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CHAPTER TWO

The Journey Begins.

IT was only two days later when Sora, Riku, and Kairi were all at the small island, Riku sitting next to Kairi with his arm around her shoulder. Sora sat alone. The three of them were sitting against The Paupu Tree, trying to name and count all the stars in the sky. "I'll bet you munny, that one is Wonderland." Sora said.

"You're head is a Wonderland, Sora," Kairi laughed. Riku laughed too.

"Yeah…" Sora pretended to laugh. But, deep down in his heart, he was offended that Kairi would say such a thing to him. He always thought that they shared something together; but apparently not.

"Just think… all of those worlds… We've only been to so many… Yet, to all those... it's nothing." Riku was speaking; he was obviously trying to be dramatic.

"Man! What are you talking about?" interrupted Sora by yelling. He hated when Riku tried talking like this. It was his way of "flirting" with Kairi.

"I'm just trying to give us some motivation!" Riku shouted back.

"'I'm just trying to give us some motivation!' Man! When you going to grow up?"

"I'm older and hotter than you!"

"Is that a challenge?"

Here we go again… thought Kairi, she was sick of the two always shouting. Being stuck together for two days in The World That Never Was must have really gotten to them, because now they really hated each other.

"You always try to be sexy!" shouted Sora.

"Because I am sexy!" Riku shouted back.

"You boo-"

"Stop it!" Kairi screamed at the top of her lungs. "When are you two going to learn to get along? We all used to love each other! Remember?"

"No," replied the two of them at the exact same time.

"Well, I do," she started walking home. "I'm going home. The King should be here tomorrow, so we all need to rest. Good night." She walked away and got in her boat.

The next day, Sora arrived at the Island. Kairi was standing at the end of the docks. Sora walked up to her, making sure Riku wasn't around. "'Morning!" he said to her cheerfully.

"Good morning, Sora," she replied with a smile. Then Sora wrapped his arms around her, and gave her a hug. He had to make sure Riku wasn't watching.

"What are you two doing?" There was a voice from behind Sora. Darn it! It's Riku! But how?!? How did he find us!?! Thought Sora, releasing Kairi from his grip he turned around…to see a girl. Not a boy.

It was Selphie, one of Kairi's good friends. She was the same age as Kairi, but not as hot; and Sora and Riku didn't like her…Come to think of it, no guys liked her. She was always dreaming what it would be like to be in an old romantic movie. "Nothing. Just saying good morning, that's all," Sora replied with a fake smile.

"If that's how you say good morning… Then you must kiss her when you say good night!" said Selphie with a smile. She sighed. "It's so romantic. I wish I had a guy in my life." She ran off to go about her business.

Kairi looked at Sora with confusion, and asked, "What's with the hugs?"

"I'm just getting ready for the long trip to come. After all, you're not coming." Sora chuckled, and brushed some dirt of his shoulders.

"What? But I've prepared for this!" she cried. "Sora, you can't do this!"

"Oh, but I can. You see, I have the Keyblade, so I get supreme power over you!" He started to laugh.

"That's dumb! I have a Keyblade too!" Kairi pulled out the Keyblade she had obtained from Riku in The World That Never Was. Sora gasped; he never knew about this blade that she had somehow obtained out of nowhere.

"W-when did you get that?" Sora struggled to say the words.

"I gave it to her," Riku replied, walking up to them, carrying his bags, a fake cigar in his mouth. "So, Sora, how long did you hug her?" he whispered into Sora's ear, as he came near him.

Sora turned pale, and gasped again. "How did he know about that?" he mulled over in his mind, suspiciously. "Uhhhh… I don't know what you're talking about, Riku," Sora lied. He smiled at the thought of Riku being such a fool to believe such a simple lie.

"Does he think I'm stupid? Selphie told me everything," thought Riku.

"Hey, Riku," smiled Kairi, hugging Riku.

"How are you doing?" he replied.

Kairi smiled at Riku. He was nicer than Sora. And his hair was sexy. Seriously, who has white hair?

"Good."

"You ready to go—".

Sora interrupted Riku, "Hey, I'm still here!!" He frowned. They were so mean to him. They always started talking about him, right in front of him. Now it was time for Sora to get revenge. "Yeah, well, Riku needs a hair cut!" He did it. He said something to insult Riku. Now Kairi would fall for Sora.

"What are you talking about?" They both asked at the exact same time.

"Never mind…" mumbled Sora.

"Look!" exclaimed Kairi pointing at the sky. A strange hover craft was in sight, it did several twists and turns, and made the sound of a broken car horn.

"It's a bird, ya!" shouted Wakka, running to see what was happening.

"No, it's a seagull!" interrupted Tidus, also running to the beach. Everyone stopped what they were doing. They looked at Tidus.

"A seagull is a bird, man." replied Wakka, throwing a blitzball at Tidus' face.

"No! It's Blacksmith Man!" shouted the town's blacksmith. Once again, everyone looked at him.

"Take your pills," said Sora. Everyone gasped at the comment. Kairi almost cried, but Riku comforted her.

"It's the Gummi Ship!" exclaimed Kairi. Everyone agreed, leaving with disappointment that it wasn't a bird, or seagull, or Blacksmith Man… Everyone except for Riku, Sora, and Kairi. Riku's eyes gleamed with joy; he had never been on the ship, and, according to Sora, it had a killer stereo system. But the killer system sounded more like it was a dying duck.

"Goofy, steer it to the land!" shouted Donald.

