Summary: Okay, Kairi is back on Destiny Islands waiting for Sora's return when something extraordinary happens. Read more to find out what happens. Fiction rated T for mild language, violence (not as much as in future parts), and blood. This is part 1 of the series Enigmatic Fate.

Disclaimer: I do not own any of the Kingdom Hearts characters even though I wish I did.

Chapter 1: Surprise

"Quiet everyone!" shouted Sora's mom.

Wakka, Selphie, Tidus, and Kairi fell silent. Sora's mom called them there for a meeting. She wanted to talk to them about Sora and see if they knew where he went. Kairi did know, but earlier she promised Sora she'd keep it a secret. Even if she did tell his mom that he went on a quest to save the universe and all of humanity, she probably wouldn't believe it and would still be worried.

"I'm glad you all know why I called you here," said Mrs. Sora's mom. "As you know my baby has gone for almost a year now and I miss him very much."

She started to cry.

"But I also noticed that Kairi has been gone for a while and there have been many changes on this island. I believe the four of you know something that I don't, because I saw you talking to him the night before he left."

Nobody said a word. Sora's mom looked at Kairi. She gave her a weird glare that nearly scared her.

"I-I think I remember Sora telling me about going somewhere and saving something, but I can't really remember," lied Kairi.

"Is that so?" asked Sora's mom. "Does anyone else know anything?"

The room remained silent.

"Anybody?"

The room still remained silent.

"Fine, you can all ho. But if you remember anything, stop by and tell me!"

The four friends darted out of the room as fast as they could. Sora's mom then cried herself into a puddle.

"You know, I fell sorry for Sora's mom. Being all along like that must be pretty depressing, ya?" said Wakka.

"Yeah, I would miss him, too. In fact, I miss him a lot right now," said Kairi. "I really want to go and find him. The only problem is that I don't know how to fight. I don't even have a way to get off this island."

"No worries, Kairi," said Wakka. "We can train you so you could be ready to fight. You guys are with me, ya?"

"Yeah!" exclaimed Selphie and Tidus.

"I can help with sword skills," said Tidus.

"And I can help with endurance skills," said Selphie.

"It's settled then," said Wakka. "Meet us tomorrow by the Oceanside shack. Bring a stick or something to use as a weapon. Okay, Kairi?"

"Sounds great. I'll see you there!" yelled Kairi as they walked off.

She started walking home. It was very hot on the island, especially when the sun was high in the sky. Luckily she was wearing sandals so the white sand wouldn't burn her feet. She walked into her neighborhood and stopped at the second villa on the right. She took off her sandals and stepped on the cool concrete in front of it. This was where she and Sora used to play.

"I miss you and I will find you," she said quietly. She started to cry.

"Where are you!"

She lay down and curled up into a ball. She really missed him and he probably missed her too. No, he definitely missed her too. She was tired and just laid there for a while. She eventually stopped crying and got up. She wiped her eyes with the back of her hand and continued down the neighborhood road.

She walked on down to the seventh villa on the left. She went in and wiped her feet off on the rug. She was all alone because she got separated from her parents when she came to the island. The only friend she had at home was Kukamai, her Great Dane.

"How ya doin' girl?" asked Kairi.

Kukamai made a cute face and just stood there panting.

"You hungry?"

pant, pant, pant, pant, pant, pant, pant, pant

"Okay. I'll take that as a yes."

She took her dog's water dish and filled it with water. Then she walked to the fridge and got out a nice, big, juicy steak. She took the steak and cut it up slowly into bite-sized chunks. She put the meat and its juices along with dog food. She mixed it up, put it in her dog's food bowl and gave it to Kukamai.

"Good girl," she said lovingly.

She patted Kukamai on the head while she was shnarfing her food.

Kairi went back to the fridge, took out a banana and poured herself a glass of water. It felt refreshing as she drank, especially on a hot day like this. She turned around and looked at Kukamai. Her dog was wagging her tail, making a really cute face.

"I love you," said Kairi.

She started thinking about how she was going to save Sora, even more worried about the fact that she had no way of getting off this blasted island. But all of a sudden she remembered about another person that she wanted to find.

"Oh my god! I've forgotten all about Riku! I guess since I recently saw Sora, I forgot about all of my other long-lost friends! I'm so stupid. How am I going to find Sora and Riku?"

She ran out of the villa in frustration. The sky outside was in sunset. She sighed. She, Riku, and Sora used to sit out on the dock and watch the sun go down.

"Life will never be the same, I guess. All I can do is hope and go looking for them. Hey, what are you doing out here, Kukamai?"

Her dog was running towards her with that cute little look upon her face.

"C'mon, Kukamai." She said. "Let's go to the old wishing well. Maybe I can wish for Riku and Sora to come back here instead of me going to have to look for them."

She ran as fast as she could to the wishing well. Kukamai followed closely behind. Once there, Kairi looked down into the well.

"I wish with all my might that Sora and Riku would come back soon. Maybe even now."

"Hey Kairi," a familiar voice behind her said.

She turned around. IT WAS RIKU! Except he looked different. He was wearing a black, stringy costume with a bluish-purplish chest plate. There was a weird symbol on the chest plate. It looked like a heart that was black and red with something that looked like leaves sprouting out of the bottom. It also had something that looked like thorny twigs criss-crossed in the middle. She also noticed that he wore a white hula skirt that had splotches of bluish-purple on the bottom. He also had a sword that looked like a bat wing.

"Riku! You look so different!" yelled Kairi. "But what's with the hula skirt?"

"Everyone always asks me that."

"What?"

"Oh, never mind. Look, I came here to tell you that-that I-I," Riku stuttered.

"That you what? Why are you stuttering, Riku?"

"That I think-that I think you're beautiful and that I love you," Riku finally blurted out.

Kairi was shocked. Because she was shocked, she suddenly got very angry for no particular reason whatsoever.

"What the hell are you doing!" she yelled. "You return from being on a year long whatever it was and suddenly surprise me the very second you see me again! And you come back wearing a fricken girly HULA SKIRT and act really, really weird. You must really think I'm fricken stupid!"

"Kairi. Honey"…, said Riku quietly, trying to stop Kairi from yelling at him.

"Honey! HONEY!" yelled Kairi even angrier. "I'll tell you what! If you change out of those dorky clothes and act a little bit sane then maybe, maybe you can say that I'm beautiful!"

"Hey, I'm not the one acting insane here!" yelled Riku suddenly angry. "Maybe you should get rid of your insanity!"

Kairi turned around in disgust. Why was Riku acting like this? It was just retarded. But maybe she had overreacted because he wasn't acting like himself. No, that wasn't it. Something was just wrong with him. Suddenly she heard a screeching noise behind her.

"It's probably just a stupid fricken bird", she muttered under her breath.

As you could tell, she was still very ticked off.

SLASH! SLASH! SLASH!

She felt a huge pain on her back, neck, and both of her sides. She touched the back of her neck to try and ease the pain, but she felt something wet. It trickled down her neck. She pulled her hand out in front of her face. It was dripping with fresh blood. The pain suddenly got worse.

She quickly looked at her left side. There was a huge gash there that was just pouring out blood.

"What the heck is going on?" she yelled aloud.

She started feeling lightheaded, and the pain grew even worse.

"Riku! Riku! Please help! I'm so sorry I overreacted like that! I was just so startled! Someone please!"

There was no answer.

"Someone hel…"

She was cut off by her shortness of breath. She finally fell over and blacked out.

Well, I know the first chapter moved pretty fast, which isn't really that good. Oh, well. Be sure to read my next chapter which will move slower. I think. Please R&R.