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Riku

'And I thought Tyson could eat' I thought to myself as I watched Namine start on her third hamburger. Granted, she probably hadn't seen good food for a long time but jeez. Alongside not having decent food for a good month, Namine showed other signs of just coming out of darkness. Her eyes had huge dark circles underneath them, and looked dull and tired against her pale, drawn in face. She also seemed a little uncomfortable in the light, always squinting when she looked towards one of the many lights in the cafe. I could relate to that, when I first came out of darkness, I wore a blindfold for many weeks.(A/N Ah yes, the blindfold...this is my theory).

"Hey Riku, you going to eat that?" I snapped out of my reverie and turned to Tyson, who was eying my half eaten sandwich. (A/N Riku is so boring he orders a sandwich...how dull...jk lol). I tossed it to him silently, but not before snatching an onion ring from his plate. "Hey!" Tyson screeched; he is very protective of his onion rings. I grinned and popped it into my mouth.

"Are we done here?" I asked impatiently, becoming a little tired of the suspicious stares we, mainly I, were receiving from an old couple near by. Namine sat back in her chair, sighing loudly, and nodded. I flicked a little money on the table and we left.

"So what are we going to do tomorrow?" Tyson asked as we walked along a side alley. Namine replied, with some irritation, "I'm going shopping with Larxene, who thinks that I need help picking out clothes(she rolled her eyes at this), so I'm going to be busy all day. Of course, if you wanted to go, you're welcome to keep me company," she looked a little hopeful as she said this. "Umm...yeah I would come but I have to ummmm, help Axel with his...gummy ship..." Tyson said quickly, he is such a bad liar. "I'll go," I offered. It might be fun to irritate Larxene at the shopping center, besides its not like I had anything better to do. "Really! Thank god." Namine looked relieved. I laughed at her enthusiasm.

Later- Still Riku's POV

"Namine, are you done yet? You've been in there forever," I asked as I knocked impatiently on the door. Sharing a bathroom with a girl was going to be harder than I thought. "Yeah yeah I'm goin. " She pulled open the door with a look of pure annoyance on her face, holding a towel in one hand, and her hairbrush in the other. I stifled a laugh at her appearance. "So I guess my shirt was a little big on you huh," I earned a glare. "Not like I had anything else to wear" Namine muttered under her breath as she fingered the black shirt that went nearly down to her knees, which she had attempted to tuck into the oversized shorts Larxene had lent her. Her long blonde hair looked different somehow, though it was wet, it looked shorter. "Hey did you cut your hair?" I asked looking incredulous. "Yeah it was too long. I was getting irritated." Her hair now was a few Inches below her shoulder, and layered so that it looked messy, yet good. I couldn't believe she had done it herself. I shook my head as I pushed myself around her into the bathroom. I shut the door, and heard her cross the screen into her room.

About ten minutes later I came out of the bathroom, fresh from my shower, trying to towel dry my hair. I glanced into Namine's room, to see her sprawled out on the bed, one leg hanging off the side, her face peaceful. I thought about the 'exciting' shopping we would be doing tomorrow, and couldn't help snicker at how Larxene and Namine's styles were going to differ. Larxene was sure to have a fit at the short shorts and tight shirts Namine would go for, considering she was somewhat conservative. It was going to be an interesting day. 'Serves Larxene right for whatever Namine does to her tomorrow. She wasn't exactly welcoming to Namine when she first came.' I thought as I crawled into bed.

Namine's POV

"Its ugly. I don't like it." I was trying my best to contain my irritation as Larxene tried without success once again to get me into a skirt. Au ugly green skirt that went down to my mid calf to be exact. "Oh don't be so picky. It looks good," Larxene said as she pulled the skirt straight on my legs. So far, we had succeeded in getting me 2 shirts and 3 pairs of shorts, and of course underwear and socks and stuff like that. We had spent most of the past 4 hours arguing over the length and color of all the stuff I had tried on, and we couldn't agree on anything.

"Fine then, try the stuff you picked out then, but you are getting the skirt," Larxene said dismissively. I scowled at my reflection in the mirror, and in the background I could see Riku snickering. I stormed into the dressing room again, and pulled the curtain shut, to try on something I liked. Man, I hate clothes shopping.

