Riku looked into the sky. He saw something he had never seen before.

The past few days had been horrible. He had been living on the edge,

fighting heartless, and never having any time to himself.

He wished he was back home on Destiny Island, now a beautiful paradise

where Kairi lived happily. He had been jealous ever since she was

transported there by a "freak accident". Riku wanted to serve the enemy,

to feel useful, and to know someone cared if he was there or not.

But last time he tried that it resulted in major pain on his part,

total betrayal from Sora, and rejection from Kairi. Nothing could be

worse. He turned his back on his best friends since childhood.

Maybe he was just wrong..Maybe this had never happened and it was

just some "crazy" dream.. But that was an "If" in a whole series

of happenings. There was just no way.. Riku thought to himself.

Kairi on the other hand probably felt differently. She was separated

from her true love, Sora, on this beautiful island that was separated

from her reality.. Sora.. Riku.. her friends.. But she had never

had a family.. not a real one at least.

The farthest thing she could remember was being on Destiny Island as a

small,innocent child, playing and frolicking. And then they had

been curious, small minds do strange things, so they ventured out

into other worlds. It made no sense. She traveled so many places..

it was overwhelming. Sora was always there to rescue her.. the

"damsel in distress." It was like a never-ending fairy tale.

Sora was just another one of those heroes that was going to save

the world eventually. Maybe. Someday he would come to get her... or maybe

he would never save her... from her bliss world without him.. Was she too

happy there? She really didnt think she was.. But she was secretly enjoying

herself. Wakka, her childhood friend, was there on Destiny Island. He had

never really left. She had someone to talk to.. She would watch the

setting sun with him every night like she used to.. with.. Sora... Who was he

anyway? You couldnt really call him "some freak with a really big sword"

could you.. (and plus it wasnt really a sword anyway)

Sora was so separated from reality. Everything had been taken from him.

He thought it was over.. It had to be. I mean, hed defeated the ultimate

power, Ansem, and had discovered Kingdom Hearts, where he met up with

King Mickey and Rikku. Now he was with Donald and Goofy, in their nice

castle. He wanted to be with Kairi, in Destiny Island, their happy

place.. where they put carvings on the wall and watched the sun set

together. The place where they had fallen in love for the first time.

Sora wanted to be there more than anything else right now. He cared

not of the luxuries of King Mickeys castle, or anything in it for

that matter. He did at first, but then he really started to miss his friends.

Expecially since Kairi had left him. The reason is really Unknown.

All he knew was that he wanted to get his friends back, expecially Kairi,

who was more than a friend to him. Riku, on the other hand had fallen astray

after he had helped Sora open the door to Kingdom Hearts. He suddenly

became frightened of some other power that lies within Sora. Sora was just

any average person right now, however. He wondered if the heartless would

ever return..

Or is it time for the Future of the Heartless?