Slowly Kairi smiled softly at Riku who circled around her and then
took her hand in his and softly pressed it between his hands. They stood
staring at each other until Kairi dropped her stare to the ground and
slipped her hand out of the grip, blushing profusely. Riku just smiled, he
loved how the ribbons of light softly reflected off her hair and made her
face glow.
"Stop it Riku, your embarrassing me." Kairi giggled turning her back to Riku to watch the globe of light dip down into the water. Riku watched too, seeing the light fade into the deep purple that would become night.
"Kairi I brought you here tonight for another purpose also." Riku admitted as Kairi looked over her shoulder at him questionably. She then clasped her hands behind her back and walked a few steps away from him. Riku caught her by her shoulder and she turned fully.
"What is it Riku?" she asked softly.
"Well if you wouldn't walk away then maybe I could explain." Riku laughed but this only made Kairi move further away.
"I am listing Riku, but it's hard because this is my favorite time of the night. It's when the stars begin to appear, one by one blinking their eyes." Kairi sighed sitting on some rocks that hung over the ocean. Her feet dangled off the side of the rock as she leaned back on her hands staring up at the stars that began to dot the sky.
"Yeah it's beautiful. . ." Riku started but then leaned down next to Kairi so they were face to face. He then lifted his eyebrows and finished, "Just like you."
Kairi laughed and looked back up to the sky that had faded into black darkness now. Only the silver moon lit their faces as dark shadows replaced the light wherever it couldn't reach.
"Kairi why don't you understand?" Riku asked taking her chin so she looked at him. "I have been trying to tell you something and you ignore it."
"I don't mean to. . ."
"I have something for you, I hope that you accept it and maybe. . . return it and the feeling I have along with it." Riku began as his fingers slipped the star shaped object out of his pocket.
"What are you talking about Riku, you are acting strange tonight and I. . ." Kairi started but Riku took her hand and put the star shaped object in it.
Kairi's eyes looked it over as her mouth stopped in the next syllable she was about to finish. Her hands trembled under the extreme weight of the object, not just physical weight but mental weight. She then looked into Riku's optimistic eyes, he was leaned forward into her. . .waiting for her answer.
"Riku. . .why?" Kairi asked closing her fist on the star and holding it to her chest. Her eyes squished up in disbelief and the words came out slowly in a whisper.
"Because Kairi, you saved my life. You scarified everything for me. I decided then I would give everything back to you, by loving you and having you love me in return."
Kair leaned back a little and let the star fall from her trembling hand. It rolled on the rock and fell in the sand, staring and waiting. Kairi stared back at it as she covered her mouth uncertain of what to do and stricken with surprise. Riku also looked at the star seeing that the choice was hard on Kairi. He picked it up off the sand and brushed it off and slipped it back into his pocket.
"I can see your not ready to make your choice." Riku replied looking down, defeated and hurt.
Kairi shook her head, "I can't make that choice. It's a lasting choice and. . .there could be others."
Riku looked up and leaned closer to her so that their noses were just inches away from each other, "There won't be others."
With this answer Riku moved his right hand on Kairi's lower back to bring Kairi closer and for the first time Kairi's parted lips touched Riku's. Riku shut his eyes in instant passion and romance but Kairi's wandered in uncertainty. She neither fought back nor contributed. Stars twinkled above them but suddenly one fell across the sky leaving a trail of stardust and dreams behind it lighting up their kiss with more passion. This inspired Riku to only to kiss Kairi harder and hold onto her body tighter.
"RIKU!" Sora cried bounding out of the shack swinging the bamboo door so hard that it nearly flew off.
Riku was thrown from his kiss in a rage of anger, seeing Sora standing in the silver light only seemed to anger him further.
"I told you that you weren't invited." Riku replied annoyed.
"Well you didn't tell me you wanted to make out with Kairi!"
"Does it concern you?"
