-Chapter 2: Riku-

Dear Riku,

I'm really sad that you left. But I'm even sadder that you're never coming back. It just seams like my luck that my one true love would drift away from me, never to return. I hope that you're happy where you are. I want you to know that I dream of you always. You're always in my thoughts; I can't get you out of my head. Please come back to me.

Waiting for you,

Kairi

I stare downwards at the crisp, white piece of paper, as usual; it makes my heart beat faster, and my eyes water. It's a letter, one that I received from Kairi a few weeks after I arrived in Traverse Town. When I touch it I can almost feel the emotions, the energy riding through it. At the time I'd wished that I could listen to her requests. But no, that was impossible.

It's not like I meant to break her heart. It wasn't my fault that my parents forced me to move. I tried to break it to her softly, but no, she wouldn't have that. She kicked and screamed and cried. She left me empty.

When I left, it was horrible; it was hard to force her out of my mind. It was impossible to forget about her.

Right now I'm on a plane, flying through the Gummi Air Line. I sigh, gazing at the note one last time before letting it fall.

She sent that to me a long time ago…I wonder if she still feels the same way, if she'll be glad to see me return.

Will Kairi hate me? Will she scorn me for leaving her side?

So many questions and so little answers…

I sigh, flicking a silver lock out of my eyes.

"Can I sit here?" the voice knocks me out of my reverie, like a slap to the face. I look up at the sound, and what I see is like yet ANOTHER slap.

Her hair is long, black and lengthy, her skin a beautiful chocolate brown. Her eyes are like two flaming coals, burning into mine.

"Yeah," I manage, trying to maintain that stoic demeanor that I have going on. I don't think it works; usually when a girl talks to me she'll give me a nervous giggle, and then flutter her eye lashes. But she only smiles, sitting down beside me.

"So…you're going to Destiny Islands?" she asks curiously, tucking a lock of hair behind one ear. I notice that she's wearing an all black corset with dark heels, the kind of shoes that make peoples' feet hurt from just looking at them.

"Yep, my school is closing down—"

"Was your school, by any chance, Wise Academy?"

"Yeah, did you go there?" I ask. She doesn't look all that familiar, and I think I would have noticed a make up-less Goth prowling around school.

"Of course, but that turned out to be a big waste of time. I mean, half the time I ended up stuck in some dumb ass class, listening to things I already know," she rolls her eyes. "And the side I was stuck on was an all girls thing. No cute guys anywhere!"

"I know the feeling…"

Hearing the beginnings of laughter I quickly add, "I mean about the "all ready knowing what they taught" part. Not the…cute guys part…" I say uneasily.

"Awkward."

"Very."

"You should loosen up more, enjoy life."

"This coming from a Goth…"

"I'm not a Goth. Just because my favorite color is black and I wear corsets does not mean I'm a…" she trails off at my amused expression. "Okay maybe I'm a little bit on the dark side. But not that much."

"Right…" I laugh, "I'm Riku by the way." Wow, in just a few short moments of tender conversation Kairi has completely left my mind. The ache in my heart is gone, fading into nothingness.

"It's marvelous to meet you Riku," she drawled, her eyes glistening, "I'm Sakura."

-Sora-

"Can you believe we're actually going to see Riku?" I ask; my excitement showing clear through my voice. "After all this time he's finally coming back!"

"Yeah," Roxas sighs, staring at the ceiling.

"That's…great…" Kairi says slowly, her eyes downcast.

"Uh huh," Namine' is staring at Kairi with a troubled look on her face.

I look around at everybody. As usual it seems like I'm the most cheerful one of the group, but even so, they shouldn't be THIS down. Something must be up.

I start to play absentmindedly with my necklace. Roxas seems a bit…what's that word…exasperated. Yeah, that's it. Kairi's, um, standoffish. And Namine' seams worried. This doesn't look good.

-Riku-

I help Sakura off the plane, holding her hand as she steps off. She's smiling at me, that strange, exhilarating smile that I've never seen before from anyone else. She engages me into a conversation.

Basically, the flight was a series of questions about friends, family, and basically life in general. Or course there was the odd question like, "What's your favorite color?"

"Black," Sakura responds almost immediately.

"Wow, why didn't I see that coming?"

"Ha, ha you're hilarious," she rolls her eyes, her smile undermining the dryness of the sarcasm. "So, where are your friends do you think?"

"Well," I consider that question for a bit longer then the previous ones, "usually you can find Sora easily; he really sticks out in a crowd because—"

"C'mon Kairi! WHY CAN'T WE GET GUMMY WORMS???" the voice rings all over the room. Sakura's eyes widen as she turns to the source of the noise.

It is none other then that spiky haired little devil, that sunny brunette of hyperactive energy, the one and only Sora.

"No Sora you can't have the Gummy Worms, your mom told me not to let you have any sugar," Kairi says, hiding the candies behind her back.

"Since when did you listen to authority figures?"

"Since I realized that you and sugar don't mix," she retorts.

He folds his arms and pouts, before finally turning and noticing me. "RIKU!" he squeals in a high pitched girlish way. The rest of them turn, Roxas, Namine' and Kairi.

"Oh, hey Riku," Roxas says with a sigh.

"Hello," Kairi murmurs, staring at her feet.

"Sakura?" Namine' asks, staring at something over my shoulder. I turn noticing Sakura again, who I'd forgotten about until now.

"Namine'!" Sakura squeals, wrapping the blonde girl in a hug.

"Oh my god, it's so nice to see you!"

"You two know each other?" Riku asks.

"Yeah, ever since we were six," Namine and Sakura both say at the exact same time. "We met each other in Twilight Town."

"Um…who's this?" Sora asks confuse.

"Namine's friend," Roxas tells him. "She's moving back to the Islands too."

"YAY, a new friend!" Sora yells enthusiastically.

Kairi stares at me for a moment before adding, "Yeah…great."

A/N eek, I added Sakura so soon. I guess I rushed this. Anyway, Riku is back, and he brought his new plane friend. Sora is excited, Roxas is exasperated and Kairi's depressed. What will happen next? What's going on with Axel? Where the hell is Xemnas?

Find out in chap three!

Oh and one more thing, in DD Gummy was a restaurant, but in RR it's an airline. Why is this so? It's because Gummy is actually an international company that owns practically everything in the KH world. Sorry, just had to clear that up for all those confused.

R&R!!!!

Edited to say: Sorry this chapter took so long... wouldn't let me upload ANY documents. But now that problem is fixed. R&R!