A:N/ Yes, yes, I know.... This story is probably just the same as a million others on fanfiction, but give me a break! I ran out of other good ideas! So I'm writing a story about a game I havn't even beaten yet. Got a problem with that?

Sora: Yeah

Me: Shut up. Or I'll kill you in the story later on.

Sora: Gasp! (runs in corner and cowers in fear.)

Me: Mwa ha ha! I am pure evil.

Riku: Cool. I like her.

Me: Alright, I do not own Kingdom Hearts. So don't send any damn lawyers at me! If you didn't want us extending on the storyline, then you shouldnt've put the category on fan fiction!

Takes place on Destiny Islands. Sora, Riku, and Kairi are all back! Yay! Now read.... gasp.... READ!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sora lie on the hot sand by the shore line, just staring up at the sky. He could hear Wakku inviting people to play blitzball over by the deck; the wind rustling the leaves of the paopou trees... Kairi was looking for some fruits for their lunch; and Riku was still sitting on the tree on that cliff. It was sort of Riku's and Sora's thinking spot, and they went their often.

Sora was thinking about Goofy and Donald, and what they were doing right now. It had been over a year since he last saw them, and he missed them both greatly. He even missed the way that Donald and him got into a fight over every single thing, wether it was who flew the gummi ship or what to eat for lunch. He missed Goofy's annoying chuckle. He just wanted to see them again.

Meanwhile, Riku just glared moodily at the ocean, still mad at himself. He had betrayed his friends so often, had given them so much hurt. He blamed himself for everything. If it wern't for him, Sora wouldn't have nightmares of his encounters with the darkest of evil, and Kairi wouldn't get that small look of fear in her eyes when he spoke to her. It's all your fault they're like this he scolded himself. It's all your fault they have these nightmares. Speaking of nightmares, something caught his eyes; Sora was rolling on the ground, as if in pain; Oh no, Riku thought as he jumped off of the side of the small cliff. Here we go again.

Sora closed his eyes and tried to enjoy the gentle breeze that smelled of salt. It was a big mistake. Soon, he had drifted into sleep, and was visited by unwanted dreams.

Sora looked around him, but saw nothing; it was completely dark. But still, he couldn't help shake the feeling that he was not alone in this dark abyss.

"Sora!" Someone cried. Sora twirled around to see Kairi standing there, reaching her hand out to him. He tried to run to her, but she just kept on getting more and more distant. Finally Riku appeared right behind her, sword in hand. Sora tried to call out to her, but no sound came from his lips. Kairi was totally unaware of the teen standing right behind her.

Riku smirked a cold smile.

"Sora!"

He raised his blade to her heart...

"Sora!"

... and struck.

"Sora!"

Kairi fell in a bloody heap. Sora ran to help her, but it was too late.

"Sora, wake up!"

She was gone. Riku dissapeared and reappeared behind Sora, blade ready.

"Sora, you've gotta wake up!"

Riku raised his blade to Sora's heart.

"Someone, help him!"

Sora didn't even try to block it. Kairi and Riku were long gone. Riku brought his blade down and...

"SORA!"

Sora woke up gasping, the impact of a hit upside his head bringing him back. He was gasping for air, tear stains on his cheeks. He looked around and saw Riku, Kairi, Leon, and Yuffi all standing around him, all with extremely worried looks on their faces.

"I'm fine," he assured them. He tried to stand, but his legs were trembling so badlly that he just fell back down again.

"What were you dreaming about this time, kid?" Leon asked. Him and Yuffie had moved to Destiny Islands after the Hollow Bastion incedent.Sora, Riku, and Kairi had fallen into uncontrolable fits of laughter when they found out the two were living together, and only stopped when Leon picked Sora up by the collar of his shirt and thrown him into Riku, making the two land some five feet away. This had shut the three of them up.

Sora just stared livadly at Riku as if he just realized he lived on this island. Riku looked into the younger boys eyes to see pain, sorrow, and hurt. No one else needed to ask what he dreamed about; they all saw it in the way Sora looked at Riku.

