They sat there that night on a rock looking out at the strange ocean surrounding them.

The sea of secrecy

The sea of obscurity

The sea of mystery.

Kairi was wondering the same thing she had been wondering for a few nights now. Who was she? Who where her parents? Would she ever find out? And if she did would it do her any good? She wanted to know her father, but what if Sora was right? What if her dad didn't match up to what she had envisioned him to be? What if he took her away to live with him somewhere? Would she ever see Sora again? Would she ever see Riku again?

Then there was the matter of Riku. She hoped he was okay, he had seemed devastated at Sora's apparent betrayal, but he would bounce back- right?

'Hey Kairi?' Sora asked, breaking the silence of the beach. She looked up at him, into his deep blue eyes. They were like two pools of crystal mountain water, dark with the shadows of the fish just below the surface,

'Kairi?' She flipped back into reality, blushing slightly at what she had been thinking about,

'Yes Sora?' she asked,

'Umm… You know what you said earlier in the shack… about um… us having kids. You didn't mean that… did you?' he was rapidly growing red in the cheeks. Kairi smiled and ruffled his hair playfully,

'You don't need to worry about that yet, Sora.'

He pulled away from her and fixed his hair,

'But uh… you do like me… right?'

Kairi chuckled and leant over. Their lips touched softly, Sora's spirit soared and they kissed. He shut his eyes and let his other senses take over for him. Her hair smelt beautiful, it always did. Even now, smelling of sea water, it made him feel at peace. Her lips were soft and spongy, like the softness found only in the finest silk cloth. He felt her tongue push forward and his quivering lips parted quickly to bid her entrance.

Sora, too found he was now exploring the girl's mouth passionately, and his hands began to grope clumsily at her shoulders drawing her closer into his embrace. Then just as Sora began to realise what was about to happen, Kairi objected and pulled away softly,

'No, Sora… not like this. I don't want this to happen just because nature wants it to. I want it to be love.' She explained,

'You know I do love you though.' Sora smiled. Kairi laughed,

'Yes Sora, I'd say that's pretty clear now.' She leaned forward and kissed his head, 'Let's just wait…. For me Sora. We're too young. Besides I don't want a kid yet and I don't think you do either.'

Sora had to agree with that. He admired Kairi's smarts in this subject, how would they have safely done anything anyway? They were shipwrecked teenagers on an island far from home; it wouldn't have been fair on them or a baby,

'You're right. Let's wait.'

Yerrsef and Riku continued their journey towards 'the islands' the mysterious mans true quest revealed to Riku. Riku was stunned at who the man was, but there was no time for that now. Those Heartless- the monsters Riku had followed into the secret place on Destiny Islands were after Kairi, as well as a group of hooded characters called the thirteenth order- dedicated to capturing the power of the Heartless from a place called Kingdom Hearts which in the parallel world Yerrsef had come from was located in the exact same spot as Destiny Islands were in this world? It was all very confusing, but Kairi was apparently this guy's daughter and also the key to darkness the 'seventh princess of heart.'

'So tell me again, why is Kairi been placed in this parallel world?' Riku asked his mind moving almost as fast as the magic propelled boat they were in. Yerrsef sighed and repeated his reasons,

'The Thirteenth order used to be the good guys. I even worked for them back then. I left however when I discovered the new leader's true motives. He wanted to open Kingdom Hearts for the sole purpose of using its power for himself. Instead of studying the darkness and finding a way to defeat it entirely he was going to conquer the world with it. After immense study he managed to train heartless to seek out the princesses of heart needed for the ceremony. Lastly he discovered he needed my daughter. The leader- a man named Marluxia tried to take her from me so I conjured up all my magic power and created a parallel world, sort of a "pocket universe" Destiny Islands and hid her in it.

Unfortunately Marluxia never fully controlled the Heartless and just as they were programmed to do they found Kairi and killed her.'

'Aye? No she's alive remember?' Riku protested.

Yerrsef only laughed,

'Death isn't always the end you know. I went back in time and sent her back along with a protector- you.'

'Me?'

'Yes, I wiped Kairi's memories of the real world and gave you the mission of protecting her. This is about the time where everything went wrong. Time does not like to be cheated. Any connection between the real world and this one were severed and I lost contact.'

'Hang on- why can't I remember any of this?'

'Lady Fate installed false memories in you and created other people- people who unlike this world which is a fake, were real- people like this Sora. People who can feel love, hate, jealousy, fear.'

'Wow.'

'I was only able to alter things in this world- hence the islands- clues to lead her to me which would only appear when I wished them to. But somehow the Heartless have found their way back into this world- in doing so opening a portal between the worlds and setting off the appearance of the islands and their clues. I realised that with your memories gone you would be unable to protect Kairi from the Heartless, so I came here myself through the same worm hole the Heartless tore open. And now it seems we may be too late as she is gone with Sora. Also I am sure with a way in here the order will soon be after my girl as well as the Heartless!"

It made sense now, Riku understood,

'Well we better hurry up- I couldn't protect her in the first instance I'm not gunna fail a second time!'

The Hooded man laughed,

'I like your spirit- I remember when I was younger and had that same passion. You'll do good no matter what happens.'