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Chapter 4
On the shores of Destiny Islands, Kairi stood staring out into the ocean. It was a little past noon. She looked down at the seashell necklace she fumbled with. 'You were supposed to bring good luck,' she thought. On the day before the Heartless swallowed Destiny Islands, Kairi made this necklace. It was for their trip on the raft. Sora's, Riku's, and her trip to other worlds. 'You didn't by separating us. But yet you did. You brought Sora and me closer together.'
"Kairi! Come over here!" Her spunky friend, Selphie, was with Wakka and Tidus. They seemed to be surrounding something. Or someone. Since Kairi had nothing else better to do, she went over to her friends.
"Kairi! You wouldn't believe what we found!" Selphie was all excited. Wakka and Tidus were surrounding something. "Move over guys! Kairi wants to see too!"
Kairi saw a boy laying unconscious on the ground, face up. He had tan colored hair, a fair colored skin, and looked about the age of 12. Kairi turned to her friends. "Did you find him laying here?"
"Yeah," Tidus replied. "Wakka and I were playing a game of blitzball on the beach. The ball rolled near the water and we found him right there."
There was a moment of silence until Selphie said, "So…what are we going to do with him?"
Right when Selphie announced that, the washed-up boy stirred. "Wha..?" He sat up. "Where am I? This isn't where I live!" He then noticed three people staring at him. "Who are you?"
Kairi was about to answer his question right after Selphie spoke up. (Who else would do the job?) Selphie pointed at the person as she announced his or her name. "I'm Selphie, that's Kairi, this is Tidus, and the one with the accent is Wakka."
"Hey!" Wakka crossed his arms.
"It's true! Anyway, what's your name?"
"My name's David. Where am I?"
This time, Kairi answered. "You're in Destiny Islands." After that, the trio answered all of David's questions. It reached dusk when they were finished.
"Well, that's our queue!" Selphie stood up. "Let's head home."
David had a question on his mind. "Um…where am I supposed to stay?"
"You can stay at my house. My parents won't mind."
"Thanks Tidus."
"No problem."
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Sora woke up woozy. He groaned, "Where am I?" His view became clearer and remembered what just happened, about a year ago.
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"What!" Sora was swept with shock. An Invisible Heartless appeared in front of him. Its yellow eyes glowed brighter than before. 'How could this happen?' Sora thought.
The Invisible swiftly moved behind Sora's back and struck him. He fought the pain and the Keyblade materialized into his hands. Using he strength he had, Sora bashed the Heartless. It was defeated, but more replaced it. He was surely outnumbered, but Sora continued attacking. One after another came.
'Their stronger than before…or I just got out of form.' He became weak and finally dropped to the ground. Sora closed his eyes, with nothing else to do but wait. He could feel the darkness close around him. There was a strange feeling causing him to get sleepy. He tried to stay awake, but it was too powerful.
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Sora was trapped in some sort of dungeon with a door overhead. For about a year. He had no company. He was bound in chains; his feet were together and his hands tied behind his back. He survived on scraps of food that was thrown by someone or something. Sora tried to break free again and again. He was unsuccessful ever time.
The door opened. "Let me go!" A girl cried. She seemed to be taken in captive. She was being held by Heartless. "I said LET ME GO!" It was useless to fight back. The Heartless threw her onto the floor. The chains she was tied in jingled on contact.
Sora turned his head towards the sound. He decided to make contact with the girl. He tried to get up and go to her side, only falling back down. The only kind of contact he could make was by talking. "Hello?"
"Sora?"
"Yeah, that's me, but who are you?"
"Don't you recognize? It's me!"
"Umm…"
"It's Camille. Anyway, come over here."
"I can't. I'm tied up in chains, just like you."
Camille reasoned, "Well, it's harder to move in a skort than shorts when you're bound with chains."
"Fine." Sora practically crawled to the side of Camille. "I'm here. Now what? And where have you been for the past year?"
"I've been trapped in a similar underground dungeon to this, except I kept on escaping. Which was a good thing, but the Heartless kept on spotting me. So they threw me back in the dungeon. They decided that I should be put in another one. Therefore I was transferred to here." She sighed and said, "There's a bobby pin in my hair. Could you get it? I could pick the locks."
"Sure." With the best of his ability, Sora got the pin. "Here you go."
"Thanks. The Heartless sure seem different than before." Camille picked the locks in what seemed like a second. When she was done, she stuck the pin back in her hair. "There. Now to get out and find Donald and Goofy…follow me." Camille walked towards the wall and put her hand against it. A passage way opened. She lifted up a finger to her lips. Sora nodded understanding to stay quiet.
They walked through the passage. When they got to the end, they spotted Donald and Goofy. "DON-" Sora was cut off by Camille's hand over his mouth. She mouthed, "Be quiet. You don't know if the enemy is watching us." She returned her hand to her side and headed to their friends.
Goofy and Donald were smart enough to keep quiet. Camille picked their locks while Sora was on the lookout. CLINK! The last lock was opened. Sora and co. grouped together and discussed what they were to do next.
