Kairi woke up, to find blaze and Callie waiting for her outside. Did you sleep well? Blaze asked. Yes, kairi answered. Except for the fact that I could feel myself fading in and out in my sleep. That's normal for a shell, blaze replied. A shell? Kairi asked. That is what we call people who aren't heartless, but have lost their hearts. Oh so I'm a shell? Kairi asked. That's what it sounds like! Callie said. Kairi looked out into the distance. So.... are you going to let me leave or not? Kairi said. Do you really think I'm going to let you go alone, blaze replied. Huh? Kairi said. I'm going with you; it could be dangerous out there. Well if you say so, kairi said. I wanna come too! Callie said. You can come if you want, kairi said. Suddenly Callie's dad farris came running down the road. I'm glad I caught you before you left, he said. Oh what is it now? Callie asked. I just wanted to give kairi a little gift. He then pulled out a bottle of some kind. Here kairi, if you ever feel that you're going to forget something important on your journey, drink this. It will help you remember. Well....thank you Farris, kairi said. I think we should get going. Blaze said. We don't want to be standing here all day. Yeah lets go! Callie said. They started to walk out of town and down the long, seemingly endless grassy dirt road. Wow this is great! Callie said. I've never been on a real adventure before! Good luck you guys! Farris yelled, waving his hands. They turned around and waved back, then started to walk again. Well this should be interesting, blaze said. What do you mean? Kairi asked. Well, to tell the truth, I've never been inside memory tower. Wait, if you've never been there, how do you know where we're going? Well, blaze continued. I followed a friend there when I was little once, when we got there, he ran inside, but I stayed out. Being the poor defenseless child that I was, I was scared to go in. it's quite lucky I didn't either, because my friend never came out. Kairi turned and looked behind her to see that the town was already out of sight. Wow we got this far already? She asked. Yes, Blaze said. I can't remember the last time I was this far away from town! Callie said. Come on lets keep going, blaze said continuing to walk. As she walked under a tree, kairi heard the branches shaking, as if someone was up there. Uhhh..... Hello? Is someone there? She asked. Yeah, the voice, which sounded strikingly feminine, said. Are you ok up there? Kairi asked her. Yes I'm ok! Suddenly a girl wearing a short blue dress fell out of the tree and on top of kairi. Owww! Kairi said. She then pushed the girl off and got up, fading in and out as she did. Kairi are you ok? Blaze asked. Yes, kairi said. He then looked at the girl, who was just looked to be just about the same age, if not older. Who are you? He asked. My name is rinoa, she said. I'm looking for someone, that's why I was in the tree of course. Who are you looking for rinoa? Callie asked. That's none of your business! She said. Look, I'm sorry that I landed on your friend but now I've got to go! She then ran down the road. Rinoa wait! Blaze yelled. But it was too late, she was already long gone. Well that was odd, Callie said. Really, kairi replied. Suddenly a few heartless came out of the ground In front of them. These heartless were different though. They weren't like the ones kairi had seen before. Kairi, as you have no heart at the moment they won't hurt you! He yelled. Please get Callie out of here before she ends up losing her heart! Ok! Kairi said. She grabbed Callie's hand and ran down the road. Blaze took of the heartless. Well that was easy! He said after he had defeated them all. When he turned around though he was hit out of nowhere by one. It must have been hiding, he said as he fell to the ground. It was about to take his heart, when all of a sudden kairi came out of nowhere and kicked it, sending it down the road. She then helped blaze up and they started to run as the heartless started to quickly multiply. Lets get out of here!! Callie yelled.