Woot, major long-ness! I really had trouble finding a place I was happy to cut this one off at. And just to answer questions: My OC's main purpose is not to be Riku's girl. I'm not even going to guarantee that she'll end up Riku's girl, because what fun would that be? A lot of you are probably expecting that XD

Loooots of dialogue, but I tried tomake it worth reading. Next chapter will be MUCH more interesting... just had to get the ball rolling a little bit. This chapter is a little bit more slanted toward S x K, but next chapter will be almost all R x N. So don't worry, all! I also have my next KH fic started, so look for a special preview at the end of this one!

PS, THANK YOU REVIEWERS! You make all of this completely worth writing :D Enjoy, all!

The next morning, Asahi woke with a start. She rolled out of bed, and pulled herself to her feet. Where in the world was she… and who's shirt was she wearing! Then, it all came flooding back to her—she was at Riku's house, wearing his clothes… and there was nothing to panic about. Feeling stupid, she walked across the room, changed clothes, and decided to see if Riku was awake. She slowly opened the door to her room, and crept across the hallway. Riku's door was still shut.

She smirked a little, and quietly pushed it open. He was still asleep, but she couldn't resist going over and taking a quick look at him. She sighed as she took in his amazing, shirtless form. There is no way that this guy is 16, she thought. He's ripped, seriously. Her small smile stretched a bit when she noticed the look on his face—peaceful. Adorable.

She ripped her gaze from him, and sighed again to herself. She knew she'd eventually have to return to her world, but… there was no harm in looking, was there?

Grinning widely, she went over all of the possible ways she could wake him up. She eventually decided that sitting on him would wield the most satisfying results, and promptly plopped down directly on his stomach.

He grunted, and cracked open his eyes. "Okay. What the hell."

She laughed. "Figured it would be the best way to wake you up!"

He smiled crookedly back at her, growing more awake by the second. "Seriously, best way anyone has ever woken me up."

"Aww, that takes all the fun out of it," she said, sliding off of his stomach and back onto solid ground.

"What, that you didn't bother me? You should be happy that you pretty much made my life," Riku joked.

Asahi rolled her eyes. "You have never, nor will you ever again have a chick sitting on you."

He chuckled a little. "Haha, and on that, I beg to differ."

She rolled her eyes again, and gave him a look of disapproval.

"Sorry, sorry," he said, pulling himself out of bed. "Only kidding."

She sighed. She knew he was trying to be funny, but it made her feel bad—she knew she was in too deep already, and that leaving here would most definitely be difficult.

"Are you ready for a whole day with Sora?" Riku asked her, pulling a shirt on.

"It'll be fun," she assured him. "Sora seems like a nice guy."

"Yeah, he's nice all right," Riku agreed. "But lately, he's been a little… off."

"Because of his fight with Kairi," Asahi filled in. "He has every right to be upset."

Riku's eyes shot up toward the ceiling. "Uh-huh. Since he started it and everything."

"Riku, has your mother taught you nothing? It doesn't matter who starts the fight… it's who's mature enough to stop it," Asahi told him.

"And since Sora is definitely lacking in the maturity department…"

Asahi giggled. "Be nice, Riku!"

He flashed a cheesy grin. "I'm always nice."

Asahi rolled her eyes. "Right, right. Hurry up, let's go!"

She left the room, and he finished changing clothes. He quickly brushed his long, silvery hair, and hurried out of his room and down the stairs, where Asahi was waiting for him.

Before long, they were making the short walk to Sora's house. "So, we're supposed to be on the dock at 1:00?" Asahi asked uncertainly.

"Yup, 1:00," Riku affirmed. "While I'm at Kairi's, I'll see if she has some extra clothes for you."

Asahi smiled a little. "Thanks, that's really nice of you."

"Like I said, I'm always nice."

She tried to fight a smile. "Right, right."

Once they had arrived at Sora's, Riku was relieved to see that Sora was staring out his window absently. Riku got his attention quickly, and Sora pushed open the window. "Riku, Asahi? What are you guys doing here?" he asked, cocking his head to one side.