"Well, first we have to get out of here," quoted Donald.
"Before the Heartless come," Sora added.
"Well," Goofy said, "they're here now!"
The gang swung their heads around and saw Heartless. Their weapons appeared in their hands, and they were ready to fight.
Sora slashed the Oblivion at the two nearest Heartless. They were defeated and disappeared into the air. He jumped into the air and started attacking a group of Large Bodies. Donald and Goofy were attacking the Shadows that were materializing rapidly. Camille was swinging her rod at the Green Requiems who were trying to heal the other Heartless.
Sora was getting pounded on by the Large Bodies. "Sonic Blade!" He rushed through the group of Heartless twice. It did critical damage. He finished each body off with a Graviga spell. By that time, the Heartless were defeated from the area.
"Come on! We have to get out of here before they attack again!" Camille was near some sort of entrance that was above her head. Sora, Donald, and Goofy followed Camille. She pushed the entrance above her head up and climbed up. "Oh great," she said sarcastically.
"What's so 'great'?" Sora asked.
"Look for yourself." Sora and the others looked. Right ahead was another batch of Heartless. To make it better, they were back in the same, creepy woods.
Sora sighed and said, "Well, there's nothing else we can do. Let's beat these guys up!"
Donald took the ones to the left, Goofy took the right, and Camille and Sora took the center group. After a few minutes, the Heartless were wiped out. "This way!" Camille said. So they followed her out of the woods. They had several more encounters with the Heartless, but made it out safe.
Camille sat on a nearby rock. In the corner of her eye, she saw something flash. She looked around to see what it was. 'What was that?' she thought. 'Must be my imagination…'
Her thoughts went on trailing until, "Earth to Camille! Hello!"
"Huh?" Camille found Sora's hand waving in front of her face. "Oh, sorry. I was zoned out for a while." (I do that a LOT)
"Well, we've gotta find a way off this world," Donald quacked.
"We don't have a gummi ship," Goofy said.
"And it's too risky for the Heartless to take over, just so we can get off," Sora added.
"So what's left?"
"I dunno Camille." Sora lay on the grass and stared at the passing clouds. He saw that a cloud formed a figure of him, Kairi, and Riku. "I wish it were real," he mumbled.
"Huh? Did you say something?" Sora shook his head to Camille's question. "The only option is to explore this world some more. The Heartless could catch up to us if we stay stationary."
"So let's go!" Sora popped up and started walking down the path.
"He sure seems optimistic today," Goofy said.
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"Haven't I seen this rock before?" Sora asked.
Donald pulled his feathers on his head. "WE'RE GOING IN CIRCLES!"
"Now Dona-"
"BE QUIET GOOFY!" He mumbled, "I knew we should have turned left."
"Okay. Let's try a different path." Sora and company walked down the path and turned on another path.
Sora pointed at the rock. "Hey! That's the same rock as before!"
Donald was about to implode but Goofy was there the calm him down. "There's no use in getting angry." The canine looked at the others and suggested, "Why don't we camp out here? We should get some rest for tomorrow."
"'Kay," Camille said.
Sora was just standing, staring into space. He blinked twice.
Camille whispered, "Sora!"
He didn't respond to her.
She tried again. "Sora!"
He blilnked again.
"SORA!"
No response.
She finally nudged him in the stomach with her elbow.
"Hey! What wa-" Sora paused just noticing what happened. "Oh…um…sure."
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"Hold on! I've got to empty my shoes!"
"What's the matta bruhda?"
A tanned David plopped onto the beach. "I've got sand in my shoes."
"Well, hurry up!" Tidus was far up the beach from David and Wakka. "We don't want to miss the festival!"
"You can go ahead Wakka." David was pounding the heel of his right shoe. "I can catch up."
"You sure 'bout that?"
"Yeah. Now go!" David watched Wakka run to Tidus. "Now for my left shoe." He emptied it out and put it back on. He ran as fast as he could to catch up. As he ran under the bridge, he saw a quick-moving shadow that wasn't his. 'Huh?' David shook his head and continued on.
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"Sir, our prisioners have escaped." A man with red hair bowed his head.
"So they have. For now, look for them. Make sure they don't cause anything to interfere with my plans."
"Yes sir."
"That is all. You may go now Axel."
Axel moved swiftly out the door.
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Sora tossed around in his 'bed.' He was asleep until he jolted up. "KAIRI!" He took a deep breath. 'It's just a dream.' He lay down with his hands behind his head. He tried going back to sleep. Sora had no luck. 'Great. First, we're kept in a dungeon for a year. Then, we don't know how we can get off this world. Next thing you know, I can't get a decent sleep.' Sora sighed and turned over to his side. He stared at the grass. He focused on it but ended up seeing something else. He lifted his head up just a bit, not risking to be seen. He could make out three figures. They were scavenging around, looking for something. 'What are they?' His eye's widened. 'They're Shadow Heartless!'
The Heartless seemed to react to Sora's discovery. They stopped what they were doing and stared right at Sora. They charged right at him. Sora sprang up with his trusty keyblade and swung it right at them. They dissolved and three hearts were released.
