We'll Meet Again
Wow. I was so angry yesterday. as most of you know had some glitch so I couldn't get chapter 4 up. And I've been trying like all through the other day! Ok well, here ya go.
Chapter 4
Sora felt as if his heart had stopped when the heartless injured Riku. He could not help but immediately run to Riku to see if he was ok. Riku was not bleeding too much; however, he was indeed hurt.
"Don't worry about me..." Riku said weakly. "Take care of that heartless first."
Sora nodded, picked up his weapon and began to fight. Yuffie and Leon joined in too. Aerith helped Riku get away from the heartless so he would be safe. Luckily, she had a few things that would heal him. During the fight, all Sora could think of was Riku and how seeing him lying on the ground scared him to death.
I need to focus. Sora thought to himself. I'm sure Riku is fine. He's strong. But...gah! Why can't I stop thinking about him?
Fortunately, they were able to finally defeat the heartless. Aerith and Riku headed back when it was finally safe.
"How are you feeling?" Sora asked.
"I'm feeling fine now." Riku replied.
"Thank you...for...earlier." Sora said quietly. Riku smiled.
"What are we gonna do now?" Leon asked. "Our entire home has been destroyed."
"If our ship is fine," Sora said. "we can take you three to Traverse Town! You guys can live there!"
"Traverse Town?" Yuffie and Leon both asked at the same time.
"Now I can see if you two really are from another world or not." Aerith said. "Ok then. Take us to your ship."
The fog from earlier had cleared up so they were able to find their ship easily. Riku and Sora got inside their ship to see if it still worked and to their surprise, it actually did. Aerith, Leon, and Yuffie climbed aboard and were dropped off at Traverse Town.
"We might as well stay for a while since we're here." Riku said.
"Hey you two!" Cid greeted them. "Who are these three?"
"Leon, Aerith, and Yuffie." Sora replied. "Their home was destroyed by heartless!"
"Well then WELCOME!" Cid said with arms wide open. "Ok so anyways, tell me how the ship works."
"It worked fine." Rike said. "But Aerith said their homeworld had some kind of aura from the heartless that caused the ship to mess up and crash."
"MY BABY!" Cid cried.
"It's fine now." Riku said. "Geez, relax a little. The ship isn't damaged."
"Well I feel the need to upgrade it." Cid said and smiled his usual smile. "I'll work on it tonight and let you use it again tomorrow."
Later on that night, Sora decided to take a walk around the town. He saw Riku nearby staring at the stars. Sora joined him.
"Nice night." Sora broke the silence.
"Yeah." Riku agreed.
"You know, Riku..." Sora said. "I gotta admit that was fun being in another world. I know that probably sounds weird since that world was almost lifeless and stuff but...does any of it sound stupid?"
Riku laughed.
"Stop laughing!" Sora demanded.
"It doesn't sound stupid." Riku said. "Just that you asked made it seem funny. Anyways, I gotta agree with you. It was fun. And tomorrow we'll be off to another world. I dunno what will come next, but I'm ready!"
"Me too!" Sora grinned.
I'm glad we're doing this together. Sora thought to himself. It sure wouldn't be as fun if I was by myself. I can't wait for our next adventure!
Riku couldn't help but smile back at Sora.
There's something...about his smile... Riku thought to himself. Wait, why am I even STARING at him? Pull it together Riku.
"We should get some rest." Riku suggested.
"You're right." said Sora. "Let's go."
Meanwhile...
"I feel...so strong!" Kairi said. Maleficent gave an evil grin.
"I think you're ready to use your power now." said Maleficent. "I'm just curious to what you could use it on. Anyone perhaps...that makes you feel...angry?"
Kairi thought about it for a moment. She remembered Sora breaking her heart. She felt herself getting angry again and began breathing heavily.
"Calm down." Maleficent told her.
"...Sora..." Kairi said angrily. "...he broke my heart...I hate him! I have no clue where he is though."
"I know how we can find out where he is." Maleficent said."Follow me."
She then took Kairi to a strange dark room. In the center was something glowing.
Maleficent began waving her staff around and the thing in the center began to shine brightly.
"Show us the one Kairi seeks." Maleficent said. "Show us the one called Sora."
An image appeared in the center of the room of Sora walking with Riku.
"I'm just so excited about finding another world tomorrow!" Sora said to Riku on the image.
"So they're headed to another world..." Maleficent said. "Well, maybe we'll be in luck. They might end up here. No point in going to find them. We need to save our strength."
"I wonder who that boy is." Kairi said, examining Riku in the image. "Damn that Sora! He's already forgotten about me! I hate him even more now!"
"Don't get too angry." Maleficent said to her. "Remember, you want to save your strength! I want you to help me conquer all worlds. But that is for later. When those two arrive, I'll let you do whatever you wish to do with them."
"I'll think of something." said Kairi. "Simply killing them would be no fun at all. I gotta make things interesting."
I have taught her well. Maleficent thought. Excellent.
"Wait! I got it!" Kairi exclaimed. "I know what I can do!"
"Tell me then." said Maleficent.
The next day at Traverse Town...
"Well, I fixed the ship up a little more." Cid said. "Now no damn aura can screw with my ship! Take care of it, ok?"
"We will." Riku said. "Ready, Sora?"
"You bet!" Sora said with a huge smile on his face.
After preparing, they took off in the ship and headed for another world.
"There's one!" Riku pointed to a world that was nearby. "Let's go."
They landed the ship once they entered the world. It was different from the last world they were in. There was more of a Greek look to this one. Ahead was a large place and above it was a sign that said: Olympus Collesium. As they headed towards it, Sora saw something out of the corner of his eye. To his surprise, it was Kairi!
"...Kairi?" he said softly. "Is it really you?"
"You forgot about me Sora..." she said. "How could you?" When Sora started walking towards her, she began to disappear.
"Kairi!" Sora called to her. She was gone now.
"Who are you talking to?" Riku asked.
"You didn't--but--she--Kairi--was"
Riku rolled his eyes. "You must still be kinda tired. Come on, let's go."
Sora was puzzled by what he had seen. He wondered if it really was Kairi or not.
Did she die...and come back as a ghost to haunt me? he thought to himself. Or...am I really just seeing things?
Kairi re-appeared in Hallow Bastion and began laughing.
"The fool!" she said. "I can't wait to do that again. Of course, messing with his head is merely the beginning of my plan..."
To be continued...