Summary: A big match is coming up between two best friends! Who will win? Who will lose? And what will happen in the near future between Lucil and Riku? Read on and find out! R&R RikuXLucil

Disclaimer: I still don't own Kingdom Hearts or anything that has to do with it, except the stuff you can tell I made up.

Chapter 3: Where The Bond Began And Ended

The sun was bright and warm, and Riku lay half asleep on the beach. Thinking was something he did quite often. About friends, events, and each passing day. They have past like on the mountains, like wind in the meadow. The days have gone down in the west; behind the hills, into shadow. Why is it always like this?

(A/N: Yes, I got those lines from the second Lord of the Rings, just so you know. I thought it worked well.)

"Why 'is' it always like this?" Riku mumbled to himself.

"I don't know. Why is it?" Riku jumped up suddenly to his surprise to find Lucil smiling at him and laughing.

"You know you shouldn't do that to a guy, you could have given me a heart attack."

"Don't you have a match today? With Sora? In an hour?" Lucil demanded.

"Is it really that time? Well, I guess I have another hour to rest up."

"Shouldn't you be preparing for your match, and not sleeping?" Lucil said concerned.

"This is my way of preparing. If you don't like it, that's your opinion. But this is how I do things. Why, do you think I'll lose or something?" Riku said laughing at her.

" No, no. I know you'll win. I was just trying to help. That's all."

Well thanks for the concern, but I don't need it. Now if you'll excuse me, I have a nap to continue with. Oh yeah, if the time comes and I'm not there, will you come get me?"

"Um, sure."

"Thanks see ya!"

One hour later...

"Come on Riku get up. They're all waiting for you...come on Riku get up!" Lucil said kicking his back.

"Oww! All right, all right, I'm up, I'm up! Just stop kicking me. Jeez."

'That's better, now come on, you're late for your match."

'I'm coming...hey wait for me!" the two walked side by side over to the cliff where the match was ready to commence.

"Finally. I was starting to think you were chickening out."Sora said laughing at his opponent.

"I'm going to make you eat those words." Wow the fire is really heating those two up. This couldn't be a more exciting match.

Round 1...ding ding

Sora starts off with a frontal assault, which is quickly dodged by Riku. He tries again, but still no luck. Riku steps up and knocks Sora off his feet and into the air, and then bashes him to the ground saying, "Is that all you got?"

"You shouldn't underestimate me." He 's quickly back on his feet and ready to strike. He moves in at top speed, with so much confidence only to be knocked down again. "Is that...all...you... got?" Sora said struggling to his feet. He manages to stand up, but quickly falls down again. He was too weak to go on.

"Face it Sora. You can't beat me. Maybe you should think of training a lot more. Instead of goofing off, if you ever want to think of beating me."

"Grrr...whatever." the crowd congratulated Riku and went on home leaving Sora there to sulk.

"You know Riku was just kidding. You really did well Sora." Sora turned around to see the familiar face of the red headed girl, Kairi, walking up to him.

"Ya think so." Watching her sit next to him. "But I think I do need a little more practice."

"You'll beat him one day. I know it."

"Yeah... maybe someday." Sora and Kairi continued to watch as the sun set on an awesome day.

The Next Day...

"Okay, are you ready for your first lesson Lulu?" Riku said as if he were a drill sergeant.

"Yes, sir!" Lucil answered.

"All right then. We'll start with blocking a frontal assault. Ready, all you have to do is come at me, and I'll block you. Okay? Now come at me and try to strike me."

"Okay." Lucil ran up and quickly tried to strike Riku, only for it to be blocked.

"Okay, not bad. You see when being attacked, you either can dodge it and move around the person, or you can try to block it with your own weapon or arms. Let's try again. This time I'll come at you, and you try to block or dodge it."

"Okay let's do this." Riku was closing in fast, but Lucil quickly dodged it and struck Riku from behind, knocking him to the ground.

"Oww! What happened? Did you just do what I think you did?"

"You mean, did I just beat the 'champ' by knocking him to the ground, then yes I did. Pretty impressive huh? Maybe I should be the one teaching you?"

"I don't think so. I let you do that."

"Oh yeah sure. They started to laugh and continued training for years to come.

5 Years Later To The Present...

"I sure miss those days." The fifteen-year old said to himself.

"Me too." Riku turned around to see the beautiful golden blonde hair girl walking up to him. "What are you doing out here by yourself?"

"I was just thinking about some stuff...past events...the fact that your leaving."

Lucil's face lit up with surprise as her secret was revealed. "How did...how did you know that?"

"I asked your brother, when we didn't see you for the past three days. He said you didn't know how to tell us."

"I'm so sorry Riku. I wanted to tell you. I just didn't know how."

"Yeah. Some friend you are." he stormed off back home without another word.

"Riku." she said softly. 'What have I done?' she thought to herself.

A/N: See didn't I tell you the chapters were going to get better. Next time is going to be a bit surprising at the end. Well...it was to my cousin. Anyway, I will be posting a bunch of chapters this week, because my school gave us the whole week off for some teacher's convention or something. R&R please!

Sneak peak Chapter 4: The Friendship Remade

The sun was setting, and Riku was sitting against the tree trunk, thinking as usual. Lucil walked up and sat next to him. "Can we talk, Riku?"

"I guess. About what?"

"I'm so sorry. I've been trying to tell you that for days. You know that right?"

"You're wrong."