Late morning sunlight streamed into Kairi's bedroom window, waking her from her soft slumber.

"Oh no! What time is it?" Kairi panicked as she woke up. Sora had promised to show her something neat that day, and she was going to pack a lunch to bring along. She got dressed quickly, wearing a little white dress, with purple trimming. Kairi rushed into the kitchen and scourged the pantry, looking for the ingredients for a lunch of sushi and rice. She scarfed down her breakfast while she was waiting for the rice to cook, and then grabbed a pitcher of paopu juice.

She grabbed the basket of food, and ran out the door, wiping her mouth in case of crumbs. Kairi looked around for her purple-stripped white clogs, slipped them on, and ran off. "Where are you going in such a hurry?" A relaxed voice called out from the shade of a tree in Kairi's front yard.

"Oh, I was supposed to meet. . ." Kairi quickly decided that she'd say she was meeting Selphie, just so Riku wouldn't be jealous of Sora and Kairi adventuring without him. ". . .Selphie! We were going to have a picnic," Kairi giggled nervously.

"Fun," Riku smiled at Kairi. "Well, I'll see you!"

What was he doing in my front yard? Kairi thought to herself as she got into her little boat and rowed to the main island where the children played. She saw Sora standing on the dock, waving to her.

"Hey Kairi!" Sora helped Kairi out of her boat, and took her basket. "What's this?" An inquisitive look came upon Sora's face as he examined the basket.

"It's a lunch I packed!" Kairi said with pride.

"Oh, we don't need it!" Sora said mischievously.

"You're sure?" Kairi was disappointed that they weren't going to eat her delicious lunch she packed.

"Yup! You just follow me! I want to show you something really neat!" Sora took Kairi's hand and led her up a ramp and over to a cave.

"Are you sure it's safe in there?" Kairi was a little worried.

"It's fine! All of us kids have been in there, and we're still here!" All worry from Kairi left her body. Of course it's safe! Sora wouldn't take me anywhere unsafe!

"Ok then!" Kairi, still holding Sora's hand, followed him into the cave. "It's kind of scary in here!" She moved closer to Sora.

"It gets lighter as we go on, don't worry! There are holes in the ceiling that let the sun light in!" Sora was very good at reassuring.

As they walked through the cave, Kairi noticed drawings of children playing, drawings of happiness. Obviously, other children on the island had drawn these. This cave wasn't scary! It was happy!

Sora offered Kairi a rock with a pointy end. "What's this for?" She asked.

"To draw! Look!" Sora started drawing a face. Kairi followed his lead and started drawing a face as well. After a while, Kairi looked over to see what Sora was drawing.

"What are you drawing?" she asked.

"Me!" Sora laughed. "What are you drawing?"

"Me," Kairi giggled.

"Hmm. . . . it's good! You're a good artist, Kairi!" Kairi blushed from the compliment. After they finished their drawings, they stood back to admire them.

"I think they're pretty good!" Sora looked proudly at his artwork.

"Me too!"

"So, how about some lunch? I'm starving!" Sora headed over to a tree trunk, one of the many tree trunks that were in the cave that came from the towering palm trees above them. He looked frantically for the food that was supposed to be there, but he couldn't find it, "Eh. . . I think I lost the food!" Sora said nervously.

"Oh, that's alright! I brought my basket of food with me, just in case," Kairi presented the basket of food to Sora with a smile. Sora scratched his head.

"You sure are a lifesaver, Kairi!" He opened the basket to find some delicious food. "Wow! Sushi and rice! I love that! And paopu juice!" Kairi smiled as she watched Sora praise the food she had brought.

"Say, Kairi, did you ever think about paopu juice?" Kairi gave him a questioning look. "I mean, you know how if you share a paopu with someone, your destinies are intertwined. Do you think it's the same way with paopu juice?"

Kairi had never really thought of that before. She did enjoy paopu juice, but she had never drunken it with someone. "You know, I never thought of that before!"

"Well, let's pretend that it works like a real paopu," Sora grinned. All the children knew it was "forbidden" to eat a paopu with someone. Of course, only worried parents had made that rule, hoping their children wouldn't share the paopu with just anyone. But the parents never really enforced it. It was considered "unthinkable" to eat a paopu with someone, let alone yourself.

Kairi didn't object. They both drank their paopu juice at the same time.

After they had eaten their filling lunch, Sora lied down in the cool sand of the cave. "Do you really think the paopu juice worked?" he asked after a moment of silence.

"I don't know, Sora, I don't know," Kairi said, still looking at the drawings in the cave.

"Well, I hope it does."