Disclaimer: I don't own Kingdom Hearts and/or the characters that appear in
the game. They belong to Disney and/or Squaresoft and they'll never be
mine. I can dream though ^^. In any case, this is all for fun and non-
profit work. Okers?
Warnings: I'm a Yaoi freak ^^ but ffn won't allow us NC-17's anymore so I gotta write harmless shonen ai. What a drag. In any case. Since I'm a yaoi nut you can guess what the pairing in this ficcer will be. ^^
Secondary, no I do not hate Kairi. I don't know enough about her to really hate her and then there's the fact that a friend of mine pointed out. Yes Kairi is kinda useless in the game.cuz she spends 2/3 of it without a heart. Would render anybody useless. Now again, I only know that from hear say, cuz I haven't played the game yet.. Dun even own it yet. But I know lots thanks to my friends ^^
Third. This fic is AU and doesn't follow the story line WHATSOEVER. The chara's are older too. Dun like, dun read. Also there will be OC's. However I try my very very very best not to make Mary Sues and that's the reason why my OC stay minor chara's. The only ones that this will evolve around is the relationship between Riku and Sora and Kairi and their adventure as they explore new worlds... my way.
And last (yeah, I know I'm a pest right now) I had to repost the first chappy cuz my Mac has uploading problems and screws up the format. Great compy really but sometimes there are some major drawbacks.. Like screwed up format. and the fact that I would have to pay for KaZaA *pissed at that*
Anyway, on with the ficcer ^^ please read and review, any kind of criticism is welcome, even if you hated it tell me. I just wanna know what people think of my writing, if it sucks tell me so I can become better ^^ Flames will be laughed at so, I want constructive criticism not endless and meaningless rambling. K?
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Setting Sail
Chapter 1 (Adventure here we come)
"Tomorrow morning we'll be setting sail. I still can't believe it." Sora sat on the roof outside his window gazing at the beach. Waves were rushing up the sand making soothing noises, but there was too much going on in the young boys mind.
Kairi, Riku and him had spent all week building the raft that was to take them off the island, and he could see how anxious Riku was getting the closer the time came to depart. Kairi too was anxious to leave, wondering if they would find her origins, the place where she had been born. As for him, Sora just kinda tagged along. He was curious as to what exactly was out there, but for him the main reason to go was to be with his friends.
"As long as we'll be together, there's nothing we have to worry about."
"Got that right."
Sora yelped and almost fell of the roof, startled at the sudden voice behind him. He turned quickly, grabbing on to his window-frame and then glared up. "Riku! You want to kill me?"
The silver haired boy, who perched on top of Sora's window chuckled, his features calm as usual. "Not my fault you are so jumpy. But you really should be in bed, we're leaving tomorrow morning."
Sora's glare softened just a bit as he raised an eyebrow at his friend. "Look who's talking. As the 'captain' of the 'Highwind' you should be rested more than any of us."
He had made sure to highlight this fact, still a little upset about the race he had lost today.
Riku sighed. "Oh come on Sora, you can't still be mad about that."
Sora sighed and shook his head. He wasn't really. He didn't care what the name of the raft was, and in his mind Riku made the best captain out of the three of them. But why did he have to make that comment about sharing the paopu fruit with Kairi. After the race Riku had said that he had been joking, but the blow had been made, and the wound still stung.
The brunet rested his chin in his hands. "What do you think we'll find out there?"
Riku sat down next to Sora, legs dangling over the edge of the roof. "I don't know. But whatever it will be, it will be quite an adventure."
Sora nodded and then smiled at Riku. "Let's make a promise."
Riku raised an eyebrow. "A promise?"
Sora nodded. "Yes. Let's promise to always be together. You, me.... and Kairi."
Riku blinked, wondering what had caused this idea. He shook his head. "Sora, we'll always be together. We always have been. Nothing will change that."
Sora grinned. "Pinky promise?"
Riku blinked at Sora's extended hand and sighed. "Sure, pinky promise."
The younger boy smiled. "Thanks Riku."
