'Ello, 'ello! I just finished writing this chapter. I'm not that happy with it, but as I said in the last chapter, I'm having this weird writer's...thingy. Everything I write turns out crappy. But, I guess I can't complain. This chapter is just a filler; not much action. Though, the next chapter is where the good stuff will start happening. You know, like the appearance of two annoying yet adorable giant talking animals? Yup yup!

Oh, and a little side note. I love gothic lolita outfits, so that why I always design characters who wear that style of clothing. Don't ask why I put that, I guess my friends were just wondering why she dressed so 'oddly' in this chapter. Meep. I don't know. Enjoy the story, anyways!

Disclaimer: I do not own the rights to Kingdom Hearts, or any of Disney or Square Enix's characters. I do, though, own the rights to my original character, Naomi, and her foster parents.

'Knock! Knock!'

I slowly rolled onto my side, and hid my face under my pillow. "Five more minutes," I groaned.

'Knock! Knock!'

I sat up slowly, rubbing my eyes. I slid my covers off of my bed, and walked over to the door. "Who's there?" I asked whoever was on the other side of my door.

'Knock, knock, knock, knock!'

"Huh?" I asked tiredly. I looked to where the source of the sound was coming from; not the door, the window.

"What the?" I yelped, a little bit taken aback from seeing Riku lounging around outside my window.

He knocked on the window once more, signaling that he wanted the window open.

I opened the window, and Riku grinned. "You're a mess," he stated, snickering slightly. I shrugged.

"How'd you get up here, anyways?" I asked, leaning slightly out of the window. I leaned over just enough to see the ladder that Riku was, surprisingly, lounging quite comfortably on.

"Heeeey," I heard a voice whine, "is she up yet?" Riku turned around, and I looked over his shoulder.

Sora and Kairi were sitting on a tree branch of the tree just a few meters away from my house. Kairi smiled when she saw me, and waved. I waved back, trying to return my own happy, but tired looking, smile. 'She seems cheery this morning,' I thought gladly.

"Ah, so the lazy one is awake! Great!" Sora cheered. Riku turned back around to look at me, and said, "We're collecting the supplies that we need for the raft. You comin'?"

"Yup. Just let me get dressed," I said as cheerily as I could. Riku opened his mouth to say something, but stopped when he heard a familiar voice say, "Ey', how's the weather up there, man?"

I leaned out the window again, and stared down at the three people who just arrived. "Yo, Wakka!" I yelled back, trying to imitate Wakka's accent (though, failing miserably). I spit down on the ground, trying not to hit anyone on the face, and said, "The weather isn't that good though! I think it's raining!"

Selphie and Tidus giggled. Wakka smirked up at me, and said, "Yeah, yeah. Whatever, Lazy. Just get your butt down here, ya'. You, Sora, and Riku owe us all a fight."

"I want a new nickname other than 'Lazy'," I said flatly. Everyone chuckled. "Anyways, Riku, move your hands," I told Riku. Riku removed his hands from my window sill, and asked, "Why?" I slammed the window shut, and smirked. "That's why," I said loudly, making sure that Riku could hear me through the window.

I walked out of my room, and down my steps, fixing the outfit I had just put on. A little Gothic Lolita dress, with a ruffle-y black petticoat, a black blouse with sheer sleeves and white ribbon, knee-high white socks with black ribbon, and clunky black dress boots. Also, I put on a little headband with a mini top hat on the side of it, and a ruffle-y black choker.

Overall, the outfit made me look so creepy, that I looked cute. Is that weird? Yes, it is. Well, I'm weird, so I guess it doesn't matter.

"Good morning," I heard my foster mother say. "'Ello, 'ello!" I said cheerily, waving at her. She pointed to a plate of toast on the table, and said, "I saw your friends waiting outside, so I guessed you were going outto see them. You want to take a piece of toast with you before you leave?" I snagged a few pieces of toast, and said, "Yup yup! Thanks, mom. I'll be back before dark!"

I walked outside my door, and looked at everyone. They all seemed to be looking up at my tree, so I looked also. "Come down, Sora! Just climb down the branches!" Tidus called up. Sora seemed to be having trouble getting back down on the ground.

"I never knew that you had a fear of heights," I yelled up to Sora. Everyone looked at me. I guess they hadn't realized that I came outside. "It's not a fear of heights," Sora defended, "It's a fear of falling!"

"Just jump down! Riku will catch you!" I yelled, giggling insanely. Riku gave me a weird look, and spoke, "I think I speak for both me and Sora, but I don't want him jumping down and me having to catch him."

