A/N: Ok, this is the next chapter, and as before I have notes to those of you who reviewed…Um this is fairly short because I was trying forever to decide if what I originally planned on was what I was going to do or not, but anyway…read on! And please read and review it means so much! Thanks.
Disclaimer: I still do not own any of the characters, and don't assume I do, if I did, trust me, I would make it very well known ~.^
"Hey guys!" the cheery red head called to my dueling partner and me from a few feet way. "Come here, you have to see this!" I nodded to her then looked down at my silver haired friend. That's right, I looked down at him.
"Looks like I win." I stated happily from my post atop Riku with a smirk. I abandoned my victorious position and jogged over to Kairi who was stooping in front of a small bush. "What is it, Kairi?" I asked as I kneeled next to her.
"Look at this." She moved her hand and revealed to us a couple berries that were a brilliant shade of purple. I took one and rolled it between my thumb and index fingers, careful not to squish it. I replaced it in her hand then gave her a questioning look.
"Umm…that's great, Kairi." I said, not really understanding what it was exactly she was getting at. It's a new berry…Last night we ate a lot of new things, what was so special that I didn't get enough time to gloat over my victory over Riku? "Why--?"
Before I could finish my question, Kairi had popped one of the berries into my mouth. Sweet juice gushed through my mouth creating a pleasant sensation too incredible to voice. This berry was like nothing I had ever tasted before. It seemed to radiate strength and rest, rejuvenating my body instantly.
I could feel my eyes growing large as I continued chewing; savoring the delicate flavor. I looked to Riku who was at my side in the sand and tried to explain the berry. I felt oddly compelled to express the taste and feeling it have me, but no words would come.
Riku started laughing abruptly claiming something about 'Oh Sora, if only you could see you're face!' I swallowed the small berry and tackled him playfully.
"Teach you to laugh at me!" I declared happily, wrestling with my best friend, and I had all intentions of winning this battle too. I rolled him on his back but he exploited the momentum to roll me onto mine; pinning me to the ground. I struggled until I managed to get one wrist extracted from Riku's death grip which I batted at his head with, causing him to duck which was the exact reaction I wanted and expected.
When the teen ducked, most his weight went forward onto his hand holding my other wrist above my head; using his other to block my attack. I took advantage of this position and unpinned my legs and toppled him onto his back; grinning into his face.
He stared at me; I'd never been able to get out of his pin before….never, and this showed evidently in his expression.
Wow. I'd never been able to do that before. I blinked. I'd tried that strategy a couple times in the past, but it was always a forfeited match once I got locked beneath my aqua eyed friend.
"Well." I smiled, about to announce my second victory for the hour, but Riku wasn't about to let that happen; which I should have expected.
He swung his weight to the left sending us splashing into the water for the second time that morning. Ugh, I'm never going to get dry at this rate…
I stood in the ankle deep water; eyes squeezed shut as to not let any more of the stinging water into my eyes. I got into a defensive stance, reading to block Riku's attack. This wrestling match was mine. I wiped the salt water from my eyes, only to find that Riku, as I had originally thought, was not in front of me. I whirled around only to be knocked off my feet from behind, and with a splash fell on my back into the water in mid spin.
The waves crashed over my body, momentarily burying me in the water, and Riku flopped on top of me.
"Give up?" He sneered playfully.
My renewed strength from earlier seemed completely drained now, and I managed a nod; There was no way Riku was going to get me to open my mouth to, primarily admit defeat verbally, and secondly, have saltwater flood through my mouth.
"Hmm?" He leaned closer to my face with a rather large smile plastered on my face. But Riku wasn't stupid, he didn't lean close enough that I would be able to push him off, or have the coming and going waves splash his face that were constantly pouring over my body .I nodded twice this time. He wasn't seriously going to make me…oh no! "Sora, I can't hear you…what did you say?" He was grinning too widely now.
The wave receded allowing me air. "Yes, you win! You win! Now let me—"my sentence was cut off as a wave rushed up and covered me again. I lost…to Riku and the wave. It wasn't fair!
Riku accepted this and released me from my wet prison, laughing at me, then voicing my previous thoughts: "You don't think I'd let you win twice in a row now did you, Sora?" His laughing momentarily interrupted him, "and then let you get away without really admitting defeat? Hah, nice try." He gave me a small wink then continued laughing lightly.
