I sincerely apologize for my stories earlier formats! It was a long weekend and my laziness got the better of me. Please forgive me ;
I hope these revised stories make for easier reading.

Sora decided to show Rose around his island and as Sora talked animatedly, the two of them eventually came to the bridge leading to the bent tree.

"That's where Riku, Kairi, and I would often sit and just talk." He said pointing to the tree.

"Wow, I bet you had a great view from up there!"

"We sure did!" He replied with enthusiasm.

"That's where we decided to leave the islands." He said suddenly growing calmer.

Rose knew how much Sora missed his friends and she wanted to comfort him.

"Don't worry Sora! You'll find Riku and Kairi! I bet there looking for you too!"

Sora smiled and looked up.

"Yeah...you're probably...no...I know your right Rose!" He said suddenly coming back to life.

"Come on! I'll race you to the tree!" He said. Rose nodded and the two of them took off.

Up at the bent tree

"Close race!" was all Sora managed as he tried to catch his breath.

"Yeah close..." Rose managed with some sarcasm. She had easily won but decided to humor the guy a little.

Breath recovered, Rose walked over to the tree. Sora followed and jumped up on the tree with Rose leaning against it. As she looked out over the water, Rose's breath caught in her throat. The sunset was AMAZING! She had never seen something so breathtaking. Not even back on her own world, which was similar to Sora's. While she soaked in the view, Rose heard Sora say something that didn't quite register.

"Sorry, what?" she said coming out of her trance.

"I said it looks even better up here." He said patting the spot on the tree next to him. Rose smiled and jumped up on the tree. While she was staring out at the sunset, Rose noticed a hand on top of hers. She looked over at Sora as he stared out to where the sky was swallowed by the sea. She watched his eyes become all glassy as the memory of his friends washed over him. Rose gave his hand a reassuring squeeze, taking Sora out of his trance.

"Oh...sorry." He said removing his hand and wiping his eyes. "Hey Rose...can I ask you something?" he said weakly.

"Sure." She said, puzzled.

"Could we be...more than just friends?"

"You mean like a couple?" she asked.

"Ummm...yeah...a couple." Rose looked out over the water again.

"Sure Sora...I'll go out with you." She said, not taking her eyes off the sunset. She didn't notice Sora move closer before he reached out and pulled her closer to him.

"Thanks Rose." He said giving a tight hug. She was taken by surprise by both the hug and his words, but eventually patted his back and returned a small hug.

After the two sat there for a while longer in silence, Goofy, Donald, Daisy, and Clarabelle came to find them. Another world needed help and Sora had to go. Goodbyes were said and Rose watched Sora and the others go. She didn't know it at the time...but this would be the last time she would see him for over a year.

Looking back at Daisy and Clarabelle. Rose smiled, and they smiled back.

"Shall we be on our way too then?" Rose asked.

"Where to Captain?!" Clarabelle said.

"How about we stop by Olympus?" Daisy suggested.

"Yeah! That's a good idea! Cloud said he would fight if I came and asked for one and I think the Hades Cup is about to start!" She said suddenly getting excited at the prospect of a fight.

"To Olympus then?" Daisy said turning towards their ship.

"TO OLYMPUS!" Rose and Clarabelle said in unison.

There you go! The first chapter redone! Again I'm real sorry about the earlier lazy posts. I'm working on fixing the others as we speak!!