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Two years had passed since Sora left Destiny Islands. Neither Riku or Kairi forgot about Sora and they missed him dearly, but they had to move on. Riku was now 17 and Kairi was now 16. She grew her hair out for once and Riku looked the same, only he changed the way he dressed. He always wore black cloaks over his clothes and the hood over his head. He said that he liked wearing them like that.

Kairi stood where they were building the raft, just two years earlier. The raft still there and left alone. It was there for so long, that termites got to the raft. Kairi didn't really want to be anywhere near it. She had completely forgotten that Sora had been gone for two years. It felt like 10 years. She only heard from Sora twice. Once on her 15th birthday and the other time on Riku's 16th birthday. That was over a year ago. Now, Sora's 16th birthday was approaching, and he wasn't going to be here for it.

Riku joined Kairi where she was. "What are you thinking about?" he asked.

"Oh, just the raft," lied Kairi.

Riku must have read her mind. "You're thinking about Sora, aren't you?" he asked.

Kairi turned to Riku with a smile on her face. "Yeah." she replied.

"See? You're weren't even thinking about the raft." said Riku, smiling.

Kairi fingered the crown necklace on her neck. She took good care of that necklace. She hardly ever took it offand when she did, she would polish it. She cared for it that much. It was all she had left of Sora.

"I don't even know if Sora's dead or alive..." said Kairi.

"I'm sure he's alive." said Riku.

"Two years have gone by since the last time we saw Sora." said Kairi. "Feels like nothing's changed...except..."

"Except what?" asked Riku.

"Except that this place is still empty without Sora around." said Kairi.

"I know." said Riku. "I've had nobody good to compete with. Tidus and Wakka suck at everything that isn't blitzball. That's all they ever play."

"Well, Tidus and Wakka are the star blitzball players at school." said Kairi.

They stood there in silence. Suddenly, Riku's cell phone rang. He answered it. It was his girlfriend, Namine.Kairi didn't know her that well, but Sora and Riku knew her. She had just moved back to this island a year ago.

Riku flipped his phone shut. "Sorry, gotta go." he said. "Namine and I have a date." and he left.

Kairi smiled. She remembered that Sora was jealous of Riku's cell phone. And her cell phone. Mainly, everyone's cell phones. This was because Sora didn't have a cell phone. His parents wouldn't let him have one. They said that Sora would waste too much time text messaging people for no apparant reason. Kairi sighed and went to the paopu tree, to think.

Kairi sat there, playing with her new cell phone, when suddenly, she heard a deep voice, but it sounded so familiar, calling her name. Kairi ignored it and continued to change the wallpaper on her phone. Suddenly, the voice called again. "Kairi!"

Kairi turned around this time. She saw someone she had been waiting to see for two years. Sora. And he was...standing on his own. Well, actually, he used his keyblade to help him stand. His wheelchair was gone.

"Sora?" Kairi cried.

Sora nodded.

AHHHHH! Sorry to leave you guys hanging, but I gotta go! Wait until next time, laters!