Me: Is now a good time to say how much I love you guys?

All: (twitch)

Readers: (twitch)

Me: (sighs) Alright, alright, I'm sorry for waiting so long to update! I'm REALLY REALLY sorry! I didn't mean to! (bursts into tears)

Sora: (pats)

Me: (sniffles) Okies, You're all probably wondering when the hell I'm gonna get some ACTUAL plot into this fic. I will! Just not yet. Time to answer reviews for once in my life! And Digital will give you a gift of some sort cause I said so and I'm the author. Yeah...

Digital: I….will? o.O Hey man, who said I have to cater to the psychos that read t- (Digitaldreamer is beaten severely by readers) Right….gifts…yes…pain..ow…

Bacon Boy USA

Me: Heh, I ate bacon for dinner . Sorry, randomness. Anyways, I'm glad you thought it was funny in a pointless kind of way... I think.

Digi: And you get…um…Sora! Made of bacon! He's almost too cute to eat! (insert random pose here)

Minxie-Krueger

Me: Ahh, so you think it's funny too? I'm glad. And I would never yell at Digital! She's my friend! (hugs)

Digi: Too much…closeness…must…get…away…

Riku: That's not the reason and you know it!

Sora: Tell 'em the truth!

Me: But it is the truth!

Riku: No, you're just afraid she'll rip out your bones and stab you with them if you yell at her.

Digit: (cackles and gives Minxie a Sora plushie)

Me:... just shut up.

Fire

Me: Stupid fanfiction messed up the end of the chapter, I'm sorry. And are those people alive... I think so. Ya know what, I'm not really sure. Pathetic, isn't it?

Digi: (Rolls eyes as she gives Fire a little statue of her character from this fic hugging Sora)

MyNameIsMoe644

Me: Wow, I'm answering your review... and I have nothing to say. Heeheehee, thanks for reviewing.

Digi: Oh, the originality of your response kills, Wish. (rolls eyes and gives MyNameIsMoe644 popcorn)

Majora's Spawn

Me: Question, are you evil? Cool. I LIKE IT! MWAHAHA! And you act like every fic has Sora turning evil and destroying things. But hey, a lot of them do. Not sure if I'll be doing that, though. AND BRING ON THE TORTURE, BABY!

Digi:...what kind of monster have I created? (Gives Majora a cookie)

Sora:... (runs)

ChaosSora99

Me: HI OZEN! I mean (coughs) Cris ;;. Your review did cheer me up a great deal, thank you (hugs)! And don't hit Sora with beer bottles! (cuddles Sora)

Digi: O.O YOU HIT SORA? You jerk! (Shoves an empty beer bottle into Oz-Cris's hands and after a moment also hands him a random plushie from Rave Master. Then proceeds to beat Cris mercilessly)

Sora: Why me?

Hikari Black

Me: Yay! I updated soon! Thanks for liking the story, I'm honored.

Digi: And you get…um…(Looks through gift bag) nerds!

DazedxConfused

Me: Heh, just wait and see who Nary is. She is NOT a mary-sue, people. If she was, Digital would kill me. Fire would kill me. I would kill me! I'm glad you feel all bubbly inside, I think. Not really sure. Well, thanks for reading the story!

Digi: Wish, if she's a Sue, I will rip out your spine. (Pushes a Riku plushie into Dazed's hands)

No Name

Me: I'm sorry! I didn't mean for it to be confusing! Well, actually, I did. Advice to all, this plot is not knee deep. It will drown you. Beware; the confusing stuff is not even to the tenth percent yet.

Digi: She's attempting the "plot" thing again. Which WILL be good and make sense in the end, because if she doesn't I'll kill her. (Gives No Name a random Sobe drink)

Bonnie Mizuraha Phantom

Me: Are you threatening me? I think you are. And that scares me. When people like my story enough to threaten me, it makes me shudder and feel happy at the same time. It's a very odd feeling. Sorry, not sure what to do with King Mickey in the story yet. Don't worry, I'll try to make him do something cool for you, okay?

Digi: And yet you don't feel happy when I threaten you? (sniffles) I'm not special! (Shoves chocolate pocky into Bonnie's hands and runs away crying)

Celestial Star

Me: Whoa, how'd you get the upside down question mark and music notes in the review? (stares in awe) I'm so happy thta you think my story is good! Thanks! Enjoy this chapter .

Digi: (Also stares in awe before giving Celestial chocolate)

Heart of Dreams

Me: Nice little fic part in there. Of course, if I actually wrote that, I'd be murdered by Riku fangirls (shudders). Thanks for the review. By the way, PLEASE, if you are reading this now, PLEASE PLEASE PLLLEEEAAASSSEEEEE update your fic soon! If you don't I'm gonna go out of my mind! Okay, enough being crazy.

