Chapter 2: Destiny Island
Sora felt as though these dreams were real. They had to be. He still had the ache in his body from that final battle. He had no time to think about his dreams, and his dream fighting. He was needed outside on the island. Riku, Kairi, and he were going to make a raft to get off the island. They had seen nothing but this forever, and they wanted to get off the island. They wanted to get out there and discover new worlds, and be a part of something much bigger then this island. What Sora truly wanted was away from this island so that he could be alone with Kairi.
Sora put on his clothes, and grabbed his wooden sword. It wasn't quite the feeling of power that he had gotten when he held the magic wand, but it still had that sense of power. Today was supposed to be the day that Riku, Kairi, and Sora would create the raft. Tomorrow they would gather supplies, and the next day they would be off to find other worlds, and hopefully get a little alone time with Kairi.
Sora walked outside to try and find the others. Soon he found Kairi. She sat down on an old fence and waved for Sora to come to her. Once he got over there she said, "Today you need to find two logs, a cloth, and a rope."
"Is that all?" Sora asked
"Yeah."
"So where are they?"
"I don't think I'll tell you, but if you can find them, then I will give you something special."
"Okay, I accept your challenge."
Sora ran over to the tree house. He knew that there would be a cloth hanging up over the window. Sora climbed up the ladder, and pulled the cloth down off the window. A flash of sunlight came over and Sora thought he saw a glimpse of the shadow monster again, but it was merely a bird flying by.
Next Sora needed the logs. These would be used to make the raft. He went over to Riku's favorite spot, right under the trees. It had just the right amount of sunlight, and shade. Riku saw Sora and asked, "Hay Sora, wanna duel?"
"Sure." Sora responded.
Riku drew his sword, and then Sora drew his. Riku came behind Sora, and stabbed him hard. Sora knew that this wasn't Riku's best, but it still hurt. Sora came back and smacked him nice and hard. Riku fell to the ground out of the impact of this blow, but before Sora could attack again, Riku jumped up and kicked him. Sora went down this time, and almost got whacked again, but he rolled out of the way, and put his sword to Riku's throat. This was their sign of victory, and Riku knew that Sora had just beaten him.
"Good fight, Sora."
"Same thing, Riku."
Sora picked up the log that was under the tree, and then climbed down a ladder, onto the cool ocean water, where he found another log that fell off of Riku's hideout this morning. Sora picked this up and walked back over to Kairi.
"You're still missing the rope." Kairi said when she saw the items that Sora carried.
"Okay, but I'm just going to leave this stuff here for the moment." Sora responded. He saw her smile back at him, and he wanted so much to kiss her right there, but he thought about Riku, and changed his mind. Riku also liked Kairi, and so neither of them kissed her.
Sora walked off toward the dock. Typically there was a rope that you could climb down off the dock into the water, so Sora went over to pick it up. When he got over there a little boy named Tidus asked him to a duel. Again Sora couldn't refuse, and so Sora was once again fighting.
Sora started again with an attack, but Tidus dodged the attack. Sora attacked again, while Tidus was moving and this time Tidus hit the ground hard. Tidus wasn't giving up though, so he threw his wooden sword at Sora, who ducked out of the way, and put his sword to Tidus's throat.
Sora had won, so he grabbed the rope and headed back to Kairi. Sora had hardly noticed it, but it was already almost night-time when he returned. Kairi looked at Sora in disbelief. "I didn't think you could find them." Kairi said
"Well you never can underestimate me." Sora responded.
"Well here is your reward."
She pulled out a Hi-Potion and gave it to Sora.
"Are you sure you want to give this to me?"
"Yeah, you will probably need it more than me."
"What's that supposed to mean?"
"I don't know, anyway, it's pretty late want to head in."
"Sure."
It was hard for Sora to resist the urge to kiss her, but he went inside his house and soon after fell asleep, and tonight, there were no dreams.
The next morning, Sora woke up and went outside. Since no one was outside, he decided to go to the other side of the island.
Once Sora arrived at the other side of the island, he went over to Kairi. "Okay, I got some more items for you to get today. First of all, you need to get two coconuts, for milk. Secondly you need to get us some fish for food. Thirdly, you will need to get a Seagull egg, for more food. Fourthly, get a jug of water, for drink of course. Finally you need to get us three mushrooms for food. If you get everything, then I might have another potion for you."
"You can count on me." Sora responded.
Sora ran over to the coconut trees. Might as well get the coconuts now. Sora smacked the tree a few times, and down came two coconuts. Sora picked up these coconuts. Next Sora went to the ocean side, and grabbed three fish. He took these fish over into the shade, and put them over with the coconuts. Next, Sora climbed up the trees. He saw a seagull nest, and jumped over too it. Once during his jump, he fell. It was a good three feet to the ground, but it still didn't feel good. He climbed back up, and more cautiously grabbed the seagull egg. He put this with the others, and began hunting the mushrooms. He found a nice dying tree, and picked up three fresh mushrooms. The only fresh water was on the other side of the island. Sora ran to the other side of the island, and picked up a water jug. He went to the waterfall, and filled up his jug.
Sora returned to Kairi, and she said, "Good job again today Sora, here is your reward."
She handed him another Hi-Potion, and then said, "We should probably go to bed. You ready for bed?"
"Yes." Sora responded.
They went to sleep for the night, and Sora once more had no nightmares.
The next morning, it was extremely dark outside. Sora walked outside and saw a strange figure in the air. Soon the strange creatures that he had seen in his dreams appeared. Sora pulled out his sword, and swiped at the creatures. His attacks went right through the enemies. "Why won't they die?" Sora thought aloud. It was then that Sora saw Riku and ran to him.
A strange shadowy material began to engulf Riku. Sora ran towards Riku trying to grab a hold of him, but he was beginning to be caught in the shadow material. Soon they were both completely engulfed in the material, but Sora came up in another strange place. Sora had a new weapon in his hand too. This wasn't like the sword, it was held similarly, but it was a key. Sora didn't know what to do, but soon the shadow monster came up in front of him. Sora began to hit the monster with his key, but the monster wouldn't die. Soon through after attacking for a while the monster died, and Sora was knocked out. When he awoke, he was in a strange town.