Message in a Bottle

Co-written by: Lvkishugs and Lyphe

Lyphe composes odd chapters

Lvkishugs composes even chapters

Chapter 1

Among the Mist

Point of View: Kairi

Written by: Lyphe

Breathe...

Go on...

Walk among the darkness...

Never turning back...

I strolled around in this abyss. This dark abyss. It was black. I could feel the darkness, though weakening. The only light that shone through was the white mist. I staggered along, hoping to come across something, someone, anything.

Then, I stepped on something soft. Sand? I bent down to grasp the angelic white sediments. They elegantly slipped from my grasp. I stood once again and continued on, not really knowing where I was going, or what I would find.

"Kairi!"

I looked up. My heart flew and my spirits lifted. Was that really him? He was okay!

"Sora!"

Happiness erupted inside of me as he approached me. Suddenly, the ground shook. I glanced downwards. The floors between us, they were splitting!!!

He reached out his hands and I quickly accepted them, unwilling to release my love. Fate would tear us apart. I looked upon his face worriedly. We were being separated. How could fate be so cruel to tear me away from him, when we'd just found each other again?

I held on tight, knowing in my heart our grasp wasn't strong enough. Would this be the last time I ever saw him again?

"Kairi! Remember what you said before? I'm always with you too. I'll come back to you, I promise!"

I looked at him uncertainly. I knew his words would never come true, but I had to keep faith. I smiled sadly.

"I know you will!"

Then, our hands couldn't hold on any longer. I watched him, tears threatening, as the land I was on drifted away from him. Then, I looked down, my hands still cupped. I couldn't take it any longer...

Suddenly, a spark drifted into my hands. I looked up. So many sparks of gold falling down on me, on us. Sora was looking up too in amazement. Behind me, palm trees rose and suddenly the whole island rose out of its destruction. The tree house, the old shack... It was all there. I was home.

Then, my gaze landed back on Sora.

He waved and called out some last words. Then, finally, his faint outline vanished behind the mist.

Sora...

I just stood there, just staring where he was. No...he wasn't really gone...was he...? I felt so alone.

"I'll come back to you, I promise!"

"I know you will!"

Then, I smiled. He will come back, I just knew it. A single tear trickled down my cheek.

My eyes snapped open. It was just a dream. Just the same dream I've been having for the last month. Why wouldn't the memories stop torturing me?! My shaking fingers lifted up to my cheek. It was wet. I've been crying in my sleep for so long now...

I sat up. His voice ran through me like an arrow. His cold, meaningless words...

"I'll come back to you, I promise!"

But he didn't come back. He hasn't come back, and I know he won't. It's been far too long now.

I brushed my auburn shoulder length hair. The scarlet color had darkened. I slipped on a plain tank top and tied a piece of tan fabric to my waist. Leaving my sandals behind, I escaped to the outdoors.

The sound of the waves roared. Children all around me laughed. I looked up to the tree house Selphie, Tidus, and Wakka built two years ago when they were just thirteen. I could see Selphie waving wildly at me. Smiling, I waved back.

They haven't changed at all. Selphie's still zealous and energetic, Tidus is still competitive but he's not into fighting that much, not since Wakka began teaching him blitzball.

I walked into the sand. I loved the feeling of sand between my toes. It made me feel fourteen again for some reason, when everything was alright. When my two best friends were still here with me.

It's been a year since Sora left to try to find a way to save Riku and King Mickey. He hasn't returned yet. The others tell me to keep faith, that they will someday. But, oh, what's the use? I do know their fates. I do know what has become of my two warriors. They are long dead somewhere in that otherly realm of Kingdom Hearts.

I sighed as I walked toward the oncoming waves. The salty sea breeze brushed back my hair, bringing back a series of heartbreaking memories along with it. I stood in the wet sand, my feet planted firmly. If only there was a way to know for sure... To be certain they aren't alive out there somewhere...

Oh, stop it Kairi. You know very well there is no use in putting yourself in that kind of misery.

But what if they are alive? What if they're still out there somewhere, struggling to find a way back?

They are NOT. You know well enough what is true and what is not.

I sighed in defeat. My inner conscience knew best. Of course they weren't out there somewhere. The darkness must have long taken them if they hadn't died. Suddenly, a strong gust of wind blew from the other direction. My hand instantly flew to my head, holding back hair that was blocking my vision. As quickly as it came, the strong wind was gone.

I looked to the sky. A single meteor shot down. A falling star...like the day I first came, and when the boundaries between worlds were open...

I looked up, and this time I was grinning. Now, I knew what I had to do. I had to go out there and find him.

And this time...

I began walking to the seashore shack to find something that's been put away for a little too long.

...I'll fight.

Author's Notes: So how was that? Please R&R! Amanda! Your turn!