"Just slide down the tree branch, Sora," Kairi said desperately. She and Selphie seemed to be getting bored with this. I guess I couldn't really say that I wasn't getting bored either.

"Fine!" Sora yelled as he hopped off the tree branch, and slid down the tree trunk. We all laughed as he landed on his butt. "Ow," Sora whined, getting up and dusting himself off.

"So," Riku said, "we ready to get the stuff we need?" Wakka smiled, and added, "You better be, 'cause I've been waiting tobeat you three in a duel for a while!"

"So, the plan is that we collect the stuff, then we fight, right?" I asked. Everyone nodded. "Then," I squealed, "let's get going!"

"Then you tie this end of the wire to the inside of the shell, and you're done!" Kairi squealed. I held up the little necklace that I was making out of thalassa shells. "Perfect!" Kairi squealed again.

"Here, you can wear mine, and I'll wear yours," Kairi said, exchanging our little necklaces. I slid mine over my head, trying hard not to break the wire holding the shells together, and fixed it so it was over my choker. "Pretty!" I squealed.

I guess it was one of our friendlier moments, but usually me and Kairi would be cat fighting if we hung out. I mean, really, making thalassa necklaces together? That is not something you see Kairi and I doing everyday. Though, no matter how much we seemed to dislike each other, there was one thing that we, and every other girl on Destiny Islands, could talk about in peace.

"Omigosh!" Kairi squealed. "I saw you and Riku sitting with each other on the paopu tree last night. Did he put his head on your shoulder, or am I imagining things?" Boys. "Yep," I replied, "why do you want to know?" Her face lighted up. "He so likes you! I know he does!"

"No, we're just really really close friends, nothing more," I defended. "But I just know he likes you! He put his head on your shoulder!" she squealed again. 'My ears are going to start bleeding if she keeps squealing like this,' I thought, almost painfully. "No, that's just how our friendship is. Putting his head on my shoulder is just a way of saying that we're best friends. A really weird way of saying it, yes, but it's true," I defended again.

"No," Kairi protested, "it's his really weird way of saying 'I love you'. His really strange and demented way of saying 'I love you'." I smiled. "Maybe, but we're still only friends." Kairi smirked, and said, "You know you like him though."

I was about to protest, but I heard the voice of Sora say, "Not Highwind, Excalibur!" I turned my head so I was looking behind my shoulder. "Are they at it again?" I asked out loud. "Looks like it," Kairi said, getting up, "Let's go see."

We got off of the raft, and climbed up the little cliff. After a few minutes of helping each other up,we walked carefully over the rickety bridge, and to where Sora and Riku were standing.

"If I win, uh, I'm captain," Sora stated as me and Kairi reached the two boys. They didn't seem to notice that we were there. "And if you win-"

"I get to share the paopu fruit with Kairi," Riku cut in. Sora seemed confused for a moment. I coughed lightly, grabbing the attention of both the males. Riku smirked, and winked at us, and Sora still seemed to be trying to process what Riku had just said.

"Uuuh…" Kairi started, but I nudged her in the rib with my elbow, "Oh, I'll be judge!" I tried to suppress a giggle. "The usual rules apply. You should know them by now," she finished.

"On your mark, get set, go!" we both squealed in unison. The boys ran off, pushing each other, and trying to get in front of one another.

"Share the paopu with you, eh? Told you he didn't like me," I taunted Kairi lightly. She blushed slightly. I swooned. "My, my, Kairi! You know you like him!" I mocked her. She smiled.

"So, Naomi. How come we never talk like this?" Kairi asked. I looked at her oddly. "You know, we never seemed to talk like friends. How come?" she asked again. I thought over her question.

"I guess we didn't get off at the right start," I replied. "Then, let's start over! I wanna be friends, like we should be," she stated enthusiastically. I held out my hand. "'Ello. I'm Naomi." Kairi held out her hand. "And I'm Kairi." We shook hands. "Nice to meet'cha," we said in unison.

"D'aw. How nice is this? We're all friends now," we heard Riku say. We looked over at the two slightly sweaty boys. "So, who won?" Kairi asked. "Take a guess," Riku said modestly, smirking towards the pantingSora.

"Oh, hey, Sora! Did you find the supplies?" I asked. He tried to catch his breath, then finally said, counting his fingers, "One seagull egg, three mushrooms and fish, two coconuts, and fresh spring water. Yep, I got everything."

"Perfect! Let's go meet up with Wakka, Tidus, and Selphie!" I cheered. We all started walking to the other end of the island.

