Chapter 2
Sora growled slightly in irritation; they had finally stopped over what had seemed about hundreds of miles. His legs ached and he felt as though he could sleep forever as he lay upon his back, hands tucked behind his head as he looked up at the starry skies smiling slightly as he compared the night sky to Kairi's beautiful eyes. His mind began to float away as he saw the stars twinkling and dancing with their ethereal light; like diamonds swirling 'round in a pool of translucent water. He no longer felt the stinging frigid air around him as he slipped into a dream-filled slumber, numb to the world that had prosecuted him and cheated him of a normal life.
Donald watched Sora sleep and shook his head slightly as he took off his jaunty wizard's cap, setting it upon a rock he turned and made his way back to where Goofy was already snoring loudly upon his mat his mouth hanging open to let his thunderous nasal congestion take affect upon the world though it did not seem to faze Sora nor Donald. Shaking his head the duck settled down quietly and drifted into a peaceful oblivion.
iSora stood upon a boulder suddenly opening his cobalt eyes his head whipped around as he took in his surroundings.
"Where am I?" He asked himself aloud, looking at himself to make sure he really was all there.
Kneeling he felt the rough stone beneath his hands and looked up; confused. This is a dream isn't it? Are dreams supposed to feel so real? He heard his thoughts echo in his mind and he began to wonder if they echoed in the silence that seemed to enshroud this strange place. It seemed so familiar to him yet he could not put his finger on where or what this place was. He frowned as he saw a familiar frame walking towards him...
"Kairi." Her name sounded like a lover's exclamation rather than a statement as she drew nearer to the boy who's eyes flashed with excitement as a small smile played upon his lips.
Kairi's azure eyes were glittering with unshed tears as she ran into Sora's outstretched arms feeling them wrap around her as tears spilled over and ran rivulets down her satin cheeks. He was here...If only for awhile, they had so deeply rooted each other into their own hearts that even though many worlds separated them they were here. She could not speak as sobs were wrenched from her as she buried her face into his neck and cried out her worries and sorrows.
Sora's eyes were closed tightly as he clenched his teeth; every tear, every sob was ripping and tearing away at his heart and he wanted to bow down under the sadness that overwhelmed him but he stood stoically waiting for her sobs to recede.
Finally, with much mental reprimanding Kairi stopped her downpour and stepped back to look into Sora's warm eyes. He had changed a little, he was taller though he had always been taller then her, his profile was more defined now and she could see muscle rippling through his arms and legs.
She wanted to say so many things to him but all she could manage to say was, "Sorry, I soaked your shirt."
Sora smiled that adorable familiar grin and he winked slightly swallowing his emotions and giving in to the pretense. "It's okay, this is only a dream...God, you've changed so much Kairi..."
He was drinking the sight of her in like a man who had been lost in the desert and had finally found water to quench his eternal thirst. She was shapelier, her cherry red hair a little longer, she had grown so much in everything besides her appearance. "You look older..." He murmured softly.
Kairi laughed, ah that musical sound that was almost painful to hear and she shook her head slightly, "Gee thanks, just what I wanted to hear, well you look older too you geezer!" She smiled benignly at him making him chuckle slightly.
"I didn't mean that...You just look different..." suddenly he dropped his facade slightly and rested his hands upon her shoulders, "Kairi, how are you? How are Wakka, Selphie, Tidus, Mom, and Dad?" There was a tremor in his voice as he spoke those names...God he missed them all so much.
Kairi took his hands from her shoulders and clasped them in her own, feeling the rough calloused skin she smiled reassuringly, "Everyone's alright...They're just fine except they ask about you everyday...It's as if they think that I have the answers...I haven't known until now...I'm...Fine, really I am." She chose to exclude the fact that Strykus, a boy they knew from school, had been trying to become more intimate with her for she knew that if Sora found this out he would be very angry.
Suddenly they were falling away from each other as though someone of gray eminence was tearing them away Kairi screamed for Sora as he did for her but now they were gone falling away into consciousness. /i
And, on two different worlds Kairi and Sora both awoke choking back the cries of each other's names. Kairi's eyes were bright with tears once more as she turned and curled up in a fetal position letting her tears soak the comfortable sheets just as he had soaked Sora's shirt.
Sora, on the other hand sat up and felt something wet at his neck, he looked down to see the side of his shirt that Kairi had cried into in the dream was still wet with her diamond tears. He inhaled a deep shuddering breath and rested his chin upon his knees looking up at the moon that seemed to look kinder to him now as he tore away at his sorrows trying to defeat them whilst his companions and that dratted dog slept on unknowing of his turmoil.
As the moon's glow began to retreat and the stars fade from the skies the crimson took hold of the earth it's rays breaking the silence as it roused the songbirds from their nests sending them to chirping joyously as though praising the new dawn.
