Author's Note: Here's chapter 8. Thanks for the reviews! Now, please read and review more! Also, I can't exactly remember the scene where Kairi runs away from Destiny Islands, so I'm just going to make something up, but I'll try and make it as close as possible.
Chapter 8: Run AwayI was sitting on the beach. It's been a couple of weeks since the whole island finally remembered Sora. I feel so awful about forgetting about him. He's going to kill me when I tell him that I forgot about him for a time, but hey, he probably forgot about me for a time too. Anyway, I was sitting on the beach with Chloe, a 7-year-old girl that I was babysitting. I finally decided to get a babysitting job so that way I'd have something to do besides mope around. I was at her house 30 minutes ago, but I really wanted to sit on the beach in case Sora came back. I told Chloe that we were going to the beach to have fun, so she brought her things to play with. When she saw me not doing anything, she came and sat next to me.
" What's wrong, Kairi?" Chloe asked in a little girl voice.
" Just…waiting for someone." I sighed.
" For who?"
" A friend." I made sure not to say "a boy".
" Is it a boyfriend?" She cooed.
" Well, he is a boy, but he's not my boyfriend."
" Where is he?"
" He's…somewhere. He's off on another adventure. I was…sort of…part of his first one."
" Tell me about it." Chloe asked.
" It's a long story."
" Ooh, I love stories. Tell me about it."
" Okay. It all started when…" I began to say when Chloe's mom came and found us.
" There you are. Chloe, come on, your father has dinner waiting. Okay, Kairi, I owe you, 2000 munny ($20) for four hours right?" I nodded in reply. She pulled out 2000 munny and gave it to me. She thanked me again and walked off.
I put the munny into a pouch and then into my pocket. I then went back to sitting on the beach. The only good things that have bee going on around here were the fact that Lulu moved away from this island, so I haven't had a whole month of bullying so far. Today was the last day of the week to sit and wait for Sora to come back with Riku. I had my pink dress on which I was getting sand on, so I stood up. I walked over to the water. I stared up into the sky for about five minutes straight. Sora still hasn't returned.
" Maybe, waiting just isn't enough." I said to myself.
" You got that right!" I gasped. I heard a voice, but it wasn't Sora's voice! " If you have a dream, go for it, don't wait." A guy in a black robe that had red hair stepped out of a dark portal. I was scared to death.
" Who are you?" I asked backing up.
" I happen to be an acquaintance of Sora's. Name's Axel, got it memorized. Anyway, what do you say we go see Sora right now?" Axel asked as he held out his hand.
" Sora?" I asked. I walked up to him, but before I could grab his hand, a dog from behind me barked. He was big, yellow, and had back floppy ears with a black tail. I walked over to the dog to see what he was barking about.
" We have something in common, Kairi. We both miss someone we care about. I feel like we're already friends." Axel said to me. I knew he was being sarcastic the way he looked at me.
" You're not being very friendly!" I yelled as I ran through the portal the dog came out of.
I ran through the portal. It looked really weird. It was blue, and pinkish in there. I looked around and saw that the dog was still with me. The dog came and sat right in front of me. His tongue hung out as he panted. I looked at the green collar. It said the name, "Pluto", on it. I scratched the dog on its head and then looked ahead. There was a portal. Maybe it leads to Sora. I thought to myself. I stepped into it, but I also had an urge to look behind me. I looked and just before the portal closed, I saw a person with a black robe on. He had a hood on so I couldn't see his face. I tried to look closely, but the portal closed. I started to get dizzy. I closed my eyes and fainted.
" Hey, you okay?" A voice asked me.
I opened my eyes. I wasn't at my island anymore. I lifted my head and saw three kids that were about my age staring at me. My vision was a little blurry, but once my vision was normal, I saw that I was in another world! Pluto was still with me. I stood up slowly and looked around. It looked like I was in a beggar's corner.
" Where am I?" I asked.
" Twilight Town." One of the three kids answered me. One of them was a girl, and the other two were boys.
" How did I get here?" I asked looking around.
" You and that dog came flying out of that wall. By the way, I'm Pence." One of the boys introduced himself.
" My name's Olette."
" Name's Hayner. Nice to meet you…um…" The other boy tried to think of what to call me.
" Kairi." I answered.
" Nice name. So, what brings you here to Twilight Town?" Pence asked.
" I'm looking for someone."
" What's their name? Maybe we know the person your looking for." Olette suggested.
" His name is Sora." I sighed.
" Are you talking about the Sora with brown, spiky hair, blue eyes, traveling with two animals called Donald and Goofy, and carrying a large key?" Hayner asked me.
" YES! You know him?" I asked excitedly.
" Yeah, he left a few weeks ago with Donald and Goofy." Olette said.
" Oh, so he's not here."
" No, but if you stick around, Sora is bound to show up. He said he was coming back." Pence said.
" Really?"
" Yeah, you should stay here for a while." Pence suggested.
" Thanks." I thanked them.
I really liked these guys. They reminded me of my friends back home. That reminded me! I'm going to be in so much trouble when I get home! But, it'll be worth it when I see Sora again. Pence left and came back with 4 ice cream bars. I just sat and ate my bar with the others. Hayner and Pence were busy talking about boring stuff while Olette and I were sitting on the couch that was in there. Olette decided to break the silence between us.
" So, you and Sora seem good friends."
" Yeah, we really are. But, sometimes, he can be more than a friend to me." I sighed.
" What do you mean?"
" Well, a year ago, some things happened. Our world was taken by darkness. Sora and I were separated at the time. I thought that my heart was lost, but it was actually hidden within Sora's. So, one day, my friend, Riku, took me to Hollow Bastion and Sora followed. Him, Donald, and Goofy found me lying on the floor of the Grand Hall. Sora ran to me and tried to wake me up, but I wouldn't. He needed to wake me up, so he took the keyblade that can unlock people's hearts and stabbed his heart with it. My heart was released and I woke up, but it turned out that Sora had sacrificed his heart for mine, so he was turned into a Heartless. I hung with Donald and Goofy for the time being. Later, I saw a shadow following us. I knew that it was Sora. But then, many shadows surrounded us. Donald and Goofy went out to fight them, but I stayed to protect Sora. As I tried to protect him, the shadows got closer. Suddenly, they jumped! I grabbed onto Sora thinking that I was going back to the darkness, but the light that shined in our hearts beat the shadows and Sora was brought back to life. My eyes were closed at the time, but when I opened them, Sora was holding me in my arms. I didn't want to leave that position, but I had to because the Heartless were coming. So, that's what happened. Ever since then, he's been more than a friend to me. He seems more like my knight in big yellow shoes now." I told them the story.
" What a romantic story." Olette replied.
" Hey, Sora may be here soon, so you probably don't have to worry much." Pence said.
" What took you so long, Kairi?" I heard that voice again. A guy came through a portal gain. It was Axel! Hayner and Pence tried to fight him, but it was no use. He grabbed me firmly by the wrist and started to pull me into the portal.
" Let go! Let go of me!" I yelled as I tried to escape from his grip.
Author's Note: Ha! I left you with a cliffhanger! Review and see what Axel will do with Kairi!
