Chapter 7- Indigo and red
Considering how long the journey back to Traverse Town, Sora and Sairu decided to get some much needed rest. Goofy was left to look out for Heartless vessels, with Donald as pilot. Sairu was both physically and mentally exhausted, and fell asleep with little difficulty...
"My name is Sairu" the red head pronounced proudly, grinning widely. "It is nice to meet you, Sairu. My name is Ienzo" said the indigo-haired boy. "Wow. That's a cool name" said Sairu "No, not really" replied Ienzo but Sairu chuckled "I know. Just wanted to make a good first impression". Ienzo then looked confused, then both he and Sairu were laughing. But their laughing was cut short by a shrill cry from the other side of the park. Curious as they were, they followed where the cry came from and looked on in horror.
A bright red-haired girl about their age, dressed in a white dress with a purple hem and blue flowers, with white slip-on shoes, was on the ground in tears, with this scrawny, long black-haired boy in a long-sleeved red T-shirt, blue jeans and black and white trainers, looming over her. They then heard the boy say "What's the matter? Is the little baby crying?", in a condescending and mocking tone. That's when Sairu saw something in his hand: a necklace, which Sairu guessed belonged to the girl on the ground. Thankfully, they were out of the boy's line of sight.
"What are we going to do?" whispered Sairu in a concerned tone. "Are you an idiot? There's nothing we can do. After what we just went through with Donny, you want to play the hero again?" Ienzo whispered scathingly. "Well, what do you think we're going to do? Stay here and let her necklace get stolen?" Sairu responded with an equally scathing tone. Ienzo didn't like this, but he knew they could not leave things as they are. So, he reluctantly nods his head, and the two friends stepped out to help the girl.
"Hey!" Sairu exclaimed. The scrawny boy turned around, as the girl got a look at the two boys who came to help her, she hoped. "What do you want? Can't you see I'm busy right now?" he said, scowling. "That necklace in your hand: it does not belong to you. Give it back" Ienzo said with a stony-faced look. "And why should I? It belongs to my mum now. So you can shut up and get lost!" the boy retorted threateningly.
That's when Sairu ran to him and actually swiped the necklace from his hand and ran towards the girl in the grass. He smirks to her and shows her the necklace in his right hand. The girl looks relieved, but then she shouts "Watch out!" But it was too late. The scrawny boy had floored Sairu, but the necklace was still in his hand, thankfully. The boy then stood on Sairu's wrist, causing him a lot of pain and screaming as a result. But then, Ienzo pushed him to the ground and restrained him. Sairu clutches his pained wrist but walks over to the girl and gives her necklace back with a smile, despite his hurt wrist. The girl wiped the tears from her eyes and smiled back before taking her necklace and putting it around her neck.
"RRRGGGGHHHH..." the scrawny boy was trying to break free, but Ienzo was too strong for him. "That's low, stealing a girl's necklace" said Sairu in a disappointed tone. "Ienzo, let him up and let him go." Ienzo nodded and brought the other boy to his feet, who then ran off, with an angry look towards the trio. "Thank you for helping me. Are you okay?" the girl asks Sairu. "I'm fine. We've been through worse, right?" Sairu said while grinning at Ienzo. But the latter only sighed and said "The first day we become friends, and you had to go off playing the hero. So much for your good first impression", all the while pretending to be hurt until he smirked back to Sairu. "Hey!" Sairu exclaimed back. Then the girl started giggling at the boys' antics.
"Well, it seems the new girl finds us funny" said a chuckling Ienzo. Then all of them were laughing until Sairu stopped. "Guess we should introduce ourselves if we're going to be friends?" he said, smiling. The girl looked confused, and bashfully asked "Really? You'd be my friends?" Ienzo responded "Of course. That's how we make friends, it seems. My name is Ienzo and the wannabe hero over there is Sairu" gesturing to Sairu in a joking manner. "Hmph..." Sairu simply looked away, also pretending to be hurt and their new friend laughed again. "So what's your name?" Sairu asked politely. She stops laughing and responds "My name is Kairi. Nice to meet you, Ienzo, Sairu"...
Sairu slowly started to wake up. When his vision cleared, he found himself in the cockpit of the Gummi ship, with Sora at the controls while arguing with Donald again while Goofy looked on and sighed. He smiled at the happy dream he had of meeting his two best friends. Sora turned around and asked "What are you smiling about?" "Just had a good dream, that's all. Are we there yet?" Sairu responded. "Yeah, we're coming up to Traverse Town now. Fasten your seatbelts" said Goofy. Sairu obeyed and they soon arrived above Traverse Town, happy to be home, even though he felt like he had just left a second ago.
