Hello everyone! Kingdom ZeroChan here. Sorry for the late update, I couldn't do the whole, update everyday thing. I don't think I ever will again. Anyway, here's the third chapter to Alternate Reality, hope everyone enjoys it! Hikari is steps away from learning the secret of the Destiny Trio. Will she spill if she learns it? Or will she keep it hidden?

Bold = Movie text.

Italics = Thinking.

Bold + Italics = Songs / OST

The sun shined brightly, the waves crashing gently on the shore. Laying in the sand was a slowly stirring Daisuke. He yawned as he opened his eyes, revealing sleepy, chocolate brown eyes. He sat up, staring at the ocean ahead of him, before deciding to lay down once again. He yawned once more before someone popped in front of him. It was a young Hikari with her hair short.

At the sight of his best friend, Daisuke yelped and stood up at lightning speed.

Meanwhile, everyone was laughing. Sora was pouting and blushing at being embarrassed, once again. The DD were enjoying the light moment. It wasn't common to see Hikari startle Daisuke. "Nice face there Davis" Miyako laughed, holding her stomach. Hikari giggled and patted her embarrassed childhood friend. "It's alright Daisuke-kun, it happens to everyone" she said soothingly, trying to contain her giggles.

"Even you're laughing at me Hikari-chan" Daisuke sulked.

Hello Destiny Islands III Ost

"Whoa!" Daisuke yelled as he turned to face her. He scowled at the giggling girl. "A little break would be appreaciated, Kari" he said. "Daisuke-kun, you lazy butt. I knew I'd find you slacking around here" Hikari said with a small smirk, slightly leaning towards him.

"Damn Hikari, who knew you were such a spitfire" Miyako said with her eyes a bit wide. It wasn't common to hear Hikari say these things, since she'd rather take a gentle and soft approach. Hikari stared at the screen curiously, not minding the words her other used. Maybe she could use that against Daisuke some day. He does tend to slightly slack off at times.

"No you got it all wrong! There was this big ass shadow that swallowed me up like I was fried shrimp! I couldn't do anything not even breath- OW!" He was interrupted by Hikari whacking him on the head with mirth-filled eyes. "Are you half-asleep or something?"

"Fried shrimp" Daisuke and Sora said in unison, drool starting to form at the corner of their mouth. While the others cringed in disgust, Riku sighed and produced a hanckerchief out of seemingly thin air, before wiping the drool away. "Save your lusting fantasies of fried shrimp for another time" he added as he folded the hanckerchief.

"RIKU!"

"Goddamn it, Kari! And no I'm not half-asleep, I'm awake thanks to someone, waking me up" Daisuke groaned, shooting a glare at the girl, who pointedly ignored it with an innocent smile. "The dream was really weird though, kinda creepy now that I think about it" he continued with a frown this time. "Yeah sure" Hikari snorted and walked in front of the ocean.

Daisuke stared at her in wonder, "Hey Hikari, you're not around from here" he said and Hikari interrupted with a sarcastic, drawled out "No" to which he glared and she giggled.

"Damn Kairi" Ventus laughed and she smirked at him. "Who knew you were such a firefly?" Takeru teased his girlfriend and she flushed in embarrassment. Kairi was more assertive than she was, that's for sure.

"So how was your hometown like?" He asked. Hikari continued to stare at the ocean before she answered. "It was lively, that was for sure. My babysitters, Leon and Aerith, were very kind to me. Aerith was like a mother-figure, always caring for me and making sure I was happy. Leon was like my tough, protective older brother. He protected me from bullies and taught me some moves but I was too lazy to learn more" she described.

"Do you miss them?" Daisuke asked and Hikari's silence was enough as an answer.

"I really do" Kairi said softly but everybody managed to hear. Sora and Riku rubbed her back in comfort and Hikari bit her lip. She's never heard of these people, but she could feel a faint warmth in her chest. In her heart.

She may not know them, but they were already holding a space in her heart.

Everything was quiet for a moment before Hikari broke it. "I may miss them, but I feel joy being in this place. You could say that while I want to visit my birthplace, this here, is my home" she gestured around her. Daisuke grinned at her before saying, "I would want to visit your birthplace too. It sounds like a cool place, besides, it's another world" he said with star-filled eyes.