2 hours later we sat in the cafe sipping coffee with various bags of clothes stuffed into a chair. "Well I think that if you are feeling up to it, we should do some training today, you know, to see where you're at," Larxene told me as she sipped her drink. I nodded, I loved training. I just hoped all of my ninja skills hadn't become rusty n the lack of practicing I had done lately. Wasn't like I had a ton of free time... "Good, you will train with Riku then. I think it would be good for both of you," she said with some satisfaction. Riku made a kind of noise between a choke and a gasp into his cup, and I looked at Larxene in shock. "You want me to train against HIM! But he'll kill me! I haven't fought a human being in months!" "Well that's just to bad," Larxene said dismissively before getting up. Great, now I really was in for it. I knew how strong Riku was, and I knew he could easily beat me. I was in for a tough training session. 'hen again, it would be nice to get good enough to beat Riku...' the competitive side of my brain kicked in, and I felt a sudden splurge of determination to beat Riku. I turned to him as we left the cafe. "Don't go easy on me, or I swear I will never let you live it down," I said with a glint of determination in my eye. "I go easy on everybody," he said, smirking. I rolled my eyes. "You are to cocky for your own good," I said with exasperation. Riku ruffled my hair and nudged me into the warm twilight. "You know yaw love it," he replied. I chose not to answer that.

Riku POV

We stood on the roof of the clock tower, Namine with her keyblade, and me with mine. She had a determined look in her eye, as though all she was focusing on right now was me, and beating me no less. I was a bit skeptical to be versing someone who hadn't really trained in a while. I didn't want to hurt her. "You won't hurt me. Just give it your all," she said suddenly, as though reading my mind. At that, she charged at me, and swung her blade at my head. I quickly deflected it, taking a small step back. ' No stupid. Don't move back, then she'll know you were surprised.' I mentally cursed myself before blocking her next hit. Turning the tables, I took a swift swing at her stomach, which to my surprise was swiftly knocked away, and I felt a sharp pain in my shin. I looked at Namine, who was glaring at me. "Come on Riku. Pay attention." I reacted to that, and swung my blade at her head, smirking, She quickly dodged it by ducking, and swung at my legs. I jumped over her swing, and lunged at her again. I had forgotten all about hurting Namine, I was to wrapped in the moment now. We continued on for the next minute or so, each of us taking our fair share of hits, neither seeming to falter. I had to admit, Namine was good. I watched her in amazement as she swung at me with such grace and ease, a determined look set on her face. I could tell we were both getting tired, so I figured we better end soon. I fake lunged at Namine's stomach, before attempting to trip her to the ground. To my surprise, she caught the fake, and jumped over me as I ducked down, pushing me to the ground with her foot. I rebounded quickly, catching her off guard, and sending her sprawling a few feet. I suddenly felt panicked, and ran over to her.

Namine was curled in a ball shaking when I reached her. Fearing the worst, I turned her over and saw that she was ...laughing. She was grinning as she pulled herself to her feet. "What the..." "I haven't had this much fun in so long." To my surprise, she pulled me into a tight hug, mumbling in my ear," Thanks for that...". I looked at her inquisitively, as she strolled to the edge of the building, looking at the setting sun. I stood beside her, watching her stare out to sea. "You're really good," I said, breaking the silence. "You are too." Namine answered without looking at me. "The sunsets are just as I remember them. Always so beautiful, they kind of make you forget everything, all of your problems, anger, emotion, everything," she said quietly, turning to face me. "Every felt like that before?"

"Yeah, back on Destiny Islands, we had the most beautiful sunsets. Every night I would watch them from a tree on the shore, and I would think about all that could be out in the universe. I guess that's why I left the island. I wanted to see the sunsets from a different perspective...and I wanted to fight, and do something interesting, and be some gallant soldier or savior or something," I said as the sun disappeared on the horizon. Namine nodded, knowingly.

"I guess that's what we both thought. And it nearly destroyed us too, but I don't think I could ever regret leaving here. Life just would have been pointless. I guess it was destiny."

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Theres chapter 3! ipromise it gets better so be patient and please R&R! well...um...LATER! (i really am a loser I know)