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Chapter One

The Struggle Re-Opening

"Sora!" a young girl, no, young woman, cried out to him, then jumping on him and showering him with kisses," oh my god! Riku and I thought we were never going to see you again! I was so worried about you…"

"Kairi!" the teenager yelled happily, planting a kiss on her cherry lips and playing with a lock of her waist length amber hair, "I'm so glad to see you! I missed you so much! Is Riku really here? I looked everywhere but still couldn't find him!"

Kairi giggled," then you should look up!"

I looked up and found myself staring into the face of my best-friend-turned-bad-turned-good-again, Riku. I shook my gravity-defying brown hair out of my eyes and smiled my trademark lopsided grin up at my best friend. Riku only shook his long mane of silver hair with amusement shining in his steel-colored eyes before saying, "You little bastard, why didn't you tell us you were back!"

Well, to say the least, I had been expecting a more sentimental welcome, I proceeded to tell him so, and he moved Kairi off of me and sat on my stomach.

"Can't….breathe…must….LIVE!" I gasped, struggling to get Riku off of me. Hey! He was a pretty heavy guy!

We all laughed and Riku stood up and helped me up. "So…how are you guys?" I asked awkwardly, I mean, I hadn't seen these guys for three years! What was I supposed to say?

"Sora, we thought you were dead!" Kairi cried out, and soon everyone in the park we were in looked up and began to mutter to themselves, I heard a couple that sounded like Tidus and Wakka, but I couldn't recognize any of the others.

"Dead? Why would you think I was dead?" I asked bewilderedly.

"You left for five years Sora! FIVE YEARS!" Riku bellowed, I looked at Kairi guiltily as I noticed her eyes were filling with tears.

"I came back though!" I replied weakly.

"Do you know how much I missed you Sora?" Kairi asked softly," I waited everyday down at that beach for you to come back to me, and everyday it never came true, it hurt us all so much Sora." She began to cry and I felt any resolve I had left shatter.

I stepped up to her and wiped away her tears with my thumb and gently brushed some hair out of her eyes, a faint smile graced her lips. "Here Kairi, I think this is yours," I whispered so nobody could hear it but me and Kairi," I told you I'd bring it back."

She looked down in her hands and her eyes widened as she saw the lucky charm she had given me last time we had met. "Thank you Sora…thank you so much."

I then looked up to find half the park surrounding us both and whispers floating around like thin lines on a spider web.

We pushed past them and continued walking until I told them I was going to enter the Struggle Tournament going on that I had seen a flyer for on the street.

"really Sora? I was thinking about trying it myself," Riku smirked, ´it should be… interesting.."

"I always thought that people didn't find it interesting to lose, but I guess you proved me wrong," I grinned back jokingly.

Kairi and I laughed and I ducked out of the way as Riku tried to hit me over the head.

"well, aren't you having fun?"

I turned around and gasped at who I saw….

CLIFFIE ALERT!

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