"Wow," I said flatly, my mouth seeming to hit the floor. "He did that all on his own," Sora added, his eyes opened as wide as they could get. Sora, Kairi, and I stared at Riku as he finished off his three opponents; Wakka, Selphie, and Tidus.

"That hurt, ya man?" Wakka asked Tidus as he sat up. "Yeah-Oh! That's gonna leave a bruise," Tidus replied, rubbing a bruise that was forming on his arm. Selphie sat up slowly, and held up her jump rope which seemed to be in two pieces. "Aw, and I thought we would win for sure."

I clapped lightly, and said, "Be proud of yourself Riku. You just beat the crap out of three people at once." Riku smirked at what he had done. "You guys okay?" he asked. "Just peachy," the other three said in unison. I giggled.

"Uh, so I guess I'm not gonna be able to fight you now, am I Wakka?" I asked. He shook his head. "Sorry, Neo, but my 'Blitzball Throwing Arm' is numb already" he replied slightly sadly. "'Kay. I understand."

"Well, if they can't fight, why don't you guys fight me, instead?" Riku asked. I held my hands up in defense. "Not without Sora. You'll kill me if I fight you alone!" I yelped. Riku laughed, and turned to Sora. "You up for a fight, Sora?"

"Alright," Sora answered, getting up off the ground. We both grabbed our little wooden swords, and walked over to the open area on the beach. "Wait, guys!" we heard Kairi call, "Who should I cheer for?"

I laughed. "Me!" Sora and Riku said in unison. "Er, I think I'll just root for Neo. Um, go Neo!" she chanted, giggling to herself. I got into a fighting stance.

"Go!" Riku called, advancing towards me and Sora. He slashed his sword, and hit Sora and I on the shoulder. I twirled around, and waited until Sora hit Riku, making him fall backward. As soon as Riku fell near me, I whacked him with my sword.

Sora and I ran to the side of the beach, and waited for Riku to get up. "Oh, come on guys. Are you giving up already?" Riku asked as he stood up, and walked slowly towards us. Sora and I jumped forward, getting ready to hit Riku, but he countered our attacks, and knocked us over.

"Every human being for themselves!" I cried out, crawling military style toward Kairi. "So you are giving up. I see," Riku said as he stared at me oddly. Sora took this chance to attack, and hit Riku's side, making him topple over. "Hah! Win!"

Riku stood up, and wiped himself off. "You're getting better Sora. And you Naomi," Riku started, walking up to me so he could tower over me, "you need to work on your skills."

"Gloating gets you nowhere Riku," I said, smirking, "besides, I know that my fighting is terrible." Riku gave me a high five, and cheered, "That's the spirit, Neo!"

Wakka and Selphie walked over, trying to help Tidus stay steady. "Ey, I think we're going to go now, man. We're beat," Wakka said tiredly. "Yeah, we should all get our rest," I chimed in.

"Wow. Our last day here," Riku said dreamily, looking up into the sky. The sky had colors of orange, purple, blue, and red swirling in it. "We're going to miss you guys," Selphie said sadly, hugging Kairi.

I walked up to Wakka, and hugged him tightly. "Yeah, we'll miss you too," I added, "but, we'll come back one day. Promise!" Riku, Sora, and Kairi all held their hands to their hearts, and repeated, "Promise."

"You guys won't forget us, right?" Tidus asked. I pulled away from Wakka. "I know I won't forget you, Wakka. You're the first person I remember ever meeting, and the first friend that I made on the island." Wakka blushed, and whined childishly, "Aw, come on, man. Don't make this all sappy."

Kairi and I hugged Wakka, Tidus, and Selphie, and said our proper goodbyes. Sora and Riku stood by and watched us, trying to act like men.

I guess guys are too manly to hug people. Pfft.

We all tied our boats to the dock once we reached Destiny Island. Kairi and I hugged Tidus, Wakka, and Selphie one last time before walking away with Sora and Riku.

I linked my arm with Riku's, and looked at him. "Today, we're just a couple of kids with a big dream. Tomorrow, we're going to be a couple of kids, fulfilling our dream," I said dramatically.

Riku smiled. "Tomorrow may be the greatest day of our lives. Let's make the best of it!" We all cheered along with him.

'This trip will be like smoothly sailing. Nothing can go wrong, not with all of my best friends,' I thought happily.

Terrible ending for a chapter, I guess, but the chapter itself wasn't that good. Don't worry, the action will start in the next chapter! And it should turn out much better than this chapter did, 'kay?

Get it? Got it? Good.

(tips her hat, and bows) Thank you, and have a nice night!