Lost in Another Heart & Destiny Chapter 3
Disclaimer: I don't own Kingdom Hearts -goes to store and buys a KH game- but now I do! :D –Copyright police jump out of nowhere- Ah crap! D: -runs off-
'Thinking"
"Speaking"
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"Further more, I would like to announce we have a new student," she waved for the young girl to come up. The girl shyly nodded and got out of her seat. "Honey, would you mind introducing yourself?"
The blond nodded her head and cleared her throat. "I am Izori, and I moved here from a place called Perch Town."
The young girl patted down her skirt before taking a seat. Riku simply stared. 'How…weird.' He thought, 'How could we possibly get a new student? Was her world destroyed like Kairi's? Maybe she has a Gummi Ship?' He sat there lost in his thoughts, not even realizing he was burning holes into the girl's head.
Izori felt like a ball of nervousness. She had not yet the courage to gaze at the other classmates quite. But as everyone gets that feeling of being watched that mixed with the curiosity of knowing, she obeyed the reaction and turned. She met with a pair of light teal orbs beaming blankly right at her. She quickly stuttered and turned back around. A few minutes passed by before Izori finally built up the courage to look back, only to see that he was still staring!
After the second glance, Riku realize that he had dazed off and that the new kid was looking back. As if he hadn't done a thing, he slowly turned his head back to face his chatter-bug friends.
The three teens walked onto the dirt road that lead to their homes after school, discussing today's events. "Hey Rikuuu~," Sora called in a mischievous tone while running out in front of the silver headed boy. "Kairi and I noticed you were staring at that new girl in the front for an awful long time." He smirked with a bit of a jeer, "You think she's cute, don't youuu~."
Riku looked at him with a slight frown, then reached out and flicked him in the forehead. "Shut up." Riku walked past the brunette and continued his way home.
Kairi walked up to him and latched onto his shoulder with her hand. "Don't worry, Riku, there is nothing to be embarrassed about," she giggled. "Besides she was looking at you too." Her tone almost sounded hopeful.
The older boy sighed heavily and looked up to the now red sky. They did not understand one bit. "I don't like her, alright?" He replied with frustration, "I just...find it strange that we have a new kid." Their light-heartedness was something he adored, but at this moment he wished they had learned some caution, especially after everything. "I mean most of the people who live here, not counting Kairi, were born here, right?" He stopped walking and looked out onto the horizon were the sun was sinking into the darkening water, a frown marking his face. "How did she get here?" Dozens of possibilities went through his mind.
The two others stopped as well, no longer thinking of teasing. "Well," Sora said crossing his arms, "Maybe she has a Gummi Ship?" It was a hopeful response.
Riku shook his head. "But how?" The older boy questioned, "Donald and Goofy got theirs from Disney Castle, obviously, and you got yours from Yen Sid. They are not exactly convenient to have." He rubbed his temple with his index finger and thumb, "The fact that we can't even figure out how she got here is not a good sign, and she could mean trouble." He glanced between both boy and girl, "Look, Both Kairi and I had a bad feeling yesterday, and we were going to ask you today if you had the same problem. "
Sora looked a tad dumbfounded, but brought together his composure with a deep breath. "I actually did, but I tried not to think too much about it," he looked between both of them, "Do you think she might the one causing it?" Riku gave a small nod. Sora instantly straightened up and cleared his throat. "Well, I'll go look into this. "
He had begun marching away, until Kairi caught him before escaping and whacked him on the head. "Guys, I don't think we should get involved quite yet. I might have felt a bad feeling the other night, but I didn't feel anything during school. Besides, nothing serious has happened, so let's just live our lives as normally as they should be." She put one hand on her hip and the other she used to poke Sora in the nose. "Beside's you-and Riku too-are both behind in school as it is, and you don't need to be absent more!" Sora sighed in defeat. Satisfied that her point was beat in, Kairi dragged Sora away, "Just in case you don't listen, we are gonna have a talk about your grades, maybe with your mom," With her free hand, she glanced back and gave Riku a wave and a bright smile, "Bye Riku! I better not find out you started trouble, either!"
