Chapter Two
The next morning, Hikari was swimming around off the island shore enjoying the morning sun. She sighed softly as she floated on her back allowing her hair to float around her in little ripples. No one to bother her this morning, that's how she liked it. She watched the small birds fly by and she smiled. She dived under the water and searched the bottom of the shallow end to see if there was anything interesting. She found a small thing, but nothing important, just another pretty stone. She came up and gasped for air flipping her head back and throwing her hair over her head. She looked back to the island and saw a young man standing there. She cocked her head to the side; he looked exactly like Tannim, only he had long silver like hair.
"Tannim!" she called out. He didn't turn around. She shook her head and swam into shore. As she got closer the young man turned around to her. She walked up the beach wearing a swimsuit. "Excuse me, can I help you?" she asked as she walked closer to him.
"I'm looking for Sora." He asked. He had soft aqua colored eyes. He as well had a strong build. Hikari had a questioning look on her face as she wrung out her hair.
"Sora? That's my father. Why do you need to see him? And how did you get here?" she stood up straight.
"No time for questions, take me to see him now." His voice was a bit demanding. She rolled her eyes, walked by him while motioning for him to follow. And he did.
Once she walked in, Kairi looked in the direction Hikari walked in.
"How was your--" Kairi asked and stopped in mid sentence upon seeing the man. She almost dropped the plate she held, but Hikari rushed over in time to grab it.
"Mom?! What's wrong with you, you look as if you seen a ghost." She said putting the dish on the counter. "Mom?"
"Hikari? What's going on in there?" Sora walked in and stopped in his tracks upon seeing the man as well. "R-Riku?" he stammered. Hikari stood there with a dumbfounded look on her face.
"Sora!" the man called as he walked to Sora hugging him tightly. Sora was almost overwhelmed as he hugged the man in return. Kairi ran over as well, Hikari was confused.
"What's going on here?!" Hikari called out trying to get her parents attention. But it didn't work.
"It is you Riku! But I thought that--" Kairi started. Riku turned to her and hugged her after hugging Sora. Hikari sat on the counter with a towel around her neck. She was never going to catch on at any moment and she was praying for a clue.
"What happened? How did you find your way back?" Sora asked.
"I looked for the light." He smiled. He turned to Hikari now who jumped slightly from his gaze. "I see you two got married?" Kairi giggled and Sora laughed taking Kairi into his arms from behind. He nodded slightly. "And you had a beautiful girl." He smiled warmly to Hikari. She swallowed hard.
"Riku, this is our daughter, Hikari. Hikari this is our friend from when we were young, Riku." Riku walked up to her and held out his hand. She jumped down and walked right by him muttering the word "charmed" as she walked by her parents. She ran up the stairs quickly.
"Hikari?" Kairi called after her but she shook her head knowing the girl was upstairs already. Riku smiled and turned to them, the three sat down to talk.
Hikari went up and changed into her normal attire as she sat on her bed and brushed out her hair.
"Why is it that all of the sudden, strange things begin to happen." She put down her brush. "Odd things, like last night, the stars. It was weird but-- " she was cut off by a loud male's voice.
"Hey! Hikari!!" Tannim's voice resounded through her ears. She peered her head out the window looking down at the waving boy. She laughed and ran down stairs outside.
The two now sat on the paopu tree. Hikari looked down at the water, as she was the one sitting over it. Tannim was climbing up grabbing something.
"So you mean to tell me that weird things have been happening?" he asked as he slid down next to her. She nodded.
"I know this seems weird, but last night, I was looking at the stars and all of the sudden 'bam'! one went out." She said looking up slightly. The sun was shining directly above them now. Tannim held a huge leaf in his hands and began to do something with it.
"So a star, went out? How can that happen?" he looked to her.
"I don't know, then more went out too!" she looked to him. He though for a moment while playing with the leaf. "And that's not the end of the weirdness."
"There's more?"
"Yeah, I was swimming this morning and I looked up and there was this really weird guy, who looked almost exactly like you! Apparently he knew my father and mother from when they were young, but they never talked about a guy named Riku. Do you know him?"
"No, never heard that name before." He bent the leaf and started folding it. Hikari stood up and sighed softly. He looked up at her. "You ok?"
"Yeah. Fine. I'm gonna head back home, maybe I should get some rest." She walked over and jumped onto the ground. He nodded.
"Just don't think too much, I can already begin to smell the smoke." He laughed. She turned to him smirking and then walked off back home.
She slowly came to the front door, as she walked up noticing that she forgot to close it all the way, she heard voices in the kitchen right where the door was. She stopped and sat down on the ground and listened to the conversation that was going on.
"So, you mean to tell me that Ansem wasn't destroyed, and neither was Kingdom Hearts?" Sora's voice could be heard. Riku nodded.
"Correct, and he's back to take the worlds again. I just can't figure out how he's doing it." Riku said in a rather questioning like voice.
"But, Sora, you can't go back, you're older now." Kairi tried to protect him. He sighed.
"You're right Kairi, but I'm the only wielder of the Keyblade. I have to do what I was meant to do." He stood.
"How do you travel the worlds? You tell me that, Donald and Goofy aren't here to help you any longer." Kairi said.
"I can help." Riku stated. Sora looked to him
"How?" Sora asked.
"How did I manage to get here?"
"Good point. Ok, tomorrow we leave."
"What are you going to tell your daughter?" Kairi interrupted.
"I don't know. I guess I'll have to come up with something tomorrow morning?"
"You better come up with something good." She replied. He nodded. Hikari was almost horrified.
"Kingdom Hearts? Ansem? Worlds? What does this mean?" Hikari though to herself as she quickly stood and then walked inside and to her room quickly without anyone saying anything to her.
