Setting: Destiny Islands, About age 12
Genre: Humor, General
Characters: Kairi, Sora, Riku
Rating: K+

Drafty

It was a windy day on Destiny Islands. Kairi sat on the bent tree limb and stared out at the ocean.

"The wind feels great!" Kairi said wistfully, using one hand to keep her hair out of her eyes, and the other to hold down her skirt. "Right , Sora?"

She turned to look at her friend, but found him fast asleep on the warm sand. Kairi giggled. "You were bouncing around just a few minutes ago. How does he do that?" She turned to her other friend who leaned next to her against the tree. "So it's just you and me, Riku!" she smiled and hopped down.

Riku stared off over the horizons for a little while longer before getting off of the tree and smiling at the younger girl. "So what do you want to do?"

Kairi made a pensive expression and looked around for a moment. "We can race to the pier! Ready?"

"Really?" Riku asked, raising an eyebrow at her.

Kairi smiled and got ready to run. "Set… Go!" She took off running as fast as she could, but Riku easily passed her. She smiled as she tried to catch up, but she didn't reach him until well after he had reached the pier.

She leaned against one of its poles and caught her breath. "Hey…Riku! You know… what we could do now?"

Riku tilted his head and stared at her. "What?"

Instead of answering, Kairi straightened up and ran over to the ladder. She scrambled up the ladder and plopped onto the deck. She looked around and finally found what she was looking for.

Kairi sat the plank on the sand and set the broken piece of pole onto it vertically. She tried to tie the pole to the plank, but she kept messing up.

Riku took the rope and helped her tie it properly. "Like this?" he said, grinning slightly.

Kairi smiled and hugged him. "Yeah!"

Riku cheeks tinted slightly and he looked down at the miniature raft they had made. "So why did we make this?"

Kairi smiled and let go of Riku. "The winds are perfect for a voyage! Let's send it off!" She dug into her pocket and pulled out three seashells. "This red one is Sora, this green one is you, and the pink one is me! We'll send them off to sea, and…"

"…Maybe they'll reach your home town?"

Kairi smiled, a bit of sadness showing through. "Yeah. They'll know I'm okay, and that I've made two great friends here."

"It'll need a sail first," Riku said pensively.

Kairi gasped and looked around. "I forgot about that! Where could we find one…" Suddenly, her eyes widened as she got a great idea.

She reached down and tore off a part of her skirt, since she was wearing shorts underneath anyway. She tied it to the little raft's mast. "How's this?"

Riku looked down, slightly redder than before. "It should work."

They set it in the ocean and watched it sail away, carried by the winds. "How far do you think it'll go?"

"…I think it'll make it." Riku rubbed Kairi's head playfully. "Don't worry. They'll get your message."

"Safe sailing!" She called out to their little boat.

"…Maybe we should make our own. Then we could leave the islands. We could travel the worlds…" Riku started to trail off into his imagination and ambitions.

Kairi looked at Riku oddly. "…Yeah. And next time, that sleepyhead Sora will help out."

She tugged down at the remaining part of her skirt, trying to ignore the draft.