KAIRI
I once again stand on the shore of Paradise Island, alone. The kids don't understand what I'm going through. They always ask me, 'what's wrong?' or 'what are you doing?' and I only reply with a sigh and 'I'm waiting.'. I am waiting. I'm waiting for my friends to return again. I really like Melody and Axel isn't so bad after all. I also want to see my original friends…. Though I can't call Sora a friend. I love him in a totally different way then my friends. I also want Riku back too. I just want them all back, I mean, yes… it would be wonderful that this Kingdom Hearts gets sealed so every world will be protected. But it's not worth losing Mel. I would rather our world disappear than lose a friend…. Any friend. I want them all safely in my arms. I want to see Sora's cheesy grin. I want to hear Riku's laugh. I want to hear Melody's stories and Axel's rhetorical questions. I miss them dearly. For all the kids and even adults that cannot even fathom what I am going through. I am waiting for my dearly beloved. My friends and here I will come every day to wait for their return.
Anyone…. If you can hear me. Please tell Melody to keep her heart strong. Tell Sora that my heart is always with him. Tell Riku to protect Melody and to continue keeping his chin up. Tell Axel that I forgive him for the past and that he cannot be afraid of the future.
I wish they were all here now, so I could tell them myself. I don't want to get my heart's hopes and faith up on the possibility that everyone is on their way now. If there was one thing I could change… it would be how I was always the one Riku and Sora fought over. I believe, as Sora does, that Melody is not just coincidence. Fate has a strange way of working, as well as our hearts. I think that all of us were brought together for a reason, whether it be that all of us grow old together or we'll grow apart. It doesn't matter because our hearts will always remember each other. A light breeze was blowing a strand of hair out of place. I exhaled and replaced the tendril to it's original place. I feel like I can almost hear melody laughing. I closed my eyes and was imagining them standing before me.
"Awww….. you miss me that much?" I imagined Melody saying.
"Oh, Kairi, by the way…. I'll have you know that Mel and Riku have grown a little attached to each other…." Axel said with a laugh.
Then I imagined Mel blushing and Riku crossing his arms and glaring at Axel. Axel just shrugged, chuckling uneasily.
"Kairi…. I really missed you." Sora said walking over to me.
I heard Melody gasp and Axel was laughing. I peered around Sora and imagined Riku taking Mel into his arms and kissing her on the head. He was wrapping his arms protectively around her and they both looked up at me with a smile. Melody's grin seemed to be saying, 'Hey…. I got my happy ending… where's yours?'. I looked up at Sora and smiled slightly. My heartbeat was exceeding it's limit as if in response to Sora's. Sora reached out to take my hand but a soon as I thought he was touching it, He blew away like dust. Axel shrugged his shoulders then began to disappear. Riku sadly smiled then looked at Melody as he to blew away. Melody looked around her and saw that she was the only one left.
"Kairi!" She cried.
She ran towards me and opened her arms wide as if she was going to hug me. She was inches away from me when she turned to dust. She blew right around me and so I was alone again. Even my imaginary friends couldn't stay with me. I could feel tears running uncontrollably down my cheeks. I fell to my knees and began crying as the sun was setting. The soft beckoning tide was continuously coming up to greet me. All the other teens were leaving the island now. I was staying. I am waiting. My tears fell off my chin and mixed into the waves of the sea. The sun was bright orange as it was half hidden beneath the waves of the horizon.
"I miss them all…. So much…." I said aloud to no one.
A cradled myself as the tears continued falling. I couldn't bring myself to stop. It grew dark and the stars shined brightly above me. As I sat staring up at the stars, I realized that everything was going to be okay. Sora promised and he would never make a promise he couldn't keep. My heart comforted me and reassured me. Even though I would still continue to wait here on this beach, I won't seclude myself. I'll be happy. In fact…. I know what I can do to pass time. I'll draw a sketch of what I want Melody's house to look like.
Yes…. Maybe everyone could help me build it. That way… Melody will have to come back… and she'll have something to come back to.
"Please…. Where ever you are… please keep each other safe." I pleaded.