The Mysterious Boy

Chapter 2

Riku was already in a bad mood for being at the beach, but now Sora was here too. Riku wished he could have just stayed at home and read a book. That would have been much better than being where he was now.

"You're the new kid, right?" Kairi asked.

Sora nodded.

"Well it's nice to meet you. I'm Kairi, and this is Hayner."

"I'm Sora."

"Riku," said Kairi. "you know Sora?"

"We passed by each other, nothing else." Riku retorted.

"Actually," said Sora. "I was being beat up by three guys. When Riku showed up they stopped beating me up and left."

"Aw, how kind of him." said Kairi.

"It's not like I'm a hero or something." Riku said, folding his arms. "I went to an alley, not expecting Jack, Rick, and Gary to be there and--"

"Jack, Rick, and Gary were beating up Sora?" Hayner asked. He turned to Sora and said, "Sorry you had to get beat up by them. They're just as bad at school."

"Anyway," Riku continued. "I didn't really save his life or anything like that. Jack and the others just turned around and noticed me. Right after that they threatened me, then left."

"Maybe so." said Kairi. "But if you didn't show up, poor Sora may have a little more than just bruises."

Kairi could see Riku was in a bad mood and did not wish to continue talking about this.

"So, what do you all want to do?" Kairi changed the subject immediately. "Any ideas?"

"Beats me." said Hayner.

"We could play a sport!" Kairi suggested.

"The only good sport to play on the beach is Volleyball." said Riku. "Which of course I don't like."

Kairi wasn't even going to bother suggesting socializing with others on the beach because she already knew Riku would say "no." Kairi remembered why she didn't enjoy spending time with Riku in the summer. He was no fun.

"We could surf!" said Hayner. "The waves are looking pretty good today."

"You're the only one who knows how to do that!" said Kairi. "Well, I have some boogie boards we can use. They'll be just as fun to ride the waves with as well."

"Sure!" said Hayner.

"Whatever." said Riku.

Kairi turned to Sora. "What about you? Does that sound ok?"

"Sounds great!" said Sora.

Sora, Kairi, and Hayner were out riding on the waves while Riku simply sat on his board in the shallow side of the ocean. He spaced out and stared at the sky.

Why did I come here? Riku aksed himself. I ruin everybody's fun. I should have just stayed at home. And Sora's here too so...Damn! Why am I doing this again? I can't stop thinking about him. Why?

He stopped looking at the sky when he felt the boogie board he was sitting on go over a wave. It wasn't that big of a wave now since he was over by the shallow end. He looked over to where his friends were. He noticed somethig was wrong with this picture. He saw Kairi, he saw Hayner, but he didn't see Sora. Where was he? Now a bit curious, he went further out in the ocean to where they were to see where Sora was. The two looked exhausted. They were hanging on as tight as they could to their small boards. Sora's board was floating near them.

"Riku!" Kairi cried. "A huge wave just came over us when we weren't looking, and now Sora's gone!"

"I'll look for him." said Riku. As much as he didn't want to, he didn't want to make his friends do it when they were so tired now. He got off his board and went under the water. From far away he could see a body floating around towards the bottom of the ocean. Immediately, he swam towards him, grabbed him, and pulled him up towards the surface.

Riku gapsed for air as soon as his head went over the water. Sora's eyes flung open and he looked around, puzzled.

"Oh, you're alive!" Riku exclaimed.

"Of course I'm alive." said Sora. "I was just relaxing."

"What? You mean...you weren't--"

"Is something wrong?"

"Dammit! Don't do that to me! You had everyone else freaked out that something happened to you!"

Sora had a sad look on his face. "I'm sorry."

Riku let go of Sora and swam back to his board.

"Is Sora alright?" Hayner asked Riku.

Riku said nothing and got out of the ocean. Sora swam over to Kairi and Hayner.

"Oh, good!" Kairi exclaimed. "I'm glad you're ok."

"I'm sorry." Sora said, grabbing onto his board. "I wasn't really in any danger. After the wave had crashed down on us, I kind of just let myself drift. I knew I was ok, but you guys didn't."

"It's ok." said Kairi.

"Well I'm glad you guys aren't mad." said Sora, looking at Riku. "I really got Riku mad."

"Don't worry about Riku." said Hayner. "He's not the type to hang out with when you're expecting to have fun."

Sora continued to watch Riku storm off angrily.

Maybe I can change that... Sora thought.

Another dream... Riku thought to himself the next morning. Fuck that stupid Sora! Now I'm having obnoxious dreams about him!

Riku decided to walk again. All he could do was think about his dreams. He couldn't remember it exactly. All he remembered was a strange, yet marvelous looking place...and Sora.

When Riku stopped his thoughts, he noticed Sora was not too far away. Riku tried to go in a different direction to be avoided, but of course, he was spotted.

"Riku, can I speak to you for a minute?" Sora asked.

Riku rolled his eyes. What could he possibly want now?

To Be Continued...