Welcome once again to my third installment of Guardian Hearts! Please review people! In this episode (or chapter), we get to learn more about Spiky here! Now take it away-

?- "My name is of no importance…"

Okay, just say your line.

?- "Destiny will never own me or anything. Only the pathetic things she makes up…"

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~Chapter 2 - A Day of Destiny~

The rolling of the distant waves on the beach and the call of tropical birds woke a certain spiky-haired teen awake.

Spiky opened up his eyes, welcoming the bright, warm sunlight and the blue sky. Only a few white, fluffy, marshmallow clouds were in sight. He slowly sat up to view the ocean then yawned, ready to fall back asleep. Right as he was about to close his eyes, he noticed a short, red-haired girl standing over him, smiling.

"Whoa," he exclaimed, jumping back into a sitting position, then turned to kneel.

The girl giggled.

"Gimme a break, Kairi."

"Sora, you lazy bum," she said casually, "I knew I'd find you snoozing down here."

The girl had short, red hair and blue eyes. She wore a lilac and white tank top over a black one, a lilac skirt, golden bracelets, and white shoes.

"No! This huge, black THING swallowed me up! I couldn't breathe, I couldn't- OW!"

Sora rubbed his head.

"Are you still dreaming," Kairi asked jokingly.

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

"Yeah, sure," Kairi said, walking with her hands behind her back, walking closer to the water. Sora then turned to her and asked,

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

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

"Nothing at all?"

"Nothing."

"You ever want to go back?"

"Well, I'm happy here."

"Really…"

"But you know…I wouldn't mind going to see it," she replied.

"I'd like to see it too," Sora stated while laying one arm on one of his legs, "Along with any other worlds out there! I want to see 'em all!"

"So what're we waiting for," she asked, smiling.

"Hey," a voice called out, "aren't you guys forgetting about me?" The owner of the voice was a teen with long, silver hair and green-blue eyes. He wore shoes, blue pants, a yellow shirt with no sleeves, and black gloves. "So, I guess I'm the only one working on the raft." He tossed the log in his hands at Sora, who fell back. He walked over to Kairi and said, "And you're just as lazy as he is!" He then sat down next to Sora.

"So you noticed," she responded giggling, "Okay, we'll finish it together. I'll race you!"

"Huh," Sora responded.

The silver-haired teen replied, "What, are you kidding?"

Enthusiastically Kairi asked, "Ready? Go!"

After a second, the two boys hopped up and raced each other. They were evenly matched. Kairi trailed behind the two, laughing as they all ran across the beach.

Silver decided to head to the smaller island while Kairi and Sora were by a wooden door on the other side of the beach. Kairi asked, "So, can you gather the rest of the supplies? Sora, are you listening to me"

"Yeah, I heard you."

"Okay, here's what you need to find: two logs, one cloth, and one rope. Bring everything back here. If you need help, just ask. I'm counting on you!"

With that, he left. On his way back through the beach, he found the log that Silver threw at him.

He walked onto the dock that was at the edge of the beach to find a girl his age sitting on the dock. The girl had brown hair and green eyes. She was wearing a yellow sundress, a purplish-pink bracelet, and sandals. "Aah, the breeze feels great," she said to him, "What're you up to these days?"

"Wanna duel?"

"All right! Now you're talking."

On the beach, the girl, named Selphie, used a jump rope, and swung it at Sora like a whip. He easily dodged. She struck at him from behind and hit him in the head. She then aimed at him again, but he countered it with his wooden sword, causing the jump rope to hit her in the head. After a few more hits, she was defeated. "Oh… I can't believe I lost," she complained.

He then went over to an older teen that was by the dock. He had orange hair with a blue bandana. He also had quite a tan. He was wearing a light yellow tank top with a blue trim, long, darker yellow pants with grey X's, and sandals. It was none other then Wakka. (What a fun name!) "Hey, what's happening, man," he asked, "Yo! You up for a round?"

"Sure, let's play."

"Play is for kids. This is serious!"

Once again, Sora was battling on the beach. Wakka would use what seemed to be an infinite amount of white and blue blitz balls, and chuck them at Sora. Using the same technique he used with Selphie, Sora deflected the balls, causing them to ram into Wakka. He got dizzy an made a huge opening. Sora struck him in the stomach with his sword. Wakka was down for the count. Wakka knelt down, holding his ball of doom behind his head. "Ah man! That really hurt!"

He then decided to climb a ladder so he could go onto the little base a light brown, maybe dirty blonde-haired kid was on. He was wearing a yellow jacket with a white trim and short, white sleeves, no shirt, black shorts that came up to his knees, and tennis shoes. There, he found a pile of rope. "Hey, Sora," the kid, named Tidus, asked, "You feel lucky today?" He was swinging a red rod in his hands. "Hey, Sora. Feelin' up to a little competition?" Sora, of course said yes. "Alright, let's go!"