"Well no. . . but she just told you that she was uncertain of everything and you kissed her." Sora pointed out griping his tiny metal sword between his hands protectively.
Kairi turned her head to the side, lips still parted and a look of despair spread on her face. Stands of hair had fallen in her face hiding her now watery eyes.
"Kairi?" Sora asked walking towards her. Riku stepped in his path and looked down menacingly at him.
"She's fine Sora, your meddling in something I don't think you need to be in."
"Take one good look at her Riku, you see her crying! That's your doing, your hurting her!"
"Sora. . . please." Kairi pleaded hiding her face.
"You'd do the same wouldn't you Sora! You'd kiss her just as I did! She's all you ever think about or talk about. You love her don't you Sora!" Riku accused.
Kairi lifted her head, her eyes sparkling now with the water building in them. Helpless and unable to say anything Sora stuttered with low deep sounds in his throat for a moment. Sora looked at Kairi and bit his lip as he turned back to Riku who smirked at him. "No, I am her friend."
"Liar. . ."
"Sora!" Kairi screamed as Riku took out his sword he had made with his own two hands and held it straight at Sora. It gleamed with a tip of moonlight and a thirst for blood.
"Riku I don't want to fight you! This is stupid!" Sora tried but only received a sword swung right at his stomach. Sora jumped back and held up his sword.
Charging after Riku, Sora managed to get him in the arm slashing it with a red cut that dripped like Kairi's tears. Riku held his arm and turned to face Sora again switching his sword to his other hand to fight him. Riku's attacks were strong, pushing Sora closer to the edge of the little peninsula each time. Only with the last slash to the face got Sora down to the ground spilling blood out on the grains of the sand.
"Stop it!" Kairi pleaded again as she held onto Riku's arm. Riku looked down at her with sympathy and allowed his arm to be dropped to the side. Sora just stayed on his stomach, pride hurt in every way possible.
"S. . ." Kairi started but Riku gasped distracting her.
"Sora! Those things from your dream. . . are they. . ."
Sora lifted his head to see a dark pool in front of him. The pool shimmered in the moonlight in a deep velvet purple that dissolved into blackness. A creature began to ripple and throw back it's head from the goo showing it's yellow eyes that started at Sora with no expression but had a desire for death.
"Ahh!" Sora yelled sitting up and scrambling to his feet. Riku slapped a hand on his back and helped him to his feet while taking off towards the bamboo shack. "Kairi!" Sora called but the creatures around is feet forced him to run towards the shack too.
"What are they Sora!" Riku asked over his shoulder while running towards the tree house.
"Heck if I know!" Sora answered but stopped and looked into the deep cavernous area where a soft glow was pulsing. "Riku in here!"
Riku stopped and followed Sora up to the cave and ducked into the shelter of the cave. There Sora and Riku breathed hard looking around them at their old playgrounds. Markings on the walls of pictures of the past ignited with light seemed to dance back into life.
"What is going on!" Riku finally managed to say.
Sora shook his head and then perked up seeing the strange door they had discovered long ago. Now it was golden in outline and a knob had appeared in the wooden frame. Riku saw this also and touched the knob in wonder.
"Ok this is too strange."
"Kairi, she's still out there!" Sora remembered turning towards the entrance only to be met with the yellow eyes of the creatures. Sora shrunk backwards and caught his foot on a uplifted root off a tree and fell over. "OW! I have always hated that tree. . ."
"Kairi is fine, I have a feeling we will see her again. Come on we got to go through that door, it's our only chance." Riku observed seeing the yellow eyes swaying in motion as they searched the island turning the sands black.
Sora lifted himself up by the rocks that made the side walls but his hand fell on an old drawing that had been scratched in with some rocks. He smiled remembering long summer afternoons in the cool cave with Kairi. He longed to be back in those times.
