Riku was amazed when he saw the gummi ship underneath the bushes. Sora said that it was a present from Donald and Goofy. But he was more amazed to see Kairi driving the ship. Sora taught her incase of an emergency, and she picked up on it right away. They took off into the sky, but really weren't sure what route they would take. They decided on Traverse Town.

Xoe, Riku and Sora sat in the back of the Gummi ship. After a while, Riku noticed Xoe shift in slight discomfort, then he noticed Sora staring at her.

"Hey Sora, do you mind?" Riku asked.

Sora shook his head. "Oh, what?"

"You don't have to stare at her…"

"Sorry, but it's like I've seen her before," Sora replied. "But I can't place where."

"I think I know," Xoe spoke up shyly. "It was about 2 and a half years ago…"

flashback

Xoe walked casually into the third district from the first. She sighed and headed towards the fountain… things were pretty boring.

Halfway to the fountain, there was a distortion in the air. A heartless appeared. No problem, she took out a weapon she created herself. It was a steal circle, nine inches in diameter, and it had three thirteen inch serrated blades evenly spaced around the edge. There was a handle in the center of the circle. Carved into it was a dragon breathing fire, and black roses creeping around the blades.

She quickly defeated the foe in one swift movement, but then four more appeared. She vanquished two, and five more came. Again and again until there were about 20 surrounding her next to the fountain. That's when she was hit. Three times in the leg, then one deep slice in her shoulder. She fell to her knees and cried out in pain.

"Go away!" she cried. Three actually obeyed her and fled in terror. "Help!"

End flashback

"And that's where I first met Riku," Xoe said.

"Yeah, I saved you from all of those heartless, then I heard someone coming, so I took you and hid behind the wall. It turned out to be Sora, he must of seen your face when you looked to see who I was talking to," Riku added.

"Riku, why did you leave then?" Sora blurted out before he could stop himself. Riku looked at the floor, obviously ashamed of himself.

"I…I was jealous. I thought you didn't want to be my friend anymore… I thought that you no longer cared about Kairi and I. Plus, I needed to make sure that Xoe was alright with all of the bloodloss. And…"

"And what?"

"Maleficent," Xoe said. A silence fell after that. Riku felt horrible that he had followed the witch… he somehow felt hollow now that his friends mentioned it. It seemed to set him apart from everyone else.

'Now you now how she feels…' a voice said in his mind. It wasn't him thinking, he looked up startled. Then he felt something touch his hand. He looked down to see Xoe's fingers brushing his hand, somewhat deliberately. He wrapped his hand around hers, and watched a smile spread across her face. I guess I do know how she feels… he thought.

They landed on traverse town, and came out in the first district. It was sort of like one of those movies you watch when they go into a deserted town and you see a tumble weed go by, there was nobody there. It was sort of gray, and the stars didn't shine so brightly. Everything was dark… The three slowly made their way through the first district, then they made it to the second one. They came through the doors and found that nobody was there either. Suddenly, 5 heartless appeared.

"Heartless!" they all cried out simultaneously.

"But how?" asked Sora. "I vanquished them!"

"Aparently not," said Riku, taking out his weapon. Xoe and Sora followed suit and were soon fighting the heartless. Kairi, who had no weapon just avoided the fighting. She heard something from behind her and quickly turned around. All she saw was a dark flash, then she found herself in a dark place. All black, and nothing else. It was like she was standing on nothing at all, but she wasn't falling. Or she could be falling, but she would never realize it. A voice came to her ears.

'Kairi… the daughter of darkness is about you… you will bring Xoe to me… bring her to me… in Luca!'

"No!" Kairi shouted. "I would never hurt Xoe!"

'Oh, but she would you…Kairi… You will bring her to me in Luca… you have no choice!'

Maniacal laughter sounded about the hollow space. Kairi thought she screamed, but then she woke up on the ground of the second district with Xoe, Riku and Sora looking down at her.

"Are you okay?" asked Xoe. She handed Kairi a knife. "You'll need this next time. That heartless almost got you."

"Xoe I…" Kairi started, but she decided not to tell her fellow comrades about her dream. "Nevermind."

"Let's get to the Inn. I don't think that they've reached there yet."

The four headed in the direction of the Inn, and Kairi couldn't shake the voice from her head. Xoe would never hurt me… would she?

(That's all folks. For this chapter anyway. Next chapter coming soon, I hope at least…)