Going back to Twilight Town

"Time to get up, sleepyhead!" Kairi said in a sing-song voice, holding a pail of water with Sora standing behind her, laughing. Riku groaned and sat up, brushing some strands of damped hair out of his face.

"Why did you do that?" He mumbled, glaring at Kairi slightly. They where in Traverse Town's hotel in the Second District, finally finishing what they needed to do in the King's last letter. That was reason that Donald and Goofy wasn't with them anymore. Sora had made a big scene about it saying he would 'miss them with no end.'

"Because you wouldn't wake up! Plus, you where flopping around in bed like a fish out of water!" Kairi said, putting her free hand on her hip.

"Yeah! What where you dreaming about Riku?" Sora asked, finally able to stop laughing. Riku didn't reply, just stared at the ground, his damp hair shadowing his eyes. "Riku? What's wrong?" Sora asked, not use to seeing his friend like this.

"I had a dream… about the day we lost Korei…" He said, his voice barely above a whisper. Every one then went silent. Well… almost everyone.

"Who is Korei?" Kairi asked, feeling slightly left out.

"Korei was a girl who lived on the island with us. She was taken away by some one in a black cloak a few weeks before you came." Sora said, sighing at the memory.

"I-I thought maybe, just maybe, one of the Origination XIII members would have taken her, but I didn't find her. " Riku said, his voice slightly cracking. He couldn't believe what he was feeling. Even still, he felt his heart pound rapidly at Korei's name. He still loved her, even after all these years. Before he left the island and all that Heartless stuff started, he had the same dream, but thought it was just a young crush. But soon after that, he had daydreams of what she may look like now, how she may act. Suddenly, a hand came into his line of sight followed by a question. "Huh?"

"I think we lost him Sora!" Kairi said, waving her hand in his face again.

"I think your right Kairi…" Sora said, then tugged on the teen's silver locks.

"Ow! Let go Sora! And stop waving your hand in my face!" Riku snapped, slapping away Kairi's hand. Kairi held her hand, faking a whimpering noise and Sora withdrew his hand as if Riku was a deadly snake.

"Geez, your grumpy today!" Sora said, pouting. "Anyway, we are going to Twilight Town today!" His attitude suddenly changed, making Riku wonder if his brunette friend was Bipolar.

"Yay! Finally some time to relax!" Kairi cheered happily.

"Who suddenly decided we must go to Twilight Town?" Riku said, crossing his arms. He wanted to go home to Destiny Islands.

"I did! Plus I promised Hayner and the others I would come and visit once and awhile! And it has been awhile since we have been there." Sora said, his voice slightly whiny. God, how Riku hated that voice. And he knew his friend well enough that he would keep using that voice until he agreed to go.

Sighing, Riku agreed. "But, I get to drive this time. Last time Sora crashed us into an asteroid and we ended up in the Pride Lands."

"Aww… alright, fine. You can drive." Sora said, then went to his room to gather his things, Kairi right behind him. Riku was left alone.

Riku looked up at the ceiling and closed his eyes and thought 'I wonder what Korei is doing right now…'

-In Twilight Town-

Hanyer and Seifer had just got into another argument, Oltte and Pence watching. Vivi and the rest of Seifer's gang weren't there. "Then let's have a Struggle to settle this!" Seifer challenged, Hanyer plucking his final nerve.

"Fine! Let's go!" Hanyer said, taking out his Struggle weapon. Seifer took out his own Struggle weapon and got into a fighting stance.

"I hope Hanyer doesn't get beaten too badly. You remember what happened last time, right Pence. Pence? Are you listening to me?" Oltte asked, looking over at him. Pence had his mouth hanging open, his wide eyes following something. Oltte turned to follow his gaze and gasped slightly as well.

"Hiiiyaaa-" Seifer raised his blue weapon in the air, then froze, his eyes matching Pence's.

"Eh? Why did you…" Now it was Hayner's turn to stare. Standing close to them, a Struggle weapon in hand, was a girl around his age.

