This chapter is rated a HIGH T. yeah, that's cuz I'm weird and Skye isn't here to yell at me about it
---Shelby's POV---
Still in the clearing we all stood silently. Skye and Sora were still giving me weird looks, but they soon shrugged everything off. I turned to Riku. "So, why didn't I have these dreams...before last year? They just suddenly started." He smiled again. He had been doing that a lot lately. I looked to Skye who was giving me an odd look. Sora wasn't confused...much. So, before Riku told me more I decided to fill Skye in. "Basically," I stared. "I have this really cool power and knew we would be friends almost a year before we met."
"Ohhhh. I get it!" She SO did not get it. I rolled my eyes at her and turned back to Riku. I heard Skye ask Sora what I meant and I laughed silently. So, Riku started the second explanation on the day.
"You started getting these dreams when? Around your thirteenth birthday? Because, I think that's when it starts. And you said you've been having these dreams for almost a year now? And that would make you almost fourteen?" I thought for a moment. Then, it dawned on me. Or, a light bulb lit above my head...except I didn't have a light bulb at the current moment so that didn't happen.
"Whoa...I totally get...most of it...now. I think my first dream came to me the day after my thirteenth birthday...and that would make it a year in five days. Oh my gosh, my birthday is in four days!" I have a really bad memory, and when you are occupied with saving the world you forget some things. I turned to Sora. "Did you know?"
He shook his head. "No, but I had an idea it was you who got the power." Now I was really confused.
"I don't understand." I turned to Riku. He obviously knew everything that I didn't at the moment.
"There is one person in each lifetime that gets this power. It's weird really. When the person is born they are born with a tattoo. That tattoo is the moon, then the sun, then the earth in a row. You have this?" I nodded and turned around, lifting my shirt just barely. On my back is that tattoo. I was born with it and no one knew why. This would explain it. I turned back around, waiting for the rest of his explanation. "I know because, like I said, we are destined to be together. But how do I know? Well, for one I don't have the power, but I have the tattoo." He lifted his shirt and in the same spot as mine was the same tattoo. How no one ever noticed is a mystery to me. "And I know because the dreams I had of you. Every dream you had of me came to me, just flipped around a bit."
I nodded, this made perfect sense...I think. "So...when you were born did everyone think you had my power?"
He nodded. "They did for a while. But then they saw this." He lifted his shirt again and pointed to the center on the sun. I looked closely and in the center of the sun was nothing. I gave him an odd look. "In the middle of your tattoo is a star. It tells that you have the power. That's the only difference between our tattoos. Understand now?"
"I guess I do. Yeah. I understand most of it." I smiled and he smiled back. Skye and Sora had been very quiet so I decided to explain things. I turned to them. They were just standing there...it was quite funny actually. "Ok, to sum this up: I have some freakish power that allows me to see the people intertwined with my Destiny." Skye nodded slowly. Sora smiled. I then directed questions at Sora. These answers Riku wouldn't know. "So...why did you think it was me?"
"Well, for one I had dreams of you too. And when you got dreams of Skye, I did too but like Riku said, they were flipped around a bit." I nodded.
"Skye didn't get dreams of me though...did she?" She had never told me if she had.
Riku shook his head. "No, she didn't." sensing my confusion, and Skye's, he clarified everything. "She didn't get them because you would know each other soon enough. You didn't meet us for almost a year. That's why we got dreams. So we would know. Weird how it works, isn't it." I nodded.
"So, Riku." Sora started. "How did you get here?" Riku smiled and began yet another long story.
"We were destined to meet Shelby. So when you were transferred from Destiny Island, So was I. Then, we all met here." Ok, so it was a short long story. But that's ok. I looked at Riku, then at Sora, then at Skye. Skye looked very confused but that wasn't unnormal...if that's a word.
Turning back to Riku, I sighed. "I think we should be going. It's getting late." I was right. We all looked up. The sun had disappeared over the trees and now the clearing was getting dark. Sora and Skye nodded. "Ok, so...where are we sleeping tonight?" Sora looked around.
"We'll have to sleep outside. There isn't anywhere else around here." Sora said. I groaned. Camping I didn't mind. But I didn't even have a sleeping bag. "We'll go find somewhere for camp. Another clearing without a lake, maybe? So we aren't so close to the water." I nodded, "You two find some firewood. We'll meet back here in twenty minutes. That should give us time to find a clearing and you time to get firewood." I nodded and saluted him. Sora and Skye walked back down the path they had come down and I turned to Riku.
