Hey everyone! Hope you all liked the prologue of my story :)

It is quite funny how I got the idea of the Paopu fruit part of the chapter..

On Destiny Islands, there is that tree where Riku is always sitting, and there are Paopu Fruit on the end of the tree.. well.. I tried for about half and hour to get the fruit.. and didn't realise until afterwards you couldn't get the fruit.. (ahem, I am not crazy, I dont think xD )

Well anyway, read and enjoy!

Sora, I want to be just like you!

Sora could feel sand seeping into his shoes, as he walked along the shoreline of Destiny Islands, his home. He had grown up on the islands, and it had never changed. That was good – he felt a sense of comfort knowing exactly where he was. He squinted as he looked into the horizon. The sun was rising, creating a mosiac of reflections in the water.

"A new day..", Sora whispered, getting lost in the moment. The sight was nothing new, but it was always something special.

"No duh, silly!", a voice yelled behind him. Sora jumped, looking around. Kairi smiled, crossing her arms.

"What'cha up to?", she asked, moving beside him. Sora shrugged, and said,

"Nothing much, just making the most of the morning". He smiled. Her petite hands moved to her mouth as she giggled.

Kairi. Sora had known her for a long time. Growing up, they were always close. Sora always thought he would develop stronger feelings for her, especially when he hit his teens. He loved her in every way, but loving her in that way didn't happen, and he knew it never would happen.

"Ha ha, you have 'till twelve to make the most of the morning", she said.

"Yeah, you are right, as usual", Sora smiled, skimming his foot along the water.

"Well, since it is so early, want to help me pick paopu fruit? Otherwise you know, Tidus and Selphie will pick them all out of Destiny Islands".

Sora could see the flicker of excitement in Kairi's eyes, now knowing she wouldn't take no for an answer.

"Yeah, ok", Sora replied. Kairi jumped up, clasping her hands together.

"Yay! Paopu fruit is so delicious – especially when you get to share it with someone special!".

She took Sora's hand, and started running, dragging Sora behind her. He started running slowly, and she looked back to him, tints of red reflecting on the layers of her hair.

'Just like a romantic movie' Sora thought, half-heartidly. Kairi was going through a 'romance' phrase, anything she did or said reflected back to love and romance. Of course, that was part of growing up.

"Ouch, my arm hurts!", Kairi yelped, reaching for the paopu fruit. Kairi was halfway up what was called the 'crazy shaped tree', a tree isolated full of paopus, but were very unreachable.

"Kairi, get down! We can find paopus' somewhere else!", Sora yelled from below the tree, holding his hand halfway across his eyes. He did not want to see Kairi getting hurt, but the more he seemed to yell for her to get down, the more she seemed to climb.

"No way!! There's HEAPS of fruit up here, better picked than fallen in the sea!"

She was determined for that paopu fruit!

"Well, the fish can eat eat! C'mon, you are going to get hurt!"

"No..i'm..not!..", her voice sounded strained, reaching further for the fruit.

"Nearly there!", her voice sounded uplifted, her fingers touching the fruit. Suddenly, the scraping of bark caused Sora to yelp. Kairi's foot slid down the bark, causing Kairi to scream a scream that Twilight Town could probably hear. She held onto the branch, looking down at the water.

"Soraaa!! HELP!", Kairi screamed, kicking her feet in the air. Sora ran towards her, holding out his arms.

"Kairi, jump into my arms!", he yelled. She then laughed, holding tighter to the branch.

"Ohh..how romantic!", her voice sounded playful. Half a second ago, she was screaming in fear. Sora rolled his eyes, and as he did, a low voice said in his ear,

"She ain't scared, either that, or she likes you".

"Wha?!", Sora jumped, facing the taller, silver-haired boy.

"I always have to be the superhero, don't I? Riku the superhero.. has a ring to it, aye?"

His emerald eyes sparkled. Sora watched, as he lifted Kairi off the tree.

"Nothin' romantic about this", he said bluntly, placing Kairi's feet safely on the ground. Kairi pouted, and playfully punched him in the arm.

"No paopu fruit for you, end of story!", she laughed, handing the fruit she had to Sora.

"Oh.. so that's what you were doing. Well, this is my tree – my fruit. End of story". He laughed, running his hand through his hair. Climbing onto the trunk, he said,

"I am going to have some time alone, so maybe you would be nice and go searching for fruit somewhere else.. please?". Riku looked back, smiling.

"Riku, this ain't your turf!", Kairi said, placing her hands on her hips. Sora smiled, locking eyes with Riku.

Riku.. Sora didn't have many words to explain him. Mature? Playful? He had a balance of both, and he knew when to use them. Every boy on the island was intimidated by him, and every girl thought he was gorgeous. Sora was no way intimidated by him, but was drawn to him. In more ways than anyone knew. Around this time, he knew he would start looking at girls, and develop feelings for them. He had that talk already..

"Sora is going to fall in love with Kairi!"

"Oh, they look so good together!"

"Ooo.. Sora and Kairi are going to get married!!", added in by Selphie.

No, no one told him he would start developing feelings for other boys. That he wanted to be with a boy, not a girl. He had small crushes, but this time, he had fallen in love. Fallen in love with Riku.

"I did say 'please'", Riku pleaded. He gave another wink to Sora, this time making Sora flush. He turned away, scratching the back of his head.

"Fine, i'm not arguing. That tree is dangerous, anyway." Kairi rolled her eyes. Riku shrugged, as Sora bit his lip, trying not to laugh. They then all laughed at once, Tidus running to the three of them, Selphie skipping behind.

"Dude, what's so funny?", Tidus said, tapping Sora's shoulder. He turned around, smiling,

"Hey to you, too!", he said. Selphie's eyes sparkled, as she said brightly,

"Sora, you have paopu fruit!". She smiled, moving from one foot to another. Sora rubbed his chin, pretending to be deep in thought.

"Hmmm.. well I guess I could share", he teased, handing a paopu to Selphie. She jumped up, hugging the fruit.

"You are always so kind, I want to be just like you!", she said. Sora scratched the back of his head, as he heard a chorus of 'awwws' from everyone. He quickly glanced at Riku, then looked down, not wanting to show the sadness that was entering his eyes.

'Just like me? If I was me right now, I would tell Riku that I have fallen in love. With him. I would be so proud to tell everyone, not afraid. I would not be pretending.. I would be real.'

Yay! This chapter was awsome to write! Please review.. that would make me happy xD Thank you for reading!