Leon offered Sora a hand up, which Sora took gratefully; he was finding hard to stand on his own. "You'lll be fine kid," Leon said in his idea of a gentle voice while Sora angrily brushed the tear stains off of his cheeks. "Just go and rest."

"I already tried resting," Sora pointed out. "And look where that got me! Nightmares and a large bump on my head." Everyone laughed at the boys poor attempt on being funny. "By the way, who hit me to wake me up?"

"Squall," Yuffie said, nodding torwards her boyfriend.

"Don't call me that!" Leon snarled. But he wasn't really angry with her. Yuffie used this to her advantage.

"C'mon, we need to get to Traverse Town for some potions," she said, pulling on his arm. Sora opened his mouth to say what he always said when they went to Traverse Town, but Yuffie cut him off. "I know, I know," she said rolling her eyes. "Keep an eye out for Goofy and Donald. But I keep on telling you, they have their own stock of supplies in the castle... they never need to go to Traverse Town."

"They did before!" Sora argued.

"That was when they were looking for you," Leon told him. Sora just rolled his eyes and loooked at his other two friends. Well, at least one of them.

"Hey, where did Riku go?" he asked.

"Who cares?" Leon asked. He hadn't quite forgivin Riku yet, even though he was being controlled. He would always say "It was his fault that he opened his heart to the darkness in the first place."

"I care!" Sora snapped. And with that, he trudged off.

Kairi let a small sigh escape. "Here we go again."

Sora was still stalking the sandy beaches of Destiny Island some time later, looking for Riku. He found him sitting on his paopou tree on the cliff.

''What do you want?" growled Riku when Sora stopped right behind him. He didn't even have to look behind him to know who it was.

"I want to know what your deal is!" Sora said, snapping right back at him.

Riku finally stood up and walked over to the younger boy, standing closely to him. Their height difference really showed now.

"What do you care?" Riku asked. "I see the scared look in Kairi's eyes when she looks at me. I know those dreams you have are about me betraying you, and about all of the pain you suffered at my hands. Yuffie just plain pretends I don't exist and Leon still acts like I'm going to attack someone any day now! And do you know what the worst part is? I would feel the same damn way. They have every reason to be scared and angry at me, and you, the one person who should hate me most of all, is actually trying to forgive me. I can still remember all of those times I hurt you Sora, and I can't forget.

"Riku," Sora began, starting to get ticked off. "It wasn't your fault. You were being controlled and...''

"It was my fault the darkness overtook me in the first place!" he yelled. "If I hadn't been so stupid, none of this would have ever happened."

"Oh give me a break Riku! Stop wallowing in your own self pity and get over yourself!" Sora barked. Riku just tuned away and headed torwards the tree again. "Hey, don't you turn away from me when I'm talking to you!''

"Just go away Sora."

"NO!" Sora yelled, and he grabbed the older boys shoulder, trying to pull him back. He expected Riku to resist him, but what he did not expect was the gloved hand flying at his face. It hit him square on the cheek, and in his surprise, Sora fell over.

''I'm sorry," Riku whispered, turning away and walking down the bridge. "It was for your own good.''

"Yeah, well this is for your own good!" And with that. Sora hit him right back, sending him sailing off of the bridge and into the water.

Sora leapt off of the bridge and landed on the beach, looking for his fallen friend. He was nowhere in sight. He should have come up my now. Sora thought. He couldn't be...nah.

All of a sudden, Riku burst out of the water and tackled Sora into the wall. Sora gaspen as his head hit stone, and started seeing little dots in front of his eyes. He was knocked out of his sences by a strong blow to his cheek, and was once again knocked to the ground.

Sora looked up, rubbing his sore cheek. There stood Riku, looking as mad as hell, dragon blade in hand. Soru leapt up, summoning the keyblade in his hand. He slashed at Riku's chest, creating a long gash. Riku groaned at the pain, then sent a counterattack at Sora, but he blocked it.