Digi: (Hands Heart of Dreams Sora's crown necklace and runs away to her One Piece corner)

Done

Me: (falls over) That took forever to write!

Digi: (hides in One Piece corner)

Riku: Boo hoo.

Sora: Now you have to type this chapter.

Riku: Then the new chapter for Catching Fire.

Kairi: And Glass Bridge.

Me: URG! I'm so over-worked over here. Oh well, as long as it keeps me busy (happy dance). Enjoy chapter 4! (flies away)

All: WAIT, YOU STILL HAVE TO TYPE!

Disney Castle

"See, I told you this was the right one," Riku said with a smirk as he thrust the brass key into the lock, giving it a quarter turn to the right.

Sora pouted. "I knew that was the right one all along, I was just testing you," he stated.

Kairi rolled her eyes. "Whatever you two," she said with a soft giggle. She blinked as Riku pulled the door open. The wood popped out of the frame as it swung open, revealing a large four poster bed with white comforters and pale blue wall paint.

Kairi stepped inside and slipped off her sandals. The soft creamy carpet flowed over her skin as she twirled around slightly in place. "It's pretty," she said softly. Looking over at Sora she said, "It kind of reminds me of the island, doesn't it?"

Sora nodded, eyes twinkling. "Come to think of it, it does." The wood, although highly polished to a fresh sheen, still held the look of sand and driftwood. He stepped to her side and said, "Strange, I've never noticed it before."

Riku raised his eyebrow, and then smiled. Making sure to be very quiet, he tip-toed out of the room slowly, the other room key still in his hand. Chuckling lowly, he shut the door silently behind him and walked to the left, two doors down to the other room; he was gonna give them a bit of privacy. I'll see them in the morning, Riku thought.

Sora stood there, noticing the gentle, warm breeze that seemed to be seeping into his skin. He glanced over at the girl next to him, he received quite a shock. He remembered the girl he left years ago, young and innocent. But she had grown into a woman now. She looked it. She was unmistakably Kairi, but so different.

His lips formed a small smile as he saw her violet eyes wander curiously around the room. She noticed his gaze and looked up into his cerulean eyes. She grinned and asked, "What?"

"You've grown," he whispered. Hesitantly, he raised a hand and brushed his fingertips across her skin. Her cheeks grew warmer at the touch, pink rising into the flesh.

"You've told me that already," she pointed out. "You've grown too." It was true. She had to look up to see his face, despite the fact she had grown as well.

Before either knew what was happening, they were in each other's arms again. Sora felt a surge joy through his heart as he held her close, he could smell her hair. He was close enough to count her eyelashes if he wanted to.

Kairi laid her head onto Sora's chest, wishing for it to remain this way forever. Sora was holding her again, and that was all that mattered. "What's happened?" she asked.

Sora's eyes softly closed as he enjoyed the warm embrace. Her voice shattered through his thoughts and he looked down, pulling away slightly. "Hmm?"

"What happened to us?" Kairi repeated, eyes shining up at him. Sora felt his heart melt as she spoke again. "I…I don't know what happened, I've just...it's been weird, without you."

"But I'm here now," Sora reminded her.

Kairi just shook her head. "But for how long?" she whispered. "Years ago, you promised you'd come back to me and you did. Then you went away again! It's true, you are back. But how long will it be this time?" Her voice was cracking and Sora felt his heart slowly break, emotion and the will to comfort her taking over.

He gently lifted up a hand to wipe away the water that had started to leak from the corner of her eye. "What do you need me to say, Kairi?" he asked.

"Say you won't leave me," she whispered, burying her face into his chest and wrapping her arms around him.

She and Sora swayed together for a few more minutes, Sora lost in thought. There was nothing in the world he would love more then spending every moment with the auburn-haired girl in his arms. But that wasn't the way things worked out. Something was always there to stop them from being together, it seemed. Fate just wasn't on their side.

"I wish I could," Sora murmured sadly a few more moments later. "But some things just aren't that simple."

"I know I want to be with you!" Kairi exclaimed desperately. "Isn't that simple enough?"

"I'm afraid not," Sora told her. "Not with us, it isn't."

"Then what is simple?" Kairi asked in a hushed voice. Hope shown with a thin twinkle in her eyes, hoping to finally get an answer.

"What's simple?" Sora repeated the question. "What's simple is for us to just give up and move on."

Kairi gasped slightly and tightened her grip on him; she would never let go.

"But then again," Sora began, "I've never been one for taking the easy way, have I?" He lightly took hold of her chin and pushed her face up to face his. He used the soft pad of his thumb to lightly caress her cheek in a caring way. Her breath caught in her throat as she looked into his eyes. Blue light shown back at her, saying things words couldn't.

"I love you," he whispered slowly. "No matter what, no matter what the future says or what we need to do in the future, where ever fate leads us, we'll go through it together. I won't ever leave you; I don't care what anyone says or does."

