Ashley woke up. Ashley pushed Riku off the bed. He fell with a loud THUD. "Ashley!!!!" Riku wimpered "Whoops" Ashley said with a smile Riku narrowed his eyes. Riku sat up. "Breakfast" Riku's mom yelled from down stairs. Ashley hopped from the bed pushed Riku down again and stepped on his stomach. She ran out of the room with Riku behind her. Riku chased her down the stairs. "Hey!, slow down" Riku's mom yelled Ashley sat in the chair and Riku try to show off and slid in to sit on a chair. Riku couldn't stop and tripped over the chair and fell to the floor. "That's what you get now eat up" Riku's mom said as she walked over to him as he laid on the floor. Riku's mom stepped on his stomach. "OWWWW," Riku wimpered Ashley started to laugh. Riku stood. "Eat now!" Riku's mom cammanded and left the house. They ate breakfast in silence. Riku got done put his bowl in the sink and turned to Ashley "That was not funny and I'm taking a shower." Riku said and marched up stairs. Ashley put her bowl in the sink too and walked out the door. Ashley waked around the island a few times. She didn't find Sora or anyone that would help. Ashley heard someone call her name. She turned quickly to see. It was Riku. Ashley ran across the bridge and up a tree where Riku wouldn't be able to see her. Riku walked by the tree then Sora came running up. "Sora!" Riku said with shock. "Why do you keep calling for this Ashley girl?" Sora asked "My imangery friend ran off and I can't find her" Riku said looking Dazed "I'll help you find her" Sora said "No you can't" Riku said quickly. Ashley could tell that Sora knew that Riku was lying. "Why not?" Sora asked casually. "Because..She is invisable" Riku said "Okay" Sora said "I'll see you later" Riku said and walked away. When Ashley could no see nor hear Riku she looked around to see where Sora went. Ashley turned around and then lost her balance. She fell into the water where Sora was Fishing. "NOOOO, How could you do that I almost had that one." Sora said without looking up "Sorry." Ashley said quilety. Ashley started to walked away when a hand grabbed her sholder. She turned around thinking that it was Riku who snuck up behind her. "Sora stood there. "Ashley?" He asked " Can't see me I'm invisable" Ashley said covering her face. Sora Moved closer to Ashley. He put his hands onher arms and moved them away from her face. Ashley looked into Sora's blue eyes. "Ashley?" Sora asked. "What?" Ashley asked. "Have you been staying with Riku?" Sora asked still holding on to her arms. "Im not suppost to be here" Ashley said looking around then back to Sora. "Why because Riku said not to?" Sora asked with a little bit of an attduide. "Maybe." Ashley said. Sora took his hands off her arms "He has you wrapped!"Sora said. "No he dosen't" ashley defended her self but the realized that Riku was controling her. "I knew it!" Sora said "No, He said that you would do this, trying to take me away from him" Ashley said "No, he thinks I took Kairi away from him but she didn't to be with him because he was a heartless and now she is still afraid of him." Sora said. "Oh, Riku didn't know that" Ashley said. "He almost killed her" Sora said. "Oh, he didn't know that" Ashley said "You want to help me catch some fish for dinner?" Sora asked. "Sure" Ashley said Sora and Ashley fished for a hour. They caught enough fish to last for a week or two. Sora put all of the fish that they caught an put them on a sharp stick and turned to Ashley. "Thanks for helping me" Sora said with a smile. He leaned closed to her. He gave her a small peck on her cheek with his soft lips. Ashley watched him walk off. Ashley turned and headed to Riku's house. Ashley knew that Riku was going to yell at her for running off. She steped in the house and something hit her like a bullet. Ashley opened her eyes. Riku laid on top of her, there was anger in his eyes but a smile on his face. "Sorry" Ashley said before she could say anything eles. Riku pressed his lips agenced her's, Ashley tryed to pull away to ask why he did that but he wouldn't let her, he pressed his lips agence her's agai "Don't worry I'm not mad" Riku said, Ashley was shocked to hear him say that. Riku rolled off of Ashley. Ashley stood. "I thought you would be mad!" Ashley said shocked. "I was at first and then I realized that I was being really