"Just came to visit," Riku said. "Can we come up, or are you coming down?"

"I am most definitely coming down," Sora said immediately. "I am so sick of this room!" His head disappeared for a moment. Suddenly, a rope ladder dropped from the window. Sora's legs popped out of the window, and he began to climb down.

When he at last touched the ground, he seemed much happier than the day before. "Have you talked to Kairi?" Riku asked expectantly.

Sora shook his head. "No, but… I'll get around to it… eventually…"

Riku rolled his eyes. "Oh, damn… sorry, Sora, left something at my house… Asahi, do you mind staying here with him for awhile?"

"Only if Sora's okay with it," Asahi said, glancing over at him to see his reaction.

"Yeah, yeah, go ahead, Riku," Sora said, waving him away. "Asahi and I will have lots of fun." He grinned widely.

That's the Sora I know, Riku thought as he walked away.

Really? The Sora you know? Cause even if he seems that way out there, in here, he's still going nuts.

Riku rubbed his temples. This was getting just a little bit weird.

Asahi sat by Sora on the ground, making forced small talk. She needed to find the best way to strike up a conversation about Kairi. When their pointless conversation about Asahi's world was over, she finally found an opening.

"So, Sora… why is Riku on your back so much about apologizing to Kairi?" Asahi asked innocently.

Sora, naturally, assumed that Asahi was just curious, and that she didn't really have a secret underhanded mission, so he said, "We've just been friends for awhile."

Asahi smiled a little. "Those are the best kind of friends, aren't they?"

Sora nodded, staring off into space. "Yeah. And, I guess he thinks the fight was over something really stupid."

She looked over at him. "Oh, really? If you don't mind me asking, what was so stupid about it?" At this point, it was absolutely blowing her mind that he was so easy to talk to, and was telling her everything without her having to pry at all.

He smiled a little. "Oh, trust me. It's pretty stupid."

Asahi continued to gaze at him expectantly.

"I thought that she was in love with Riku," Sora admitted.

Asahi burst out laughing. "You've got to be kidding me. Sora, that's crazy!"

Sora covered his face with his hands. "I know! It's only because I saw them together, being all happy and stuff… and now that I was so horrible to her about it, there's no way I can apologize."

Asahi smiled to herself. Yup, you're a stubborn one. Had you pegged from the start. "I mean, if Riku wasn't Riku, that might be an easy mistake to make. But, Kairi and Riku? He's really, really not her type, and she is definitely not his type," Asahi said to Sora.

"What is his type, then?" Sora asked, raising his eyebrows.

Damn, Asahi thought. Is he… what is he doing? How could he know? He's so oblivious to his own feelings… She thought about his question for a moment. "Riku's kind of girl is someone who comes off tough, but is sweet on the inside," she said. "Just like him."

"Someone like you," Sora filled in. "You're nice, but could still kick my ass—that kind of thing."

Asahi stared at him. "M-me? And Riku? Get real!" she laughed nervously.

Sora smirked a little. "O-kay, then. That's kind of the same thing as saying, 'Me? And Kairi? Get real!'."

He's much smarter than Riku thought, Asahi thought, panicking. She wasn't sure what to say or do—anything she said, at this point, would give herself away. Saying it out loud would make it true, and that was the last thing she wanted.

Okay, he may be a little smart, but let's not get carried away, came the voice that sounded oddly like Sora.

He really likes Kairi, doesn't he? Asahi asked.

Yeah, he does, the voice replied. If you happen to, you know, have a chat with her nobody anytime soon, could you tell her I say hi?

Asahi fought a smile. Absolutely.

"Asahi? So are you admitting it then?" Sora asked, grinning.

Asahi stared straight into his bright blue eyes. Somehow, she felt incredibly at ease, and that this guy could definitely be trusted. She ripped her eyes away from his, and stared at the ground. "To be honest, I… I just… I'm just not sure."

