Chapter One
Friendship in Destiny...
Two years has passed since that fateful day, since Gera came, well... more like fell, to Destiny Islands. He is now 16 and has grown, in both body and mind. Right now, he wears baggy jeans, boots, and a long red coat, leaving it open and having his chest bare. The color of his pupels and the color of his eye has turn to a dark purple. His body has grown even more muscular and more agile.
During his time there, Gera has stayed with Sora and his family, staying in a spare bedroom they had. In those two years, going to school with Sora, Riku, and Kairi, he grew an unbreakable friendship with them. Each one had helped him recover from his fall. However, he has not told any of them about his powers, that he had a strange weapon... he kept it all a secret. And when the day came when the three of them came up with the idea of making a small boat to go to new worlds, his mind instently went to Mella, on where she was, how she was, and if she was alright...
And, strangely enough, his necklace has been quiet, and the voice he had heard had never came up again during those two years.
"HA! Got you now!"
Tidus swung his pole at Gera, which he dodged, moving his body with ease, like the wind. Tidus moaned as Gera gently bumbed his head with his wooden sword. It was thicker then Sora's and Riku's, and heavier, which gave him an advantage in strength, and, to the hopes of his friends, slow his speed down. If anything, it just made him quicker.
"Sorry, Tidus. You got to know where you are swinging your weapong, not just swing randomly."
Tidus huffed, crossing his arms.
"Not my fault you are a pro at fighting..."
Gera chuckled, smiling. Him? A pro at fighting? It was possible...
He patted Tidus shoulder.
"Hey, you may swing randomly, but your strikes can really hurt. I'm sure you will be a fine fighter when you grow-"
"YEHA!!!"
Gera jumped in the air just as Sophie came at him, swinging her jump rope, hitting Tidus square in his head.
"YEOW!!! Watch it, Sophie! That hurts!"
"Oops, sorry, Ti-"
Gera landed behind Sophie and quickly took the rope in his hand and began to wrap it around her.
"Oh, not again!"
In a matter of seconds, Gera pulled up on the rope, lifting Sophie off her feet, wrapped in her rope. He laughed a bit as Tidus gave a smirk.
"You think that you would learn by now, Sophie! Gera can't be ambushed that easily!"
Gera just nodded in agreement, smiling. This was probably her tenth time attacking him from behind. He placed her down and untied her.
"Oooooo! You just make so made, being able to move like you do! You just seem unstoppable to us!"
"HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEY!"
The three of them turned. Sora stood inside the tree house, waving his hands, having something in his right.
"I found the blanket!"
Gera pumped his arm.
"That's good, Sora! We now have four of them!"
Sora smiled with his teeth.
"Well, you best get those fishing poles, Gera! We can't live on fruit alone for a while!"
He shrugged, walking down the beach toward the back end of the island (where Sora and Riku race), waving his hand at Sophie and Tidus. He walked down the sand and stood where the coconut trees were, then looked around. As soon as he was sure no one else was there, he reached out and summoned the Dark Keyblade.
He easily sliced through a single tree, letting it fall for a second, then dashed at it. For a second, his body was a blur and disapeared. When he reappeared, he was behind the falling tree, which exploded into a puff of dust as three long rodes with loops in them fell on the sand. He grinned as he dismissed his Keyblade, walking over to the fishing rodes and picked them up.
"Well... I can't make the fishing string, but at least I can make one Hell of a pole!"
He slunk them over his shoulder and walked down the beach. He saw Kairi on the boat they were making, leaning againt the mast.
"Oi! Why don't you try getting some fishing lure? Or bait?"
He smiled as Kairi looked up at him.
"Oh, ha ha. You know I'm here to make sure the boat won't float away out to sea."
"Yeah, yeah."
He placed the rodes on the boat, then turned to her.
"Hey, Kairi, where's Ri-"
He gave an 'off'ing sound, catching a long in his arms.
"Right here."
Riku had another log in his hand as he placed it close to the boat.
"You DO know that I
am doing most of the work, right?"
"Oh, Bull! Who had to
carry the mast over here because 'poor little Wiku' can't even roll
it!"
