Portal

By: Garnet311

"GO! GO!" My cousin shrieked, bouncing up and down as I attempted to guide Sora, unsuccessfully, through the race at Destiny Islands. For the 33rd time, Riku won.

"I can't believe this." I huffed, crossing my arms over my chest and refusing to pick the controller back up. I stuck my nose in the air as she glared at me, and picked up the controller herself. It would be the eleventh time she'd loose.

"How can you not -win- this thing!" She growled as she hit the star tree a couple flowers after Riku. I shrugged, leaning back. I figured there simply must've been some secret way, and that we'd found the ultimate secret way jackpot. There was no way we were gonna win. We probably should've stopped trying, but we didn't. Maybe we thought we'd get a prize for loosing the most times in the world? One leg popped into the air as I leaned a little too far back, and the back of my head hit the floor. My cousin glanced over at me, and laughed. "Aw, c'mon Selene, get up.." She cooed, yanking at my arm.

I stubbornly stayed on the floor, crossing my arms behind my head for a pillow. "Pay attention, Kristi, you're running into a wall..." Kristi, my cousin, looked up to the TV, and frowned. I hadn't lied. She turned Sora, and guided him toward the end of the race, already knowing she'd lost.

"I think we should give up." She stated clearly, glancing down at me, "I mean, how can we possibly -win- this thing? It's rigged!" Her face formed a frown as I laughed at her, and shook my head.

"If you like, Kris."

It was the first day of the second week my cousin had spent with us. Traditionally she spent two weeks out of every summer with us, but this time the plans had changed, and she meant to stay for a full month. She was, for the most part, responsible for making her own travelling plans, as the group decission was that adults were far to incompetant to do it on their own, and stuck her parents with simply paying the air fare, which, for the most part, were given to her grandparents under the claim that her parents couldn't afford it. Her double visit to Connecticut was paid at the expense of her visit to Tennessee, where yet another cousin normally would have awaited, had she not decided to throw a fit and inform her that there was no way in hell she was allowed in her household again.

All the more fun for us.

Over our time together we had visited a couple parks, a carnival that decided to come into town at the exact right moment, two ice creameries, the entire neighborhood, and the local wall-mart. For the remainder of her stay we were going to play Kingdom Hearts- a game I had already completed, but thought that Kristi would find interesting if not enjoyable.

I had been right. Though generally she spent most of her time walking around outside and finding secret hiding places to retreat to when the world around us went insane, there was something about the reality of Kingdom Hearts that appealed to the both of us. I think, with Kristi, it was just the general lifestyle of the kids on destiny Island that thrilled her... the thought of having all day every day to do whatever the hell we wanted without her parents bumping in. For me there were two things that drew me to Kingdom Hearts... Riku, and the thought that normal teenagers could become something more.

I didn't expect what came next.

Chapter One

I don't know when we fell asleep, but the first thing my senses picked up was warm, bubbly water covering my body, toes first. The second thing I registered was the smell of the sea... salt water, and sand. Next were voices.

"Who do you think they are?" a male asked quietly, obviously trying to keep his low pitched voice down.

"I don't know." A similar voice responded, but louder.

"Be quiet!" The first scolded, and I heard a girl, and a third boy giggling.

'Boys giggle?' I thought vaguely.

"Oh c'mon.. look, that one's awake!" As I tried to move my legs, I cried out, feeling as if each muscle was pulling apart with every movement I took. I opened my eyes, and my head pounded. I was seeing double. And I was delirious. There seemed to be two Riku's staring down at me.

No... they were a little different. Where the original Riku's hair was blue based, the second Riku's hair was red based, and where the original Riku's eyes were a bright, entrancing blue, the second Riku's were a vibrant green, far livelier than the Riku I knew. I gagged, and rolled onto my stomach, watching about a gallon of salt water hit the sand.

"Check the other one!" The only girl's voice ordered, and I looked up toward her. I took in the rotating image of a girl, about a year younger than I, with short red hair, and a pink and white tank top. Her blue eyes smiled regardless of the worried expression on her face. "I told you to check them!"

"Aw, C'mon Kairi!" I looked over as the world began to stop rotating sitting there calmly was none other than Sora. Many fanfiction writers were not mistaken to portray his hair as gravity defying, and vaguely I wondered how quickly he went through hair spray.

Finally, her words registered to me. "Kristi!" I cried, struggling to get up as my body faught against me. As Sora lept up to hold me back, I stared at my cousin. It was her.. but it wasn't her... she was different.. I was getting scared.

Her short auburn hair (which wasn't unlike Kairi's) came to her waist now, and had changed its color altogether. It was now a vivid purple, matched only by the vivid purple of her long eyelashes. Her waist was now smaller than mine had been in the real world, and instead of her general tee shirt and loose jeans was a white short sleeved shirt with a purple butterfly that spread across the front, its wings wrapping around to her back. The normal circle neck seemed to have been cut in the middle, maybe two inches, and tied together again by purple leather. Her pants were made of a thin denim material that had been died purple to match the shirt and hair. They came to her knees, and ended with pieces of string dangling for half an inch. A white design was imprinted on the sides of her legs, where triangles were cut into the bottoms to allow movement. Judging by the general attire, I guessed that her eyes had turned violet as well.

