Kairi felt the harsh wind howl at her. She gritted her teeth and lowered her head. She would not give in. As long as Sora was out there somewhere waiting for her, she will find him. The wind died down and she made out another battlefield. Revolted, she turned to walk away from the scene, when she heard a soft voice.
"Is anyone there?" It cried and she looked to see a small boy lost amongst the corpses. He winched whenever he was close to one and ran in the opposite direction to encounter more. He was utterly lost, as she was.
"Hello?" Kairi shouted loud enough for him to hear her. She watched him turn towards her and begin to run. "Wait!" She cried and ran towards him. He was trying to outmaneuver her yet she was fast and soon caught up. He stared at her with large blue eyes filled to the brim with tears.
"I'm Kairi." She said and took out her canteen. He took it and drank greedily.
"Kev." He said.
"Is that short for Kevin-"
"No, just Kev." He looked more mature now that he was calm.
"What world did you come from?" She asked. He glanced at her like she was crazy.
"Like everyone else here, I came from Twilight Town." He said confidently showing his shirt. On the tag was written Twilight Town. She nodded.
"Well, I guess I'm not everyone. My friends and I are from Destiny Islands. Do you know where that is?"
"Nope." He looked grimly at the canteen. "I got sucked in the blue light when my brother. I was trying to find him. However, I don't know if he's alive or not." He was remembering the battlefields. Kairi nodded.
"I'm trying to find my friends. One is a boy with this goofy grin and brown hair. He's in all black. Another has long white hair, is charming, and always in a hurry. Have you seen either?" Kev laughed.
"Now that I recall, I hear someone shouting Kairi not too long ago. I ran away from the voice though. Perhaps it was one of your friends."
"What direction?" Kairi asked and hope sprang in her like a flame.
"I don't know." Kev lowered his eyes. "This place is full of sand and not enough landmarks to let me know where I am." Kairi nodded. She was getting sick of Fengorafel, and fast.
"Let's team up Kev. If anything happens to you, I'll protect you." Kev smiled and Kairi smiled back.
"Ok Kairi. Where should we go?" Kairi turned around and sighed.
"Just pick a direction, it makes no difference." Kev nodded, spun around, and landed west.
"Look out Sora, Riku, here I come!" She shouted and Kev nodded.
"I'll find you Mark!" He said and ran to catch up with Kairi. Kairi laughed. She wasn't alone anymore.
The two walked until they were no longer able to. Exhausted, they sat down in the blistering sand and sighed.
"I wish it would be night." Kev murmured.
"Me too." Kairi concurred. She was cranky and blistered and she wanted someone to tell her where she was.
"I shouldn't have ran." Kev suddenly said and Kairi looked at him. "Mark knew what he was doing. He told me not to leave his side, but like the coward I am, I ran."
"I could send you back to see if Mark is home." She whispered. Kev looked at her confused.
"What do you mean? Our wizard told us of what would happen. Once you come here, there is no escape." She held out her hand and her keyblade appeared. He looked at her horror stricken.
"Kairi, you're not going to kill me are you?" He asked scooting away from her. She stood over him.
"This is for your own good." She whispered. He shook his head.
"Please, Kairi, don't!" He screamed and she lowered her keyblade. He looked at her with untrusting eyes.
"Sorry, I just thought I could help."
"Kill me?" He asked looking at her in disbelief. "You thought killing me would solve my problems?" She shook her head.
"My wizard arranged my keyblade so whom ever it touches would be sent back home. I thought you might want to go back there." Kev shook his head.
"I don't want to test it. Nor do I want to go back yet. I have unfinished business. I need to find Mark." She nodded.
"Sorry." She said and he scratched his head.
"You need to find better ways to help. Then again, I don't blame you; after all, the sun is blistering." She glanced toward the horizon.
"Sora, where are you?" She asked aloud and Kev turned to her.
"Who is Sora? Is he someone special to you?" She blushed.
"No, he's just my friend. Nothing more." She said to both Kev and herself. Then she stood.
"We should find shelter or make shelter." She said and he nodded.
"How do we plan on making a shelter?" He asked and she wrinkled her nose.
"If you want to make a shelter, we'll have to raid the battlefields and plunder from the corpses." She wasn't too hot on the idea yet she had to if she wanted to get out of the sun. It was a life or death situation. She was willing to make sacrifices.
Kev nodded and also wrinkled his nose.
"Ok then, let's walk until we find a battlefield to plunder off from." Kairi nodded and sighed. She struggled to stand up and she coughed violently. The sand was going to make her sick. After a few seconds to regain her posture, she followed Kev in a direction they did not go yet.
