Author's Note: Wow I know loong time since I had an update, but I've been working on Lost Souls, and the story I have on my joint account with xoILuvCloudox. If your interested in looking at the story on our joint account, look up Royal's of Heart (category Kingdom Hearts) Our Penname is Namine-Pure-Kairis-Heart. Anyway on with the story, and if you notice my writing is different, mention it in a Review!
Chapter 4
One Last Wish
The Gummi Ship was silent. Sora was driving, Riku was in the co-pilot's seat, and Kairi was sitting in the remaining seat. Neither of them spoke as Sora drove, and Riku randomly pushed a button in front of him now and then, which fired the gun turrets, destroying a Heartless ship.
Kairi felt guilty, though she knew she shouldn't. She just felt like this was all her fault, even though she knew she didn't put the Heartless inside her. Confused with feelings, Kairi bit her lip and glanced at Sora and Riku, who both looked deep in thought.
"Oh to hell with this!" Sora shouted suddenly, spinning the wheel quickly, causing the Gummi Ship to go in another direction.
"Sora, what're you doing?!" Kairi burst out.
"I wanted to grant you a wish." Sora said, flashing Kairi his trademark smile.
"Sora, where are we going?" Riku asked, sounding a bit annoyed with the younger boy.
"Neverland." Sora said softly.
Within fifteen minutes the world with the clock tower was in site. A smile appeared on Sora's face as he saw it, and Riku raised an eyebrow at it. Riku's mouth opened in a small 'O' as he recognized the world. He folded his arms, the memories coming back to him. He felt ashamed of what happened, even though he knew Sora would never hold it against him.
"Riku!" Sora shouted suddenly. Riku jumped, lost in his thoughts.
"What?" He asked, alarmed.
Before Sora could respond, the ship shook violently as they were hit by an enemy ship.
Riku, realizing what was going on, quickly started firing the gun turrets at it, but the damage was done.
"We're gonna crash!" Kairi shrieked.
Sora pulled on the steering wheel, but they were already out of control, Neverland coming closer as they started to crash…
Kairi groaned as she opened her eyes, seeing she was on the ground of some forest. She pushed herself up from the ground and sat on her knees, waiting for her dizziness to disappear.
"Am I…in Neverland?" Kairi muttered to herself. She got to her feet and looked around her - the forest seemed to go on and on, but there was an opening in front of her. She headed towards it, pushed back some vines and a low hanging tree, and gasped at the sight.
There was a beautiful, clear, water fall, the water falling into a small but deep looking lake. Kairi frowned - were those people swimming in the lake? There was someone sitting on a rock in the middle of the lake, too. Kairi took a step forward, wondering if Sora and Riku were nearby, when she was suddenly grabbed from behind.
Kairi shrieked and struggled, and suddenly was lifted from the ground - and kept rising.
"Are you working for Hook??" A voice said from behind her.
"What's a Hook?" Kairi cried out, struggling. The person dropped her slightly, only to catch her again bridal style.
Kairi could see his face now - he looked like a boy a bit older then her, wearing a ridiculous green outfit with matching hat, his brown hair and pointy ears sticking out from under it.
"Hey!" He said, his voice full of life and a bit of accusion. "You look real familiar! Are you sure you don't work for Hook?"
"What is a Hook??" Kairi asked again. "And my name is Kairi!"
"Kairi…?" The boy frowned, then his eyes widened and he smiled. "Kairi!" He said happily. "Your all better!!"
"Do I…know you?" Kairi asked, confused.
"Nope! But I know you! You're the one Sora was trying to rescue! You were on Captain Hook's boat here in Neverland!"
Kairi paused, a thoughtful look on her face as memories flashed across her mind.
"Wait, that boat….that was from this world?" (A/N: Think KH1)
"Yup! Oh, I didn't introduce myself. I'm Peter - Peter Pan!" Peter slowly landed back on the ground.
"Were we just…flying?" Kairi asked, her eyes wide.
"Of course!" Peter grinned. (A/N: yeah there's a lot of '!' marks, but meh it's Peter's fault he's so happy…)
"So what are you doing here?" Peter asked, setting Kairi down. "Have you been kidnapped again?"
Kairi giggled. "No, Sora took me here."
"Sora's here?" Peter asked happily.
"Yes, but we crash landed and got separated." Kairi said, hands behind her back.
"Well then, let's go find him!" Peter said, scooping up Kairi bridal style again.
"W-wait a minute…" Kairi said. "Are those…mermaids??" Kairi pointed to the lake, where several mermaids were playing in the water.
"Yup," Peter said. "But don't get to close - they're very tricky."
Sora and Riku were wondering around another, deeper, part of the forest.
"I hope Kairi's alright." Riku said, looking left to right, as if expecting to see Kairi pop out and scare them.
Sora didn't answer, and Riku stopped walking to look at him. Sora stopped as well.
"Are you mad at me or something?" Riku asked.
Sora sighed. "No…just kinda mad...but not at you."
