CHAPTER TWO

CHAPTER TWO

Disclaimer: I don't own Kingdom Hearts 1,2, or any of the extensive line in the Kingdom Hearts games. I don't own square enix or Disney. Sad, isn't it?

Okay so this is really off topic but has anybody realized how poor Riku doesn't have a girlfriend or anything? Well, I guess if you like yaoi, then you could always pair him with Sora. But I'll stick to the Sora and Kairi pairing. Should I put an original character in? To be with Riku, I mean? Please review.

CHAPTER TWO

Sora laid in his bed that night, thinking about what the King was so worried about. Man, if they're already having problems with the worlds and heartless, then maybe I should bring something just to be prepared…No. The king said we don't have to pack. He sat up, looked around his room and smiled. It hadn't changed since when he was 14. Clothes randomly strewn on the floor, a wooden toy sword with nicks and dents in it from when he'd play with Riku. Then he looked up and saw the toy boat that he had made, with plush versions of him, Riku, and Kairi. He reached up and took it off the hooks that were holding it there. He looked at it for a minute, then placed it down on a cleared out spot on the floor, and laid back down. He stared down at his pillow before drifting off to sleep.

In his dreams there was a blonde boy who looked almost exactly like Roxas. The boy was trying to get to something, and before long, Sora found himself running along-side him. Sora looked back and saw a man with white hair on the sides of his scalp and a thing with an outfit on that looked similar to Riku's outfit when he was evil. The boy next to him was gaining speed and Sora was struggling to keep up. Sora looked forward and saw two people sitting at a crossroads of…

Keyblades.. So many of them! He thought. He looked around him at his surroundings, and noticed that they kept on changing. From Beast's Castle, to The Land of the Dragons, To The World That Never Was, and then to Destiny Islands. That's…odd. He thought.

"VEN!" He heard somebody shout ahead. He looked forward and saw a man with brown hair standing at the edge of the crossroads. The boy who he was running next to tried to reach out to the other guy, but failed. He and Sora both fell into a big black hole that seemed to have no end in sight. Sora yelled as loud as he could, but nobody answered him. The boy next to him yelled as well, but he didn't even notice Sora as they continued falling.

"Come on! I'm right here! Look at me! We've gotta get out of here! HEEY!! WE GOTTA GET OUT!!" Sora said as loud as he could. The boy just continued yelling and yelling…

"Sora." He looked around. Who said my name?

"Sora!" Who are you?

"SORA!" Wha.. A flash of white light blinded him just as he was swallowed in by the never-ending darkness, and he heard someone say to him "You've seen enough for now, boy. Wake up."

"Sora! C'mon, wake up!!"

"AAAGH!" Sora woke up in a cold sweat. He looked around him and saw Riku along with his own mother and father with frightened expressions on their faces.

"Whoa.. what happened?" He asked.

"You were kinda screaming your lungs out." Riku said a little matter-of-factly. Sora stuck his tongue out at him.

"Oh, yeah, I had a bit of a weird dream." He said. His mom looked at him.

"You did? Ohh, my poor little Sora baby…" She said and grabbed him in a headlock/hug. Sora struggled and blushed a little, but she didn't notice.

"Mooooom! It wasn't that bad! Let go!" He said in a slight whine. She let go and ruffled his hair. Riku laughed.

"Anyway.. Riku figured that you wouldn't wake up in time for your ride. So he asked if he could stay over. We said yes." His dad said. He chuckled as he watched the two boys took turns pushing each other to see who would fall over first.. Sora lost, of course. He glanced up and glared at Riku. Riku just smiled and pulled him up.

"Okay." Sora said and smiled.

"Now, I don't want you boys staying up too late!" His mother started. Sora and Riku looked at each other and frowned. Here we go again with mother's speech…

"Yes mom."

"No fighting!"

"Gotcha."

"And no going outside!"

"Okay. No noise. No going anywhere. Got it!" Sora said. His mom went over to him and gave him a hug. His dad gave him one as well. Then his mom and dad walked toward the door. His mom blew him a kiss and closed the door. Sora looked around.

