?" Wakka questioned looking down onto Kairi's small form. She nodded slowly.
"Hmmm," Wakka replied sadly searching for the right words. "Don't be mad at him, ok?" Wakka said knowing that she would.
"How can I help it?" Kairi replied in a small, broken voice.
Wakka sighed, "Look, I know it's tough now, but it will get better, I promise." Wakka smiled. "Just think about the good times."
"There was nothing but good times when Sor." Kairi realized that she had not yet mentioned his name once, and she couldn't. It's amazing how one tiny word could bring so much pain. Wakka frowned and stepped down off the dock into the boat and sat next to Kairi. The tears began to come as Kairi feverishly tried to stop them.
"All this crap that he's given me. Everything that he's ever done. I hate him for it!" Kairi shouted as the tears came uncontrollably now.
"He's doing it all for you, ya know." Wakka tried to comfort. Kairi looked at him and he smiled as he looked back at her.
"Why can't he just understand that all I want is him?" asked Kairi as Wakka wrapped his arms around her and gently rocked her trembling body.
"I just wanted everything to be normal again. I just want him to be here." Kairi's voice broke. "With me." she mumbled softly, not able to fight against the pain.
Awhile passed of nothing but silence and the sound of Kairi's muffled cries. She eventually fell asleep and Wakka carried her to her room and set her down on her bed.
"Don't worry Kairi, you'll be alright soon. Just give it time." Wakka smiled as he gently whipped Kairi's hair out of her face and set her blanket over her shivering body. "He'll be back."