Heartstrings and Beach Things
By ASortof wing
Disclaimer: Wahh. I don't own any content of Kingdom Hearts/2. And Boo, I don't own lyrics.
Beginning Note: Thanks to chrisheller, Darkwing13, Destinies Entwined, Slipknot555666, and R.A. Pointless for your reviews on the last chapter. And, thank you for everyone who's has read this story. Yay for us.
The Story thus far: Sora has finally returned to the place he calls home after years of trying to rid the world of darkness. Yet, even though two years have gone by since his first day back, it is still hard for him to tell Kairi, the love of his life, how much she means to him. Riku, Sora's best friend, notices Sora's trouble and suggests he gets a move-on!
Sora and Kairi have joined their friends at a fun day at the beach. Since the train ride to Destiny's Islands, Kairi has noticed that Sora is more affectionate now than ever. Finally, after a few tense moments, Sora found his confidance and confessed his undying love to Kairi in the calm waters of the sea. Yet, dispite all the wonderful things happening, mother nature's wrath will not cease. Under the advice of Riku, Sora keeps himself and Kairi on the island with a horrible storm approaching. As the storm wrenched the poor island outside, Kairi and Sora spent that night with eachother, away from the troubles of the world. Finally, no weird feelings harbor between Kairi and Sora and they are now free to enjoy eachother completely - the way they have always should have been able to.
Chapter Six: Morning Breeze.
The sun rose the next morning slowly over the placid sea. It's rays streched over twilight town, illuminating bedrooms one by one. It was well after nine AM before Riku finally stirred himself awake.
"Eah.." He said, his eyelids weighing pounds, "It feels like I've been sleeping for days.."
But suddenly, a wave of panic came over him. He had never woken up this late!
Riku stuck his hand out to brace himself as he sat up, but instead of feeling firm mattress, he felt the cushioning of a woman's body.
"Wh-AH!" He said, scrambling out of his bed and onto the hardwood floor below. He skittered away from the bed and stood up, Sora's bed empty.
"What? Where's Sora! YOU!" He said, pointing, his bravery shining through his boxerbriefs, "My girlfriend will murder you. Where's Sora! Don't try and take advantage of the situation, you're cornered!"
With that, the figure rolled over, clearly irritated.
"RIKU, You dope, It's me. LITA." She said, her hands balling into fists. "Now get back into bed or shut up so I can sleep!"
Riku stared, blankly. "Lita?" He said, his eyebrows raising. "But.. Where's Sora?"
"He stayed at the island last night with Kairi, remember?" She said, rolling back over. "Seriously, you wouldn't remember my name if you didn't call it out so much in bed."
Riku blushed slightly. That was right, Sora did sleep at the island last night. He turned toward the shining window and looked out to the Horizon at the island.
It was in pretty bad shape - from what he could see, most of the tree's were broken, or completely down.
"Lita," Said Riku, a sharp, worried pain settling into his stomach. "We have to go see if Sora and Kairi are alright."
"Nuhh?"
"C'mon." He said, going over and putting a pair of jeans on, quickly and then going over to shake Lita gently. "I have to make sure they're alright. If something happens to them- It'll be my fault."
Tell me that you're alright -
And everything is alright.
Oh, please tell me that you're alright.
And that everything is alright.
Kairi took her first step out of the cave that morning and felt her heart stop beating. The sands were cold, the breeze was up, and the sun never looked more delightful. The beach had been completely storm-wrecked. Drift wood littered the beach shores, pieces of shipwrecked boats sticking high out of the grounds.
The thin palm tree's had been bent to the winds fury. Large leaves had been broken appart and spread over the lands. The worst was that the Paupou fruit tree was completely gone. All that remained was it's roots, which stuck out of the ground pathetically. Over all, it was a horrible mess.
Sora came behind her and frowned.
"Awh.." He said, taking a second step and looking around. "This is awful..." His eyes then rested on the place where the Paupou tree grew. "Oh! Kairi, did you see th-"
"Yeah." She said, her head hanging low. "I did. We're lucky."
"Yeah," Said Sora, putting his arm around her shoulders, "We're lucky we got the last one."
"Not just that," Said Kairi, looking at him. "We're lucky we're alive, Sora."
Sora looked back at Kairi shamefully. It was true, he did put them in a lot of potential danger last night.
"At least we have eachother?" He said, smiling a little.
"Pfft. Way to be cliche, Sora."
Ffft, Ffft, Ffft.
Running steps could be heard in the distance as Sora and Kairi began to clean up the beach.
"Sooora! Kaiiirii?" Called a familiar voice.
The two looked up at Riku running toward them.
"Riku?" Said Sora, standing. "Whats the matt- Oof!"
Riku squeezed Sora close to him, smiling thankfully.
"You're safe." He said, backing away a little.
"Uh.." Said Sora, a little confussed. He never knew Riku cared that much.. "Yep."
He looked over Sora's shoulder at Kairi, who was smiling her usual smile.
"Kairi," He said, going over to her and putting his hand on her shoulder. "Wouldn't have forgiven Sora if he let anything happen to you, you know."
And to his surprise, Kairi hugged him, her cheek resting on his chest. Riku stood there, motionless, his eyes darting to Sora, who shrugged.
"Thanks for everything." She said, pulling away, her hands going behind her back.
Riku stared at Sora, his eyebrows furrowing.
You told her?
Sora looked away, innocently.
"C'mon guys." Said Riku, picking up Kairi's bag. "Lita is holding the Morning train, let's hurry."
Sora bent down and grabbed his pack as Kairi led the way, anxious to see Lita and tell her everything.
This left Sora and Riku, wading through the wind-swept sands.
"So?" Riku asked, waiting until Kairi got a good length ahead of them before speaking.
"So what?"
Riku rolled his eyes, "SO, what happened?"
"Storm, I guess. It was a pretty bad one-"
He growled, swinging Kairi's backpack at Sora, who dodged it, luckily.
"Hey!"
"Not the storm, you idiot." He said, "The night. What happened between you two last night?"
Sora looked ahead at Kairi and grinned. Inside, a beast was sleeping, but not dormant.
Riku followed Sora's eyes and raised an eyebrow.
"Are you staring at her ass?"
Sora blinked and looked Riku's way, a small growl within his tone, "Were you?"
Riku took a step backwards and held Kairi's backpack up for protection. That was all he needed to hear.
"Whoa, Pal. No need to get defensive, i'll drop it."
The two continued walking as they reached the platform, Lita holding the door open for them.
"Hey Lita." He said, passing her.
"Howdy." She said, raising an eyebrow. She then looked at Riku, the last to board and beckoned Sora.
Riku grinned and nodded, as if answering an invisible question.
The train went on that morning, not only carrying a trio of close, wondeful friends, but to lead a destined couple back to the place where they will spend many more magical evenings in eachother's company.
The End.
Authors note: Kinda a nothing ending, butonly if you look at it that way. -smile- Bye, everyone, see you next time.
Lyrics from The Motion City Soundtrack - "Everything is alright."