Sora lifted the Oblivion and rested it on his shoulder. 'Now that wasn't so hard.' He spoke too soon. Down the hill, some Heartless gathered and rushed towards Sora. It was too much for him to handle alone. "Uh-oh." He quickly got into his fighting stance.
Donald, Goofy, and Camille woke from their sleep. In the nick of time, they were right beside Sora. They charged towards the Heartless and began to fight.
Camille attacked the group of Air Soldiers. She leaped into the air and hit them critical blows. The soldiers flew around the area widely and forced Camille to use a Thundaga spell.
Donald was mobbed by Red Nocturnes, Green Requiem, and Blue Rhapsody. "Graviga!" With the amount of space the spell covered, the mobbing Heartless were gone.
Goofy smashed Angel Stars with his special tornado attacks. He gave Donald an ether in the process.
Sora was left with five Gargoyles. Sora whacked each one on the left wing. The encircled him and one attempted to slice his head off. Sora dodged all of their attacks and swung his weapon at each one again. Four out of the five were gone. The last one was a mighty speedy one. It flew in circles above Sora's head and dived at his chest. It hit right on target. Sora winced in pain. Blood seeped through his shirt. He managed to stand up and fight that Gargoyle. "TAKE THAT!" He slashed the Oblivion through the Gargoyle with the strength he had left. The last of the Heartless were gone. And Sora fell to the ground.
"Guys!" Camille rushed to Sora's side. Donald and Goofy responded to Camille's cry. "He's hurt." She rummaged through her pack and found an Elixir. "This will help." She poured the green liquid down Sora's throat while Goofy raised Sora's head.
Sora obediently drank the Elixir. His pain went away in a snap. He looked at his friends. "Thanks." After that, he closed his eyes and fell asleep.
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It was at night and the lights from the candles flickered. It was the annual moonlight festival on Destiny Islands. Everyone would gather from twilight to a little past midnight to celebrate the glorious view of the moon. There was a big feast with tons of food that could last a week. The best thing was when you went for a midnight swim.
"Ready…set…GO!" David swung his arm down. The eating contest began. Tidus, Wakka, and Selphie were seeing who could eat five pies (about the size of a regular dessert pie) the fastest.
Kairi sat, waiting patiently for a winner. She twisted the ends of her hair, which was shoulder length now. She remembered when Riku and Sora would see who could eat a whole chicken. They would stuff themselves until they look like chickens themselves. She chuckled, and before she knew it, the whistle blew.
"DONE!" Within thirty seconds, Selphie ate the five pies.
David announced, "Selphie is our winner!"
Kairi cheered while Wakka and Tidus slumped back in their chairs. Selphie turned to them and whispered, "I told you I would win. Never underestimate a girl."
It was midnight and the five buddies headed down to the water for their midnight swim. The water was cold, but was warm enough to swim in. The guys swam wide out in the open and played a two against one game of volleyball. Selphie and Kairi lingered far out but close to the beach.
"Have you heard the news?" Selphie swam around Kairi.
"I always get the latest from you. So if you already told me, yes. If not, no." Kairi dunked her head under the water. She rose back up and combed her hair with her hands.
Selphie bobbed in the water. "Well, from what I heard, there's going to be a few people coming to the island."
"Really?"
"Yeah. I think they're coming next week."
Kairi sighed and mumbled, "It would be nice if Sora and Riku were part of those people, but I highly doubt it." She thought of how it would be if that happened.
Selphie didn't hear a thing about what Kairi said. She kept rambling on about the latest gossip.
Kairi looked up into the sky and saw a constellation that made a face. That face became the face of Sora. She smiled as if he was in the sky and staring down at her. But that smile soon faded away when a sharp pain swept across her chest. She bended down and put her arms around her body. Selphie saw that Kairi needed help.
"GUYS! KAIRI NEEDS HELP!" Selphie swam to the side of Kairi and tried to comfort her. Tidus, Wakka, and David swam quickly to them.
"Whadda matter?" Wakka asked. He spoke for all of the guys. Their eyes turned towards Kairi. They could tell she was in deep pain.
David was quick to react. "Quick! Everyone help Kairi to the shore!" The others, not knowing what to do, obeyed. In seconds, they were on the shore.
Kairi was breathing rapidly. Her eyes opened swiftly, gasped, and screamed, "SORA!" Her eyes were white and then they shut back as fast as they opened. Her breathing slowed down and returned to normal. She opened her eyes slowly and said, "What happened?" Kairi looked at her friends' puzzled faces. She sat up. "I want to know. What happened?"
Tidus blurted, "You were almost drowning. So we took you back to the shore. Right guys?"
The others replied in unison, "Yeah, yeah. That's right."
"Well, I think it's time to go." Kairi said. So Kairi and the others headed towards their home.
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Okey dokey. That's all for now! I won't update in a while because A.) the EOG's are coming in two weeks and B.) I'm kinda having writer's block. OH NO! So...
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