Chapter 2: Destiny Island

"Kawwwwwwwww Kawwwwwwwwww"

"Neh…" Sora woke up on a beach on an island. After he woke up, he saw the girl with maroon hair and yelp in surprise.

"Whoa!" Sora exclaim, jolting up from his sleeping position. The girl giggle at his reaction.

"Sora, you lazy bum. I knew that I'd find you snoozing down here." The girl said, giggly. The girl was wearing a white tanktop with a purple skort and BIG shoes.

"No! This huge black THING swallowed me up! I couldn't breathe, I couldn't-Ow!" The girl hit his head during his explanation then asked, "Are you still dreaming?"

"It wasn't a dream! Or was it? I don't know. What was that place? So bizarre..." Sora trailed of.

"Say, Kairi, what was your hometown like? You know, where you grew up." Sora asked the girl, Kairi.

"I've told you before, I don't remember." Kairi replied.

"Nothing at all?" Sora asked again.

"Nothing." She replied

"You ever wand to go back?"

"Well, I'm happy here."

"Really…"

"But you now… I wouldn't mind going to see it."

"I'd like to see it too. Along with any other worlds out there! I want to see 'em all!" Sora said excitedly.

"So what're we waiting for?" Kairi asked

"Hey, aren't you guys forgetting about me?" They heard a guys' voice behind them.

"And you're not gonna leave without me either!" Another girl's voice was heard. They turned around to see a boy with sliver hair that almost reaches his shoulders with aqua eyes. He is wearing a yellow sleeveless shirt with big navy blue pants, black shoes and black fingerless gloves. She smirked at Sora and Kairi.

"Oh or is it that you want us to go away so you two can have some alone time? Hmm?" The girl asked. The boy smirked also and started walking toward the two.

"So, I guess Tory and I are the only one working on the raft." Riku tosses the log and Sora tried to catch it, but it landed on Sora's arms when he fell down. He put his arms to his hips when he reached Kairi. "And you're just as lazy as he is!" Kairi giggled, again. Tory rolled her eyes.

"Geeze… those giggles of hers get annoying sometimes…" Tory thought to herself.

"So you noticed. Okay, we'll finish it together. I'll race you!" Kairi exclaimed.

"Huh?" Sora said, surprised.

"What, are you kidding?" Riku asked spectacle.

"Ready? Go!" Kairi shouted and the two boys raced with eachother. Tory just sigh and thought to herself, "Those two has it bad for Kairi.. Anyway, this is Destiny Island. A little island from the city. Everyday Sora, Kairi, Riku and I row here in the morning and stay till sunset. So far, we're building a raft! To see the outside world! Kairi and I came from the outside world. Kairi forgot where she's from… and as for me? Well… I kind of know where I'm from yet I don't. I know the people but I don't remember the place." Tory ran the catch up with Riku and Sora while Kairi tried to run. Key word: tried. We had to wait for a couple of minutes for her to catch up. While we were waiting, we had an interesting conversation.

"But I swear! It wasn't a dream! It felt soooooooooooooooooooooooo REAL!!!" Sora said while waving his arms. Riku just looked at him like he was crazy.

"Woooohooo, Sora officially stepped over the line of reality and fantasy." Tory said smirking. Riku shook his head and sigh.

"It couldn't have been real Sora. If it was, we'd be dead and you'll be in a living nightmare in that void."

"Or maybe he was having that nightmare to warn him about something…" Tory interjected.

"Warning about what?" Sora asked fearfully. Tory and Riku glanced at each other then smirked with an almost evil aura.

"Maybe you're physic and are seeing the future." Tory suggested.

"Or it can just be the fact that you're scared of the dark so you're having dreams of it. Honestly Sora, you can't even go to bed without a nightlight." Riku said.

"But the sad part in that dream is that you're losing to shadows that look like ants. ANTS for crying out loud! Why are you scared on an ant? A god damn freakn' ant Sora, just step on it and it dies." Tory said with her arms cross. "Besides, you have HUGE shoes! Look at me, I have LITTLE shoes that actually fits my feet."

"But you're scared of ants too Tory." Sora retorted. Tory nodded her head. "True, but at least I'm not scared of them in my dreams… unlike SOMEONE that I know…" Tory replied. "Just go to those ants in your dream, pet them on the head and say, 'STAY' and they'll stay." Riku chuckled.