For a third time, Sora was on the beach. Sora and Tidus weren't giving each other a chance to breathe, constantly hitting each other. After about ten minutes though, Tidus gave in. He too complained, "Ah man! I'm really off today." He then turned to Sora as Selphie and Tidus walked up to them. Sora casually stated, "You three against me!"

"You're on," Selphie shouted enthusiastically. It was her second chance to try and beat up Sora.

"Okay, you asked for it! Let's get him," Tidus said, fire burning in his eyes. He lunged at Sora while Selphie bopped him in the head with her jump rope and Wakka threw his "Never-ending Blitz Balls of DOOM!" Sora struck at Selphie a few times, managing to get rid of her annoying jump rope. He then attacked Tidus in his back and stomach while blocking and dodging Wakka's flurry of balls. Tidus was eventually out cold. Now, it was one-on-one. Sora vs. ball boy. Easily, he managed to beat him.

He then walked across some boards, steps, and a ladder to find a large, white cloth in a tree house. All that was left was to cross the bridge to the small island that Silver was on and grab the last log. Hopefully, he could also beat him in a battle too. "Did you get everything we need for the raft," he asked, "I gave my stuff to Kairi." Sora nodded. "Hey, Sora, how about a quick round? Grab your sword."

"Okay, you're on Riku!"

"This one decides champion!"

On the small island, Riku and Sora battled it out. Riku was relentless in offence. Sora was able to get a few good strikes in and even managed to knock Riku down once or twice, but Riku would always get back up and strike at him. The battle raged on for about an hour or two, drawing the attention of the others. Selphie, Wakka, and Tidus were absolutely sure that Riku was going to win, while Kairi thought otherwise. Right now, neither were backing down, or showing signs of quitting. Anyone could win. After a few more hours, Selphie and the boys called it a night and headed to the Main Islands. Kairi promised to tell them the results when she'd go too. The sun was going to start setting in a few minutes, and they were STILL fighting each other! Finally, Sora swung his wooden sword upwards and knocked Riku into the water. Kairi laughed. When Riku resurfaced, he was soaked in the tropical water and had a large fish in his mouth. Kairi somehow took out a camera and got a picture. Riku spat the fish out and threw it at Sora, who narrowly dodged it. "Alright," he shouted, "Now the scores 1-0!" For the day at least…

"Lucky shot…"

Kairi turned to Sora and said, "Thanks! I found something today too! Here, it's yours." It was a larger, green vile. Hi-potion. "Tired? Want to call it a day?" Both boys agreed.

Sora and Kairi sat on a tree on the smaller islands, Riku stood next to them. They all watched the sun set.

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

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

"But how far could a raft take us?"

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

"So, suppose you get to another world," she asked giggling, "What would you do there?"

Riku shrugged. "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?" He turned to the others, arms crossed.

"I don't know," Sora said, lying down on the tree with his arms behind his head.

"Exactly. That's why we need to go out there and find out." Riku walked to the edge of the island and said, "Just sitting here won't change a thing. It's the same old stuff." This made Kairi and Sora think to themselves a bit. "So let's go."

"You've been thinking a lot lately haven't you," Kairi stated.

"Thanks to you. If you hadn't come here, I probably would've never thought of any of this." Sora looked at Riku a second then turned away. "Kairi thanks."

She giggled. "You're welcome."

After Riku's speech, they began to walk back. While on the bridge, Riku called out to Sora, causing him to turn. A yellow, star-shaped fruit was tossed at him. "You wanted one, didn't you?"

"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." Riku began to walk on while Sora stared at the fruit. "C'mon, I know you want to try it."

"What are you talking-"

Riku laughed.

Sora tossed it and ran after Riku as he laughed and ran towards Kairi, Riku that is.

Okay! That's it for this chapter! Yay! My first review! I don't know what to do right now for pairings for the Pokemon characters at this moment. I'm thinking of pairing Ash up with somebody in Guardian Hearts II when I make it. I'll be hinting stuff throughout this story later on, once I get an idea that is. I also have to say, I normally don't choose a shield and sword for a character's strength and weakness. I usually give up the staff. Now, as for the question on ages, here they are so far.

Ash- 14

Sora- 14

Kairi- just turned 14

Riku- 15

May- 10 or 11

Max- 7 or 8

Brock- 17 or so

Thanks for reading Guardian Hearts! Please, keep reading and reviewing! Next time, the Pokemon World! P.S. – I'll be throwing in random worlds as well, some of which I made up, and others are from a movie, book, or game. Like I said, it's random, so expect the unexpected. The only thing I'm not doing is something like Barney. It won't be THAT random. Bye! Keep a readin'!