Silver strands flew about as Riku shook his head, once again failing to understand his friends logic. He looked at Sora, finding the boy yawning and stretching extensively. "Tired?"
Sora nodded. "Yeah. I think I'm going to bed, don't wanna be left behind tomorrow."
Riku smirked. "Yeah, be there on time or Kairi and I'll be gone."
Sora. "'Xactly. Night Riku."
"Night."
Quickly climbing back into his room Sora closed the window, and, after watching Riku walk away towards his own home, the curtains too. Taking off his shirt he briefly wondered why Riku had paid him such a late night visit but shrugged it off. Riku could be strange sometimes, and if it had been something important Riku would tell him tomorrow.
~*~*~
"A crap! Why me! Out of the way! I'm late!"
Those were Sora's words as he raced across the beach, pulling his hooded sweatshirt on as he went. Some of his friends looked at him in wonder, others didn't bother to look up and another small part just chuckled. They were used to this. Sora had a big heart, but sometimes the young boy could be a little scatterbrained.
While aware of his friends looks, Sora had more pressing things on mind. He was late, and he had no doubts that Riku would leave without him. Racing up a hill he came to a sudden stop and he observed the beach below and his heart jumped. The raft was still there, and he could make out two figures, sitting on the warm sand, feet extended into the gentle surf.
Relieved that they hadn't gone without him Sora let out a whoop of joy and raced for his friends calling their names all the while. Needles to say he was out of breath by the time he got there. "H-hey you.... guys."
Kairi looked up and pouted at him. "You're late Sora."
Sora managed a week smile. "S-sorry.... I *huff* I over.... slept."
Kairi giggled and rose from the warm sand. "You're lucky Riku insisted on waiting for you."
Sora blinked. That hadn't been something he had been expecting. Riku had insisted on waiting? That didn't seem like him at all. Sora frowned at his friend. "Riku...?"
The silver haired boy rose from the sand as well. "Now that you're here... let's get going. Come on Sora, you can help me with the sail."
Sora stared at Riku and then jumped when he realized Riku had meant him. "O-okay.... hey Riku... wait!"
Kairi giggled as Sora raced after Riku, trying to catch up. The two of them had the oddest friendship she'd ever seen. Always competing, but never willing to do something without the other. The girl smiled to herself. This should prove to be an interesting adventure for all of them.
~*~*~
"Riku... I'm bored!"
The addressed boy sighed as he lay lengthwise across the raft, eyes closed against the blaring sun. "Kairi, there's nothing we can do about it."
It had surprised Riku that Kairi had been the first to complain about boredom, especially since Sora was with them. Within this group Sora was known to be the one with the shortest patience, but the brunet boy had been awfully quiet ever since the group had embarked on their little adventure. What was Sora thinking about?
"Isn't there anything we can do? Sora, come on think of something."
Riku winced. Kairi was nice and all, but right now she annoyed him. Couldn't she just enjoy the silence like Sora and he were doing?
Sitting up Riku looked at Sora, eyes questioning for any ideas. The brunet glanced at Kairi exasperated, a look that Riku hadn't seen on Sora before. Now he really wondered what was going through the boys head.
"We could point out cloud-shapes." He said with a shrug.
Riku and Kairi both grimaced. They had done that very same thing for the last three days and frankly, they were running out of shapes to point out.
Kairi knitted her eyebrows in a cute frown. "Sora, we've been doing that for days now, and it's getting old really quick. Not to mention there are no clouds in the sky."
Riku nodded in agreement. Anything to get around playing that game -again-.
Sora shook his head. "There clouds right over there." He pointed towards the sky behind Riku and Kairi.
Both teens frowned and turned and their eyes widened. Dark rolling thunderclouds were balling at the horizon, and, judging by their movements, heading their way.
~*~*~
(Riku's POV)
'Oh Shit....' That was about all my brain managed as I took in the sight of the giant storm clouds rolling our way. If you've never been on a tropical island or even near the ocean let me tell you one thing, when storms hit, they hit fast and hard.