Sora growled slightly in irritation; they had finally stopped over what had seemed about hundreds of miles. His legs ached and he felt as though he could sleep forever as he lay upon his back, hands tucked behind his head as he looked up at the starry skies smiling slightly as he compared the night sky to Kairi's beautiful eyes. His mind began to float away as he saw the stars twinkling and dancing with their ethereal light; like diamonds swirling 'round in a pool of translucent water. He no longer felt the stinging frigid air around him as he slipped into a dream-filled slumber, numb to the world that had prosecuted him and cheated him of a normal life.
Donald watched Sora sleep and shook his head slightly as he took off his jaunty wizard's cap, setting it upon a rock he turned and made his way back to where Goofy was already snoring loudly upon his mat his mouth hanging open to let his thunderous nasal congestion take affect upon the world though it did not seem to faze Sora nor Donald. Shaking his head the duck settled down quietly and drifted into a peaceful oblivion.
iSora stood upon a boulder suddenly opening his cobalt eyes his head whipped around as he took in his surroundings.
"Where am I?" He asked himself aloud, looking at himself to make sure he really was all there.
Kneeling he felt the rough stone beneath his hands and looked up; confused. This is a dream isn't it? Are dreams supposed to feel so real? He heard his thoughts echo in his mind and he began to wonder if they echoed in the silence that seemed to enshroud this strange place. It seemed so familiar to him yet he could not put his finger on where or what this place was. He frowned as he saw a familiar frame walking towards him...
"Kairi." Her name sounded like a lover's exclamation rather than a statement as she drew nearer to the boy who's eyes flashed with excitement as a small smile played upon his lips.
Kairi's azure eyes were glittering with unshed tears as she ran into Sora's outstretched arms feeling them wrap around her as tears spilled over and ran rivulets down her satin cheeks. He was here...If only for awhile, they had so deeply rooted each other into their own hearts that even though many worlds separated them they were here. She could not speak as sobs were wrenched from her as she buried her face into his neck and cried out her worries and sorrows.
Sora's eyes were closed tightly as he clenched his teeth; every tear, every sob was ripping and tearing away at his heart and he wanted to bow down under the sadness that overwhelmed him but he stood stoically waiting for her sobs to recede.
Finally, with much mental reprimanding Kairi stopped her downpour and stepped back to look into Sora's warm eyes. He had changed a little, he was taller though he had always been taller then her, his profile was more defined now and she could see muscle rippling through his arms and legs.
She wanted to say so many things to him but all she could manage to say was, "Sorry, I soaked your shirt."
Sora smiled that adorable familiar grin and he winked slightly swallowing his emotions and giving in to the pretense. "It's okay, this is only a dream...God, you've changed so much Kairi..."
He was drinking the sight of her in like a man who had been lost in the desert and had finally found water to quench his eternal thirst. She was shapelier, her cherry red hair a little longer, she had grown so much in everything besides her appearance. "You look older..." He murmured softly.
Kairi laughed, ah that musical sound that was almost painful to hear and she shook her head slightly, "Gee thanks, just what I wanted to hear, well you look older too you geezer!" She smiled benignly at him making him chuckle slightly.
"I didn't mean that...You just look different..." suddenly he dropped his facade slightly and rested his hands upon her shoulders, "Kairi, how are you? How are Wakka, Selphie, Tidus, Mom, and Dad?" There was a tremor in his voice as he spoke those names...God he missed them all so much.
Kairi took his hands from her shoulders and clasped them in her own, feeling the rough calloused skin she smiled reassuringly, "Everyone's alright...They're just fine except they ask about you everyday...It's as if they think that I have the answers...I haven't known until now...I'm...Fine, really I am." She chose to exclude the fact that Strykus, a boy they knew from school, had been trying to become more intimate with her for she knew that if Sora found this out he would be very angry.
Suddenly they were falling away from each other as though someone of gray eminence was tearing them away Kairi screamed for Sora as he did for her but now they were gone falling away into consciousness. /i
And, on two different worlds Kairi and Sora both awoke choking back the cries of each other's names. Kairi's eyes were bright with tears once more as she turned and curled up in a fetal position letting her tears soak the comfortable sheets just as he had soaked Sora's shirt.
Sora, on the other hand sat up and felt something wet at his neck, he looked down to see the side of his shirt that Kairi had cried into in the dream was still wet with her diamond tears. He inhaled a deep shuddering breath and rested his chin upon his knees looking up at the moon that seemed to look kinder to him now as he tore away at his sorrows trying to defeat them whilst his companions and that dratted dog slept on unknowing of his turmoil.
As the moon's glow began to retreat and the stars fade from the skies the crimson took hold of the earth it's rays breaking the silence as it roused the songbirds from their nests sending them to chirping joyously as though praising the new dawn.