"So, do you have a sleeping bag?" He asked.

"Yeah."

"Okay. Where do you want to sleep? The place is kinda messy, so good luck finding a place. It hasn't been cleaned since it happened." Sora said as he laid down in his bed. Riku huffed.

"Well jeez, thanks for the help." Riku said as he pushed a bunch of shirts and sweaters out of the way. "So Sora, what was the dream about?"

"Hmm?"

Riku got into his sleeping bag. "You said you had a weird dream. What was it about?"

Sora looked down. "Well, I don't really know. It was one of those random dreams. Like where you don't know what's going on, but you understand it, but you don't know what it means. Like it doesn't make sense to you, but you know it does to somebody else. Y'know?" He said.

"Uh, no you lost me." Riku said with an air of sarcasm.

Sora laughed and threw a pillow at him. "Whatever. Let's just go to sleep. Don't forget to wake me up in the morning for breakfast."

"Yeah, Okay. G'night."

Riku woke up first, as per usual. He woke Sora up only when his mom called them downstairs. Sora sat up, his chestnut hair all ruffled and messy, and his eyes were half-closed and groggy. Riku laughed at him.

"Wha.. What's so funny? How come you woke me up so early?" He asked while in a bit of a daze.

"What do you mean? It's 10:24!!" Riku said.

"Yeah. Like I said. Early." The younger boy said while stretching and yawning.

"Well today we go to Disney Castle to see what's going on."

"Oh yeah. Sorry. Musta forgot about it. But it's not even noon yet! C'mon Riku! Just five.. no.. ten more minutes?" Sora pleaded, his bright blue eyes at their puppy-doggiest.

"You asked me to wake you up for breakfast!"

"Oookayy." Sora said in an exaggerated tone. He began to scuffle downstairs when he stopped suddenly. He looked at Riku.

"Sora?"

"Did I just hear thunder?" Sora asked.

"Uh.. Yeah? So?" Riku answered in a confused manner.

"Wonderful. I hate thunder." Sora said and shivered. He hasn't liked thunder or lightning since Destiny Islands was literally taken off the map. Luckily they had got it back.

"Oh don't tell me 'Mister Keyblade King' is scared of a little noise!" Riku smirked.

"Shut up."

After breakfast, Sora and Riku changed into their outfits. Sora decided that it would be best to wear his new Drive Form clothes, seeing as how they might possibly be going on a brand new mission to save the worlds.. Again.., and Riku put on his regular clothes as well. Sora's mom and dad decided that they would see the boys and Kairi off, So they went off to the Islands. And it was POURING rain.

The gummi ship was already there, and so was Kairi, along with her parents.

"Wow, finally the boys get here!" Kairi said with a smirk.

"Yeah. It's all Sora's fault." Riku said without skipping a beat.

"HEY!" Sora exclaimed.

"A'hyuk! Was that Sora I heard out there?!" A voice asked from inside. Sora stiffened.

"Yeah! I'm sure it was!" They all heard a gurgling voice from inside, that they all knew to be a certain duck's voice.

Aw, crap…. Sora thought.

"SORAAAA!!"

CRASH!!

The two 'mysterious voices' jumped out of the ship and landed on Sora, hugging him 'till he was gasping for breath.

"D-Donald! Goofy!" Sora said and hugged them both back. Then Donald looked up.

"OH!! Goofy! Riku's here too!"

"A'hyuk! Well, of course he is, Donald! This is where he lives." Goofy said. Donald glared up at him.

"Well, I haven't seen him in awhile so I was just sayin'!" Donald quacked

"Uh, ok guys please don't fight with me in the middle!" Sora said. Donald and Goofy looked down at poor Sora, whose head was being squished because Donald had somehow gotten to where he was standing on it.

"Sorry Sora." He said while jumping off. Sora stood up and shook his head.

"No problem. I see not a lot has changed with you guys!" He said.

"Yup! But I think you got taller since we were off fightin' heartless!" Goofy said.

Sora stood upright next to Riku. "Yeah, I know! Only a few more inches until I catch up with Riku!" Kairi went over to them.

