20 Seasons of Change

a joint fanfiction story by Aemi Takahashi and Kaoru Hiirigazawa

Notes from the Authors
Aemi says, "Hello hello! Thank you for even bothering to read this! This is, by the way, my first fanfic collaboration with my close friend Kaoru! Our deal is that I make the even-numbered chapters, and she does the odd-numbered ones. This way, it is like role-playing, which both Kaoru and I are particularly fond of. I hope you like the first chapter!

By the way, this story takes place when Sora and company are around 10-13 years of age. Though the beginning occurs when they are around 8. Just so you guys know."

Disclaimer
Kingdom Hearts is property of Squaresoft and Disney. The extra characters (Shizuka, Chisame and a few others) as well as the plot are property of Aemi and Kaoru.

Chapter One

"Think about it, guys!" a little girl with light brown hair said to her friends as they walked along a white, sandy beach. "We'll all be 3rd graders next year!"

"Sigh.." went another little girl, with red hair. "Too bad we all won't be together next year.."

"Don't worry, Kai." a taller, sky blue-haired boy said. "3rd grade is easy, no matter what school you're in!"

"That's easy for you to say, Riku." the boy's best friend said. "You're smart!"

"Guys!" Another girl said. "You don't get it!" She had brown hair.

"What?" the boys asked in unison.

"I swear, you two are clueless!"

"Stop it, everyone.." the red haired girl, revealed to be Kairi, intervened. "I don't want everyone fighting like this.."

"Aww but Kai-kai.." the light brown haired girl said. "We'll really miss you... when will you be back?"

"I don't know, Chiu..." Kairi replied, "Mama and Papa won't tell me.."

"Well that's just poopy." The shorter and younger boy said, with his arms behind his head.

"Say, Kai, when are you moving?" Riku asked.

"2 days from now."

"2 DAYS FROM NOW!" everyone (except Kairi of course) cried out.

"Then we have to make it extra special!" the brown haired girl said.

"Yeah, that's a great idea, Shizuka!" Chisame (called "Chiu" by her closest friends) added. "Let's go to Selph and plan a little festival for Kai-kai!"

Shizuka nodded. "I'll race ya!"

"You're on!" and so Chisame and Shizuka raced off to another part of the island.

"Guess I'll be doin' my own thing then." Riku said, waving bye for now, and running off somewhere else, leaving Kairi alone with Riku's best friend, Sora.

To be continued...

Credits
We credit (definitely) Squaresoft and Disney for getting together and making such a wonderful game.

Aemi says, "Yep, that's it for now! Kaoru will be continuing the story with the second chapter, then I'll do the third one, and so on so forth. Sorry if the chapters end up being short..."