Riku leapt away and summoned energy from the end of his blade, and sent it slamming into Sora. He was sent flying off of his feet and flew some fifteen feet away.

Sora got to his feet, trembling, then charged at Riku.

Kairi was taking care of her little step-sister when she heard cries from outside. "I'll be right back," she told her. Kairi bolted outside and what she saw broke her heart; Sora and Riku were going all out on each other, blades slicing through flesh and and magic flying through the air.

" SORA, RIKU!" Kairi shouted. "PLEASE STOP!" But they either didn't hear her, or they just weren't paying attention. Kairi darted back into the house and grabbed the phone. Quickly, she dialed Yuffie's cell phone number. It rang and rang and rang. "Oh please, pick up," Kairi whispered, tears pouring from her eyes.

Finally, someone answered. "Hello?"

"Yuffie?! It's Kairi! I..."

"Oh, Kairi! Wait until you see who's here! Sora will be thrilled!" Yuffie exclaimed.

"If you can ever see Sora again!" Kairi cried. "Him and Riku are fighting!"

"Oh, don't worry about that!" Yuffie exclaimed. "Those two are always bickering about something!"

"No, it's not a verbal fight or even a game-fight!" Kairi cred. "It's a real fight! They're tearing each other apart! One of them is going to end up being seriously injured, or dying!" She broke into more sobs.

" THEY'RE WHAT?" Yuffie screamed. "Hold on, Kairi, we'll be right there!" And she hung up.

=In Traverse Town=

"Sora will be real surprised to see you three," Leon said to Goofy, Donal, and King Mickey in the restaurant by the main square in Traverse Town. "He may not admit it about Donald, but he misses you all."

Donald began, "Hey, what is that suppo..." But he never got to finish his sentance because Yuffie came bursting through the door.

"Sora and Riku are fighting!" Yuffie declared, tears starting to well up in her own eyes.

Leon just raised his eyebrows. "Yuffie, they are always fighting."

"Not a playish fight, a real fight!" she explained. "They're tearing each other apart, Leon! I just got off of the phone with Kairi."

Leon, King Mickey, Donald, Goofy, and Aerieth jumped out of their seats. "We can take the gummi ship, it'll warp us there," the King ordered.

Riku used another speed attack on Sora, but Sora just dodged it and held out the keyplade, point facing Riku, so Riku ran head first into the sharp pointy end. Riku cried out in pain as blood gushed from his newest room, and Sora took this moment of hesitation as an oppurtunity. He aimed a kick at his stomach. This time, it was Riku who was sent flying into a wall.

Riku quickly recovered, and sent bolts of lightening at Sora, who could not dodge then. He screamed in pain as the volts surged through his body. He took his revenge by throwing fire at Riku.

While the two went on battleing, Kairi kept on shouting at the, trying to get them to stop. But they couldn't hear her. They also couldn't hear the sound of the gummi ship landing on the beach. Nor could they see Yuffie, Leon, Donald and Goofy come up behind them and grab them.

"Ugh!" they both cried in surprise. Leon picked Sora up by the back of his shirt, lifting him two feet in the air, while Goofy wrestled the keyblade from his grip. Yuffie gripped Riku's hands behind his back while Donald took the dragonblade. They both tried to free themselves from their captors grips; Yuffie just tightened her grip while Sora got hit on the head by Leon, using the keyblade.

"Wow, you two really did a number on each other," Leon growled, while shaking Sora, cutting off even more air then before. "Lets get these two inside." Yuffie, Donald and Goofy led Riku inside, while Leon and the king took Sora; he was still trying to get out of Leon's grip, he was choking him! Leon just hit him again and took him inside.

Leon slammed Sora into a chair, and kept his hands on his shoulders so he wouldn't get away, while Yuffie did the same to Riku.

"You two had better explain yourselves," Kairi snapped. "You scared me half to death!"