Sora jumped to his feet and pumped his fist in the air triumphantly. "YES, I KNEW IT!" he yelled at the top of his voice. He sat back down again, and was normal again just as quickly as he had gone crazy. "Sorry about that. I'm not right about this stuff very often."

I can see that, Asahi thought. "So, when do you think you're going to apologize to Kairi?" she asked, forcibly steering the conversation away from herself and back on to him.

"I told you, I can't," Sora replied, downcast. "After going off on her like that and making all those accusations… there's no way."

Asahi looked over at him. "Well… I mean, I suppose that makes loads of sense. Why not accuse her of something that you don't have any proof of, make her feel horrible, and then refuse to apologize to her when you know you were wrong? Sounds perfectly logical, yeah?"

Sora suddenly looked more ashamed and hurt than Asahi had meant for him to be. "I guess, when you put it that way…"

Inside her head, Asahi was doing a victory dance. He would talk to Kairi before the day was out, she knew he would… "See what I mean, Sora?"

He nodded. "Wow… I can't believe I actually did that stuff…"

"Listen," Asahi began gently. "I know it's really hard to apologize, but… in the long run, you'll be even more miserable if you don't. Riku has told me all about you and Kairi, and I think it's really important to her… and to you… that you guys make up."

Sora sighed. "You're right. You are absolutely right."

So I can sit here screaming at him all day long without a breakthrough, and you talk to him for twenty minutes and suddenly he's ready to fix his friendship? Somehow, that seems a little wrong.

Asahi had to restrain herself to keep from cracking up. His nobody just picked the worst times to stick in his two cents, didn't he? "Sora… you love her, don't you?"

His cheeks turned pink, and stared at the ground.

She smiled. "Does this mean you're admitting it?"

He shot her a look. "I never said anything!"

"Ah, but it's what you didn't say that says everything!" Asahi pointed out, giggling. "Sora and Kairi, sittin' in a—"

"Oh my god," Sora cut her off. "Not the song, anything but that song!"

Asahi laughed. "I'm going to guess that you two have been tormented with that song for your whole lives?"

"See, and since you know that, I know you won't sing it," Sora said, grinning widely.

"I wouldn't be so sure of that…" she smirked.

"Yeah, well, I'll have to sing that song about you, too, then," Sora countered.

She looked at him pleadingly. "Don't! Okay, okay… let's just make a deal. No singing. Besides, I don't even know what I'm thinking right now about him."

Sora raised an eyebrow. "Really? Does he confuse you?"

Asahi shook her head. "No, it's just… I don't want to get into any trouble here, and to me… that's the biggest kind of trouble you could get into."

Sora laughed. "Trouble? That's hilarious!"

Asahi rolled her eyes and shook her head. "Yeah, maybe to you, since your little lover girl is staying here. I, unfortunately, have to go back home soon."

Sora turned his head to face her. "Do you?"

"Yeah, in a few days—"

"Do you?" he repeated.

Her face was wrinkled in an incredulous expression. "What are you trying to say?"

"I just thought it was a fair question," Sora said, shrugging his shoulders.

Asahi shut her eyes. Why was it that this little, tiny island held the most complex people she had ever met in her life?

As Riku trotted towards Kairi's house, he wondered what sort of luck Asahi was having with Sora. Maybe, just maybe, she did know what she was talking about. In any case, Riku was undeniably glad that he had met her. For one, she could help him figure out all this nobody business, and for another, she could get Sora to talk to Kairi again.

Though their fight was technically none of his business, the thought that he was the cause absolutely burned at his insides, and he knew it would until they made up. There was no way he was letting his best friends stop being friends over something like this.

When he arrived at Kairi's, he rang the doorbell, and waited patiently. She answered the door, still in her pajamas, and looking as though she had spent most of the night awake. Her hair was pulled back into a messy ponytail, and her face was pale with dark circles under her captivating blue eyes, which seemed to have lost their sparkle.

"Oh. Hey Riku."

"Morning sunshine," he teased, grinning.

