Sora smiled at the approaching Kairi. She was still in her school clothes. A button up short sleeve shirt that looked like it was supposed to be tucked in, unevenly hung out of her plaid skirt. She wore a blue tie and knee high socks. Suddenly Sora felt slightly relieved to have left the islands when he did. Does school really go for THAT long? Sora thought to himself. If so, I've been away for a lot longer than I thought! Poor Kairi.
The girl stood beside him now, leaning on the tree."Hey Kairi! How was school?" Sora asked. She smiled and responded, "Oh you know, boring text books and lectures from an old man who looked like he could be a wizard." Sora sighed, "Maybe school isn't so different from what I went through.." He began thinking about the countless hours spent with Master Yen Sid and Merlin, studying magic and the enemy, but quickly perished any further thoughts. "Hehe oh yeah, I guess you would have had to do a lot of studying with that Yen Sid guy!" Kairi inquired, "Hey he's a REAL wizard isn't he? That's so cool!" Sora replied, "Ahh, not as cool as you might think. It was so draining! But…thinking about it now, you used a keyblade back in the World That Never Was; It's probably possible for you to learn magic too!"
Kairi's face lit up, her voice filled with excitement. "REALLY? I can use magic?! Wait till I tell Selphie-" She paused and looked up at the spike haired boy. "That is of course, if you would be willing to teach me?" Sora grinned teasingly and said, "Hmm, I dunno, magic is pretty hard! I'm not sure you could handle it." The red haired girl positioned herself upright and stepped in front of Sora, placing a hand on her hip, while the other pointed at him as she leaned her body forward. "Oh yeah? Well if a lazy beach bum like YOU could manage to use all those cool spells, then I'm sure I'd be a master in a matter of days! Hahaha" She laughed, then fell silent. "You know, I've been trying all this time to practice summoning the keyblade, but I can't get it to appear." Kairi focused all of her attention on her hands, and imagined the flower pedaled blade in her grasp. She tried with her best effort to make it appear, but with no avail.
Sora watched as his friend gave her best go at summoning the keyblade. He closed his eyes and concentrated, summoning the kingdom key. Kairi watched in awe, and then proceeded to ask, "How do you do it? I mean, wow, you make it look so easy." Sora replied, "Hmm with practice makes perfect I guess. When I first got the keyblade, I always had a goal in mind whenever I used it. Something like, defeat these heartless and you'll be one step closer to finding your friends or this world needs you, you have to protect it from the darkness. I guess after a while I didn't need to tell myself why I needed the keyblade because in my heart I already knew." He examined the kingdom key and then extended the handle towards her. Kairi looked at it hesitant and hoping it wouldn't disappear before reaching out and taking it from him. Once she had a full grip on the blade, he let go and her body slouched, not yet used to the weight of the keyblade. "Wow, uh…it's a lot heavier than it looks huh? And you just swing this thing around all willy-nilly!" She balanced herself, adjusting to the weight of the kingdom key before taking up Sora's stance, trying to mimic the boy's facial expression.
Sora caught on before long and became a bit flustered. "H-Hey! I do NOT look like that!" Kairi giggled before responding, "Oh yeah! You're right whoops, hang on~" She ran her hands through her hair, making it messy and spikey and dropped her jaw open and said, "That's right, you look more like this!" Sora couldn't help but laugh and before long the two were laughing hard, holding their stomachs and losing all composure. In the quiet of the sands, their laughter could be heard on the far end of the beach. Riku, who had been searching for his two friends caught an earful of the laughter and followed the sound to where they were. He smiled and began to cross the bridge. When the laughing finally stopped, Kairi was on her knees, the kingdom key helping her maintain balance.
Suddenly the key changed shape in a flash of light and her very own keyblade took its place. She stood up, shock written across her face and wiped the tears from her eyes. "Huh, that was weird, how did I do it?"
"You let your heart show."