"Sora!"
I could see him jump at my voice. Okay, so it sounded a little angrier than I intended. "Why didn't you point that out earlier?!"
Sora blinked and then frowned. "It's not like we can do anything about it. We can't avoid it, and there's no shelter on the raft."
I could hear Kairi whimper in fear and I couldn't help but glare at Sora. He really is a nice kid, but he can be really stupid at times. This was one of them.
He looked at Kairi and immediately an apologetic expression crossed his face. "Ne, Kairi, we'll be fine, we survived worse storms before."
Kairi's expression didn't change, except for her skin becoming paler and paler as she kept staring at the ominous clouds. "But... back then... we were on the island. Now we have only the raft..."
I wrapped my arm around her shoulder. "Don't worry, it's not like we're going to get caught unaware. We can prepare a little bit."
I could feel her muscles relax under my fingers as she calmed down a bit. Girls can be so predictable. A man's strong, protective arm around them can do wonders. (A.N.: RIKU!)
I let go of her again, starting to untie the ropes of the sail. "Sora! Come on, move it! Last thing we want to happen is for us to loose the sail."
"Hai!"
It didn't take us long to take down the sail and secure it close to the mast of our little raft. Kairi was getting more nervous with every passing minute. When the sky started to get darker I told her to go sit by the mast. I swear, if she wouldn't have suffered an ulcer with her nervous pacing, she would have fallen off the raft sooner or later. Both situations I really didn't look forward to.
Standing at the edge of the raft I stared at the sky, feeling the waves rock the small raft more and more. I noticed Sora next to me long before he finally spoke up in a soft voice. "You think we gonna make it through this?"
'What do you want to hear Sora, honest, brutal truth, or some easy said nonsense that is supposed to make you feel better?' Being honest to myself I had a gut feeling that this storm would cause catastrophe. To which degree I didn't know, but I had this feeling deep inside that this would be bad.
"I don't know Sora." I answered just as quiet, keeping my answer neutral. "Why, you scared?"
Brown hair flew in unruly waves as he shook his head. "Not really, because we're in this together. Up 'till now all the adventures we went through together turned out okay. I believe this will be the same."
I blinked at him. Was he sincere about that? He sure looked like it. I thought about it and realized that he was right. Every time he and I had managed to stumble into tight situations we somehow managed to get out alright. That never changed. Not even after Kairi had joined our little group, and I knew a lot had changed ever since. Not necessarily something I enjoyed thinking about too much.
I smiled a little and let my gaze wander over the dark sky again. "You know what Sora. I think you might be right."
I could just imagine Sora's confused look as he looked at my profile. "Huh?"
I didn't answer as I kept watching the clouds, awaiting for hell to break loose.
~*~*~
Sadly Sora hadn't been right. The storm turned out to be far more severe than he and Riku had anticipated. The small raft shook violently and waves splashed over them all the time, threatening to wash the overboard. Cold wind kept gnawing at their already soaked clothes and exposed skin. The sky was pitch-black, only lightened by lightning that seemed to strike closer to the raft with every passing minute.
"Sora! The sail came loose! Try if you can reach it, if it gets washed away we're screwed!" Riku yelled over the waves and wind, holding on to the mast as he tried to shield both, Sora and Kairi, from the worst of the weather.
Sora nodded and slowly released the death grip of his right hand from the mast. He straightened from his slouched position over Kairi and stretched out, trying to catch the flapping sail.
"I can't.... reach it!" He hollered.
"Sora... hold on to my hand and I will get the sail!"
Sora turned and blinked at Kairi. Surely he hadn't heard right. But the girls face was determined as she took his right hand firmly in his. "I'll get it.... just don't let go!"
Sora nodded and held on tight to both, the mast and Kairi, as the girl slowly crept forward, free hand outstretched to catch the sail as soon as she could. "Good Kairi! You almost have it!"
"Watch out!"
