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Chapter 4 – Half of What Was There Before

Roxas looked around the island and noticed that there was another boat next to the dock.

"I'll just use this boat to catch up to them!" Roxas jeered as he jumped off the palm tree,
"Then I'll surprise Naminé! I know she'll be ecstatic to see me!"

He leapt into the boat and paddled as hard as he could. Soon he was a few meters behind the boat Naminé and Riku were in.

"Naminé!" Roxas called out, standing up in his boat.

Naminé jumped and looked around.

"I swear I just heard Roxas, Riku!" Naminé said, trying to find Roxas.

"Naminé!" Roxas said, jumping up and down in the boat.

Roxas' jumping rocked the boat so much that the boat tipped over and he fell into the water.

Naminé heard the splash and turned around abruptly.

"Roxas!" she yelled, watching the still rippling water.

She looked back at Riku before diving into the water after Roxas. Riku tried to grab her arm to stop her from going into the water, but to no avail.

Roxas struggled to surface. Even though Sora was a fantastic swimmer, Roxas shortly discovered that he didn't know how to swim.

"I've just started and I've already failed…" Roxas thought as he sunk into the depths of the ocean, "Naminé…"

"Roxas I'm coming!" Naminé yelled as she swam towards where Roxas was sinking.

With one swift movement she dove into the water and swam to where Roxas was. She grabbed onto his waist and pulled him up to the surface. Roxas was gasping for breath, and Naminé swam them over to Riku's boat.

"Naminé…" Roxas said as she got him into Riku's boat, "Thank you…"

With that Roxas passed out.

"Riku, we have to get him to safety!" Naminé said, jumping into the boat, "How fast can we get him to the islands in which your homes are on?"

"It'll just be a few minutes Naminé!" Riku said staring at Roxas.

"Well…" Naminé started, "Start paddling!"

Riku immediately picked up the paddles and started paddling as fast as he could. In less than five minutes they were on the shore of the other island.

"Oh no!" Naminé said as she pulled Roxas out of the boat, "I can't just go anywhere on this island and leave Roxas there! Kairi doesn't even have her house on this island! Where are Roxas and I going to stay?"

"Naminé, you and Roxas can stay at my house if you wish," Riku said, picking up Roxas in his arms, "My parents won't mind, I'll just say that you two are new to the island!"

"Oh Riku, thank you so much!" Naminé said while clapping and jumping up and down.

"Hurry now, we need to get Roxas a comfortable place to rest!" Riku said, running off towards his house.

"Hey!" Naminé yelled, "Wait for me!"

She sped after him, but she was still not fast enough to catch up to him.
Riku thought that it was great having Naminé with him. But he was also afraid. Now that Roxas was in the outside world, he knew that Naminé would fall for Roxas instead. After all, Kairi HAD fallen for Sora. Why would Naminé be any different? He then decided that he would have to make the first move on their relationship. If he could get Naminé to love him, then it would be even better than being with Kairi!

Kairi and Sora got up out of their heap on the sand.

"What happened?" Kairi said, looking at Sora.

"I'm not quite sure Kairi," Sora said, looking out at the water, "But something doesn't feel right; almost as if part of me is-"

"Missing," Kairi said, joining Sora's gaze of the ocean, "I feel like I'm missing something."

"Exactly!" Sora said, "But I doubt it can be very much."

"You're right Kairi!" Sora said with a laugh, "Well, do you want to come over for dinner?"

"Sure!" Kairi said smiling, "But don't you think that Riku will be jealous?"

"I'm sure he won't mind!" Sora said, "But hey! My boat is gone!"

"You can share my boat with me," Kairi said, running towards the boat, "Last one there has to row!"

"Hey! That's not fair!" Sora said, running after Kairi.

Sora couldn't wait for the rest of the summer. He knew that he and Kairi would have a nice, non-interrupted summer together. But he had NO idea about what was going to happen next.