Chaptire 2: On the Other Side
Kairi took her shoes off and carried them as she walked along the shore of the Destiny Islands. She was hoping no one would be there, especially Sora, so she could have some quiet time to think.
Approaching voices quickly interrupted her thoughts.
"Kairi! Hey! What's up?"
Its was that cheerful voice. The one that now haunted her dreams at night, and haunted her thoughts in the day.
"Nothing much… I'm kind of busy right now Sora. Can you please just leave me alone?"
"Yeah, sure. Bye!"
When Sora was far enough Riku approached Kairi. He put his arm over her shoulder and brought her close to him.
"Sora doesn't understand how much you hurt right now. But don't worry. Everything's going to be alright…"
"Okay, Riku…"
Kairi slowly put her head upon his shoulder and cried.
"I didn't think Sora or anyone else, even you, would understand…"
"It's okay. I understand perfectly."
Riku leaned his head over hers and they stood there for a long while.
A lot later on, when Riku had already left, Kairi sat on a rock close to the shore of the Destiny Islands. She thought long and hard, and finally brought her heart to a conclusion.
"Sora isn't the one the one for me… But I'll find someone eventually… Until then… I don't want to stay here anymore…"
Kairi turned her head towards the secret place. She hadn't visited it since she had been separated from Sora long ago. She walked over, crouched down, and walked along the little tunnel.
She stood up and looked around as if looking at a bunch of old photos you hadn't seen in years. But what caught her eye, was a door, which was in front of her. The door that never had a way through, no handle, no nothing. But this time… There was a handle.
"How odd…"
Kairi thought to herself. She put her shoes down and walked curiously toward the door and placed her delicate hand on the handle.
"I wonder if I should…"
She let her curiousity get the best of her and turned the handle.
It was so dark she couldn't see anything, but, she walked through the door anyway.
After walking through a long dark tunnel for quite some time, she saw a light up ahead.
"Light!"
Kairi ran towards the light and found herself in a totally different world.
"What is this place…?"
She walked out of the tunnel very slowly and stepped forward.
"Where am I?"
Kairi turned around to go back, but there was no tunnel, or door. She was stuck. She turned around once again.
"AHHH!"
A tall man with a very long sword, one wing, and long silver hair startled Kairi. He held his sword up close to her face.
"Who are you?"
He asked slowly.
"K-Kairi…"
He smiled evily and took her hand.
"Welcome to Hollow Bastian, Kairi. My name is Sephiroth…"
