A/n: Well he's the next part guys! Notes to the mere four of you that reviewed for the last chapter…on with the story!

Clunk!  I woke up abruptly, trapped by material enveloping my body and restraining my movement. What's going on?

            My captor was lugging me around and the continuous jolting and bouncing of my containment bag was disorienting, leaving me with no sense of direction. Where was I going? Who would want something with me? Thoughts rushed in and out of my head in a melee so I couldn't keep anything straight.

            We stopped. I drew my knees up to my chest and wrapped my arms around them, my hair being pushed into my eyes by the weight of the fabric. But it didn't matter, only the voices and the newly placed floor beneath me.

            "Ok, I've kept my part of the bargain, now it's his turn," said the first voice.

            "When he told ya ta fetch 'im, I doubt that's wha' he had in mind."

            "Doesn't matter, he told me to get him, and that's what I did." I could hear the smirk in the first's voice.

            The second voice spoke again: "Well, I 'ope ya didn't get 'im bruised up to bad. Ya could've been a lil nicer…"

            Footsteps walked away with fading voices followed by the sound of a door closing.

            Slowly, I crept out of the bad and looked around the nicely furnished room. Glancing back at my former containment, I couldn't help but wonder with dry humor where they'd gotten something so large to carry me in.

            I wasn't sure what to do anymore…Do I wait here? Should I try to get away? What do they want with me of all people?

            Defeatedly, I sat down on the couch to wait, but what I was waiting for, I didn't know.

            Minutes ticked by until I lost track of time, dozing in and out of sleep. Thoughts of what was being planned and who wanted me occasionally graced my mind. The door opened.

            My head snapped up. Two figures blocked the door way, the taller one leaning against the door with an almost mocking aura.

            "Riku! Kairi!"" I leapt off the furniture and embraced them with a cheesy grin on my face. "How'd you guys get here?!"

            That was when it hit me, they were here. Riku wasn't going to wake me up. Does this mean this is a reality?

            "King Mickey helped us out." Kairi was answering my question, "he showed us this place called the 'Void' and we were able to figure out—well, Mickey was able to figure out where you were more or less…"

            "Then I guess we're stuck," I said with a small laugh, "I was counting on you guys to save me and wake me up." I gave them a wink.  "So was I still asleep then?"

            "No, that's what worried us," Kairi answered again, "You weren't there; you'd just….vanished." Kairi broke into a fit of giggles and hugged me. I really didn't see how that was funny though… "But you're ok now!" A smile that would rival mine graced her face.

            "Let's get out of here." Riku said, straight to the point but it got the job done. So we followed Riku and left the building.

            The dirt streets weren't as busy today as they were yesterday, and lucky for us, Mickey had given Riku something called 'munny' that we could use for dinner and anything else while we were here.

            "Riku, do we have to keep walking?" Kairi complained, "It's hot and we've been going nonstop ever since we left!"

            "I'm looking for someone; we can't stop till we find him."

            "Uhh, don't you think we'd find this guy quicker if we walked up and down the main roads?" I asked, "there's almost no one on these back streets."

            "Exactly."

            "Huh? What do you mean? I thought we were trying to—"

            "There are too many people on the main roads, and also, he sticks to these back allies as well.

            I nodded my understanding even though he couldn't see me since I was walking behind him with Kairi.

            "That still doesn't change that my feet hurt." Kairi huffed.

            "Well, stop then," Riku said nonchalantly, "we'll come back for you when we've found him, right Sora?"

            "But—" Kairi protested.

            "That's what you want right…to stop walking?"

            "Riku, we need to stay together," I cut in before the argument continued; "Kairi can't just sit down in an alley, who knows what might happen to her." I half smirked half grinned at Riku, "besides, I wanna rest too."

            My friend finally gave in with a soft sigh. "Five minutes then, that's all."

            "Thank you!" Kairi swung her arms around Riku's neck thanking him over and over again before sitting on a crate resting her head back against the side of a building. Riku followed suit climbing up next to her.  I on the other hand plopped down just off to the side of the road and lay down at my friends' feet.

             My eyelids seemed to be carrying weights and despite my efforts, I fell asleep.

            I awoke some time later to hear the voices of three people, two of which I placed as Kairi and Riku, but the other was one I'd never heard before.

            "So we aren't supposed to be here?" Riku asked.

            "Not according to what you've told me," the new voice answered.

            "Well," Kairi giggled, "then where are we supposed to be?"

            There was a long pause during which I opened my eyes to see Kairi standing next to Riku, facing a tall man in white pants and a purple vest.

            "You might try," he paused to look around as if to see whether or not someone else might be watching. He locked eyes with Riku and told him something I couldn't hear, and Riku nodded in response.

            "Well, wouldn't want the palace guards to catch me here with you, so I'll be off." The stranger bounded off after flashing Kairi and winning smile. When he did that something stirred inside me, something I would later to put a name to.
            "Sora, you're awake!" Kairi smiled happily and walked over. "We found the guy Riku was looking for while you were sleeping, you lazy bum. Come on, get up, we're going somewhere new!" My friend skipped back to Riku then placed her hands on her hips when she realized I hadn't followed.