She continued to lock eyes with him, searching for any trace of uncertainty or lying; she found none. "Do you promise?"

"I promise," he whispered. "I promise I will always be there for you, no matter what. It's not easy staying together, I know it isn't." He slowly inched his face closer to hers, feeling light puffs of air on his face. "But I know that I love you, and that's simple enough for me." He closed his eyes and slowly leaned in.

Kairi gasped quietly as she felt his warm lips on hers. Her eyelids shut slowly and, almost automatically, began to respond.

Smiling into the kiss slightly, Sora lightly asked for entrance, tongue playing across the spot flesh of her lips.

Sighing in a content way, she slowly parted her lips for him. Sora stepped forward a bit more and slipped his tongue into her mouth with a stealth movement.

She felt like a puddle in his arms as he moved his tongue to slowly explore her mouth. Slowly, she began to kiss back more. She moved her tongue against his, gasping at the new sensation coursing through her bones. It felt so foreign yet... so right. Like this was exactly where she belonged.

Another few long moments, they broke apart. Yes, oxygen was your friend.

Kairi opened her eyes slowly after filling her lungs with a sufficient amount of air to regain her breath. Her skin tingled and her insides were still mush. Her lips tingled from this new use. It was like their first kiss, although she knew it wasn't.

Sora was still shocked from what he had just done. He just needed to get closer, words and hugging not good enough. It was just he had been so alone without her, so lonely it all exploded at once. "I..." he whispered, at loss for something to say. "I..."

"Shh," Kairi whispered, putting a finger to his mouth to silence him. "Don't say a word." She grinned at him slightly, noting the cutely adorable expression on his face; Sora was still Sora. She began to slowly close the gap between them once more. Their noses almost touching, she whispered, "I love you too."

His eyes shone like stars as he smiled at her, all fear and doubt erased form his mind. He bent down slightly, lips meeting hers once more as the space between them evaporated.

The Next Morning

No, people, they didn't sleep with each other. Sora left her room a while later, neither one knowing what to say to the other that wasn't pointless. Both knew what the other meant to say, words weren't needed. In other words, Kairi's staying a virgin until she marries, you pervs.

Riku cracked his eyes open. He had wanted to sleep in, something he did very rarely, but was woken up. But it wasn't someone tapping on his shoulder that had woken him up. It wasn't even a sound. Oh no...all the fault rested in the hyper-active brunette who was currently jumping up and down on the bed.

"Come... on... Riku... it's... time... to... get... UP!" Sora cried between jumps.

Riku growled in frustration. "Sora, what age are you? Are you eighteen or a fucking three-year-old!"

Sora pouted; Riku was not a morning person. Oh well! Sora continued his jumping.

Riku groaned again. He slipped a pillow from under his head and chucked it at his best friend's head.

"Oof!" Sora cried in surprise. He lost his balance and toppled over the bed and out of sight.

"That's what you get," Riku grunted, rolling over and meaning to go back to sleep. But these were the plans before he was pushed right back out of the bed. "AHHH!" he cried out in surprise as he landed with a thump onto the floor.

"That's what YOU get," Sora said with a smirk as he sat triumphantly on the bed.

"Whatever," Riku murmured. "I'll just sleep down here."

Frowning, Sora hopped off of the bed and did what he knew he must to make his friend finally get up; he sat on Riku's chest.

"Sora..."

"Yeah?"

"I have a question for you."

"Shoot."

"Okay, WHY THE FUCK ARE YOU SITTING ON ME!"

Sora jumped slightly but did not get off despite Riku's attempts to push him off. "Why are you doing this to me?" Riku whined, sounding like the younger one.

Sora smirked. "So you'll get up," was the simple reply RIku got.

Riku signed. "Alright, I'm up!" he exclaimed. Sora grinned and stood up. Taking the offered hand, Riku was easily tugged to his feet.

"What the hell did you do that for?" Riku snapped, hitting Sora lightly over the head. But he couldn't keep the grin off of his face. No matter how much he hated to admit it, he had missed these little feuds with his friend.

Sora's grin grew, if possible, even wider. "I stopped by the engineers' room and kept on bugging them until they went back to work," he said cheerfully.

Riku raised a silver eyebrow. "What time did you wake those poor guys up?"

"Not that early," Sora said, rolling his eyes. "Only 4 a.m."

"Oh yeah, I'm sure they had a wonderful lie in," RIku said dryly. "C'mon, let's go wake up Kairi."

"You don't need to," a cheerful voice said from in the doorway. Both boys looked up to see Kairi grinning at them both. "Already awake!"

Sora smiled and Riku groaned. "Why are you two such morning people?" But his indignant look changed to a smirk as he saw the look his two friends gave each other. "Ahh, I see you two have resolved your little differences?"