"Hmm… Nope. Actually, Riku is a foot taller than you." She said with a smile.

Sora looked at Riku. He put his hand over his head and tried to see if it would go over Riku's. Of course, it didn't. There was about a foot of a difference. He pouted.

"Awww…. I thought I had finally caught up!" he said.

"Well, you know, honey.. Riku is a year older than you." His mom spoke in a sweet voice. She pulled her hood up over her long brown hair.

"A'hyuk! Well, I think we should get going. The King is waiting." Goofy said.

"Yeah. Probably." Kairi said.

"Okay. Well, I guess it's time for me to go. I'll try to visit as much as I can, okay? And don't worry! We'll all be just fine." Sora said as he walked over to give his parents a hug. Kairi went over to say goodbye to her parents and Riku went to his as well. They all got into the gummi ship and took their spots. Donald in the captain's spot, Goofy in the co-pilot's spot, Sora, Kairi, and Riku in the three seats behind them. Sora turned to wave at his parents as did Kairi and Riku. They watched as Destiny Islands disappeared and they approached the odd greenish-blue gummi ship highway. Sora was just sitting there like it was the most normal thing in the world to do, Riku was utterly fascinated at all the worlds whizzing past the gummi ship, and Kairi was gripping her seat like it was her life line. Sora noticed this and turned to her.

"Hey, Kai? You okay? You look a little pale." He said.

"Uh.. I don't really know. I guess I'm just not used to flying around in the world-space." She said. She tried closing her eyes but soon realized it only made it worse.

Great. My first time flying, and I get sick. Perfect. She thought to herself.

Sora laughed. "Don't worry. We should be there soon." Goofy saw that Kairi looked uncomfortable, and spoke up.

"Y'know ma'am, There is a room back in the back of the ship. It's just down the hall. If you'd like, you can go back there. There is one window, but there's a curtain that can close it." Kairi gained a bit of color to her face.

"Really? Thanks!" She said as she began to get up, but quickly realized that that wasn't such a good idea. She almost fell over when Sora jumped up to help her.

"Whoa! Here. I'll help you." He said.

"Thanks." She said and blushed a little. Riku noticed and chuckled.

"Sora.. Why don't you help her get to the room? I don't think she's really used to flying." Riku suggested.

"Okay. C'mon Kairi." Sora took her arm and helped her up. They walked side by side down the hallway, Riku and Goofy watching them as they went. Donald tried to look but he decided that that might not be a smart idea. So he just kept his eyes on the road.

Sora led Kairi down the hall to the room. Kairi was silent as she walked because her head was spinning. Ooh, I hate flying. She thought. Sora was trying to keep her steady as they approached the door. He opened the door for her and she walked in to a relatively small, but cozy room. It had a little table and a couple of chairs in the corner of one side of the room, and a little bed with a bedside table stand next to it. The room was a light blue plot with red furniture.

"Well, this is new!" Sora said as he looked around the room. Kairi went over to the window and pulled the curtains over it. Then she went over to the bed, and laid down.

"It's nice." She said. Sora went over and sat on the end of the bed.

"Yeah. Are you feeling any better?" He asked. She looked at him.

"Uh-huh. Thanks for helping me get down here. So.. you never get sick on here?"

Sora grinned. "Nope! I'm used to it. I even drove it once."

She sat up and looked at him in amazement. "Really?! Cool! How was it?"

Sora scratched his head and looked at her sheepishly. "Well, I kinda crashed it into an asteroid, but I was only fourteen! Anyways, I drove it all the time last time we were fighting.." Sora was cut off by a loud BOOM!! Kairi almost fell off the bed, and Sora jumped up.

"SOORRAAA!! HEARTLESS SHIPS!!" He heard a frantic voice yell. He looked at Kairi.

"Kairi, just sit tight, okay? I've gotta go help them fight them off. Don't stand by the outside wall. I'll be right back!" He said as he ran to the cockpit. Kairi jumped off of the bed as another boom hit. She ran over to sit by the door and looked up. The lights were flickering on and off. What a lovely first ride.