            Smiling half heartedly at her, I got up and joined them.

            We headed out into the desert after purchasing a few supplies for our trip, such as food and a pair of sandals for me.

            The sun beat down on us scorching anything and everything. Often time the heat made the landscape blurry, not that it mattered, it was all sand dune after sand dune.  We continued on and on until nothing of Agrabah could be seen anymore. After a good deal of time and a quick lunch, I was really beginning to feel the affects of the sun. It bit and scratched at my skin tingeing it pink. I never thought in a million years of living on an island I'd get sunburn that I thought I was immune to…Oh how wrong I was.

            The further we walked, the more and more noticeable and frequent blades of grass were becoming. Were we coming to an oasis? By some stroke of luck? Maybe we can relax then and think of some way to get back home and Riku can tell me what the guy said…

            Kairi was looking at me expectantly, "Sora, are you listening to me?"

            "Huh? What?" I snapped out of my thoughts.

            "Sora," She whined, "pay attention, don't you think we should stop?"

            I looked at her, then Riku, then back to Kairi. "Umm, maybe we should keep walking Kairi." I displayed a pout face. "It's really hot out right now," I flipped my frown into a smile "we might end up like burnt cookies!"

            Kairi laughed, and I think Riku might have been too. Making my friends laugh makes me happy and it makes them happy to. I can't explain it, but it is probably one of the best things to make someone else happy…

            We walked for another half hour and by then the sand was gone and replaced by springy green grass.

            "Umm, guys?" Kairi started a little blush being visible through her sun burnt face.

            "Yeah?" I mumbled being very tired from the walk and heat.

            "Are we going to eat?"

            A smirk made its way across Riku's face.

            "What are you smiling about? I'm hungry too." I said trying to keep my cool but today had been so long and tiring, and when I'm really tired like that, well, I'm irritated really easily…

            "I'm not smiling about anything…" Riku answered, "I just want to know what you're going to eat." 

            "What do you mean?!" Kairi asked with terror filled eyes

            "Well at lunch we ate everything." He spoke simply as if it didn't affect him in the least…that's what bothered me.

            "Oh." Kairi's response was equally devoid of emotion.

            "Well…" I tried to protest further but found no argument to make.

            "Don't worry," Riku's smirk doubled in size; growing to an unhealthy egotistical level. "I'll take care of you guys." I know he added that just to poke at me… "According to the map, there's a town just over that hill."

            I gave an exasperated sigh. Riku would always have something over me…I could never win. But I will win one day, one day Riku…

            Kairi punched Riku in the shoulder. "Riku that wasn't funny!" Riku managed in between laughs to say:

            "You should've…you should've seen…seen your faces!" Riku was laughing but Kairi continued to scowl at him.

            We entered a nice looking town, the streets not as busy as the ones before in Agrabah.  It was nice, we walked through the streets, and it would have been romantic if it were just the two of us…

            The sun was coloring the sky beautiful colors as we sat down to a spaghetti dinner at a nice restaurant. The cooks serenaded us on the accordion and sang. It really was nice…

            The full moon accented my friends' faces in the most beautiful ways I'd ever seen. The silver sheen reflected in Kairi's eyes and created a little halo over Riku's silvery hair.

            "Hey Sora?" I looked up from my plate, surprised the silence of our dinner had been interrupted. "Can I talk to you?"

            "Sure go ahead."

            My friend looked at my plate then back at me. "Alone?"

            "Oh, yeah sure."

            Together we walked off into the park. Water splashed from the fountain and there didn't seem to be anything besides the two if us.

A/N: Ok! Well who's Sora with? Is it Kairi or Riku?! Hmm you'll have to wait to decide. From here it's going to split and you can choose whether you want the story to be sora/kairi or riku/sora. Depending on the one you want, it'll be titled Altered Destiny: Riku or Altered Destiny: Kairi.  Mmmk. Well, it may take a while to get the next part up. Things seem to be crumbling like cookies around here, so I need to get life together first. Alrighty!

Sakurako Yume: Well I'm glad you like it! Hopefully you'll continue reading with either one (or both) of the split endings.

Lu-chan: Well, this split directions deal that should please you. Now you can have the Riku/Sora, yay! Word of warning though, I've never written anything like that…so don't hold too high of expectations, ok? ~.^

Maxine: Hey! I'm glad you like it. I think didn't you want it to be riku/sora too? Well you can really read it that way now! ^.^ Ok well see you in the next part!

Dual Keyblade Master: Sorry about King Mickey, I knew I wasn't doing him right, I just couldn't remember exactly how he acted. I've read so many fan fics where he's all serious and all…Ok; well tell me what you think of them in this part. Sora may have been a little more angsty or something than I intended. I wasn't feeling the best when I wrote it. Ok well see you next time!