Sora had barely time to register Riku's warning when another wave came crashing down on them, taking them by surprise. He sputtered and coughed as he swallowed water and realized too late that he was loosing his hold on Kairi's hand.
"KAIRI!" With wide eyes he saw the girl trying to grab a hold of some part of the slippery wood. It all seemed like slow motion to him. He could see her hand slipping and the waves pulling her away from the raft.
"KAIRI! No!" Sora's muscles tensed as he let go of the mast. He had to try to save her.
He gasped as a strong arm wrapped around his waist, pulling him back and holding him there. He squirmed and managed to turn, glaring at Riku. "Let me go! I need to help her!"
Riku's arm just tightened, almost painfully so. "Sora! There's nothing you can do but kill yourself!"
Sora frowned stubbornly, tugging at the unyielding hold. "Kairi will die if I don't help her!"
"How will committing suicide help her Sora?!" Riku snapped. "There's nothing you can do! Kairi wouldn't want you to, she'd want you to live!"
Sora hung his head eyes stinging with hot tears. He knew Riku was right, but it still felt so horribly wrong. Anger and desperation didn't let him think clear. "What do you mean she wants us to live?! Face it Riku! We won't make it through this!"
Sea green eyes darkened. "If you give up that easy then of course we won't! Damnit Sora! You're the optimist of the group! When did I get stuck with the job!?"
Sora was about to answer when his eyes widened and pale hands clung tighter to Riku's arm. Riku frowned and turned slightly, wondering what the boy was looking at now. He could feel his heart jump with fear as he saw the wave that was approaching them, just simply too tall for their little raft to handle.
"Oh shit...." Riku closed his eyes and reflexively held on tighter to the mast and Sora, even though he knew that it was futile. That wave would flip their raft over easily and they would drown, just as Kairi had. The last thing that crossed Riku's mind was that Sora had been right after all, they wouldn't make it, and then all he felt was icy water and the world went black.
~*~*~
A.N.: Yeah I know.. No-one can get THAT far on a raft but.. You know..I kinda wanted to keep that part of the story. it's so CUTE! Well please review.. Need useful tips for writing.. Want feedback .. Pwetty pwease? *chibi eyes and then falls over unconcious*
Warnings: I'm a Yaoi freak ^^ but ffn won't allow us NC-17's anymore so I gotta write harmless shonen ai. What a drag. In any case. Since I'm a yaoi nut you can guess what the pairing in this ficcer will be. ^^
Secondary, no I do not hate Kairi. I don't know enough about her to really hate her and then there's the fact that a friend of mine pointed out. Yes Kairi is kinda useless in the game.cuz she spends 2/3 of it without a heart. Would render anybody useless. Now again, I only know that from hear say, cuz I haven't played the game yet.. Dun even own it yet. But I know lots thanks to my friends ^^
Third. This fic is AU and doesn't follow the story line WHATSOEVER. The chara's are older too. Dun like, dun read. Also there will be OC's. However I try my very very very best not to make Mary Sues and that's the reason why my OC stay minor chara's. The only ones that this will evolve around is the relationship between Riku and Sora and Kairi and their adventure as they explore new worlds... my way.
And last (yeah, I know I'm a pest right now) I had to repost the first chappy cuz my Mac has uploading problems and screws up the format. Great compy really but sometimes there are some major drawbacks.. Like screwed up format. and the fact that I would have to pay for KaZaA *pissed at that*
Anyway, on with the ficcer ^^ please read and review, any kind of criticism is welcome, even if you hated it tell me. I just wanna know what people think of my writing, if it sucks tell me so I can become better ^^ Flames will be laughed at so, I want constructive criticism not endless and meaningless rambling. K?
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Setting Sail
Chapter 1 (Adventure here we come)
"Tomorrow morning we'll be setting sail. I still can't believe it." Sora sat on the roof outside his window gazing at the beach. Waves were rushing up the sand making soothing noises, but there was too much going on in the young boys mind.
