A/N: Okay, okay, I know I've been pretty negligent towards this fic, but I'm going to try to get it up and running again.

Disclaimer: I do not own the Kingdom Hearts game or any of the characters in it. Some of my own characters may be based off of some of the characters in the game, but otherwise they mostly belong to the creators of Kingdom Hearts. Except for characters from my own mind. They're mine. You can't have them. D

Chapter 2: Onward

Riku stared at Hikari in disbelief, his mouth gaping open.

"You know where Sora is?" he finally questioned. Hikari responded only with a simple nod, and a shrug. The shrug threw Riku off. "Well, do you know where he is or not?" he demanded, putting his hands on his hips in impatience.

"Kinda-sorta. I know that he's looking for you though, but he'll be looking for the door to Kingdom Hearts soon. He should have to visit some of the worlds he's visited before, yet I'm guessing he might start with Hollow Bastion. Do you want to go now?" Hikari explained to him, but didn't wait for an answer. Instead she walked over to the very edge of the Gizmo Shop.

"What are you-?" Riku began to ask, but stopped in mid-sentence when he realized what she was about to do. "Hikari, no!" he shouted at her as he ran to the edge and stretched out his hand to her. It was too late though, for Hikari had already jumped.

"Shit." Riku muttered, watching her fall, her cloak billowing out behind her.

Moments later he could hear her voice calling up to him, saying, "Aren't you coming? We have a lot to do." Slowly Riku opened his eyes, having closed them as she fell.

"Erm.. What? Oh.. Yeah," he stuttered while a bit of color found its way onto his cheeks. He should have known better. This girl was strange, but it was obvious that she would go jumping off of buildings to try and kill herself when she had already promised to help Riku find Sora.

"I'll be right down!" Riku called out once more, walking over to the ladder at the side of the building. He would have to take the long way.

Within a few more minutes Riku was approaching a grinning Hikari, his head tilted off to the side. "What?" he questioned, raising a brow.

"Slowpoke," Hikari responded cheekily, turning around and heading off in the other direction towards the First District. Riku, grumbling, jogged behind.

A jingle ran out through the air as the door to the accessory shop was opened, the shopkeeper turning his head towards the door at the unexpected customers.

"Hey, Hikari! Where've you been lately?" he called out, the toothpick in the corner of his mouth twitching with every word.

"Yo, Cid," Hikari responded, gliding over to the counter. "I've been.. busy, to say in the least," she answered his question with, her eyes twinkling mischievously.

"And who's this?" Cid asked, raising a brow, as he looked the approaching Riku over.

"Riku, a friend," Hikari said simply while flicking a lock of her black-tinged-red hair out of her eyes. "Cid, you know how I asked if you would keep my gummi safe?" she then questioned, being given a short nod from Cid in return. "I need it now. We're going to go look for..." Hikari paused to lean in, finishing her sentence in a whisper. "...Sora."

Cid looked rather shocked, his eyes darting back to Riku. "So he's...?" Cid never finished his hushed question, being cut off by a short nod from Hikari along with a rather nasty glare. "Okay then. It's in the back. I'll bring it to the gate and you two can go from there," he said rather cheerily with a smile, almost rushing out from behind the counter and out the door.

"What was that about?" Riku asked in an obviously annoyed tone, glaring ever so slightly.

Hopping up onto the counter to sit on it, Hikari just shook her head. "Nothing of importance."

"Hmph."

The familiar jingle rang throughout the shop again as Cid poked his head through the door, his eyes seeming to lock on to Riku as he spoke. "It's ready," he said simply, opening the door wider to let the both of them through.

A/N: Woot! New mystery-type-thingy! What do Cid and Hikari know that Riku doesn't? Will he ever find out? Why does Hikari know so much? I don't even know yet!

Oh, I am so pathetic...