Riku waited for him to continue,
"It's just, Kairi's sick, and she's missing, and-"
"Sora!" Riku yelled suddenly, pushing Sora out of the way as an arrow flew right past where Sora had been standing and embedded itself into a tree.
Sora and Riku both called their Keyblades, and silence pressed on their ears for a moment, before several war cries echoed through the forest.
Sora and Riku prepared to attack, but then paused as they realized it was a bunch of kids - all wearing animal uniforms. There was 6 of them - One in a bear costume, one in a rabbit, one in a fox, two twins as racoons, and a little guy in a skunk outfit.
"What the…" Sora said under his breath.
"Halt!" The one in the bear uniform said. "No one of Captain Hook's passes here!"
"We aren't with Captain Hook," Sora said calmly, lowering his Keyblade, but keeping it in his hand in case they decided to shoot another arrow. "We're looking for our friend, Kairi."
"Peter says NO ONE passes here without his permission." The one in the rabbit costume spoke this time, folding his arms.
"Peter?" Sora said, glancing at Riku, who had his Keyblade raised still. "Peter Pan? I haven't seen him in ages!'
"You know Peter?" The pair of twin racoons asked at the same time.
"Sure I do, we fought off Captain Hook a long time ago."
The crazy kids didn't seem convinced.
"Yeah? Well, prove it!" The fox said stubbornly.
Riku rolled his eyes at the annoying kids, and Sora frowned, trying to see how he could prove it. His eyes lit up as he smiled and began searching threw his pockets.
"I know I have it here somewhere…Ah! Here it is!" Sora pulled out a red feather - the Keychain to his Fairy Harp Keyblade. "Peter gave this to me, see?"
Before the boys could answer, a girls voice called,
"Boys? Boys, where are you?" A pretty girl with brown hair up in a fancy bun, wearing a light blue dress came into view. She paused as she saw Sora and Riku, then gasped.
"Oh Sora! Is that really you?" She squealed.
"Hey, Wendy!" Sora said as the boys looked between Sora, Riku and Wendy. "Is Peter around?"
"Oh, I'm afraid he isn't at the moment, but he should be back soon, he said-" Wendy stopped suddenly, giving a gasp as she recognized Riku. She glared at him.
"He's on our side," Sora said quickly. "He's my best friend."
"You're the one who kidnapped that girl - Kairi." Wendy said, her lower lip stuck out in what she probably thought was a scary face, but Riku thought it was more of a childish pout.
"I was trying to save her." Riku said, finally speaking.
"Look, it's a long story," Sora said, not wanting a fight to break out between them. "But we came here with Kairi - I wanted to teach her how to fly - but our ship crash landed and now we can't find her."
Wendy and Riku were still watching each other carefully. Riku muttered something that could have been anything between an insult or apology, but Wendy took it for the latter.
"It's best to wait here for Peter, then." Wendy said, a smile back on her face. "He went off to look for Tinkerbell, but should be back soon. These are the Lost Boys, by the way." Wendy gestured towards the boys.
"Lost-?" Riku and Sora said together, but Wendy waved for them to be quiet.
"Follow me." The Lost boys started to follow Wendy as she turned around, so Sora and Riku, shrugging at each other, decided to do the same. They only took about eight steps before Wendy paused at a very old tree, circled to the side of it, and opened a secret door. The Lost boys all hurried through the little door, and Sora and Riku followed.
Inside the tree was a strange little house, with several beds (including hammocks), a table with an unlit candle in the center of the room, and a wall that was covered with a blanket.
"First, allow me to make the introductions." Wendy said cheerfully. "This is Slightly - the fox, Curly, the bear, Nibs, the rabbit, The Twins, and Tootles - the little skunk. Boys, this is Sora and Riku. You be nice to them."
Before the boys could reply, there was a loud noise like a rooster trying to wake everyone up in the morning. Sora and Riku jumped a foot in the air, and were especially shocked when none other then Peter Pan himself slid down a slide coming from the roof, Kairi in his arms.
Kairi fell softly to the ground, as Sora and Riku happily exclaimed her name.
"Kairi! Your okay!" Sora said, helping her up while Riku sighed with relief.
"Hey, if it isn't Sora!" Peter said, floating a few inches off the ground. "Haven't seen you in awhile, buddy. And this is-" He paused, and like Wendy, glared at Riku.
"Oh here we go again…" Riku groaned. "I was trying to save Kairi, okay? I'm Sora and Kairi's friend. I'm not on Hook's side."
"It's okay, Peter." Kairi said, then turned her attention back to Sora. With slightly pink cheeks and glittering eyes, she said,
"Sora, teach me to fly!!"
Author's Note: Yeah I decided to end it there, because as much as I don't mind writing long chapters, I find reading really long ones can get annoying, plus if I did every chapter at 10 pages, the story would be over by chappie 10.
Anyway a funny note: In the Kingdom Hearts Manga, the Lost Boys are in it, but they aren't in the game. And in case you hadn't figured it out, this takes place in the actual Neverland. You can expect the next update really soon, because I'm working on the chapter the second I finish writing this sentence :P
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