I don't own Kingdom Hearts, Disney and Square Enix do.
Also anyone who played the first Kingdom Hearts will be in for a treat, you'll recognize a few things if you pay close attention. Anyway, here's chapter three, now please read, enjoy and review.

A sky of endless blue, without a cloud in the sky which let the sun shine bright, which brought out the true, pure beauty of Destiny Islands. It was all for Sora to see as he lay in the sands on the beach where he, Kairi and Riku would always hang out. It had been half a year since they had defeated Organization XIII, the Heartless and Nobodies just seemed to disappear into thin air after Sora and Riku vanquished Xemnas. And the worlds around Kingdom Hearts seemed safe and at peace now.

Both Sora and Riku now kept their Keyblades as souvenirs, to remind them of their past deeds and accomplishments, how they saved a whole universe from obliteration from a seemingly unstoppable enemy.
It still all seemed like yesterday when Sora fought alongside Donald and Goofy as they fought side by side against the armies of Heartless and Nobodies, All his adventuring and endless battles all seemed to pay off and be worth it when he got to the Castle That Never Was.

It was their where he reunited with Kairi and Riku for the first time in about a year. Not only was he reunited with the two people close to his heart, but when Kairi ran right to him and hugged him for all it was worth, it had to be one of the greatest rewards of all. Now that was all behind Sora, and he was right back to the life he knew before the adventure began. And it was so nice to be able to relax for once, no villains from other worlds, no Heartless, no Nobodies, no Pete and no Maleficent. It was just peace, rest and relaxation.

Sora let his mind drift to Kairi like it always does and he began to wonder, "I wonder what she'll say, maybe I shouldn't even tell her. I mean what if she doesn't feel the same? Then our whole friendship will be ruined!"

Sora was quickly stopped in his tracks by another voice emanating from his head, "Would you calm down? For goodness sake, your a Keyblade wielder, you eat evil villains for breakfast, this won't be anywhere near as difficult."

Sora stayed silent for a moment, letting the words of his other half, Roxas, sink into his head, but he finally spoke back to Roxas, "Is that so?"

Roxas was silent within Sora's head for a moment, then he spoke, "Yeah, I was wrong. This is going to be harder than anything we've ever done before."

"Yeah, that's what I thought. So instead of a pep talk that doesn't work, why don't you help me decide what to do?"

Roxas sighed from within Sora and became quiet, Sora continued to think over all the possible scenarios of what could happen if he told Kairi that he loved her. None of them were good either, all of them ended in disaster, shame and a broken friendship. As Sora thought over these scenarios, he felt his eyelids grow heavy as the warm air covered him like a blanket and it eventually lulled him to sleep.

Sora heard a faint female giggle, he couldn't help but open his eyes at the sound, "Huh?"

He sat up and looked around for the source of the giggling.

He heard it again, the giggle now sounded closer, Sora then turned to face the ocean, when Suddenly he felt two hands cover his eyes. So now he could only see blackness, then a female voice lovingly sang out, "Guess who?"

Sora smirked and threw his arms out behind him and tickled the female's sides. The girl started laughing hysterically before releasing her hold on Sora's eyes and falling over on her butt in the sand. Sora then turned around smiling. "I know that giggle anywhere, Kairi..."

He wagged his finger at her as he continued, "I'm not as dense as some people might think."

Kairi just cutely stuck her tongue out at Sora and giggled again, "Sora, you lazy bum. I knew I'd find you sleeping down here instead of waiting for me."

Sora patted the ground beside him, "I have been Waiting for you, so join me."

Kairi just grinned, got down on her knees and crawled on alls fours slowly and gracefully around Sora, giving him a lovely view of her form as she snaked around beside him, sitting down in the sand. They just sat in silence for a minute until Kairi finally broke the silence, "So did you want to talk to me about something?"

Sora let out a sigh and looked over at Kairi, he couldn't help but look away when Kairi turned to look at him though, so he quickly snapped his head towards the ocean in front of him. "Actually, yeah I did. Kairi...I..I..."

Riku strongly gripped the quilt he was lying on with his left hand, he then whispered, "Come on Sora! Don't choke, say, say it damn it!"

"What I mean to say is, I..."

As Sora struggled with finding the will power to speak, Kairi just watched him in anticipation. Just as it looked like Sora was going to finish, someone else spoke, "Whats up Brudda?"

Sora quickly turned to his right being greeted by the sight of Wakka, wearing his blue bandanna tied around his head, his yellow sleeveless shirt, baggy yellow pants that close up halfway down his lower legs. Each leg of these pants has a large, grey, X shaped strap with blue tips. Along with his brown sandals and blue wristbands. And of course he was carrying his Blitzball he always carried that thing around with him.

As this happened Riku couldn't help but slam his fist onto the hard ground in annoyance, "Oh, come on!"

"Oh, nothing much Wakka."