"Why were you two ripping each other apart?" Yuffie asked. "Did it have something to do with this morning?

"Sort of."

"Maybe."

"I dunno."

"Is this some sort of grudge match?"

"Sort of."

"Maybe."

"I dunno."

"Are you to sorry about it?"

"Sort of."

"Maybe."

"I dunno."

Leon, getting tired of these dumb answers, took out his own sword and hit both of them extremely hard on the head with it.

"OUCH!"

"OUCH!"

"Why were you two fighting?' Leon roared. The two boys just glared at each other from across the table. Leon grabbed a fistfull of Sora's hair and pulled up, making him wince in pain. He forced him to look up at him. "Tell me why you were fighting before I rip your hair from your skull.'' He tightened his grip on the teens hair to show him he meant it, making Sora wince again.

Sora finally sighed in defeat. "Riku is being a sapskull and wallowing in their own self pity," he snapped.

"You're butting into my buisness, so just bug off!" he yelled. They tried getting out of thei chairs to attack each other again, but Yuffie and Leon held them back.

"When did this start?" Goofy asked. Sora started; he hadn't realized who was here.

"Goofy, Donald!" Sora exclaimed. "I didn't know you were here! How are you?"

"Pretty good, you?"

"Not so good at the moment."

"This isn't happy-reunion time people," Leon snapped.

"Happy, no, reunion, yes,'' Sora replied. This earned him another shake of his hair.

"So, what happened?" Mickey asked after removing Leon's hand from Sora's hair.

"I was just trying to talk to Riku, and he hit me!"

"You did it first!" Riku said.

"No, you did! I was just holding you back from walking away like a big baby!"

"You knocked me into the fucking ocean!"

"After you hit me first!" Sora told him.

"Alright, alright," Kairi said, tired of the bickering.

King mickey said "So Sora tried to talk to Riku, but Riku tried to walk away. Sora held him back, and was punched by Riku. The Sora hit Riku back, and Riku landed in the ocean. What next?''

"I went down to look for Riku, and he jumped out and tackled me into the wall, and then punched me again," Sora explained

"Hey, you threw me in the water!"

''It's not my fault you can't land on the bridge. And I didn't dileberately throw you, I hit you. And water is a much better landing then a solid rock wall!"

"You threw me into a rock wall too!"

"After you used all of those speed attacks!"

"Then you landed your keyblade in my skull!'

"I'm surprised anything can get through that thick skull of yours!"

"ENOUGH!" Leon roared. "We get the picture! Aerieth, can you just heal them now? And make sure it's painful."

Aerieth sighed, and walked up to Sora. "What is your most serious injury?" Sora silently pointed to a stab wound on his left side. "Take off your shirt and let me take a look." Sora obeyed, and she examined a five inch lonch stab wound. She layed a hand on the cut, and her hand turned icy and blue.

"OUCH!" Sora yelped. "The healing hurts worse then the actual wound!"

Leon just smirked. "Maybe now you'll think twice before you get into another fight."

Sora had to sit through the pain as she fixed the gash, two more smaller gashes on his chest and leg, two broken ribs,a broken wrist, more scrapes and bruises then you can count, and a large bump on his head from where he hit the wall and smaller ones made by Leon.

But when she got to Riku, she discovered his injurys were just as bad. When she was done, she stood back to examine them both.

"Beutiful," she said. "Just let those healing be a lesson for you if you ever get the urge to start beating each other up.''

"Now you two shake hands," Mickey ordered. Riku and Sora stared at the mouse king. "Put it behind you already and stop being so stubborn. Or maybe Leon can give you some new injurys, and those won't be healed."

Riku and Sora just glared at each other; they didn't know which was worse, getting ordered around by a mouse, more injurys, or shaking hands with each other. Mickey cleared his throat, and the two clasped each others hands and let go immediately.

"That will have to do for now," the king said. ''Now please leave, I need to speak with Leon, Yuffie and Aerieth alone.''