They were silent for a few seconds, then they all began to laugh. Gera shook his head.
"Well, we should be done with this-"
"LOOK OUT BELOW!"
Sora landed on top of Gera's shoulders from a tree above. He wobbled a bit, then fell to his side. Some coconuts scattered which Sora was collecting. Riku nearly fell over from laughing.
"Looks like 'poor little Gewa' can't handle some extra weight!"
"Oh, shut up!"
Sora crawled off of him, letting him get up, then Sora did. They dusted themselves off and looked at the supplies they had. Kairi smiled at the sight of everything.
"I think we have everything we need. We should take a break, you guys, before we tired ourselves out...."
That Evening...
Gera, Sora, Riku, and Kairi were all on the small island with the bent tree, looking out at the water and at the setting sun. Sora turned to Riku.
"Soooooo... Kairi's home is put there somewhere, right?"
Riku nodded a little.
"Could be. We'll never know by staying here."
Gera closed his eyes, thinking and being silent. Sora bent over Kairi to see Riku.
"But how far could a raft take us?"
Riku waved his hand.
"Who knows? If we have to, we'll think of something else."
Gera's mind went to his home... the fight between Jet and Talon... the god who wants him dead for some reason... Kairi now spoke with a curious tone to her voice.
"So, supposed you get to another world-"
She giggled a bit, thinking about it.
"-What would you do there?"
Riku bent his head down a little, thinking with his eyes closed.
"Hmmm... Well, I.... haven't... really thought about it."
He opened his eyes.
"It's just... I've always wondered why we're here, on this island. If there are any other worlds out there, why did we end up on this one?"
He paused for a moment, Gera turning his head to look at Riku as he spoke.
"And, supposed there are other worlds worlds... "
He paused again, this time longer.
"Then, our's is just a little piece of something much greater."
He shrugged.
"So we could have just as easily ended up somewhere else, right?"
He turned and looked up at Sora. Sora swung his leg over the tree and layed down on it while talking.
"I don't
know."
"Exactly."
Riku stood up straight.
"That's why we need to go out there and find out."
He walked to the edge of the island, looking out toward the water.
"Just sitting here won't change a thing..."
Kairi shook the hair out of her face and lookd up at the sky while Sora turned his head to Riku. Gera was listening to Riku still... with everything he said, he had a very good point.
"It's the same old stuff. So let's go."
Kairi turned to Riku again.
"You've been thinking a lot lately, haven't you?"
Riku turned around and looked at Kairi, speaking some more.
"Thanks to you."
Sora looked down at Kairi with a bit of a jealous look on his face as he looked away again. Gera smirked a bit, keeping his peace as Riku spoke again.
"If you hadn't come here, I probably would've never thought of any of this. The same thing with when Gera fell on us that night."
Gera smirked again, remembering the night two years ago.
"Kairi, Gera... thanks."
Kairi giggled again and spoke while Gera scratched the back of his head awkwardly.
"Heh heh, you're welcome."
As the four of them where walking down the bridge, Kairi ahead of them, Gera and Riku stopped Sora by calling his name.
"Sora."
He turned and caught something in his hands... he looked down at it with a questionable look on his face. Riku pointed at the thing Sora caught and spoke, Gera had his arms crossed with another smirk on his face.
"You wanted one, didn't you?"
Sora recongized the thing he caught.
"A paopu fruit...?"
Riku walked down the bridge, talking again.
"If two people share one, their destinies become intertwined. They'll remain a part of each other's lives, no matter what."
Gera chuckled as he followed Riku. He knew Riku knew what to say. They both walked past him.
"C'mon, I know you want to try it."
Sora held the fruit out in question.
"What are you-"
Both Gera and Riku bust out laughing, now running down the bridge and through the stair way. Sora flung the fruit off of the bridge, still confused, then followed them down to the beach...
A hand caught the fruit before it hit the ground. A person stepped out of the shadows and looked down at the four of them.... and saw Gera. A familiar voice spoke.
"Found him..."
He brought two fingers to his ear and spoke, putting the fruit in his armor/inventory.
"Jet, this is Holy. I found Gera....."
End of Chapter 1