"So cute" Kairi and Riku whispered in unison, causing Sora to blush. These two teased him way too much. "So, different worlds exist in your reality?" Daisuke asked. It was no wonder his other kept going on about parallel universes. His reality was about other worlds being out there.

"That's right" Aqua nodded. Ventus had an excited smile on his lips, eager at his thoughts. He had always wanted to visit other worlds but he was stuck training for now. "Prodigious! Have you gone to other worlds?" Koushiro asked, leaning curiously and craving for more knowledge.

The trios looked at each other with mischiveous eyes. "Spoilers!" They said in harmony, causing the DD to deflate.

Hikari smiled and turned to face him, "then what are we waiting for? We gotta build the raft for that to work!" She said before a new voice entered the conversation. "So this is where the two of you have been at" here was a 14 year old Ken, with semi-long, dark blue hair and narrowed, dark blue eyes filled with playfulness.

He had his hands on his hips, a mock-stern look on his face. Daisuke and Hikari laughed as he came closer to them. "You slack just as much as he does!" He teased Hikari and she giggled in return, coming to twirl a piece of her hair coyly. "So someone has noticed" she replied to his accusation.

"Are you two…" Miyako started, looking between a flustered Ken and Hikari, "Flirting?" Mimi asked slyly. Sora gave a "is-there-something-you-want-to-tell-me" stare at Riku and Kairi. "It was playful flirting, okay!" Riku sputtered out hurriedly, not wanting to annoy Sora. "Yeah, between friends!" Kairi added, sneaking a nervous peek at Sora.

He sighed but accepted it, there really was no reason to be mad anyway. He grinned inwardly. He loved how nervous they got whenever his temper was prodded. Hikari and Ken eyed each other, before breaking eye-contact. That was embarrassing enough.

Takeru was silently annoyed. His girlfriend seemed to be interacting with guys all the time, flirting all the time. Where exactly was he?

Ken sat next to Daisuke and the two shared a bro-fist, to which Hikari rolled her eyes to. Boys will be boys she guessed. "Come on, lets race" she proposed and the two eyed her. "You're the fastest person on the island, we're just gonna get our butts kicked" Daisuke said.

"You guys are just chicken then" Hikari taunted as she stretched her legs.

"Fastest person?" Hikari asked her other. "That's right, I'm the quickest out of these two. Riku's the strongest and Sora's a mixture of us two. He's kinda like, you could say, the distraction and brains" Kairi said. Hikari nodded. Maybe she should get into running and see where it takes her.

Daisuke and Ken gave her an annoyed glare and both stood up. "We'll take you on" Ken said, a competetive glint on his eyes. "Hell yeah!" Daisuke exclaimed. "1 , 2 , 3, GO!" Hikari shouted and with that, the three best friends ran as fast as they could, Hikari winning the race.

The screen zoomed out of their way to show the words "Destiny Islands" in big, bubble letters.

"Destiny Islands? That's the name of the island, huh. Sounds, homey actually" Jo said. "I like the name, it sorta reminds of the D-" before anything else could be said, Biyo's voice was muted. "So even that is a spoiler huh" Taichi said, giving a sympathetic stare at Biyo. The trios glanced at each other, wondering. So even their counterparts had secrets.

The scene changes to show it's now becoming a bit late. "I'm still wondering how a raft could take us to other world's" Daisuke as he sat on a tree next to Hikari, Ken leaning against the tree. "If the raft doesn't make it we'll think of something else" he retorted.

"You were planning to use a raft?" Jo asked incrediously. Sora shrugged weakly, "it seemed like a good idea at the time?" he offered, but it sounded more like a question. Taichi sighed, ruffling his hair. His protégé, his sister and Ken were gonna be the death of him, that's for sure.

"Okay, say we do arrive to another world, what would we even do there? Sightsee and then what?" Hikari asked, looking at Ken. He stared at the ocean for a moment before answering. "I honestly don't know. All my life, all I've known are these islands. Knowing from my father that other world's exist, that other people other than us exist, makes me want to explore and learn more about them. That's why we have to build that raft and go out there, to know what's going on. Exciting, right?" Ken ended his brief speech by turning to look at his two best friends.