Both blushed. "Shove off!" Sora snapped as Riku roared with laughter. "And where did you go to last night?"

Riku shrugged. "Didn't want to hang around incase you two started making out." Their faces grew warmer, red rising to a more violent color. Riku raised his eyebrow suggestively. "Did you?"

He was shut up as two bodies hit him full force. "OOF!" he cried as Kairi and Sora tackled him to the ground. Grabbing pillows off the bed, Sora began to beat his friend merciless and Kairi tickled his sides. Even though he may not have looked it, RIku was very ticklish. Almost as much as Sora, but not quite.

"HA HA HA! OW! HA HA HA! OUCH! Get off... HAHAHA!" Riku was caught in the middle of pain and laughing, both taking over his voice and only incoherent sputters were heard through laughs.

"Think we should let him go?" Kairi asked as she tickled his rib cage.

"Nah!" Sora said happily, beating him over the head with a pillow.

"I-I- ha- I'm- ha ha- Sor-sor- ow-Sorry!" Riku stuttered. But his abuse went on.

The cries of laughter from the three teens had carried out into the hallway and King Mickey stuck his head around the corner.

"What's going on down there?" he muttered. Walking swiftly down the hallway, tail moving swiftly through the air behind him, he stopped in front of the door next to Sora's. He heard laughter and casual cries of pain.

Placing a hand on the doorknob cautiously, he slowly opened the door. What he saw made him grin from big ear to big ear.

Sora had Riku pinned down to the floor hitting him with two pillows at once. Kairi kneeled beside him and tickled RIku along his sides. Mickey had no idea what Riku had done to deserve this punishment, but it was damn funny anyways.

Chuckling, King Mickey closed the door softly; Sora could wait to hear the good news. Good news? That the Spectra Ship was ready.

A Bit Later

"That was annoying," a silver haired boy muttered resentfully.

"No, it was hilarious," Kairi corrected him.

"It was not!" Riku snapped, rubbing his head even though he found it very amusing as well. "That hurt!"

"Oh come on, it was only a pillow!" Sora said, rolling his eyes. "How much can a pillow hurt?"

Kairi giggled as they continued their argument; it was nice to have them all back together again.

"There you are!" a hurried voice carried over the hallway. Looking over their shoulders they saw a man running up to them. He donned a white smock with oil stains on it, black boots and thick brown gloves. "I've been looking for you, your highness."

"What is it?" Sora asked, ignoring the chuckles he heard form his companions.

"The Spectra Ship, sire," the man said. Sora tensed up; had something gone wrong? The man continued, "It is ready for take off! It has been fully loaded."

"Yes!" Sora cried, punching the air with a gloved fist. "When can we leave!"

The man fought to hold back a smile. No matter how long it had been, Sora still acted like a young teenager. "It leaves in an hour." He turned to Riku and Kairi and added, "The King wishes for you to pack your belongings after breakfast."

"Can't we skip breakfast and eat back home!" Sora asked exhasperatly.

"Wow, Sora," a voice squeaked. "You must be really eager to get outta here if you're skippin out on eating." Mickey walked up to them... and looked up as well. I mean come one, he's what, four feet high! "Did you sleep well?"

They nodded and Mickey turned to Riku, smirking slightly. "How bout you, Riku? No problems getting' up, did ya?"

Riku glared at him. "You saw? And you just let them do that!"

Stepping away slowly from the hot-headed young man, he continued in a slightly shaky voice. "Just go get something to eat, pack up and by then we'll be ready."

"Not with the way Sora's gonna rush us," RIku murmured darkly, but he was already being tugged away by the brunette.

"C'mon guys!" he said, dragging them towards the kitchens. "Let's eat, pack, and LEAVE!" He shouted the last word as if he wanted nobody to doubt that he was leaving.

Laughing, King Mickey watched as they were pulled away by Sora. "Teenagers."

End

Riku: You know, you're really getting nowhere fast with this fic.

Digi: (Pokes head out from OP corner) But it's so kyoo-t! Sora deserves some happiness!

Me: (sighs) I know. I was actually planning on having Sora at Destiny Islands by chapter three! And here I was worried about the fic not being long enough.

Sora: The shorter the story, the less torture for me (shudders).

Me: Come on, Sora, be a man! Oh, and I have a special message for ChaosSora.

All: ...

Me: Tonight, you shall be visited by an axe-murderer and slaughtered unless you hop around the room five times singing the Canadian National Anthem!

Digi: (cackles and sharpens axe) Also known as me, which is really worse than an axe-murderer.

Kairi: But he always reviews.

Me: SILENCE, PUNY MORTALS!

All: (shake)

Me: (runs around very fast in tiny circles) REVIEW! THEY MAKE ME HAPPY!