Kairi, Riku and him had spent all week building the raft that was to take them off the island, and he could see how anxious Riku was getting the closer the time came to depart. Kairi too was anxious to leave, wondering if they would find her origins, the place where she had been born. As for him, Sora just kinda tagged along. He was curious as to what exactly was out there, but for him the main reason to go was to be with his friends.
"As long as we'll be together, there's nothing we have to worry about."
"Got that right."
Sora yelped and almost fell of the roof, startled at the sudden voice behind him. He turned quickly, grabbing on to his window-frame and then glared up. "Riku! You want to kill me?"
The silver haired boy, who perched on top of Sora's window chuckled, his features calm as usual. "Not my fault you are so jumpy. But you really should be in bed, we're leaving tomorrow morning."
Sora's glare softened just a bit as he raised an eyebrow at his friend. "Look who's talking. As the 'captain' of the 'Highwind' you should be rested more than any of us."
He had made sure to highlight this fact, still a little upset about the race he had lost today.
Riku sighed. "Oh come on Sora, you can't still be mad about that."
Sora sighed and shook his head. He wasn't really. He didn't care what the name of the raft was, and in his mind Riku made the best captain out of the three of them. But why did he have to make that comment about sharing the paopu fruit with Kairi. After the race Riku had said that he had been joking, but the blow had been made, and the wound still stung.
The brunet rested his chin in his hands. "What do you think we'll find out there?"
Riku sat down next to Sora, legs dangling over the edge of the roof. "I don't know. But whatever it will be, it will be quite an adventure."
Sora nodded and then smiled at Riku. "Let's make a promise."
Riku raised an eyebrow. "A promise?"
Sora nodded. "Yes. Let's promise to always be together. You, me.... and Kairi."
Riku blinked, wondering what had caused this idea. He shook his head. "Sora, we'll always be together. We always have been. Nothing will change that."
Sora grinned. "Pinky promise?"
Riku blinked at Sora's extended hand and sighed. "Sure, pinky promise."
The younger boy smiled. "Thanks Riku."
Silver strands flew about as Riku shook his head, once again failing to understand his friends logic. He looked at Sora, finding the boy yawning and stretching extensively. "Tired?"
Sora nodded. "Yeah. I think I'm going to bed, don't wanna be left behind tomorrow."
Riku smirked. "Yeah, be there on time or Kairi and I'll be gone."
Sora. "'Xactly. Night Riku."
"Night."
Quickly climbing back into his room Sora closed the window, and, after watching Riku walk away towards his own home, the curtains too. Taking off his shirt he briefly wondered why Riku had paid him such a late night visit but shrugged it off. Riku could be strange sometimes, and if it had been something important Riku would tell him tomorrow.
~*~*~
"A crap! Why me! Out of the way! I'm late!"
Those were Sora's words as he raced across the beach, pulling his hooded sweatshirt on as he went. Some of his friends looked at him in wonder, others didn't bother to look up and another small part just chuckled. They were used to this. Sora had a big heart, but sometimes the young boy could be a little scatterbrained.
While aware of his friends looks, Sora had more pressing things on mind. He was late, and he had no doubts that Riku would leave without him. Racing up a hill he came to a sudden stop and he observed the beach below and his heart jumped. The raft was still there, and he could make out two figures, sitting on the warm sand, feet extended into the gentle surf.
Relieved that they hadn't gone without him Sora let out a whoop of joy and raced for his friends calling their names all the while. Needles to say he was out of breath by the time he got there. "H-hey you.... guys."
Kairi looked up and pouted at him. "You're late Sora."
Sora managed a week smile. "S-sorry.... I *huff* I over.... slept."
Kairi giggled and rose from the warm sand. "You're lucky Riku insisted on waiting for you."
Sora blinked. That hadn't been something he had been expecting. Riku had insisted on waiting? That didn't seem like him at all. Sora frowned at his friend. "Riku...?"
The silver haired boy rose from the sand as well. "Now that you're here... let's get going. Come on Sora, you can help me with the sail."
Sora stared at Riku and then jumped when he realized Riku had meant him. "O-okay.... hey Riku... wait!"