I stood up and ran my hands through my wet and sandy hair, and pouted. That really, really isn't fair. "It wouldn't have been a choice if I didn't let my guard down earlier." I was referring to when he managed to break through my pin, and I think he understood that perfectly.
Side by side, we walked back to Kairi who had her hands on her hips, waiting for us. I dropped onto the beach away from the malicious waves and at Kairi's feet, awaiting her lecture on how we needed to be more responsible or something or other…
"Come on guys," she whined uselessly, "you both need to grow up! We're going exploring tomorrow and there's no way I'm doing all the work. There's still a lot that has to be done. We still need to find some way to carry a few supplies and all on our backs, that way we don't have to come back here every meal to get something to eat—we'll get nowhere…The last think I need is you two bums goofing off!" I laughed. She could only stay angry for so long with me with out succumbing to at least a giggle—but I got a full laugh.
"Alright, alright…" I said trying to pull myself back together all the while hearing the peaceful laughing of both my friends' voices. This was bliss; I could ask for nothing more there was nothing left to want….right? Well…no. I shook my head to clear it and repeated to my self over and over to enforce it 'Friend, friend, friend…just friend…friend…'
Kairi and Riku were looking at me now, "are you…alright, Sora?" the redhead asked carefully, her purple eyes looking deeply into my blue ones, daring me to lie to her.
"Of course I'm ok." I gave her my goofy grin, "Why wouldn't I be?"
She remained silent a moment then shrugged. "I don't
know." She smiled and began to walk off, calling over her shoulder. "Riku, you
and Sora need to get some more of the supplies. She if you can find any of the
things I put on that list I gave you earlier, Ok?"
My silver haired friend nodded
then ruffled my hair, spilling wet sand all over me, and it hit him, but fell
to the ground due to his standing beside me. He extended his hand, helping me
up from the sandy turf and tugged me along behind, pulling a dripping piece of
paper from the pocket of his jeans.
"Let's see…." Aqua marine eyes flicked over the page silently. "We need…." He dragged out the sentence to gather his thoughts. "Alright," He announced he'd collected them and ordered them. "We need to get some coconuts if we can find some, along with any of the stuff we ate last night, and umm…" he squinted at the smeared words, "uhh…anything else." He grinned, knowing I wouldn't buy that, but I nodded and we walked off into the forest behind us. This'll be fun, Riku and I together on a mini mission. Yeah, a mini mission, I like the sound of that…Maybe—
My thoughts were interrupted as something hit me full in the face, knocking me to the ground, then the world went black…
A/N: Ok, well it's sorta short, but I wanted you guys to know I'm still alive!!! And trying to work, and what I was going to originally do, has been changed now *sigh* oh well, this new plot works… I need you all to, when you review, tell me if you want this story to (a) stay the same as it is, ie: not really any romance or anything, (b) become Sora/Riku or Riku/Sora (whichever one is supposed to be proper) or (c) become a SoKairi. THIS IS IMPORTANT THAT YOU TELL ME!!!!!!!
So…to those of you that reviewed…..
Maxine: Ever loyal you are, thank you so much for reviewing again and again! And thanks for the 'rnrn' clue, that was most appreciated. I clicked on the link, but do I have to actually "sign up?" I didn't know if I had to or not, so I didn't, but if you have AIM, IM me on Strlght033 sometime…
Angel Bliss: Oh I do hope you write a story of your own, and I am so honored to think that I could provide perhaps some inspiration for it! Hope you can find a plot and work from there!!!
DarkDragon: Always nice to see a new face! ^.^ I'm glad you like it, and find the personalities to be on target! Thank you so much for the review!
Liliane Evyl: Hello J I think I have your opinion for this vote, but go ahead and just restate it when you review again *wink wink* I'm so happy to hear you like it, it makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside to know people are reading this…ok well, maybe not warm and fuzzy, but you know what I mean ~.^
PIcaRDMPC: First of all, of course, thank you for helping me figure out the whole 'rnrn' thing, too. And please tell me where the characters are out of character in the future, because I really want to help get them into 'the way they should be!!!!' So that it is all good J Thank you so much for the review, and I like constructive critism ^.^ Always a good thing.
RIA: No kiss or
anything yet, nor do I have anything planned at the moment for that, so we'll
see how things turn out, if it so happens to turn out most people want a
Riku/Sora thing, I'll write two versions or something, one Riku/Sora for them,
and something without the romance or I'll make it SoKairi
(whichever you prefer), ok? ^.^
~*~Sora~*~