"We need to go find some firewood." He smiled mischievously and nodded. I raised an eyebrow at him. He laughed quietly, that same evilish grin on his face. I moved to walk around him, only to be grabbed around the waist. Riku pulled me to him, his evilish grin growing. He kissed me, pushing me against a nearby tree. I wrapped my arms around his neck, pulling him closer. His tongue ran across my lips, searching my mouth as soon as my lips were parted enough for him to get through.
I suddenly felt him rub against me. I gasped in surprise. He did not just do that. I felt him smile against my lips. Stupid hormones. Or...maybe, he hadn't done it on purpose. That was worse in a way. He pulled away to breath and at that moment I realized how badly my lungs ached for air. I gasped for breath, leaning my full weight on the tree I had been pushed against. "Firewood." I gasped out. Riku nodded and smiled weakly.
"Okay. Firewood." He pushed himself off me so I could stand up without having to use the tree to hold me up. I stood up, wobbling slightly. I picked up a few sticks and Riku pulled a few branches from under a tree... Skye walked into the clearing and smiled brightly.
"Nice stack of sticks." She said. I glared at her. She raised an eyebrow. I wondered how messed up I looked. I ran a hand nervously through my hair and hoped my face was no longer flushed.
"It hasn't been twenty minutes yet." I said quietly, yet in a tone that told her not to question me on anything.
She laughed. "No, but it's been fifteen." I felt my face heat up then and looked away. There was no way it had been fifteen minutes...or was there?
Trying to break the very uncomfortable silence I asked, "So, did you and Sora find a campsite, or did you take a detour?" She blushed and glared at me. I heard Riku laugh quietly and I smiled. She knew not to ask now. We gathered a few more branches and sticks then walked to the campsite Sora and Skye had found...after the detour.
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I watched Skye and Sora sleep. They had started out about three feet apart, and were now in their –what I like to call- nightly pose. Riku was awake. He was laying about ten feet away from me. He knew I wasn't asleep. He had checked to see if I was every five minutes since Sora and Skye had fallen asleep. I sat up and leaned against the tree I was lying under. I couldn't sleep. I just wasn't tired. Riku sat up and looked at me. "You okay?" He asked in a whisper so he didn't wake Sora and Skye. Bu I knew they wouldn't wake up. I smiled at the thought.
I shrugged. "I'm fine. Just can't sleep." He crawled over to me and laid his head in my lap. I absently ran a hand through his hair. I stared into his eyes and he stared into mine. My mind flashed back to a few nights before. "Your eyes...they're beautiful." I smiled as I remembered his words. One of his hands came up and moved a piece of hair out of my face. I smiled, sill staring into his eyes. "We are destined to be together." I felt my eyes fill with tears as I remembered what he had said.
He sat up and looked at me worriedly. "What's wrong?" He moved to where I had been sitting, moving me into his lap. I smiled and shook my head. I knew he wouldn't take that answer, but that's ok. I paused, moving closer to him.
"Just thinking." I finally said, quietly. He nodded and, seeing my smile, smiled back. I watched Skye and Sora. "I wonder if they're destined to be together." I thought aloud. Riku shrugged.
"Let's go for a swim. We can go in the lake we were at." I almost said yes, but then remembered that one: I had no bathing suit and wasn't about to go fully dressed, or undressed for that matter; two: it was the middle of the night and I was now tired, comfortable in my current position.
"Too tired." I mumbled, burying my face in his chest. He didn't move for a while and neither did I. But, he suddenly stood up. He knew I was still awake, even if it was just barely. I thought he was going the throw me in the lake, but I never felt the water of heard a splash. I only felt the ground and Riku lying down next to me.
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I laid lazily in Riku's arms, waiting for him to wake up. Across the campsite I saw Skye waking up. She sleepily waved to me and I waved back. She shifted in Sora's arms, making him start to wake up. I thought about the dream I had the night before. It had only contained Sora and Skye. I exchanged glances with the now-awake Sora. He had obviously had that dream too. I smiled. That answered my question from the night before. Are they destined to be together? I smiled.
Sora smiled back. I felt Riku trying to pull me closer, but that wasn't happening. We were already about as close as we were getting. I smiled and shook him awake. When we were all awake we headed towards the world exit. Sora had sealed the keyhole yesterday before all the interesting stuff happened.
Shelby: Ok, long chappie! YAY long chappie! XD ok, I'll probably update again tomorrow...or whenever Skye gets on again. I really have no idea what world comes next b/c I haven't ever play KH (everyone gasps) yeah, well, I read fics and watch Skye play it a lot. But she hogs the PS2 xD so, telling me what world comes next would be a big help! TY! Oh, and yeh, Skye shall kill me when she heads the 'fluffyness' of this chapter.