"I guess" Daisuke answered, as he wrapped his hands at the back of his head, though there was an undertone of excitement.

"I give you a speech and you answer with just an, I guess?" Riku said, though a hint of a teasing smile pulled up at his lips. Sora pouted at him. "I was young back then, ya know" he answered. "You're still young" Yamato and Terra said at the same time, unfazed. "We haven't been kids for a long time Terra, Matt" Kairi said, sending them a sad smile.

The DD and the other Trio wondered what they meant by that.

"See what I mean."

"See, it was okay back then!" Sora exclaimed, sticking his tongue. "That was then" Riku rebuked. Kairi leaned towards Sora's ear. "I'd put that tongue where it belongs, unless we want to give a little show" she lightly breathed and Sora blushed a full bright red, shutting his mouth closed.

Hikari glanced down at the boy. "You've been thinking deeply about this, haven't you?" She asked. Ken stared at the ocean for a while before turning to her. "Maybe, maybe so. It's all your fault anyway, since your arrival. Thanks Kari, for giving me these thoughts" he said softly at the end.

Hikari let out a chuckle, "sure I guess".

She dropped down from the tree, "c'mon lets go. It's getting late" she said before starting to walk away. Ken and Daisuke followed her, trailing behind by a bit. "Hey Daisuke!" Ken called and threw him a fruit.

"Paopu fruit" Kairi whispered, wanting to taste some of the fruit. It was delicious, something she'd always craved since her first taste.

'First tatse huh. It was hilarious for sure.'

"What's a Paopu fruit?" Mimi asked, her love senses tingling. "It's supposed to bind people together eternally, making sure their lives intertwine" Aqua answered. The trio gave her a subtle, suspicious look. They were so sure Paopu fruits were only in Destiny Islands. How did Aqua know this if she didn't live in Destiny Islands?

Daisuke stared at the fruit in confusion before turning to Ken. "What's this for?" He asked. "You wanted to try one didn't you?" Ken asked rhetorically. "A Paopu fruit… If two or more people share it, their lives become intertwined eternally. No matter what happens" Ken walked from him. "I know you want to try one" his voice took a sing-song tone, as he gestured towards Hikari.

"So, someone wanted to share a Paopu fruit way before" Kairi said, giving a raised eyebrow at a blushing Sora. "Way before" Riku added, nodding. "Shut up, the both of you" Sora said grumpily and the two teasers laughed.

"What-You-Who-What-" Daisuke sputtered, causing Ken to crackle loudly. Daisuke gave up and just dashed after his two friends, the scene ending.

"Welp, that's the end" Jo said, stretching his muscles. "You guys are really carefree" Biyo noted, and the three shared a look. "It was nice back then" Sora said, scratching the back of his neck. "While it lasted" Kairi added, cracking her knuckles. "Stop that" Riku gave her a stern look.

"Sorry daddy" Kairi shot him a smirk, ignoring the blushes that came to Hikari and Ken's cheeks. "You should punish her" Sora snorted, stretching like a cat. "I bet someone else wants that though" Kairi said and took pleasure into seeing his cheeks heat up.

He really did blush more than anyone else in the universe. Probably.

Daisuke was a little uncomfortable at the teasing of Kairi and Riku. Sure they were counterparts, but they were still Hikari and Ken. Hikari was dating Takeru and Ken was dating Miyako, they were teasing (intimately, might he add) a version of him. While he and Ken did tease each other, it was friendly. He and Hikari have barely spoken in months, much less have a deep conversation.

Hikari was thinking as well. She was dating Takeru, but her counterpart sure as hell wasn't. While Hikari could be dense, she wasn't as dense as Daisuke. She could clearly see something else was going on between the three counterparts. The way Sora seemed to blush, the subtle movements of Hikari's hands, the teasing of Riku… It all reminded her of what couples do.

If that was really the case, did that mean the counterparts were in a polymarous relationship? How did it come to that? From the movie, show, whatever they were watching, Sora had feelings for Kairi. Riku showed no feelings for either of the two. So how did they end up in a relationship together?

Was she just overthinking things?