Brushing herself off and smoothing out her top, Tane stood behind Riku, his hand still in hers as they glanced around. There wasn't much to see, and she waited for her eyes to adjust for a few seconds. It was mostly darkness, with just enough light to make out where Riku was stood beside her. 'Fuck. We lost the other two.' His words were still rushing around her head, she couldn't be stuck here in god knows where with him.

"What happened?" She whispered, not sure whether to speak or not. Something could come out of the darkness and kill her for all she knew. The sudden sound of someone else's voice seemed to be enough for Riku to realise he was still holding on to Tane's hand and he dropped it immediately, folding his arms. She didn't even know why he'd still been holding on so tightly, maybe he'd forgotten she was there, or thought she was Kairi subconsciously.

"We need to find them" He muttered not answering her actual question. "They'll be together, we just need to find Sora" Tane nodded falling into step, closely behind a now moving Riku. He spent the next five minutes walking in the darkness, speaking to himself, barely paying attention. She wasn't even sure what had happened. There had never been storms on Destiny Island, but all of sudden there was a huge one and darkness was everywhere. That made no sense. And she hadn't even managed to finish packing her rucksack. Though as she glanced at Riku, she noticed she was lucky to have one, he didn't seem to be carrying anything.

"Atleast I packed lightly" She muttered, noticing Riku was failing at trying to keep the hint of a smile off his lips.

"No, I packed light, compared to me you packed heavy"

Tane shrugged playing with the straps of her rucksack, his usual snide comments didn't seem so snide right now, more.. Jokey. She shook of the preposterous thought. Riku and joke didn't go into the same sentence.

"We can't wonder around here forever you know…" She trailed off after a while of walking, thinking out loud. It probably wasn't the best idea as it would either be ignored or annoy Riku- then again maybe it was a good idea. But she did have a reason for speaking. Maybe his Royal Highness could survive walking around in circles of darkness without eating or sleeping for the next however long, but she definitely couldn't. It had been late at the time of the storm, thinking she tried to remember just how late. Atleast 10pm and they'd been walking quite a while now.. it must be atleast 11, which meant Tane was starting to get tired. Riku seemed to notice this and slowed down, but the young red head suspected he had no idea where he was actually going. The slower speed was easier for a while, but after what she could guess was another hour of following behind Riku, she began to grow tired again, and it was clear he was getting annoyed with having to slow down. His attitude towards it all was starting to annoy her in return though,

"You aren't superhuman Riku, everyone needs sleep and I definitely do. Please can we rest, just for a few hours?" She asked, chewing lightly on her bottom lip. He couldn't say no to that, surely. Even he was still a normal person,

"No" Apparently not.

"Please" Tane refused to lower herself to begging to him, but being so tired was putting a whiney edge to her voice. Luckily Riku finally saw the light- figuratively speaking, and sat down on the cold floor. A small smile spread across Tane's features as she sat beside him, but not too close and took off her rucksack, using is as a pillow to rest her head. Muttering a thanks she shut her eyes and drifted off into a dreamless sleep, her last thought being how long she'd managed to sleep for.

After what seemed like days, Tane shifted from where she was, feeling slightly confused and disorientated. Last she'd remembered she was lying on a cold floor, her head on a lumpy half empty rucksack. But now she appeared to be moving. Sleep walking? Not unless she could manage so lying down. But she was definitely moving. Opening her emerald green eyes slightly, she peered around trying to see her surroundings. Well, she wasn't on a floor. It almost felt as though she was being carried somewhere. Glancing upwards, she almost jumped out of his arms as she realised Riku was carrying her. He didn't seem to notice she'd woken up, or care was more like it, and he continued walking as if nothing had happened. She noticed her trusty rucksack was slung over his right shoulder, and his yellow jacket was covering her chest. But she couldn't figure out why he was carrying her. Could he have just waited a few hours and got some rest. Was he really that desperate to get to wherever he was attempting to that he had to carry her. Shrugging off the thoughts that were bombarding her head she curled up tighter in his arms and buried her head against his chest. He smelt strange. Not a bad strange, just a… Riku strange. Then again, when would she had ever smelt him before. This was probably the closest they'd ever been. As she let sleep take her over again, she vaguely heard the sound of his voice mumble,

"You really are a baby aren't you" Though there didn't appear to be any of his usual snarkyness to it. But that could just be her sleep filled mind talking.

A/N: I know, a short chapter. But there's more to come soon hopefully :P I forgot to add the disclaimer earlier actually, I don't own Kingdom hearts obviously, or any characters except Tane. Please Review all comments are taken on board, and thanks for reading Z-Nugget xx