"Hello there. Do you mind if I train with one of you two?" She asked, her voice soft, yet soothing to the soul. She had long, light brown hair that went down to her waist, a dark, ocean blue eye that sparkled slightly, the left eye hidden under her bangs that hung over it. Her skin was slightly pale, showing that she rarely went outside. She was wearing a white vest that was unzipped, showing a gray, plain tank top. The pockets on the vest were on her chest, one on each side, having a small silver chain in an upside down ark on the middle of each one. She had white shorts that stopped above her knees and where slightly puffed out. She had black sandals that had a fake white flower on each, them sitting right on top of the space in between her big toes. The only pieces of jewelry she had was two silver bangles around each wrist and ankle.

"Uh…" Hanyer started before being pushed out of the way by Seifer.

"Sure thing, babe." Seifer said, smirking at the new girl. She completely ignored him and went over to Hayner, whom had fallen to the ground when he was pushed over by Seifer.

"Are you o.k.?" She asked Hayner, kneeling next to him and holding out her free hand.

Hayner blushed slightly as he took her hand, saying, "Yeah, thanks." He pulled him self off the ground with the girls help and brushed him self off. The girl then whirled around and pointed at Seifer with the Struggle weapon in her right hand.

"That was incredible rude! Knocking some one over for no reason is no way to act!" She scolded him. Seifer felt his eye brow twitch slightly and growled. No one, not even a girl, would get away with scolding him as if he was nothing but a little kid.

"Why you little wench!" He said, the swung at her unexpectedly to everyone watching. Oltte, Pence and Hayner were about to let out calls of distaste to Seifer, but they were all surprised as the girl blocked the attack. Soon, a heated Struggle broke out between them. Seifer attacked again from above and the brown haired girl simply dodged it. He then smirked, and with an unseen surprise strike, he kicked at her left side. She jumped up before the attack was able to connect with her. Seifer stood there in disbelief as she landed back on the ground. "There was no way you could have seen that!" Seifer said, pointing at her.

"Your right, but then again, I didn't see it. I heard it coming." The girl said, smirking. Knowing she was skilled beyond him, he lowered his head and walked away.

"Wow! That was amazing! Only one person was able to beat Seifer!" Hayner said, a big grin on his face.

"Yeah!" Pence said.

"You really showed him that girls can kick butt!" Oltte cheered.

"Thank you." The new girl said, shyly looking at the ground and shuffling her feet. "But really, it was nothing. He gave up."

"Whatever, but it takes a lot to get Seifer to give up!" Hayner said. "By the way, I am Hayner."

"I'm Pence." Pence said, grinning.

"And I am Oltte." Oltte said kindly.

"My name is Korei, and it is very nice to meet all of you." The girl said, bowing slightly.

-With Riku, Sora and Kairi-

"Are we there yet?" Sora asked, lazily staring out the widow of the Gummi Ship.

"For the last time, NO!" Riku yelled. He was annoyed with Sora because he had been asking 'Are we there yet' for the last two hours. Who knew it would take this long? Well... it wasn't supposed to, but some how they managed to end up in space traffic. After another half an hour, Twilight Town was in sight. "Finally!" Riku sighed in relief. He then got this weird feeling, itsuddenly changing into afeeling extreme excitement about landing. Almost as if he was going to find something important there.

"Riku, look out!" Kairi practically screamed, pointing at a rather large asteroid.

"Whoa!" Riku cried out, sharply turning to avoid it. With a sharp jerk, the Gummi ship turned and they managed to dodge the large space rock.

"That is something Sora would have done Riku. Are you feeling o.k.?" Kairi asked, looking over at him worriedly.

"Yeah, that is something I- Hey! Kairi!" Sora yelled, then started to chase her around the ship. Riku shook his head at they're immature actions and looked straight ahead.

'What is wrong with me? Ever since that dream of Korei, I have been acting different.' He thought, and with that in his head, he went to land the ship.