DESTINY ISLAND
Here, the minutes seemed to pass like hours and the days, like weeks. It amazed Kairi that she survived her fist three days. She thought about it as she sat up in her bed the morning of her fourth day. She was beginning to realize what Wakka meant by telling her that the pain would subside, but her heart simply refused to mend. It was hopeless in her case; she knew her heart would never recover as long as Sora was away from her. She couldn't be happy when she didn't know where he was. She slowly got out of her bed and dressed herself; this time pulling on a sweater over her shirt and wearing a pair of sneakers with backs. She quickly ran out of her room, trying to be as silent as she could. Once she got outside she raced to one of the rowboats thinking no one was outside at this time to notice her. What she didn't know was that Wakka was sitting right outside his house throwing pebbles at a trashcan. He watched suspiciously as Kairi got into the boat and began to row. He slowly stood up and watched as he noticed it was beginning to rain. He quickly got in a boat and followed her to the island where he followed her as she ran to the other side of the beach through the small wooden shack. Kairi leaped down off the ravine as her hair whipped her back in the face. She raced to the small raft that Riku and Sora had helped her build and she tried pushing it into the water. Of course, the water just kind of flowed under it as the rain caused the tide to come in more. "Kairi! What do you think you're doing!?" Wakka demanded as he caught up to her, took hold of her arm, and pulled her over to the side. Their hair was matted down to each of their faces and their clothes were dripping rapidly as the rain fell down like bullets. "I need to Wakka, just let me go!" Kairi yelled trying to get away, but Wakka wouldn't let her. "No, you need to stay here." Said Wakka; afraid he might just loose another friend. "I need to go find him, I can't live with not knowing anymore!" Kairi cried. Kairi tried to pull away but Wakka just took hold of her other arm as well. "Look, the walls are up, there's no way you can get to other worlds!" Wakka wavered. Suddenly a shooting star broke up the madness, Kairi turned to watch it free-fall into the sea. Kairi turned to look at Wakka, giving him a 'now will you let me go' grin. "Fine, but I'm going with you!" Wakka demanded. "No, you have to stay here, I wouldn't trust it, and if you died it would be my fault!" Kairi ordered as the raft struggled to lift from under Kairi's foot. Wakka slowly let go of her. "And if you die, it'll be my fault!" Wakka exclaimed. "No! We'll just blame Sora!" Kairi smiled, saying Sora fluently for the first time in four days. Kairi slowly stepped up onto the raft. "I'll be back, my guardian angel will take care of me. right?" Kairi questioned. Wakka stared at her, "of course I will." Wakka said as Kairi smiled and slowly drifted away out to sea. "I can't believe I just let her do that." Said Wakka to himself. "I'm such an idiot!" Wakka stood there for a few more minutes, half expecting Kairi to swim back or for him to wake up. It was no dream, the raindrops hit him like large pebbles and he could fell them penetrating his heart. Kairi watched as her home slowly drifted out of view. Once she hit Open Ocean, though it was raining, it felt eerily calm. Kairi looked out around as water poured over her body and ran down her face, she was finally free, finally, on her way back home. For home is where the heart is, right? And Kairi's heart was forever with Sora. Kairi slowly began to warm up and feel better as she laid down onto the wet surface of the raft and closed her eyes. "I'm coming you two. I'm coming." Kairi whispered to the rain.
Here, the minutes seemed to pass like hours and the days, like weeks. It amazed Kairi that she survived her fist three days. She thought about it as she sat up in her bed the morning of her fourth day. She was beginning to realize what Wakka meant by telling her that the pain would subside, but her heart simply refused to mend. It was hopeless in her case; she knew her heart would never recover as long as Sora was away from her. She couldn't be happy when she didn't know where he was. She slowly got out of her bed and dressed herself; this time pulling on a sweater over her shirt and wearing a pair of sneakers with backs. She quickly ran out of her room, trying to be as silent as she could. Once she got outside she raced to one of the rowboats thinking no one was outside at this time to notice her. What she didn't know was that Wakka was sitting right outside his house throwing pebbles at a trashcan. He watched suspiciously as Kairi got into the boat and began to row. He slowly stood up and watched as he noticed it was beginning to rain. He quickly got in a boat and followed her to the island where he followed her as she ran to the other side of the beach through the small wooden shack. Kairi leaped down off the ravine as her hair whipped her back in the face. She raced to the small raft that Riku and Sora had helped her build and she tried pushing it into the water. Of course, the water just kind of flowed under it as the rain caused the tide to come in more. "Kairi! What do you think you're doing!?" Wakka demanded as he caught up to her, took hold of her arm, and pulled her over to the side. Their hair was matted down to each of their faces and their clothes were dripping rapidly as the rain fell down like bullets. "I need to Wakka, just let me go!" Kairi yelled trying to get away, but Wakka wouldn't let her. "No, you need to stay here." Said Wakka; afraid he might just loose another friend. "I need to go find him, I can't live with not knowing anymore!" Kairi cried. Kairi tried to pull away but Wakka just took hold of her other arm as well. "Look, the walls are up, there's no way you can get to other worlds!" Wakka wavered. Suddenly a shooting star broke up the madness, Kairi turned to watch it free-fall into the sea. Kairi turned to look at Wakka, giving him a 'now will you let me go' grin. "Fine, but I'm going with you!" Wakka demanded. "No, you have to stay here, I wouldn't trust it, and if you died it would be my fault!" Kairi ordered as the raft struggled to lift from under Kairi's foot. Wakka slowly let go of her. "And if you die, it'll be my fault!" Wakka exclaimed. "No! We'll just blame Sora!" Kairi smiled, saying Sora fluently for the first time in four days. Kairi slowly stepped up onto the raft. "I'll be back, my guardian angel will take care of me. right?" Kairi questioned. Wakka stared at her, "of course I will." Wakka said as Kairi smiled and slowly drifted away out to sea. "I can't believe I just let her do that." Said Wakka to himself. "I'm such an idiot!" Wakka stood there for a few more minutes, half expecting Kairi to swim back or for him to wake up. It was no dream, the raindrops hit him like large pebbles and he could fell them penetrating his heart. Kairi watched as her home slowly drifted out of view. Once she hit Open Ocean, though it was raining, it felt eerily calm. Kairi looked out around as water poured over her body and ran down her face, she was finally free, finally, on her way back home. For home is where the heart is, right? And Kairi's heart was forever with Sora. Kairi slowly began to warm up and feel better as she laid down onto the wet surface of the raft and closed her eyes. "I'm coming you two. I'm coming." Kairi whispered to the rain.
