A/N: I STILL don't own KH... If I did, then this would be the sequel... But I don't, so it's not... It is A sequel, though! And I kinda forgot what Sora says when he floats away from Kairi at the end.


Heartless.
Hundreds of them, leaping at him, trying to tear at his clothes, to get to...
His heart.
Slashing his weapon through the air, and killing a few, he leapt backwards.
As the black creatures crawled towards him, he fired various magics at them.
Yet, they kept appearing from nowhere, and kept attacking. He wiped a hand over his sweaty brow, and continued to fight. He wouldn't give up.
But...
The neverending will of the Heartless far outlasted his own. He couldn't help but feel tired, something that Curaga couldn't help.
Then one, far bigger than the others, appeared.
He just didn't feel up to the fight, and bowed his head, accepting defeat.

The Heartless dissapeared in a shower of golden light.
He looked up, sweat running down his face.
A woman stood in front of him, long blonde hair waving in the slight wind. Her expression was unreadable.
"Why did you insist to fight so long?" She asked.
He looked up. "It was only an hour."
The woman shook her head. "Make that four hours."
"Oh..."
She turned away, facing a huge castle in the distance. "You should get some rest, if you wish to train before dark."
He nodded. "Fine, it doesn't really matter."

Quietly,
Stand in the exit way,
And, in the pitch-black, take the light;

~***~

Kairi didn't return home until almost midnight. For some reason, there was an old gummi ship in the ocean... She believed in fate.
'I'll find Sora and Riku someday,' She thought, 'It'll be the three of us again.'

And about the recent promises,
Is it just that I`m so anxious?
A wish that`s wanting to be said, but shall be repressed...

***

"I'll come back, I promise!"
Kairi stared up at Sora, who was drifting further and further away from her. Inside, she was crying. Riku was lost and now Sora was leaving her too...
Light flashed.
She was standing in the secret place, and there it was. The pictures she and Sora had drawn years ago. But it was different now.
Sora was handing her a paopu fruit.
This time, Kairi felt tears roll down her face, as she drew herself giving a paopu in return.
Another flash of light.
Kairi didn't know where she was. She could hear rain falling through the near immense darkness. Then a light, a dim one, but still light.
Someone was walking towards her. And whoever it was, they were glowing. As they stepped closer, she saw spiky brown hair, and the soft glow of blue eyes...

Kairi then woke up, cursing herself. But - Was that really Sora in her dream? From the little she had seen, it looked so much like him... If he were there. The dream had filled her with absolute hope, that she would see him again...

No matter what the time
We'll always be together
No matter what the time
Because you`re by my side
The light known as "you" finds me,
In the middle of the night...

~***~

Riku had been thinking about what Peryl had said. Even though she, Oren, and Saeko were his friends, they all seemed to lie to him.
As if he was different from them. And Peryl... Her words changed him somehow.
He walked down a market street, and people started whispering.
Riku kept on walking, and tried to think. What had Peryl meant about the light? What did light have to do with him?
//Keyblade...//
He looked around. Who had said that? What were they talking about?
An image of a huge key formed before him. Without thinking, Riku reached out and grabbed it.
The key - no, the keyblade, was real. It was his. The keyblade intended for him.
Maleficent was wrong.
'Maleficent?'
It was familiar. A woman wearing black, and holding a tall staff.
Riku looked down to the keyblade he had received. It was bringing back so many memories, some good, some...
Not so good.

Enter a noisy street,
And put on the mask of destiny.

~***~

The brunette from Kairi's dream stood, outside the huge castle, looking up to the raining sky above.
Today was the day that marked exactly two years since the closing of Kingdom Hearts.
Two years ago, he had lost everything. He was a whole new person.
Sora had changed, physically and mentally. His once gravity-defying hair had dropped a bit, and slightly resembled Leon/Squall's. His eyes, however, were the same.
But he no longer had such a caring attitude. In fact, there wasn't really anyone to care for.
Elescia, the woman who had let him live in her castle, was kind, and let him train. Yet she didn't care for him, so he didn't feel the need to care either.

Sora stuck his hands into his pockets, sighing deeply. Then he felt something, something star shaped.
Pulling it out, he smiled slightly.
It was Kairi's lucky charm. He'd promised to give it back.
He had also promised to return, but he didn't see that happening any time soon.
"Kairi, I'm sorry..." Her name was foreign to speak, and Sora felt silly apologizing to someone who wasn't even there.
But, still...
"I'll be back soon. I promise."

Thinking too much about the future.
Stopping things that have no meaning.
Today I`ll eat delicious things.
The future is always before us,
Even I don`t know it.


A/N: Heh, I enjoyed writing that...