Riku watched silently from where he stood his complete figure in the shadow of the billboard on top of the building. He had his blindfold on, but he could still sense what was going on around him, he could easily sense the great turmoil radiating off the person standing at the edge of the building.
She was a member of the Organization, was, being the key word. It was just 2 hours ago that she deserted, and Riku was intrigued, so he followed. Right now she had her hood up, covering everything but the jet black strands of hair that fell from either corner, lying gently across the leather of the Organization coat.
Looking at the sky Riku felt rain splatter onto his face, he turned his blind sight onto the girl, the now heavy rain bouncing off his coat. Feeling a strong push of emotion Riku lifted his hand and slowly pulled off his blindfold, now being able to clearly see what was in front of him.
The girl, Amarantha was her name, slowly leaned back, holding her arms out to either side. With her head parallel to the ground the hood over her face fell back, allowing her waist long hair to fly out behind her. Riku could see a stream of water running from her red eyes, weather it was rain or tears, he did not know.
He watched as Amarantha stood back up straight, rain sliding down her hair, she turned her head slightly toward Riku, as if she knew he was there. He saw her lips move, as if she were saying something, then she fell forward, off the front of the twenty story building.
Riku ran forward toward the edge and watched as Amarantha fell, her coat flapping crazily around her. Just as she neared the bottom she straightened her body and landed easily on her feet, crouching at the knee to absorb the impact. Riku smirked and stood up straight, watching as Amarantha took off at a swift run away from Riku, away from the Organization.
Sora sighed contently as he watched the sun set, Kiri sitting next to him, her head on his shoulder.
"I almost thought we were never going to be able to do this again." Kiri said.
Sora nodded and looked around him. They were sitting on their separate little island, the one with the big L shaped tree, and it was the same tree that Kiri, himself, and Riku used to sit on not three years ago.
"Yeah, to bad Riku's not here." Sora said, his voice soft and sad.
It seemed that with those words the happy feeling that had been between Kiri and Sora vanished. Kiri nodded slowly, sitting up straight and wiping her eyes with the back of her hand.
"It's amazing." She said sadly.
"What is?"
"How much we've all changed, I doubt things will every be like they were." Kiri started to blink repeatedly.
Sora took her head and gently laid it on his chest; she instantly started to cry, holding onto Sora for support, both mentally and physically.
Finally Kiri sat back up, her tears dried out. She looked slightly embarrassed for crying on Sora.
"I'm sorry." She said, blushing.
"It's alright." Sora said with a smile. "I'm here for you, when ever you need me to be."
Kiri smiled up at Sora and leaned back against his shoulder. "Thank you." She said quietly.
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Amarantha stepped out of the dark portal into water knee deep. Looking quickly around she closed the portal and walked slowly toward the shore, trying to make as little noise as possible. She still wore the Organization clothes, she had no other choice in the matter. With her hood pulled tight over her head Amarantha reached the shore and looked up at the full moon.
"Welcome to Destiny Island." She whispered to herself.
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"What was that?" Kiri asked, sitting up quickly.
"What was what?" Sora asked in return.
The sun had just set, everything was now bathed in the silver white glow of the full moon.
"Something moved out on the shore!"
Sora looked over to where Kiri was pointing, he couldn't see anything.
"Let's go check it out." He said, jumping off of the tree.
After helping Kiri off the two of them ran hand in hand toward the shore, Sora thoroughly convinced it was a rabbit they were chasing.
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Amarantha turned her head toward the sound of people running. With practiced ease she melted into the shadows, completely invisible except to the trained eye. Running across the shore were too kids, they looked to be a few years younger than herself, she was 17.
"Kiri!" The boy was saying, stopping in the middle of the beach. "There's nothing here."
"I know I saw something!" Kiri insisted, looking around wildly.
The boy walked up behind Kiri and laid a hand on her shoulder. "Let's go home Kiri, we can come back out here when it's lighter."
"You do believe me, don't you Sora?"
Sora? Amarantha frowned, where had she heard that name. Ahh yes, Sora was the Key Bearer, the one who "saved" the worlds from the heartless. She had never laid eyes on him before, and, quite frankly, he looked like a shrimp.
"Yeah, I believe you." Sora said with a smile.
Kiri smiled back and wrapped her hand in Sora's, walking with her head on his shoulder.
Amarantha felt despair well up inside of her as she watched the couple walk away. She longed for someone to love, more than anything else, she wanted someone to be with, someone to share he life with. Amarantha shook her head, wiping the single tear that fell from her eye. She was always going to be alone, so was the path she chose when she became a member of the Organization, love was a weakness, something that made the mind do stupid things. Amarantha frowned as she walked out of the shadows, she stood at the edge of the beach, looking at the moon.
All of a sudden a dark portal manifested about ten yards to the right of Amarantha. Stepping out of the portal was a person from the Organization, hood pulled tight, all Amarantha could see was silver hair covering the eyes.
"Imagine finding you here." The person said with a smirk, closing the portal behind him.