"Shut up," she commanded, allowing him into the house. "Why are you here?"

"Just thought I'd come visit is all," Riku said, shrugging. "Check on you, you know…"

"I am absolutely fine, Riku," she said, eyes drooping. "Wouldn't you be, too?" Her words were quiet and almost slurred as she fought back a yawn.

Riku's eyes shot up towards the ceiling. "Kairi…"

"Don't even mention him," she said flatly. "Not a word about him."

"Okay… hey, Asahi might be staying in town for a few more days… do you have any clothes that you don't want that she might be able to borrow?" he asked, watching Kairi, who was nearly asleep on her feet.

"Oh, yeah—" her voice was interrupted by a yawn, "—I bet I do… let's go look."

Riku followed her up the stairs to her house, praying that shewouldn't fall backward onto him. "Kairi… exactly how late were you up?"

"Oh, I'm not really sure," she murmured. "I just… I don't really know…"

She is completely zonked, Riku thought. I've never seen her this way before.

Hope you never do again. It's really not pretty, don't you agree?

Naminé, hey, Riku greeted her. How are you?

Oh, up and down, she replied. Mostly down, but… that's just how it is sometimes, I suppose.

We're working on Sora today, Riku told her. Asahi and I, I mean. She'll have him running back to Kairi before we know it.

I sure hope you're right, Naminé answered, sounding a little skeptical.

Asahi and Sora had been talking for the entire morning. She couldn't believe how the words just seemed to flow out of both of them without as much as a pause. They talked about anything and everything under the sun, and before Asahi knew it, Sora was asking her about another thing, besides nobodies, that she was an expert on: girls.

"I mean, girls are so confusing," he complained. "That was one thing I never really liked about Kairi."

Asahi giggled. "Sora, you're going to get that with pretty much any girl. We over-analyze things, and over-complicate them."

"Tell me about it," he agreed. "I mean, if I say one simple thing, she completely takes it the wrong way."

"Evidently, we don't find everything to be quite as simple as you do," Asahi said, smiling a little. "I almost envy you guys."

"I wouldn't, if I were you," Sora advised. "Trust me, being confused all the time isn't nearly as glamorous as it sounds."

Asahi's face broke into a grin. "It's okay, Sora, you're still young," Asahi reminded him. "You have lots of time to get better at understanding girls."

"Riku seems to understand pretty well," Sora said enviously. "He really sucks, doesn't he?"

Asahi laughed. "Sora, Riku doesn't suck! And, though this may come as a surprise, he doesn't know the first thing about girls. Trust me on this one!"

Sora raised an eyebrow curiously. "Are you sure? Cause he always seems like he knows what's going on."

She shook her head. "He doesn't. And you'll just have to trust me."

Suddenly, a smirk spread across his lips. "Ohhh, I see why you can say that… because he doesn't seem to understand the signals you've been sending!"

Asahi rolled her eyes. "Right, Sora. See, that might have been semi-intelligent… if I was sending Riku 'signals'. Which I'm not."

Sora's smirk stayed put. "Right, right."

Asahi glanced at her watch, which read 12:45. She knew that her instructions to be at the dock at 1:00 were clear, but really, what was the point if Sora was ready to apologize? Then again, I suppose it would be easier if she met him half way, Asahi thought. Oh, well… off to the dock we go, I suppose.

"Hey Sora? Let's go sit on the dock. It's beautiful out there, and I want to take in as much of that gorgeous beach as I can before I go back to my world."

She waited nervously for his response. What if he said no?

Luckily, she didn't have to worry about trying to find a way to get him there. He simply nodded, and said, "Okay… I haven't gotten out much, and I'm sick of my room."

Asahi giggled. "Perfect. Let's get going, then!"

Uh oh... what will Kairi do when she sees them? Will Kairi and Sora be close enough for Namine and Roxas to have a little chat? Read the next chapter, coming soon, to find out :D

Thanks for reading, sorry about the length and lack of action!

Lulala