After his friends were out of sight, Riku stood there for a moment. He felt he should feel more upsetting, but the closest feeling he felt was a small amount of disappointment. When Kairi first got to the island, both he and Sora had crushed on her. No, still to this day. But Riku gave her up. Not because he could not get her. If he tried seriously, he was positive he could find a way. But, he knew how much Sora loved her, and how much he gave for her. Not to mention memories of what he did to both of them because his heart. He let Sora win. No, not win. He simply pulled out and did not feel it was something to fight over anymore. It would not be fair to Sora, or to Kairi. And perhaps…maybe to himself. Sighing, he dispersed those thoughts, and began his trek home.
Riku's house sat on a small hill right on the coast of the ocean. He scrambled through his bag until he found his keys, and put them in the lock to open the door. Down a bit farther, there was the shore. It was mostly know to have all the boats to carry the kids to the island. He tended to glance to the area out of habit. While opening the door, he looked out and noticed a figure out near the water down at the shore. Narrowing his eyes, he could see the blonde hair blowing from the breeze. Izori. Pausing a little, he decided to go down and see what she was doing. Though Kairi's words echoed through his head. He was not going to start trouble. Really.
After dropping his bags inside the doorway, he made his way down a small path way that made its way down to the soft sands. All he noticed was the girl standing in the water with her hands crossed behind her back, her hair waving in the wind, and appearing oblivious to his advanced. Good. "Hey," Riku called out calmly, but he could hear her take a sharp breath before she turned quickly to face him. Maybe a little too quick. She lost her footing in the sand and was sent splashing into the water. Making a slight irritated snarl, Riku jogged up to see if she was alright. Somehow, it made his doubts about her being evil simply grew.
After she finally rose, she was fine…besides the soaked clothing…and the slight coughing. Riku turned his head the other direction only due to the fact she was wearing a white blouse which, because of her little tumble, was now see through. Riku was a gentlemen and that etiquette made him react. Not to mention his irritation grew along with the uncertainties and he almost felt a little embarrassed of said uncertainties. He eventually lent a hand to help her up, not bothering to apologize for startling her. He wasn't one know to say sorry for…minor things.
Besides, she was more the eager to apologies first. "Um, I'm sorry about that, I can be a little clumsy." She chuckled with a slight tint of pink on her cheeks. Even thought it was dark now, he was close enough to see her face. She had big brown eyes and a birth mark on the upper left corner of her mouth. Not very threatening, to be honest. And being this close, he already started to feel her heart. Riku did not quite focus on her Scent yet, since the threat did not seem great anymore. Kairi was right: The new girl did not broad-cast anything threatening, except maybe accidentally drowning herself. Maybe he should try a different approach.
He was about to say something civil, when something caught his attention. Through her now see through shirt, he could see the faintest mark of a crown, which was quite similar to Sora's Crown pendant…the same symbol on the end of the Kingdom Key. Being slightly oblivious to what he was doing (Which for Riku was not common), he stretched his hand out and touched were he saw the mark, almost trying to see if it was real.
Izori suddenly stepped back, cheeks turning a darker shade of red as she either glare with fear, anger, or both. "Wh-what are you d-doing!" she shrieked, covering her chest.
Finally coming back to his senses, Riku snapped his hand back, now almost feeing embarrassment for his abrasive actions. "That," He paused for a moment, thinking about how he should put things, "Is a very interesting mark." It was a statement as much as it was a question.
She immediately froze, which did not go without notice to Riku. "I need to go," Was all Izori stated before she swiftly slid pass him, grabbed her shoes, and left.
He stood there watching as the young blonde ran off, not at all feeling like giving a chase. In fact, he kept his face straight but he was grinning on the inside. There might be no dark presence, but there was something here that needed investigating.
'Interesting…'
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Back at her new home, Izori stood in front of her bathroom mirror inspecting the mark. "Why? Why did he have to notice it?" She called to the mirror. Izori worried and slightly embarrassed for what happened earlier. Not only did that boy from her new school watch her make a fool of herself, but he noticed her weird crown mark! 'He must have thought it was some tattoo and that I was some harlot!" She held her now warm face, "How embarrassing…" She whispered. She inspected the marking some more, 'I wonder what it means; I got it during the incident in that cave.'
She started panicking, the anxiety building for the rest of the night, 'What if it's bad? What's happening to me?"
I hope you enjoyed! Also, sorry it took so long to get it posted up. Patience is a virtue my friends. :3 I hope you guys R&R because that would be super duper awesome _ Huge, Huge thanks to my beta Ghost Writer no. 3 3. I have the next chapter already written so all I need to do is read over it and make sure it doesn't sound absolutely stupid, type it, then have it edited, so it should be up sooner. :D