protective so I waited till you got back" Riku said and opened the front door for Ashley. "So now I'm not your imangey friend?" Ashley asked. Riku laughed. "You heard that?" Riku asked "Yeah loud and clear" Ashley said. "Im going to take a shower im tired so I'll see you in the moring." Ashley said and walked up the stairs leaving Riku. Ashley took a quick shower and hopped in to bed and fell quickly to sleep. Ashley woke before Riku. She climbed over him and walked down the stairs. Riku's mom just got done filling the bowls with food. "Is Riku up?" She asked looking up when the floor creaked below Ashley. "No he's not up yet" Ashley said taking a seat at the table. "Well Im going I'll see you at dinner." Riku's mom left. Ashley ate breakfast and ran back up stairs. She quilety changed. Ashley ran down the stairs and out the door. She walked along the beach were she met Sora. Ashley heard someone behind her. "Hey!" a girl with red hair came running towards her. "Hi?" Ashley said waching her run up ro her. She came to a stop infront of Ashley. "Who are you?" She asked "Ashley" "Im Kairi, how long have you been here?" Kairi asked "About a week in a half." Ashley said "Really? Where have you been staying?" Kairi asked "I've been living with Riku" Ashley said casually. Kairi looked at her shocked. "So thats why Riku hasn't been around" Kairi said after a moment of silence. "No, he didn't want me to wander out because of the heartless or wahtever and I see no danger." Ashley said. "Oh.... well the heartless are long gone now I don't know why he would worry." Kairi said. "Yeah, thats why I out, I wanted to meet new people. I met Sora yesterday" Ashley said . "He told me that he met someone and they helped them fish.." Kairi looked towards a house. Ashley followed her glare. I the top window was Sora and aonther girl. Ashley turned to Kairi. "Who is that girl?" Ashley asked. "Shuku..." Kairi cut off. Kairi leaned closer to Ashley. "She says that she knows you." Kairi wispered. "Do you know where your from?" "No, I remember waking up in a bed and Riku and Wakka standing over me..." "Shuku said that she was in a physislty where they tortured you because of you were something and then you escaped together and then a storm came and she lost you and found a boat passed out and then woke up in Sora's bed a week later." Kairi said fast. Ashley looked up to the window. Sora was still looking down. Ashley caught his eye and then he looked at something eles. Ashley followed his glare. Shuku was running towards Ashley with tears in her eyes, kicking up sand behind her. "Ashley Im so glad that your okay!" Shuku went running up to Ashley and hugged her. "Sora tryed to keep me from running down to see you but Im just so glad that your okay!" Shuku let go of Ashley and looked up at her with tears in her eyes. Shuku was shorter than Ashley and had clear blueish greenish eyes. They looked Fimliar about them. Like a bullet it hit Ashley. She remebered Shuku and what happened from when they ran. Ashley looked up at Shuku again. "Shuku? I remember...." Ashley broke off. Someone called her name. Ashley turned and Riku was running towards her. Riku finally riched her breathing hard. Ashley turned to Kairi and Shuku. Kairi looked at him a terror in her eyes. "Ashley, why didn't you wake me?"Riku asked. Ashley could that he was mad at her. "You looked so cute sleeping I just didn't want to wake you" Ashley said with a smile. Riku blushed. "You could have at least told me" Riku said trying hold in his anger. Ashley heard sand being kicked up behind her. Sora was running towards her. Behind him was a guy with blonde hair and had a dark tan. He also had blue eyes. Behid him was a girl in yellow with brown hair and Wakka behind her. Sora stopped in front of Ashley. "Why is everyone meeting here?" The girl in yellow asked looking around. "Im leaving. " Riku said, Riku walked off. "What's up with him?" Sora asked. " He's mad at me because I didn't wake him and I waked out on my own." Ashley said and watched Riku dissapper through the trees. Ashley turned back to the others. "I think he is mad at you" Kairi said. "Im going to talk to him I'll see you guys later." Ashley left them behind. Ashley jogged to Riku's house. Ashley opened the front door. Riku was standing in the front room. Ashley was shocked to see the