"Calm down." the original Riku hissed, glancing back at me for a moment as he and the second Riku flipped my cousin over. It wasn't long before she went through the same recouperating progress I had, and had spit up the same amount of water, though, now that it wasn't coming out of MY mouth it wasn't as much as I thought it had been.

After screaming and cussing our saviors out, Kristi finally got around to staring at me as if I had turned into a house elf. I could tell that I had undergone as many transformations as she did, and looked at the sand.

"Who are you two?" Kairi asked kindly, coming off of the log she'd been watching from to sit down with us. "We just got out of our boats this morning and saw you guys lying here in the sand. We were worried." She smiled, and tilted her head. She reminded me of a sunrise, pretty, bright. The kinds of things people don't mind waking up early for, even if I wasn't that kind of a person.

"I'm Selene," I stated, and motioned to my cousin, "And this is my cousin, Kristi."

Sora nodded. "I thought you were related somehow!" he exclaimed, "I'm Sora, and that there's Kairi." He motioned to the double Riku's, "And that's Riku, and Kiru."

"Kiru?" Kristi repeated, blinking. Apparently her thoughts had traveled the same track mine had. She realized that we'd somehow found our way onto destiny islands, but there was no Kiru in the game... Kiru looked over at her, and smiled broadly.

"Yes'm!"

Kristi smiled back, and Riku rolled his eyes. "Right." He stated vaguely, "Lets go look for the stuff. These guys can take care of themself from here."

"Can we help?" I asked instantly, remembering where all the stuff for the raft was.

Sora and Kiru looked at each other, and then at Kairi, and finally at Riku. "Naw," Sora muttered quietly, studying the sand, "You guys are new. No point in making you work."

"But I know where the stuff is." Kristi stated, "You're making a raft, right? There's a rope up in the building thing, and the coconuts are in the trees, you just have to hit them until they fall."

I found my way abruptly to my feet as in an instant Riku's hand had found its way around her neck, his aqua eyes staring dead into hers. "How did you know that?" He snarled. Kiru and I found teamwork helpful as we pried him off of her. I added the extra touch of throwing him into the sand, glaring fiercely at him as I stood between him and my cousin.

"WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU ARE!" I roared, my trademark 'short temper' coming into play as he scrambled back to his feet, looking somewhat disbelieving that I had managed to throw him to the ground.

"Wow... she's as violent as Riku is." Sora whispered to Kairi, who giggled.

"Selene, calm down!" Kristi cried, but it was no use, I was already on a rampage.

"You have absolutely no rightNo RIGHT" I'd forgotten that I was talking to the soon-to-be king of the heartless, "What the hell makes you think that you can just take matters into your own hands? Handling things however the hell you want!" I knew I must've looked like a maniac in front of the person I'd been obsessed with through the first playing, and beginning of the second playing, of the game. I didn't care. "How DARE you pur your hands on my cousin!" I was moving towards him now, with every intention to strike out.

Thankfully, Kiru stepped between us, putting a hand on the calm Riku's shoulder just in case, and his other hand on my shoulder, pushing me back and holding me back as Kristi cooperated to grab my arms, holding me back.

Riku simply laughed, shaking his head, and Sora was the first to join, soon added was Kiru, and then as if in order, Kristi.

"I hate the human race." I growled, yanking away from the group and storming in another direction, crossing my arms over my chest, but I was followed close behind. The person, whoever they were, didn't speak, but I could hear the foot steps behind me, feel the gaze on my back.

I waited to acknowledge the presence until we were decently cut off from the rest of the group, "Look," I snarled, whirled around, and being surprised to find that it was Riku. My eyes narrowed immediately as my rage was re-sparked, "I don't approve being followed, to start with, and I don't know why the hell you insist on pissing me off after you've already landed yourself on my bad side."

"Calm down." He spoke easily.

"Calm down!" I repeated disbelievingly, my voice rising. "Calm down!" I stared as he began to stroll toward the shack underneath of the path to his battle island, you know, the one that used to have the save in it. "D-Don't walk away from me!" I cried, spraying sand behind me as I followed him inside.

I blinked in confusion as he disappeared from in front of me, and then whirled around as I heard the door close. My confusion grew to an overwelming quantity as I saw that it was Riku who had closed us in. "How did you" I gasped as he came upon me, pushing me into the wall, and pressed his lips to mine, taking advantage of the opening, and pushing my wrists up above my head as I tried to push him away. The moment I decided to cooperate he stepped back, chuckling. I decided that acting was my best bet at the momentnevermind that I'd just been french kissed by my obsession and I didn't have to pounce on him for it.

"How DARE you!" I roared, gathering myself and glaring daggers at him. He smirked, taking a step back toward me, and I backed away. "I NEVER gave you permission to- to" I silenced as he was upon me again, and this time I just went with it, taking a deep breath as we parted. He seemed somewhat less triumphant now. "...To do that." I finished quietly.

"That's because I didn't ask for permission." He responded, "I just take what I want." He let me go, and headed up the stairs as if nothing had happened.

I glared after him. "Well" He was out the door before I could think of something to respond with. I glared, "...I am so going to kick your ass on that race, Riku..." I hissed quietly, slumping against the wall where the save would have been. "And if I can't do it then I'll kick your ass with a stick."

Authors Notes: Well, hello my humble readers. (Just kidding, don't kill me! ) Please keep reading, and and, review! Flamers welcome! I don't care! I promise It'll divert my from my little romance in the next chappy! There is a plot! Really there is!