We'll Meet Again
Chapter 2
Riku helped Sora up.
"Where am I?" Sora asked and looked around.
"Traverse Town." Riku replied. "Do you remember me?"
Sora looked at Riku for a few moments, trying to remember.
"Honestly, not really." he replied.
"You're kidding...right?" It was hard for Riku to believe such a thing. "Four years ago, I came to Destiny Islands. Remember? I told you I was from another world! How can you forget something like that?"
"I...think I remember now." Sora said. "Your name is Riku, right?"
"Yeah." Riku replied. He was somewhat upset that Sora had to think about it for a while to remeber him.
"My portal must have ended up in your world by accident." Merlin said."It was meant for someone to travel from here to another world, but I guess instead it had the effect of taking someone from another world to HERE."
"Oh no." Sora began looking around again. "My friend Kairi ended up going through the portal too! Why isn't she here?"
"Portals work in mysterious ways." Merlin said. "She may have ended up in another world."
"Oh great." Sora said sarcastically.
"Well," Merlin walked away. "I'm going back to my place. See ya!"
For a while, neither Riku nor Sora spoke.
"So," Riku finally broke the silence. "I see you forgot about my promise."
"Aw come on." Sora gave him a friendly punch on the shoulder. "Don't be angry about that."
"How can you expect me to not be angry?" Riku walked away from him. "I never break a promise! And you made me look like an idiot helping my friend Merlin work hard to see you again."
"Riku..." Sora spoke softly. "I'm sorry. After a year I had given up hope."
"Well I didn't!" Riku yelled. "Sure it may seem silly that after four years I still try to keep my promise, but still..."
Riku stopped. He could see he had made Sora feel bad.
"Well, whatever." Riku said. "We've met again. So my promise has been kept. Since you're here, how 'bout I give a tour?"
"Sure." Sora grinned.
During the tour, Sora was fascinated by everything. There were many things in Traverse Town that Destiny Islands did not have. It was nice to see something new for once.
"This place is awesome!" Sora exclaimed.
Riku rolled his eyes. "It's ok. I guess when you've been living here your whole life it's hard to find it interesting."
"That's true." Sora said. "Remember how much fun you had when you were on Destiny Islands?"
"I'm surprised you remember."
"Oh come on!" Sora folded his arms. "Can we please just put that behind us? I remember everything now. Seriously! I just didn't at first. That's all."
Suddenly, out of nowhere, a strange black creature appeared a few feet in front of them.
"What the heck is that?" Sora took a few steps back.
"I'll handle this." Riku said pulling out a sword. With once slice from his sword, the creature was instantly killed.
"Riku, what was that?" Sora asked.
"A heartless." he replied. "They've been showing up all over the damn place lately. As for where they came from, I have no clue."
"I hope none of those are back at my island." Sora said, beginning to worry.
"Who knows." Riku put his weapon away. "They may just be attacking this world. The weird thing about it all is that everytime we think we've killed them all, more just keep coming. We should head back to the 1st District. That's gotta be the one place the heartless hardly ever go to."
Back at the 1st District...
Sora had begun to worry nonstop. Was his island ok? Was Kairi ok? Those thoughts continued to enter his mind.
"What's with the sad face?" Riku asked.
"I mentioned this before." Sora replied. "My friend, Kairi, is gone. I wish I knew where she was."
"Do you have a crush on her?"
Sora went red. "What? No!"
Riku laughed. "Relax, Sora."
"Actually," said Sora. "today was her birthday and she told me that she liked me...but...I didn't feel the same way. She was really mad at me. I dunno, it's just...I always considered her a really good friend."
"I see." Riku said. "Hey, follow me. I want you to meet Cid. He's been working on something that can help people travel to other worlds. Let's see how it's coming along."
"Alright." said Sora.
They headed over to a small place where a man was working on a strange looking ship.The man had a huge grin on his face while working. He was obviously the type who enjoys working on things.
"How's it going, Cid?" Riku called to him. Cid jumped with surprise.
"Dammit Riku." he turned to face him. "Don't scare me like that when I'm workin'. You know I hate that."
Riku rolled his eyes and laughed. "You're such a grumpy old man."
"Oh shut up. Who's your friend?"
"I'm Sora." Sora said.
"Well as you may already know, I'm Cid." he shook Sora's hand. "As you can see I'm workin' on a ship here. I'm hoping it will be able to take people to other worlds. Nobody's ever tried it before. It's close to done though. 'Bout a few more days and this baby's ready to fly!"
"Neat." Sora said, walking up to the ship.
"It'll be the greatest invention ever." Cid said with another huge grin on his face. "You'll see!"
Meanwhile...
Kairi woke up to find herself in a rather odd place.
"Where am I?" she asked herself. "Sora? Are you here?"
Her face flooded with fear when nobody answered. She clenched her fists and yelled at the top of her lungs. She had never felt so angry before. Kairi could feel the rage building up inside her. Tears began to roll down her cheeks and she immediately dug her fingernails deep into one of her arms until she began to feel pain.
"My my my..." said a female's voice. "Am I witnessing self-abuse here?"
Kairi stopped and turned around to see a strange woman in dark clothing.
"Who are you?" Kairi asked.
She grinned and said, "Malificent. Hm...I can sense a dark power deep within you."
"Sure." Kairi said and rolled her eyes. She tried to walk away but Malificent blocked her path.
"I can help release the darkness from within you." she said to Kairi. "I can tell that you have a lot of unhappy things that haunt your past. Join me and you shall never have to worry about being upset ever again."
"I don't think so." said Kairi. She tried to walk away once more, but Malificent refused to let her do so.
"Let me show you." Malificent placed her hand on Kairi's head. Kairi could feel the darkness in her heart slowly beginning to take over her body.
Malificent gave a sinister grin and said, "Now you are able to control the heartless. The heartless are my creatures that I have been sending to take over each world."
"What do you mean each?" Kairi asked.
"There are many worlds out there." Malificent replied. "I'm not sure where you came from, but I am positive this is not your home world. Am I correct?"
Kairi nodded.
"Follow me." Malificent began walking. "Let me show you around this world. This is my home world. It is called Hallow Bastion."
Without saying a word, Kairi followed her.
To be continued...
Don't worry everyone. The more exicitng parts are coming soon!