Sora opened his eyes to see someone staring at him. "What…happened?" he said to himself. He looked back at the girl, who looked about his age and stared as if she saw some kind of ghost. "Where are we?" he asked her finally.
She stammered back, "T-Traverse Tow-wn."
"What happened to Destiny Islands?" He asked, wondering what had become of his home. To Kairi, and Riku.
"Well… I don't know."
The girl looked familiar, she had blue eyes and brown hair down to her waist and wore black boots with black pants and a red shirt. She reminded him of someone, but he couldn't figure out who. It wasn't Kairi, she was red-haired and he liked her…a lot. Nor was it Riku, who was his competitive silver-haired best friend. He snapped out of his thoughts when the girl touched his hand.
"Are you okay?" she said, looking at him with concern in her eyes.
"Yes… I'm fine."
"Well then, come to the Tavern, I'm sure you'll need help getting settled here and all."
"Wait, settled? I can't stay here! I have to find Kairi!" Sora jumped up fast, his face filled with determination for his self-appointed mission. He had to find her, and Riku, and make sure they were alright. He knew this had to be another world, which meant that the fighting on Destiny Islands, that the monster he battled, they were all real. It also meant that Kairi and Riku had to be somewhere. If he survived, they had to have survived as well, and he would find them no matter what!
Akemi picked up on his attitude, but she knew it was hopeless to leave Traverse Town as well. No one here had vessels for travel besides Cid, possibly. Most people who survived from other worlds just ended up here, not knowing how they did. He reminded her of herself, the first day she arrived in the town. She smiled at him and felt pity for what he would come to understand. All of his friends were probably gone and, if he was lucky, maybe one ended up on another world somewhere. "Look," she tried to explain to him, "I haven't seen your friends around here…"
Before she could continue, he ran out of the alley and up the stairs and headed toward the 2nd District. Akemi tried to follow, but when she tried to open the door it was locked. What's happening here? This kid is going to get hurt by the heartless! She knew about the heartless from stories and from experience. Leon, Yuffie, Cid, and Aerith had told her all about them when she had arrived. Akemi ran to the Tavern and immediately told Leon about the boy. Leon hurried out of the Tavern with his weapon and headed for the 2nd District to unlock the door.
I hope he's okay Akemi thought.All ofa sudden,she felt a shock go through her whole body, and she blacked out.