Goofy carefully tried to steer the Gummi Ship towards the Island, but the turbulence was so great he crashed into a rock.

"What are you doing you big palooka?!?"

"Garwsh, Donald, it's harder than it looks," chuckled Goofy.

"It wouldn't be so hard if you didn't try to look at yourself blowing your nose in the mirror and drive at the same time! Now we've crashed!"

"Cool it, you guys. We've surprisingly arrived in one piece. Now, let's go say hi to Sora and the other two freaks!" said Mickey.

"Yay!" replied Donald and Goofy at the exact same time.

The three jumped out of the Gummi Ship and swam to the shore, where Sora, Riku, and Kairi were. Donald and Goofy went so fast that the King fell behind trying to catch up with them. The two of them jumped on top of Sora. It had been a month since they last saw Sora, but it felt like years. They missed him; especially Donald, he had to spend time with his scary wife, Daisy. She always wanted more out of him. He'd rather be with Sora and Goofy on a quest than with his wife. And eat donuts.

"Get off of me! What's wrong with you two?!?" shouted Sora, trying to push the two off of him. Donald and Goofy quickly jumped off of Sora.

"Garwsh, Sora we were just happy to see ya, that's all. It's been awhile." mumbled Goofy, his voice was sad.

"Yeah, we just wanted to say hi," muttered Donald.

"Yeah? Well, next time say hi," replied Sora, standing up, and brushing more sand off his clothes. He was now grumpy, he always became like this when Riku was around. Sora had to make sure Kairi was his and his alone.

"Well, we all ready to go?" asked the King, finally catching up and meeting the crew. He was soaked to the rat-bone, and must have swallowed two gallons of salt water.

"I am," said Riku and Kairi at the same time. They looked at each other in the eyes, and blushed. Then they looked at the King, at the exact same time.

"I know I am," said Sora proudly.

"We are," said Donald and Goofy.

"Yes, I know you two are ready. You were ready three weeks ago." The King frowned, "I feel like we left someone behind on the ship."

"You did." There was a small voice from the ground. Everyone looked down, there was a small cricket. He was wearing a suit, and had a top hat on. He hid the binky in his mouth behind his back.

"Ah, I hate this guy!" shouted Sora. Everyone looked at him, to signal him to shut up.

"Ah, Sora, I see you still got that sense of humor," laughed the Cricket. His pupils were irregular. But that's not important.

"Who are you?" asked Riku and Kairi at the same time.

"Oh, my name's Jiminy Cricket. I'm a cricket," Jiminy replied with a smile, he took off his hat and bowed down. He stared at the ground. "Whoa…"

"Well at least he has manners... But that is still gross," Kairi thought.

"Great, we all know each other. Let's go: if we're going to arrive at the Castle on time, we've got leave now," Mickey interrupted the conversation, madly swinging his hands.

"Right…" said Sora.

They swam to the Gummi Ship, and all got aboard. Of course, Sora helped Kairi get on. And Riku stared at him angrily. "No one ever helps me," thought Riku.

There was just enough room for everyone to sit in the ship. Mickey had it remodeled so that more people could travel in it; Sora sat up front with Donald and Goofy, and Riku sat next to Kairi, who was next to Mickey. And the King himself sat in the back of the ship, on the toilet. Jiminy sat in a cup holder, staring at the flashing lights with a stupid smile on his face.

After everyone had their seatbelts fastened, and were ready to get off the Island, Mickey made his routine double-check: "Okay, everyone ready?"

"Just get us off this stupid Island!" shouted Sora.

"Sora, relax," said Riku, patting Sora's back.

"You ready, Kairi?" asked Riku.

"Yeah, a little nervous though," she replied.

"Me too." he replied. Of course, he really wasn't. He was just making an attempt to comfort her. And it was working.

"Hey, Donald, can I drive?" asked Sora.

Donald chuckled. "Got a license?"

"Hey! That never stopped you before!" replied Sora angrily.

"There's a new law Sora: you need a license to drive, from now on," said Mickey at the back of the ship. He continued… "Besides, you don't know how to operate this new model of the Gummi Ship: Version 999.908.2" Mickey gave out a small laugh.

"Ah, put a sock in it," Sora barked back.

"Sora's a jerk," whispered Kairi into Riku's ear.

"Yeah," replied Riku quietly.

"Okay, ready or not, we're getting off this planet. Preparing to lift off in five…four…three...two...one…Lift off!" shouted Donald, as he pushing a red button that said "LIFT OFF." The ship started to lift off the air very shakily, but eventually, it smoothed out. The ship flew quite nicely through space.

Since it was Kairi's first time in the Gummi ship, and same for Riku, they were panicking. When ever Donald shot at a Heartless ship, Kairi would ask, "Is it supposed to do that?"

And Sora would reply, "Yes, Kairi. If anything were to happen unusual, I would tell you." And he would stare into her eyes. And she would look out the window panicking.

And whenever Donald made a turn, Riku would say: "Slow down! You're going to give me a hernia!"

And Sora would say: "Shut-up Riku! Gosh, you're so annoying."

That's basically how it was until they reached Disney Castle… And when they did, Kairi started screaming really loud because of turbulence, and accidentally caused a crash into the flower garden…

"Aw crap," said Riku and Sora at the same time.

"I'll say! That bush was cut and designed to look like Pete on the toilet." cried Mickey.

"That was some trip!" Jiminy laughed hysterically. "Anybody got water?"

A/N: Well, that's the second chapter; the third will be up soon.