The next morning, Hikari was swimming around off the island shore enjoying the morning sun. She sighed softly as she floated on her back allowing her hair to float around her in little ripples. No one to bother her this morning, that's how she liked it. She watched the small birds fly by and she smiled. She dived under the water and searched the bottom of the shallow end to see if there was anything interesting. She found a small thing, but nothing important, just another pretty stone. She came up and gasped for air flipping her head back and throwing her hair over her head. She looked back to the island and saw a young man standing there. She cocked her head to the side; he looked exactly like Tannim, only he had long silver like hair.
"Tannim!" she called out. He didn't turn around. She shook her head and swam into shore. As she got closer the young man turned around to her. She walked up the beach wearing a swimsuit. "Excuse me, can I help you?" she asked as she walked closer to him.
"I'm looking for Sora." He asked. He had soft aqua colored eyes. He as well had a strong build. Hikari had a questioning look on her face as she wrung out her hair.
"Sora? That's my father. Why do you need to see him? And how did you get here?" she stood up straight.
"No time for questions, take me to see him now." His voice was a bit demanding. She rolled her eyes, walked by him while motioning for him to follow. And he did.
Once she walked in, Kairi looked in the direction Hikari walked in.
"How was your--" Kairi asked and stopped in mid sentence upon seeing the man. She almost dropped the plate she held, but Hikari rushed over in time to grab it.
"Mom?! What's wrong with you, you look as if you seen a ghost." She said putting the dish on the counter. "Mom?"
"Hikari? What's going on in there?" Sora walked in and stopped in his tracks upon seeing the man as well. "R-Riku?" he stammered. Hikari stood there with a dumbfounded look on her face.
"Sora!" the man called as he walked to Sora hugging him tightly. Sora was almost overwhelmed as he hugged the man in return. Kairi ran over as well, Hikari was confused.
"What's going on here?!" Hikari called out trying to get her parents attention. But it didn't work.
"It is you Riku! But I thought that--" Kairi started. Riku turned to her and hugged her after hugging Sora. Hikari sat on the counter with a towel around her neck. She was never going to catch on at any moment and she was praying for a clue.
"What happened? How did you find your way back?" Sora asked.
"I looked for the light." He smiled. He turned to Hikari now who jumped slightly from his gaze. "I see you two got married?" Kairi giggled and Sora laughed taking Kairi into his arms from behind. He nodded slightly. "And you had a beautiful girl." He smiled warmly to Hikari. She swallowed hard.
"Riku, this is our daughter, Hikari. Hikari this is our friend from when we were young, Riku." Riku walked up to her and held out his hand. She jumped down and walked right by him muttering the word "charmed" as she walked by her parents. She ran up the stairs quickly.
"Hikari?" Kairi called after her but she shook her head knowing the girl was upstairs already. Riku smiled and turned to them, the three sat down to talk.
Hikari went up and changed into her normal attire as she sat on her bed and brushed out her hair.
"Why is it that all of the sudden, strange things begin to happen." She put down her brush. "Odd things, like last night, the stars. It was weird but-- " she was cut off by a loud male's voice.
"Hey! Hikari!!" Tannim's voice resounded through her ears. She peered her head out the window looking down at the waving boy. She laughed and ran down stairs outside.
The two now sat on the paopu tree. Hikari looked down at the water, as she was the one sitting over it. Tannim was climbing up grabbing something.
"So you mean to tell me that weird things have been happening?" he asked as he slid down next to her. She nodded.
"I know this seems weird, but last night, I was looking at the stars and all of the sudden 'bam'! one went out." She said looking up slightly. The sun was shining directly above them now. Tannim held a huge leaf in his hands and began to do something with it.
"So a star, went out? How can that happen?" he looked to her.
"I don't know, then more went out too!" she looked to him. He though for a moment while playing with the leaf. "And that's not the end of the weirdness."
"There's more?"
"Yeah, I was swimming this morning and I looked up and there was this really weird guy, who looked almost exactly like you! Apparently he knew my father and mother from when they were young, but they never talked about a guy named Riku. Do you know him?"
"No, never heard that name before." He bent the leaf and started folding it. Hikari stood up and sighed softly. He looked up at her. "You ok?"
"Yeah. Fine. I'm gonna head back home, maybe I should get some rest." She walked over and jumped onto the ground. He nodded.
"Just don't think too much, I can already begin to smell the smoke." He laughed. She turned to him smirking and then walked off back home.
She slowly came to the front door, as she walked up noticing that she forgot to close it all the way, she heard voices in the kitchen right where the door was. She stopped and sat down on the ground and listened to the conversation that was going on.
"So, you mean to tell me that Ansem wasn't destroyed, and neither was Kingdom Hearts?" Sora's voice could be heard. Riku nodded.
"Correct, and he's back to take the worlds again. I just can't figure out how he's doing it." Riku said in a rather questioning like voice.
"But, Sora, you can't go back, you're older now." Kairi tried to protect him. He sighed.
"You're right Kairi, but I'm the only wielder of the Keyblade. I have to do what I was meant to do." He stood.
"How do you travel the worlds? You tell me that, Donald and Goofy aren't here to help you any longer." Kairi said.
"I can help." Riku stated. Sora looked to him
"How?" Sora asked.
"How did I manage to get here?"
"Good point. Ok, tomorrow we leave."
"What are you going to tell your daughter?" Kairi interrupted.
"I don't know. I guess I'll have to come up with something tomorrow morning?"
"You better come up with something good." She replied. He nodded. Hikari was almost horrified.
"Kingdom Hearts? Ansem? Worlds? What does this mean?" Hikari though to herself as she quickly stood and then walked inside and to her room quickly without anyone saying anything to her.