Sora ran in towards the cockpit, running into a few walls along the way. By the time he reached the control area, there were heartless ships surrounding the ship. He ran over to Donald who was swerving and aimlessly shooting, apparently trying to hit something.

"Donald! Here, I'll take over. Go and make sure Kairi's okay." He said. Donald jumped out of the way as Sora got into the pilot's seat. He straightened out the ship and began to shoot the heartless. Donald ran over to the room where Kairi was. Riku went up to Goofy who was in the co-pilot's seat. Goofy looked utterly terrified.

"Gawrsh! We didn't have this much of a problem when we came here!" Goofy said. Riku grabbed the other shooting control.

"It's okay, Goofy. I'll take over." Riku said calmly. Goofy got off the seat and fell to the floor as another boom shook the ship. Riku sat down and got strapped in. He looked at Sora who was pulling on the steering handle.

"Sora? What's wrong?" He said while fighting off heartless. Sora pulled even more on the handle.

"I don't know! I think the ship is being pulled in somewhere! It won't budge!" He said while straining to gain control. Goofy appeared next to him.

"Well, maybe there's a boss nearby?" Said Goofy. As soon as he said it, A huge cloud of mist exploded, making it hard to see. On top of that, a huge, black blob appeared in the middle of their sight range. Sora had to wrench on the steering wheel in order to make it swerve to avoid the blob. They watched as the blob shaped itself into a big whale type thing. It had shining red eyes, and a huge, gaping mouth. It seemed to mock the two boys as they circled it. The thing flapped it's flippers, (they are called flippers cuz' Sora says so!) and started a whirlpool type thing in the middle of the world space. The ship, a few meteors, and some lesser heartless ships were suddenly jerked in the direction of the whirlpool and the heartless boss's big mouth. Sora watched the other things that were closer to the whirlpool disappear, and turned the ship away from it, and pushed forward. They shot out away from the area that was at risk of being sucked in, and turned back to face it. The monster looked puzzled for a minute, and then flapped its flippers the opposite way that it had flapped them to start the whirlpool. The whirlpool disappeared.

The heartless looked almost comical as it looked around as if contemplating its next move. Sora and Riku looked at each other and shrugged. They snapped back to look at the monster as it let out a huge roar. The boss dissipated out of their eyesight, and a fresh cloud of mist poured around the ship.

"Crap! I can't see worth anything!" Sora said and squinted, trying to see through the mist. The whole world space suddenly went dark. Sora looked around with a fearful expression. Something huge bumped the ship, sending it flying off in one direction, while another thing sent it flying off in the opposite direction. Sora gained control of the ship, and looked around.

"Wha?!" He exclaimed. On one side, a miniature, but still huge, version of the thing that had just tried to bring them into a whirlpool floated, watching them with the same red eyes. They looked to the other side and saw the same creature floating over there. It had split itself! They were in the middle of two of the same heartless that wanted to destroy them. The monsters both floated/swam a few miles ahead of the ship and re-connected themselves. It looked at them with hatred in its eyes, because that's all a heartless feels. It opened its mouth, and then they were being sucked in again. It's mouth got wider and wider as they got closer to it. It bared its yellow teeth at them.

"My, what big teeth you have.." Sora laughed nervously. Riku looked over at Sora.

"But he doesn't have fur or claws, right? So I guess it's safe to say he isn't a wolf."

"Heh. Yeah, I guess.." Sora said. He tried to pull the steering handle, but just like before, it wouldn't budge. Sora and Riku looked at each other, and nodded. Sora looked at the boss with new determination.

"Okay, big guy. Have it your way." He said and flew at full speed towards the monster.

"Just don't eat more'n you can handle." Riku added.

The ship sped towards the monsters waiting mouth with Sora and Riku flying it, hoping their plan would work, Goofy screaming, and Donald and Kairi wondering what the heck was going on.

YAY!! Chapter two comes to an end. How was it? Was it good? I hope you all liked it. Give me reviews!! NEXT CHAPTER: THE MONSTER EATS MORE THAN HE CAN HANDLE, AND THE GANG FINALLY GET TO DISNEY CASTLE!!

Thank you!!

-Xaikalh