"Tory, it's an ANT, NOT a DOG. You can't just say 'sit' and it'll sit,"

"Well then… think of something else. Think of KAIRI and you'll be fine." Tory said to Sora.

"Oh and you think of Riku at night?" Sora retorted. Tory raised an eyebrow at him.

"Uh no. Actually, I think of what I should eat the next day. Maybe I should eat soup or chicken… or maybe a rice bun. They're all good. And if I should see the uh… what's that called again? You know how when the sun rises it's called the sunrise? So what's it called when the sun goes down again?" Tory asked.

"Uh, a sunset…?" Riku answered with shock in his voice. Before Sora can say something, Kairi FINNALY reached the three peoples who were having a conversation. Once everyone was settled down, Kairi asked Sora,

" So, can you gather the rest of the supplies? Sora, are you listening to me?"

"Yeah, I heard you." Sora replied bored.

"Okay, here's what you need to go find: Two Logs. One Cloth. One Rope. Bring everything back here. If you need help, just ask. I'm counting on you!" At the same time that he's collecting these equipment for Kairi, Sora talks to Wakka, Selphie and Tidus for some one on one fighting. After finding all of them, Sora talks to Kairi.

"Thanks, Sora! I found something today, too. Here, it's yours." Kairi gave Sora, a Hi-Potion.

"Tired? Want to call it a day?"

"Nah, not yet" Sora replied running off to the little higher part of the island called 'Sunset Hill'. It wasn't really a hill though, it was more of a plateau. While Sora wanted to see Riku, he was surprised to also see Tory talking to Riku. He decided to listen in on what they were saying.

"You know, I'm really excited about this." Tory said.

"Yeah, me too." Riku replied. Tory sigh and closed her eyes. For a moment, Riku glanced her way and looked away sharply, feeling the heat rush up to his face. Tory grinned at Riku, "No matter what happens, I'll never forget you, Sora or Kairi. Just don't ever forget about me, mk?" Riku nodded his head.

"Yeah, of course we won't." Riku replied. Sora now decided to scared them into falling into the water together.

"RAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!" Sora screamed, jumping out from behind them.

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!" They both screamed back. Riku manage to stay on the tree but Tory fell into the water. She came back afloat and came face-to-face with a laughing Sora and Riku. She shook her fist at them and yelled.

"WHEN I GET UP THERE YOU TWO ARE DEAD, YA HEAR?! DEAD!!! SORA! YOU LITTLE CHEATING BUG!! H-hey! GET BACK HERE!" Tory yelled at Sora while she was running after him on the beach, everyone laughing at them. After a long day of Sora being chased by Tory, Tory being drench by Riku, Riku and Sora fighting for Kairi's attention while Tory laughs at them, and gathering everything needed to build the raft and actually building it, the four of them all gather around the platue/hill place to watch the sunset. Sora, Kairi and Tory were sitting on the tree branch while Riku leaned on the end with his arms cross.

"So, Kairi's home is out there somewhere, right?" Sora asked.

"Could be. We'll never know by staying here." Riku replied.

"But how far could a raft take us?" Tory asked

"Who knows? If we have to, we'll think of something else."

"So, suppose you do get to another world…" Kairi giggled. "What would you do there?"

"Well, I haven't really thought about it. 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? And suppose there are other worlds... Then ours is just a little piece of something much greater. So we could have just as easily ended up somewhere else, right?"

"I donno." Sora answered while lying down on the branch.

"That's why we need to go out there and find out. Just sitting here won't change a thing. It's the same old stuff. So let's go."

"You've been thinking a lot lately, haven't you?" Kairi asked Riku

"Thanks to you and Tory. If you guys hadn't come here, I probably would've never thought of any of this. Tory, Kairi, thanks"

"You're welcome." Kairi answered. Riku looked at Tory after not hearing anything from her. She was looking out into the ocean with a dazed look until she felt herself being watch. She nodded to Riku, indicating that she heard what he said and says thanks. Later, all four walked back to their rafts so they can go back to their homes. Kairi and Tory went ahead first, Riku and Sora catching up.

"Sora." Riku called. Sora turns around and catches a fruit. It looks like a star fruit that's yellow called a paopu fruit.

"You wanted one, didn't you?" Riku asked Sora.

"A paopu fruit..."

"If two people share one, their destinies become intertwined. They'll remain a part of each other's lives no matter what. C'mon, I know you want to try it."

"What are you talking-" Riku laughs and walks past Sora while he throws away the paopu fruit and they ran back to the boats to row back to their homes.