Kairi giggled as Sora raced after Riku, trying to catch up. The two of them had the oddest friendship she'd ever seen. Always competing, but never willing to do something without the other. The girl smiled to herself. This should prove to be an interesting adventure for all of them.
~*~*~
"Riku... I'm bored!"
The addressed boy sighed as he lay lengthwise across the raft, eyes closed against the blaring sun. "Kairi, there's nothing we can do about it."
It had surprised Riku that Kairi had been the first to complain about boredom, especially since Sora was with them. Within this group Sora was known to be the one with the shortest patience, but the brunet boy had been awfully quiet ever since the group had embarked on their little adventure. What was Sora thinking about?
"Isn't there anything we can do? Sora, come on think of something."
Riku winced. Kairi was nice and all, but right now she annoyed him. Couldn't she just enjoy the silence like Sora and he were doing?
Sitting up Riku looked at Sora, eyes questioning for any ideas. The brunet glanced at Kairi exasperated, a look that Riku hadn't seen on Sora before. Now he really wondered what was going through the boys head.
"We could point out cloud-shapes." He said with a shrug.
Riku and Kairi both grimaced. They had done that very same thing for the last three days and frankly, they were running out of shapes to point out.
Kairi knitted her eyebrows in a cute frown. "Sora, we've been doing that for days now, and it's getting old really quick. Not to mention there are no clouds in the sky."
Riku nodded in agreement. Anything to get around playing that game -again-.
Sora shook his head. "There clouds right over there." He pointed towards the sky behind Riku and Kairi.
Both teens frowned and turned and their eyes widened. Dark rolling thunderclouds were balling at the horizon, and, judging by their movements, heading their way.
~*~*~
(Riku's POV)
'Oh Shit....' That was about all my brain managed as I took in the sight of the giant storm clouds rolling our way. If you've never been on a tropical island or even near the ocean let me tell you one thing, when storms hit, they hit fast and hard.
"Sora!"
I could see him jump at my voice. Okay, so it sounded a little angrier than I intended. "Why didn't you point that out earlier?!"
Sora blinked and then frowned. "It's not like we can do anything about it. We can't avoid it, and there's no shelter on the raft."
I could hear Kairi whimper in fear and I couldn't help but glare at Sora. He really is a nice kid, but he can be really stupid at times. This was one of them.
He looked at Kairi and immediately an apologetic expression crossed his face. "Ne, Kairi, we'll be fine, we survived worse storms before."
Kairi's expression didn't change, except for her skin becoming paler and paler as she kept staring at the ominous clouds. "But... back then... we were on the island. Now we have only the raft..."
I wrapped my arm around her shoulder. "Don't worry, it's not like we're going to get caught unaware. We can prepare a little bit."
I could feel her muscles relax under my fingers as she calmed down a bit. Girls can be so predictable. A man's strong, protective arm around them can do wonders. (A.N.: RIKU!)
I let go of her again, starting to untie the ropes of the sail. "Sora! Come on, move it! Last thing we want to happen is for us to loose the sail."
"Hai!"
It didn't take us long to take down the sail and secure it close to the mast of our little raft. Kairi was getting more nervous with every passing minute. When the sky started to get darker I told her to go sit by the mast. I swear, if she wouldn't have suffered an ulcer with her nervous pacing, she would have fallen off the raft sooner or later. Both situations I really didn't look forward to.
Standing at the edge of the raft I stared at the sky, feeling the waves rock the small raft more and more. I noticed Sora next to me long before he finally spoke up in a soft voice. "You think we gonna make it through this?"
'What do you want to hear Sora, honest, brutal truth, or some easy said nonsense that is supposed to make you feel better?' Being honest to myself I had a gut feeling that this storm would cause catastrophe. To which degree I didn't know, but I had this feeling deep inside that this would be bad.
"I don't know Sora." I answered just as quiet, keeping my answer neutral. "Why, you scared?"
Brown hair flew in unruly waves as he shook his head. "Not really, because we're in this together. Up 'till now all the adventures we went through together turned out okay. I believe this will be the same."