Sora couldn't help but feel relieved that Wakka arrived when he did, Kairi on the other hand was frustrated at that fact.

Wakka then spoke again, "Well then, how'bout a round of Blitzball?"

"No thanks man, we're good."

Then, seeming to appear out of thin air, Tidus walked out from behind Wakka. Wearing, his small, short-sleeved shirt with white sleeves, yellow hems yellow center, and white lining around the center. Though he left the shirt open, he also wore his unique navy pants with uneven legs, with his right pant leg reaching just past his knee, and his left reaching to just about mid-thigh. He was also wearing his blue and yellow sandals, and he was holding his personal weapon of choice for sparring, a pole about two and a half to three feet long.

"Well then Sora, how about we go a round, huh?"

Sora couldn't help but wonder how Tidus managed to stay still and quiet enough to hide behind Wakka that whole time, but he spoke never the less, "Nah, I'm ok."

"Oh come on, don't be like that. Let's have a round, come on Mr. Hero, you claim to be so much better than Riku, so why don't you prove it?"

Sora could never back down from a challenge, Sora quickly jumped to his feet and summoned his Keyblade. Sora held the Kingdom Key sideways by it's handle, he lifted it to his face and spoke, "Fine then, I'll prove to you that I can beat anyone and anything that comes my way. You wanna go Tidus? Then let's go."

Tidus smirked at Sora, "You've got it!"

Kairi and Wakka backed away and just watched as the two got in battle positions, Sora in his signature battle stance, holding the Kingdom Key at the ready and Tidus holding his pole at the ready. Wakka then spoke, "Ok one, two, three, go!"

Tidus charged forward towards Sora, hoping to get up close and beat him in as few hit's as possible. Tidus got up close, raised his pole over his head, jumped at Sora and brought down his pole with all his might. Sora rolled out of the way and quickly got behind Tidus, Tidus quickly turned around, swinging his pole at the same time. Sora quickly flipped over Tidus, landing behind him, Sora then quickly pushed Tidus, causing him to stumble forward. Sora then quickly got up close, grabbed Tidus's left arm, and flipped him over onto the ground onto his back. Sora then held the Kingdom Key close to Tidus's chest and smirked, "I told you, I've gotten a lot stronger and faster, not to mention I'm now more skilled with a blade."

Sora helped Tidus up, but before he could say anything else, Tidus offered another challenge, "Ok tough guy, how about you take me, Wakka and Selphie on all at once?"

"I did that two years ago and I won. So what do you think's gonna happen this time?"

Tidus sighed in defeat, "Ok ok, I get it. But what I wanna know is, can you really match Riku's skill?"

"Match Riku's skill? Riku can't even beat me anymore."

Riku had already decided to give up on hiding, after all, nothing was going to happen. So as Sora and Tidus sparred, he was making his way down towards them. By the time Sora had said Riku couldn't beat him, Riku was behind Sora, "Is that so?"

Sora slowly turned around, becoming face to face with Riku, "What were you saying about me not being able to beat you?"

Sora chuckled nervously and rubbed the back of his head with his right hand, with a sheepish smile on his face as he spoke, "That's not what I said, what I was saying was, that your the only one I know who is as good as me. And that I didn't know which one of us was better."

"Oh, is that what you said?"

"Yep that's what I said alright."

"Then let's see."

"See what?"

"Let's see who's better, last time I checked the score was twenty to twenty, let's finally put who's the best to the test. So let's settle the score."

Sora's sheepish grin grew into a wide smile as Riku said this, "Ok, your on!"

Riku quickly summoned his Keyblade, the Way to The Dawn, and held it firmly in his right hand. Sora and Riku backed up several steps and got into their signature battle positions, Selphie had arrived by now and was informed of what was going on. Kairi could tell by the look in Sora's and Riku's eyes that their battle was going to be seriously furious, Kairi quickly turned around and began making Wakka, Tidus and Selphie come with her to the waterfall, so they could get out Sora's and Riku's way. Tidus, Wakka and Selphie were reluctant to agree, but they did as Kairi advised.

Sora and Riku stared into each other's eyes, down into the other's soul, and then they both spoke in unison, "This will settle the score once and for all!"

Kairi then spoke, "Ok, go!"

Sora and Riku then dashed forward, towards each other, they got up close and slammed their Keyblade's together, causing a loud clang. The two pushed forward, trying to overpower the other, but both of them seemed equal, so they were locked in a stalemate. So both Sora and Riku jumped into the air, the two then began to clash with each other. Sora and Riku began unleashing a flurry of swings, continuously slamming their Keyblade's against each other. Sora quickly spun around and slammed the Kingdom Key into the Way to The Dawn with all his might, almost overwhelming Riku with the strength of the strike.