"Come on Sora!" Riku wailed picking him up with one giant motion and pushing him through the door. He looked back over his shoulder and glared at the creatures that shrank away from the entrance into black shadows on the floor to slither away. He then stepped through the glowing door way but the last sounds he could hear were Kairi's cries. . .. .
"Stop it Riku, your embarrassing me." Kairi giggled turning her back to Riku to watch the globe of light dip down into the water. Riku watched too, seeing the light fade into the deep purple that would become night.
"Kairi I brought you here tonight for another purpose also." Riku admitted as Kairi looked over her shoulder at him questionably. She then clasped her hands behind her back and walked a few steps away from him. Riku caught her by her shoulder and she turned fully.
"What is it Riku?" she asked softly.
"Well if you wouldn't walk away then maybe I could explain." Riku laughed but this only made Kairi move further away.
"I am listing Riku, but it's hard because this is my favorite time of the night. It's when the stars begin to appear, one by one blinking their eyes." Kairi sighed sitting on some rocks that hung over the ocean. Her feet dangled off the side of the rock as she leaned back on her hands staring up at the stars that began to dot the sky.
"Yeah it's beautiful. . ." Riku started but then leaned down next to Kairi so they were face to face. He then lifted his eyebrows and finished, "Just like you."
Kairi laughed and looked back up to the sky that had faded into black darkness now. Only the silver moon lit their faces as dark shadows replaced the light wherever it couldn't reach.
"Kairi why don't you understand?" Riku asked taking her chin so she looked at him. "I have been trying to tell you something and you ignore it."
"I don't mean to. . ."
"I have something for you, I hope that you accept it and maybe. . . return it and the feeling I have along with it." Riku began as his fingers slipped the star shaped object out of his pocket.
"What are you talking about Riku, you are acting strange tonight and I. . ." Kairi started but Riku took her hand and put the star shaped object in it.
Kairi's eyes looked it over as her mouth stopped in the next syllable she was about to finish. Her hands trembled under the extreme weight of the object, not just physical weight but mental weight. She then looked into Riku's optimistic eyes, he was leaned forward into her. . .waiting for her answer.
"Riku. . .why?" Kairi asked closing her fist on the star and holding it to her chest. Her eyes squished up in disbelief and the words came out slowly in a whisper.
"Because Kairi, you saved my life. You scarified everything for me. I decided then I would give everything back to you, by loving you and having you love me in return."
Kair leaned back a little and let the star fall from her trembling hand. It rolled on the rock and fell in the sand, staring and waiting. Kairi stared back at it as she covered her mouth uncertain of what to do and stricken with surprise. Riku also looked at the star seeing that the choice was hard on Kairi. He picked it up off the sand and brushed it off and slipped it back into his pocket.
"I can see your not ready to make your choice." Riku replied looking down, defeated and hurt.
Kairi shook her head, "I can't make that choice. It's a lasting choice and. . .there could be others."
Riku looked up and leaned closer to her so that their noses were just inches away from each other, "There won't be others."
With this answer Riku moved his right hand on Kairi's lower back to bring Kairi closer and for the first time Kairi's parted lips touched Riku's. Riku shut his eyes in instant passion and romance but Kairi's wandered in uncertainty. She neither fought back nor contributed. Stars twinkled above them but suddenly one fell across the sky leaving a trail of stardust and dreams behind it lighting up their kiss with more passion. This inspired Riku to only to kiss Kairi harder and hold onto her body tighter.
"RIKU!" Sora cried bounding out of the shack swinging the bamboo door so hard that it nearly flew off.
Riku was thrown from his kiss in a rage of anger, seeing Sora standing in the silver light only seemed to anger him further.
"I told you that you weren't invited." Riku replied annoyed.
"Well you didn't tell me you wanted to make out with Kairi!"
"Does it concern you?"
"Well no. . . but she just told you that she was uncertain of everything and you kissed her." Sora pointed out griping his tiny metal sword between his hands protectively.