Donald, Sora, and Goofy were walking along the beaches some time later, just talking. They had a lot of catching up to do.

"Are you three planning on going to bed anytime soon?" a giggly voice from behind them asked. The trio turned around to see Kairi standing there, smiling.

Sora raised his eyebrows. "You're talking to me?"

Kairi giggled. "Of course, silly. It'll give me nightmares, but I'll be fine." She turned to Goofy and Donald. "King Mickey says that you two are staying at the motel down by the ship."

Kairi, Donald, Goofy, and Sora were just leaving when Sora noticed a lone figure saluted in the moonlight on the cliff; Riku.

"You three go on, I'll catch up to you later." And he started walking torwards the shack that led up to it.

Donald saw where he was going, and grabbed his arm, pulling him back. "Oh no you don't! You're going to get into another fight, and I'm not letting you."

"Donald, let go!" But when the duck wouldn't move. He tried to get out, but nothing worked on the stubborn duck. Sora just sighed. "You have my word as a friend that I won't start a fight."

"Yeah, but do I have his word?" Donald asked, nodding in Riku's direction.

"Just trust him... I do," Sora said, finishing lamely.

"You still trust him?!?" Donald yelled. "After all thats happened?"

"Yes," Sora said, the energy going out of him. "He still has a good heart. Now let me go, I need to go talk to him."

Goofy and Donald exchanged glances. Goofy nodded, and Donald let go, but very reluctantly.

Sora turned on his heels, and jogged up to the shack. He opened the door and climbed up the steps.

The night breeze gently blew Riku's white hair, filling his nostrils with the sent of seasaly. He could hear the cries of the seagulls as they flew to the dock to setle in for the night. He heard footsteps from behind him, and once again he didn't even need to turn around to know who it was.

"Hey Riku" Sora said quietly.

"Hey,"

"Can I sit down?"

"If you mean can you sit down without me hitting you, then yes."

Sora ignored the bitterness in Riku's voice and sat next to him on the tree. They sat there in silence for a little, just watching the waves creep higher and higer above the shoreline. Finally, Riku said something. "Do you remember when we first met?"

"Yeah," Sora said. "you had just moved here from the other island, and oyou challenged me to a fight to see who was better."

"And we both got knocked out anyways when we ran into eachother." Sora laughed a little.

"How did we end up friends?" Sora asked.

"We just kept on challenging each other. But we always made up in the end." Riku replied, thinking fondly of the memory.

Sora laughed. "I think the biggest fight besides today was over Kairi," he said. "We didn't talk to each other for months, until we finally decided we could just use our fight matches to see who can get most of her attention." Riku laughed. Then there was more silence.

''Sora, I'm sorry,'' Riku said. Sora stared at him. Riku was apologizing first? That was even more surprising then when Riku hit him.

"Yeah, I'm sorry too,'' Sora admitted. "We still friends?"

Riku grinned at the young keyblade master. "Yup,"

They looked out at the ocean for a little bit more, talking. Until Sora said, "Damn, look at the time! Mom's gonna kill me, I'm an hour late!"

Riku laughed. "You idiot," he said.

Sora smiked. "You're not on time either, you know."

"Race you to the motel?''

"You're on!" They leapt down from the cliff, going at top speed down the sand dunes.

"I thought they would never leave," Yuffie said, stepping out from under the cliff along with Leon, Donald, Goofy, Aerieth, Kairi, and King Micky.

"Well, at least their back together again," Goofy said.

Me: The end! Do you like it? Do you do you do you?

Riku: Have you been drinking Mountain Dew Live Wire again?

Me: Sort of, maybe, I dunno.

Sora: You made it too sappy.

Me: Oh shut up Sora!

Sora: Make me.

Me: gets trusty flamethrower Say that again...

Sora: Ep! runs away

Riku: You made him leave... COOL!

Me: Stop making fun of Sora-kun.

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