Kairi...

Kairi...

(Soft Breathing)

Where are you Kairi...

"I'm right here Sora!" Kairi shouted before jolting into the seating position. She breathed heavily and looked around, finally realizing that Sora wasn't there. She looked down at the sheets and tears started sliding off her cheeks and onto the bed. It was hard for her to be away from Sora for this long. She couldn't even stand it when they were separated back in the Destiny Island days. She got up from bed and stretched, wondering why she was having those dreams. Even though her heart was released from Sora's she still feels that she's a part of him and he's a part of her. Kairi didn't look any different, even though she's fifteen now, her appearance can still be recognized. She had short red hair with lilac eyes and she was currently wearing a long pink night gown with pink ribbons tied at the side. She was currently in Traverse Town at the small house in the third district. She was living there ever since Sora left for Hollow Bastion with the others. She wondered where Cid was so she put on a pair of slippers and went out the door. She closed the door behind her and suddenly a dragon heartless appear in front of her and flew towards her. At first, Kairi was calm and watched the heartless emblem, noticing it was different. Instead of a heart shape, it was half a heart with a sword in it. Then she screamed and ran quickly down the stairs to the door that leads to the first district. While running, she tripped on the end of her dress and fell. She looked up in panic and saw the dragon getting ready to dive. The dragon started to spin then started to dive towards Kairi. She rolled to the side and the dragon missed and it's face hit the floor. Kairi looked at the dragon and took the opportunity to go to the first district. She opened the door and ran towards where Cid was.

"Cid! Cid! Help me!" She panicked, not noticing the dragon wasn't following her

Cid looked at Kairi and tilted his head to the side slightly, wondering what Kairi was screaming about. He didn't see anything behind her. He shrugged and jumped down, walking calmly towards her.

"Kairi, what's the matter" He said trying to put his hands on her shoulders to calm her down.

"Cid...I have something to tell you" She replied, panting.

"What is it?"

"The heartless are back!"

"What? Kairi you can't be serious An-"

"Ansem was destroyed? Yes, but there has to be a reason why they're back"

"Kairi, Ansem was destroyed which means that the heartless should be gone. But that makes no sense...You claim that they're bac-"

"I saw one with my own eyes!" She interrupted. "If you don't believe me, I'll prove it to you. They say when Ansem is destroyed, the worlds will once again be disconnected. I'm going to open the door that leads to other worlds. If there is a wall, I have gone crazy. If you and I can see other worlds, you owe me an apology."

Kairi walked toward the door and stood there, watching it. What if she was going crazy? What if the heartless was only a fragment of her imagination? The only the she had to do was prove Cid wrong. She pushed the door open and her eyes widened in surprise, "No...It can't be..."

Meanwhile, Sora, Donald and Goofy were still at the End of the World, looking for a way out. They seemed to have been teleported to the first place where they fought Ansem. A place that looked like the Destiny Islands. Donald looked around and sighed, thinking it's time to give up.

"We're never going to find King Mickey"

"And Riku..." Goofy added.

Sora sighed, thinking it was time to give up too. But he knew he promised Kairi that he would come back to her. There was no way he was going to break that promise. Sora was also fifteen, but his appearance altered slightly. He has brown hair and blue eyes with a medium sized diagonal scar on his right cheek. He was wearing ordinary blue pants with a black belt and a white shirt. He was wearing black leg, arm and chest armour and carried his ultima weapon keyblade in his left hand. The ultima weapon looked like a sword with green vines wrapped around it, and it has a yellow hilt. Sora walked up to them and sighed, not liking their negativity.

"Come on you guys, we will find them...even Kairi"

"I guess you're right..." Donald replied, not entirely convinced by what Sora said.

It's true, they have been searching for them for about a year now but they don't have much places to look. The only places they could look are the battle field, final rest and the world terminus. They couldn't exactly leave the place. They couldn't even begin thinking how they would get out. Suddenly there was a rustling in the bushes. Sora, Donald and Goofy were startled and looked around frantically. Suddenly Riku appears, but he is without King Mickey. Sora's eyes widened and ran toward Riku.

"Riku! we finally found each other" Sora said while hugging Riku tightly.

"Uh...Hi Sora....Nice to see you...too...Sora you're choking me..."

"Sorry," Sora replied, finally letting go. "Where have you been? Have you seen Kairi? Have you seen King Mickey?"

"Whoa there Sora," Riku said, scratching the side of his head, "The answers to your questions is pretty much, I don't know. But Sora, I gotta tell you something."

"What is it?"

Author's Note: Pffft, this is my third and final attempt at writing stories. Hope you liked it...blah...Please review...