Kairi turned her head to the side, lips still parted and a look of despair spread on her face. Stands of hair had fallen in her face hiding her now watery eyes.
"Kairi?" Sora asked walking towards her. Riku stepped in his path and looked down menacingly at him.
"She's fine Sora, your meddling in something I don't think you need to be in."
"Take one good look at her Riku, you see her crying! That's your doing, your hurting her!"
"Sora. . . please." Kairi pleaded hiding her face.
"You'd do the same wouldn't you Sora! You'd kiss her just as I did! She's all you ever think about or talk about. You love her don't you Sora!" Riku accused.
Kairi lifted her head, her eyes sparkling now with the water building in them. Helpless and unable to say anything Sora stuttered with low deep sounds in his throat for a moment. Sora looked at Kairi and bit his lip as he turned back to Riku who smirked at him. "No, I am her friend."
"Liar. . ."
"Sora!" Kairi screamed as Riku took out his sword he had made with his own two hands and held it straight at Sora. It gleamed with a tip of moonlight and a thirst for blood.
"Riku I don't want to fight you! This is stupid!" Sora tried but only received a sword swung right at his stomach. Sora jumped back and held up his sword.
Charging after Riku, Sora managed to get him in the arm slashing it with a red cut that dripped like Kairi's tears. Riku held his arm and turned to face Sora again switching his sword to his other hand to fight him. Riku's attacks were strong, pushing Sora closer to the edge of the little peninsula each time. Only with the last slash to the face got Sora down to the ground spilling blood out on the grains of the sand.
"Stop it!" Kairi pleaded again as she held onto Riku's arm. Riku looked down at her with sympathy and allowed his arm to be dropped to the side. Sora just stayed on his stomach, pride hurt in every way possible.
"S. . ." Kairi started but Riku gasped distracting her.
"Sora! Those things from your dream. . . are they. . ."
Sora lifted his head to see a dark pool in front of him. The pool shimmered in the moonlight in a deep velvet purple that dissolved into blackness. A creature began to ripple and throw back it's head from the goo showing it's yellow eyes that started at Sora with no expression but had a desire for death.
"Ahh!" Sora yelled sitting up and scrambling to his feet. Riku slapped a hand on his back and helped him to his feet while taking off towards the bamboo shack. "Kairi!" Sora called but the creatures around is feet forced him to run towards the shack too.
"What are they Sora!" Riku asked over his shoulder while running towards the tree house.
"Heck if I know!" Sora answered but stopped and looked into the deep cavernous area where a soft glow was pulsing. "Riku in here!"
Riku stopped and followed Sora up to the cave and ducked into the shelter of the cave. There Sora and Riku breathed hard looking around them at their old playgrounds. Markings on the walls of pictures of the past ignited with light seemed to dance back into life.
"What is going on!" Riku finally managed to say.
Sora shook his head and then perked up seeing the strange door they had discovered long ago. Now it was golden in outline and a knob had appeared in the wooden frame. Riku saw this also and touched the knob in wonder.
"Ok this is too strange."
"Kairi, she's still out there!" Sora remembered turning towards the entrance only to be met with the yellow eyes of the creatures. Sora shrunk backwards and caught his foot on a uplifted root off a tree and fell over. "OW! I have always hated that tree. . ."
"Kairi is fine, I have a feeling we will see her again. Come on we got to go through that door, it's our only chance." Riku observed seeing the yellow eyes swaying in motion as they searched the island turning the sands black.
Sora lifted himself up by the rocks that made the side walls but his hand fell on an old drawing that had been scratched in with some rocks. He smiled remembering long summer afternoons in the cool cave with Kairi. He longed to be back in those times.
"Come on Sora!" Riku wailed picking him up with one giant motion and pushing him through the door. He looked back over his shoulder and glared at the creatures that shrank away from the entrance into black shadows on the floor to slither away. He then stepped through the glowing door way but the last sounds he could hear were Kairi's cries. . .. .