expression his face. "Don't talk just get!" Riku said. "Wha....?" Ashley started but riku cut her off. "Get leave I dont want you living here Buh BYE!" Riku walked to her and pushed her out the door. Ashley fell down a small flight of stairs and in to the sand. "I never want to see you again" Riku slammed the door and Ashley heard the bolt lock. Ashley felt blood drip down her face. Ashley looked down and there was blood in the sand. Ashley felt tears forming in her eyes. She got up and looked behind her. Kairi was running to her. "Ashley are you alright I saw what he did." Kairi stopped and looked up at her. " Come on you can live with me." Ashley nodded her head. They finally arived at Kairi's house. Ashley followed her up the fight of stairs. Kairi opened the door in to a room. "Sit down I'll get you something for your cut" Kairi ran out of the room. Ashley went and sat down on the bed. Kairi came running back and set medical stuff next to Ashley. Kairi cleaned up the cut and put a liquid stich on her cut. "There you go" Kairi said with a smile. "Thanks" Ashley said. "Come on, mom should have made dinner by now, we will eat and then go to sleep. They went down for dinner. Kairi mom accepted Ashley staying there. Kairi and Ashley weent up to her room after they ate dinner. Ashley and Kairi headed up the stairs to Kairi's room. Ashley sat on Kairi's bed. Ashley looked down and Kairi sat beside her. "Whats on your mind?" Kairi asked. "Riku.... Why did he not want me anymore? He was just so mad, His eyes were scary" Ashley stoped talking. "What was going on between you two?" Kairi asked. "We were really close friends.... and then he just turned mean when he had a dream....What happened that made him like that...even he says that he had change since it happened...something about the heartless!?" Ashley said with a dazed and confused look. Ashley looked up at Kairi. Kairi was shocked to hear everything that Ashley had said. "I don't know if he changed because I havnt talked to him that much the one time I talked to him the most was the night before he found you. And he was planning to revenge on Selphie, Wakka and Tidus. He got mad at me and Sora because we wouldnt help him... but then the next day Sora went looking for him and me and saw Tidus. Thay saw my boat and went swimming thinking I was in there but it was a naked girl....Shuku. Now Tidus took Riku's place and Wakka and Selphie took mine and Sora's place, well....Wakka did take our place....Selphie just hangs with Wakka. " Kairi said trying to explan everything in one sentence. "But what are heartless and what does Riku have to do with them?" Ashley said. "Three years ago....Destany Island was attacked by shadow creatures, Sora me and Riku got seprated and Sora was this keyblade master and I still dont get that but Riku turned to the darkside to help me and to get rid of Sora. Riku wanted me and he couldn't if Sora was in the way and then he realized that I liked Sora because Sora didn't almost kill me so Riku worked with Sora to get back to me, along the way they found the others who were lost....That's why he is like that and now he is being mean to you..." Kairi said and looked at Ashley. "He said the heartless found their way back." Ashley said. "What???" Kairi said shocked. "I think that he is just scared that they will come back and so he is having nightmares that he is and he is scareing himself." Ashley said "It makes all the since in the world!" Kairi said. "They might be warining him..." Ashley stopped and gasped. "If thay are talking to him....thay said that they were after me and Shuku." "He didn't know about Shuku till today...He maight not have even noticed her." "Why.....did he push me down the stairs?" Ashley said Confused. "He probley thought that you were geeting to close to Sora." Kairi said. Ashley felt anger and saddness rise in her. Tears were forming in her eyes.... "I told him that I wanted him and not Sora!" Ashley said and felt a tear slip doen her face. Kairi scooted closer in a comforting way. Kairi leaned closer to Ashley and in one swift move Kairi was hugging her. "Im sorry about him...." Kairi wispered. Ashley felt aonther tear slip down her face. Ashley wearing a holter top felt Kairi's tear slip down her back. After a long time of crying to each other, they fell asleep in Kairi's bed.