/DISCLAIMER/
I don't own any of the following characters, locations, items, or any other Square Enix or Disney objects. These stories are based off ideas from the game and in my head.
In this part, Tidus, Wakka, and Selphie make an appearance. For the sake of the story, they are the version portrayed in the KH games, rather than in the Final Fantasy series.
"Sora! Kairi!"
The two were sitting on the roof of the shack, trying to play a word game, but failing terribly at it. Laughing, they both looked over to the dock where the voice had called.
Riku hopped from his boat onto the wood, waving. They waved back, calling him over. He leisurely took his time walking until further urging from his friends. Running over, he quickly scaled the roof to join the others. Immediately, Riku waved a bag he carried in front of his friends' faces. They interest was quickly piqued.
"Hey…Riku…what's in the bag?" Sora asked, watching the bag dangle above him. Kairi giggled, already having guessed.
Riku chuckled. "You'd think a hero who saved worlds would've at least been able to bring something to eat, don't you?"
Sora pouted. "It was early!" he protested. "And," he continued, trying to direct any more teasing away from him and to the older boy instead, "how'd you know we were up here?"
Riku flashed his all knowing smirk. "Since when have you forgotten where we live? Our houses are next door! Your boat was missing," he said, pointing to Sora, "and so was yours!" His finger moved to accuse Kairi next. "But no matter, for I have saved you all, from certain death I might add, by bringing you…sandwiches!"
"Well okay then," Sora retaliated, "what kind are they then?"
Faltering, Riku looked at the bag with a look of slight confusion, "I'm…not sure. I just asked Gohan for a few, but I, er, wasn't really paying attention…" The boys both looked at the bag, as if they were afraid some toxic explosives might pop out of the bag at any moment.
"Oh! You boys!" Kairi exclaimed, standing up indignantly and grabbing the bag from Riku. The other two watched with interest as she shifted through the bag, shaking it as the sandwiches tumbled out into her hand. "Look!" she said, holding out the first sandwich. "This one's fish. Who wants it?" Sora waved his hands in the air, almost tripping himself trying to grab it first, even though no one was competing for it but him.
"Ha!" he cried triumphantly.
Riku shook his head, as if he disapproved of the childish action. "Alright then," he said, shrugging, "what else is in there?"
"Hmm…this one has a lot of different things on it, I can't really tell," Kairi responded, offering the sandwich to Riku. He took it with a look of amused apprehension. "And I have…ham!" Sitting back down on the roof of the shack, the three hungrily tore into the sandwich.
"So how long have you two been out here?" Riku asked between bites.
"Shence hearly vorning," Sora said, trying to speak around the food in his mouth. Riku laughed as he watched Kairi elbow Sora.
"It's not polite to talk with your mouth full!" Kairi scolded.
As an answer, he simply swallowed and tried one of his face covering smiles. This was received with laughs before Kairi answered the question.
"Aha," Riku said, feigning deep thought. "This is an interesting development indeed…"
"Hey!" Sora said, turning on him. "What does that mean?"
"Haha! You should've seen your face!" Riku said, pointing and laughing before this caused him to tumble off the roof of the shack. Sora and Kairi laughed at him. Glaring at the two of them while trying to hide a smirk on his face, Riku brushed sand off of his face and jumped back onto the top of the shack.
The sun was high in the sky as the trio sat on the beach, the water threatening to wash over their feet but only playfully teasing them. They were looking out at the ocean, not really talking, but resigned to relaxing. Shouts near the dock changed their attention. Selphie, Wakka, and Tidus were running over, waving and shouting words of greeting.
"Hey dudes," Wakka said, as he reached them first. "Haven't seen you around in a long time, ya?"
"You guys must've had some adventure to be gone that long," Tidus agreed, coming over.
"Will you two wait up?" Selphie cried, greeting them last. "It's so nice to have you two back! The whole town's talking about it!"
Slightly overwhelmed by the positive energy the three were exerting, the boys couldn't help staring up at them with helpless smiles on their faces. Kairi immediately jumped up and ran off to chat with Selphie somewhere, leaving Sora and Riku with only a smile and a wave.
"Did you two get any better at fighting?" Tidus taunted, but all four of the young men knew that it was really directed at Sora, for Riku had been the real star fighter of the island.
Cutting in before his friend, Riku replied, "Sora's better than I am…" After a moment of thought he added, "But not by much."
Protesting, Sora bounded to his feet, boasting that he could beat any one of them that challenged. Tidus was the first to agree to the task, and he handed off a wooden sword to Sora. Seeing Sora's bewildered expression, Riku laughed.
"What is it Sora? Cat gotcha tongue?" Tidus asked, waving his red sword threateningly at his old friend.
"Naw," Sora said, brandishing a few swings at the air with the toy. "I'm just…used to a different weapon, that's all," he continued, thinking of the Keyblade that would appear when the need summoned it, but it still seemed odd. Besides, he reasoned, I wouldn't actually want to hurt anybody with the Key.
Wakka tossed his Blitzball in the air. "Ya ready for some old fashioned Blitzball, Riku?"
Pulling out his own wooden sword, Riku lowered into fighting stance. "Ready when you are Wakka!"
And with that, a two on two battle of childhood friends began on the small island.
Hope you liked that part. I'm still basically setting everything up, so bear with me. I hope that after I finish this series of the few weeks between the return and the arrival of the King's message, I might begin my own version of the tale to come. Anyway, keep reading and reviewing, and thanks to those who have reviewed so far, made me feel very happy. :)
