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Cloud- Is that all you have to say?

RikkuFF10- oh yeah…thanks to Lunis again for reviewing!!

Cloud (sweatdrops) – I didn't mean that…

The next day…a sunny, normal Destiny Islandish day…but the atmosphere was far from normal…

Wakka- 'Look at him…he's just sitting out there on the paopu tree..just like the way Riku used to…and he even looks like Riku used to…all confused and thinking…

Sephie- 'Poor Sora…man, must be hard to lose your two closest friends…I heard they were even going to hold a tournament of some kind…but look at him- he looks like someone just died- but then I guess…'

Tidus- 'Don't say it Selphie! Sora might hear…but yeah, by the looks of it, he looks like HE just died..'

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Sora stared out into the distance. A tear trickled down his face, and he hurriedly wiped it away with the back of his hand.

'Why, why, why??? Riku, Kairi!! Why did you leave me? Where are you? I miss you guys so much…how could you leave me here? I…I wanted to go with you! How could you just leave me…no….you have to come back…if you don't…I'll…I'll… I dunno…. I didn't even get to share a paopu fruit with you guys…'

Sora's hand reached to touch the surface of the paopu fruits, which hang there strongly on the branches, as strong as friendship bonds. They didn't fall, or get destroyed by the darkness…but little did Sora and his friends know, these paopu fruits had grown a dark black spot within them…ready to strike anyone who bite into the sweet flesh of the fruits.

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Riku drifted in and out of consciousness, aware of a throbbing pain in his head. He looked up, and searched for Kairi…but there was nothing around him, just shimmering sand and bleak darkness. Suddenly, a flash of lightning struck in the distance…and a voice drifted towards him…

'Riku… I have obtained you at last… my pleasure to meet you… I knew you would fall into my trap though…you are too loyal to your friends…ahh…but Sora is the one who you should be scared for…leaving him there, what you do expect your dear little friend to do?'

The voice was mocking him, speaking in an irritating voice to which Riku flinched. He glared into the darkness, confused. The voice grinned at him through evil blackness…and a flash of thunder hit him right on the spot, and he fell into blackness once again…

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Sora jumped off the Paopu tree after a few hours just sitting there- but he had a plan already formed in his mind. His eyes gleamed at the thought- he knew it was a stupid plan…but it had a chance of finding his friends. And when there's a will, there's a way…that's what Sora thought. His friends meant everything to him- he knew Riku since he was born, their parents being best friends before them. Kairi was a great person to talk to- Sora knew that he had to find both of them. Or else he would never forgive himself…

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That night, just as Sora had expected, the darkness returned. While the others had promised to stay in their homes and stay IN bed, Sora stood defiantly out in the circular area where the paopu tree stood. He kept standing there while the strands of darkness touched his skin him- he stood there until the darkness completely surrounded him- and then it happened. He was lifted up into his feet, spun around in the darkness like a paper aeroplane, and whoooosh he was gone. Gone to somewhere he never would have expected to be…

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Riku woke up again, this time in a warm wooden bed with a pair of bright green eyes staring straight at him. He jumped up, and immediately his head throbbed like hell. He groaned, falling back on his pillows with a thump.

"Sora…" he whispered, until his head refused to let his eyes open, and he fell back once again into a sleep that he feared to enter.

RikkuFF10- So where did Sora go? Where is Riku? Where is Kairi? This chapter was sorta annoying, huh? It didn't flow well…if you can, can you give me some ideas as to where Kairi might end up? Danke! (thanks in German)

Cloud- What? Since when did you speak German?

RikkuFF10- I was born in Germany, you bum! (I'm not kidding about that- but I'm chinese, not german, ok?)

Cloud- Like, ok! Chill out! Man, you're crazy! (afterthought)… Just like me…