I blinked at him. Was he sincere about that? He sure looked like it. I thought about it and realized that he was right. Every time he and I had managed to stumble into tight situations we somehow managed to get out alright. That never changed. Not even after Kairi had joined our little group, and I knew a lot had changed ever since. Not necessarily something I enjoyed thinking about too much.
I smiled a little and let my gaze wander over the dark sky again. "You know what Sora. I think you might be right."
I could just imagine Sora's confused look as he looked at my profile. "Huh?"
I didn't answer as I kept watching the clouds, awaiting for hell to break loose.
~*~*~
Sadly Sora hadn't been right. The storm turned out to be far more severe than he and Riku had anticipated. The small raft shook violently and waves splashed over them all the time, threatening to wash the overboard. Cold wind kept gnawing at their already soaked clothes and exposed skin. The sky was pitch-black, only lightened by lightning that seemed to strike closer to the raft with every passing minute.
"Sora! The sail came loose! Try if you can reach it, if it gets washed away we're screwed!" Riku yelled over the waves and wind, holding on to the mast as he tried to shield both, Sora and Kairi, from the worst of the weather.
Sora nodded and slowly released the death grip of his right hand from the mast. He straightened from his slouched position over Kairi and stretched out, trying to catch the flapping sail.
"I can't.... reach it!" He hollered.
"Sora... hold on to my hand and I will get the sail!"
Sora turned and blinked at Kairi. Surely he hadn't heard right. But the girls face was determined as she took his right hand firmly in his. "I'll get it.... just don't let go!"
Sora nodded and held on tight to both, the mast and Kairi, as the girl slowly crept forward, free hand outstretched to catch the sail as soon as she could. "Good Kairi! You almost have it!"
"Watch out!"
Sora had barely time to register Riku's warning when another wave came crashing down on them, taking them by surprise. He sputtered and coughed as he swallowed water and realized too late that he was loosing his hold on Kairi's hand.
"KAIRI!" With wide eyes he saw the girl trying to grab a hold of some part of the slippery wood. It all seemed like slow motion to him. He could see her hand slipping and the waves pulling her away from the raft.
"KAIRI! No!" Sora's muscles tensed as he let go of the mast. He had to try to save her.
He gasped as a strong arm wrapped around his waist, pulling him back and holding him there. He squirmed and managed to turn, glaring at Riku. "Let me go! I need to help her!"
Riku's arm just tightened, almost painfully so. "Sora! There's nothing you can do but kill yourself!"
Sora frowned stubbornly, tugging at the unyielding hold. "Kairi will die if I don't help her!"
"How will committing suicide help her Sora?!" Riku snapped. "There's nothing you can do! Kairi wouldn't want you to, she'd want you to live!"
Sora hung his head eyes stinging with hot tears. He knew Riku was right, but it still felt so horribly wrong. Anger and desperation didn't let him think clear. "What do you mean she wants us to live?! Face it Riku! We won't make it through this!"
Sea green eyes darkened. "If you give up that easy then of course we won't! Damnit Sora! You're the optimist of the group! When did I get stuck with the job!?"
Sora was about to answer when his eyes widened and pale hands clung tighter to Riku's arm. Riku frowned and turned slightly, wondering what the boy was looking at now. He could feel his heart jump with fear as he saw the wave that was approaching them, just simply too tall for their little raft to handle.
"Oh shit...." Riku closed his eyes and reflexively held on tighter to the mast and Sora, even though he knew that it was futile. That wave would flip their raft over easily and they would drown, just as Kairi had. The last thing that crossed Riku's mind was that Sora had been right after all, they wouldn't make it, and then all he felt was icy water and the world went black.
~*~*~
A.N.: Yeah I know.. No-one can get THAT far on a raft but.. You know..I kinda wanted to keep that part of the story. it's so CUTE! Well please review.. Need useful tips for writing.. Want feedback .. Pwetty pwease? *chibi eyes and then falls over unconcious*