Both Keyblade wielders landed on the sand, causing foot imprints in it. Sora and Riku smiled at each other and dashed towards one and other, again. They slammed their Keyblade's together again, but quickly pulled them apart. Riku then quickly gained the advantage and made Sora go on the defensive, he quickly unleashed a flurry of swings, Sora had to hold his Keyblade sideways to defend himself from the many Keyblade strikes. But as Riku pulled his Keyblade back for another strike, Sora swung the Kingdom Key, making Riku bring the Way to The Dawn down, in a sideways position, so he could defend himself.

As Sora's Keyblade slammed against Riku's, there was another loud clang. Sora quickly pulled back and swung once again, finally putting Riku on the defensive. Sora advanced and unleashed a gauntlet of Keyblade strikes, Riku had no choice but to guard the strikes, he couldn't get in an attack. Sora kept at Riku with furious determination, anyone could see that the two weren't kidding around, they were in a real heated battle. Sora brought his Keyblade back and struck Riku's Keyblade with his own, he did this several times before he tried a different strike.

Sora remained on the offensive, he repeatedly brought down his Keyblade with fierce determination and strength. Riku was beginning to feel slightly overwhelmed, he had to regain control over the battle or he was done for. When Sora brought his Keyblade back for another strike, Riku swung his Keyblade at Sora, aiming for his torso. But Sora just brought his Keyblade, the Kingdom Key, down and guarded himself from the strike. Sora then quickly flipped over Riku, landing behind him, but before Sora could strike, Riku spun around, performing a spinning Keyblade strike.

Sora was able to bring the Kingdom Key up in time to block the strike, Sora quickly pushed his Keyblade forward, pushing Riku's Keyblade back. Sora then quickly thrusted his Keyblade towards Riku, Riku flipped over Sora, avoiding the strike, Sora quickly turned around and saw Riku land on the bridge that connected the piece of land that had the Paopu tree, and the shack. Sora quickly jumped up onto the bridge as well and dashed towards Riku once again, he brought back his Keyblade and shot it forward, hoping to finally strike Riku. Riku quickly brought up his Keyblade, the, Way to The Dawn, and blocked Sora's strike.

Sora was persistent though, he quickly unleashed several, powerful swings with his Keyblade. Everytime Riku guarded he took a step back for good measure, while Sora would take one step forward. This continued until they were both standing on the small little piece of elevated land that held the Paopu tree. Sora and Riku slammed their Keyblade's together once again, they then noticed where they were standing. They both looked around, and then looked at each other, both of them then both burst into laughter. The two calmed down after several seconds and put their game faces back on, the battle then continued.

Sora and Riku traded strikes, really giving their Keyblade's a beating, finally it seemed that the end of the battle was in sight. Riku brought his Keyblade back and began to bring it down for a strike that would hopefully finish the battle, but Sora quickly used all of his might to parry the attack with his own Keyblade. This was Sora's chance, he quickly brought his Keyblade back and swung it at Riku, hoping to hit him and finish the battle. But Riku saw Sora's Keyblade coming at him, and just before it could hit him, he back flipped and planted both of his feet firmly on the Paopu tree.

Sora quickly jumped after him, his Keyblade at the ready, landing on the Paopu tree as well, but as he did, Riku jumped up high into the air, avoiding Sora's incoming strike. Sora looked up at Riku, Riku was grinning, Sora grinned right back, Sora quickly jumped up into the air after Riku. The two slammed their Keyblade's together several times, but this left both of them exposed for an attack from the other. Riku was the one to take the advantage of the situation and thrust his Keyblade at Sora, Sora didn't see this coming, but he was able to dodge it. He put his feet on Riku's Keyblade and pushed himself off it, pushing himself higher into the air, he back flipped in mid-air and came down with an extremely powerful Keyblade strike.

Riku watched as this happen, Sora had really surprised Riku with this one. Riku barely had enough time to bring his Keyblade up, in a sideways position, to defend himself from the strike. But the strike was so powerful that Riku couldn't help it as his Keyblade flew from out of his grip in a random direction, Sora and Riku then fell into the sea at the same time, so they were both drenched. Kairi, Tidus, Wakka and Selphie all rushed over to the now drenched Sora and Riku as they pulled themselves out of the water and on to the shore, they both sat side by side, soaking wet from falling into the ocean.

Sora and Riku both thought it was a close match so they both looked at Kairi and spoke in unison, "Kairi, who won?"

Kairi smiled at the two, then she said something that neither of them wanted to hear, especially since both of them had given their all in that battle, "That battle was really close, I'm going to have to call it a tie."

Riku face palmed, while Sora looked bewildered, "What? Come on Kairi, tell us, who won?"

"Like I said, you both fought well, but coming from someone who has decided all of your previous close calls, I'd say that match was a draw."

"Aww, come on Kairi, we can handle it, who won?"

"I'm telling you Sora, it was a stalemate, a tie, a draw, you both won and you both lost. So now the scores twenty one to twenty one."

Sora and Riku both looked at each other with a saddened expression, then they both smiled and looked up at Kairi. They then both spoke in unison, "Thank's Kairi."