The next time Tane awoke, she wasn't sure whether she was happy or sad about not being in Riku's arms. But glancing beside her she realised he wasn't far away. Apparently he was still human, as he seemed to be fast asleep. Now who's the baby she thought, a small smirk appearing on her lips. Sitting up slowly, she pushed Riku's yellow jacket- that had still been covering her shoulders off, and lay it beside him. She had no idea how long she'd been sleeping for, but her stomach was telling her she was starving. Frowning, she moved her rucksack from under her head and peered inside. Maybe she had imagined Riku carrying her. Apart from the jacket, she seemed to be exactly the same as she had when she'd gone to sleep in the first place. Shrugging to herself, Tane searched through her bag for a chocolate bar she'd stashed at the bottom, incase she'd gotten hungry on the raft, and tried to open it as quietly as possible. Unfortunately she wasn't quiet enough, as Riku's eyes blinked open and he sat up right. Damn, why did he have to be such a light sleeper. Sighing- and knowing this was going to result in her sharing her chocolate, Tane turned around to face him. Almost immediately Riku's eyes travelled from her face to the chocolate in her right hand. Ofcourse he was hungry if he'd been walking while she was sleeping. Though Tane still hadn't crossed out the dream theory yet. She broke the chocolate in half, seeing which was bigger and held out the small half to him. In that split second, she swore she'd seen a smile flicker across his features. But now he was calm and expressionless again.
It was a nice, comforting feeling to know she wasn't alone in the darkness, even if it was with an expressionless ass, and it reminded her of how Kairi used to look after her when she was scared. Though she was a lot nicer about it. She felt an ache in her chest appear at the thought of her sister, she'd never been away from her for a long period of time before, and she was already starting to miss her. But she couldn't act like she missed her, Riku would think she was a baby again, and there was no way she'd give him more reason to think that.
Searching through her bag again, Tane found a small compact mirror, one of the last things she'd managed to pack before getting distracted by darkness attacking the island, and flipped it open. She couldn't help scowling at her own reflection. Looking a mess was not a thing she took well. True, she had never seen the point in covering her face in lots of makeup, and usually didn't wear any, but right now she'd kill for some. Placing the mirror on the floor and tilting it up so she could still see herself, she ran her fingers through her hair trying to untangle the lilies from it that she'd put in earlier. It was hard to believe she'd actually looked pretty. The wilting lilies fell to the floor as she plucked them out, and she noticed Riku watching her curiously. Surely he'd seen Kairi sort her hair before. Then again, her sister always seemed to look perfect and immaculate.
Once she'd deemed her hair decent, Tane turned to Riku to ask what they were going to do, but he'd already stood up and was walking ahead.
"I guess we're going then" She muttered more to herself than him, and placed the mirror back into her rucksack before running after him to catch up. They couldn't carry on like this. It didn't appear they were getting anywhere, everything still looked dark and dismal and there was no sign of light or a door to lead somewhere.
"Where exactly are we walking to?" Tane questioned, crossing her arms over her chest and refusing to walk any further. She was getting slightly annoyed at not being told anything. But Riku still seemed happy with keeping her in the dark (A/N: sorry found that pun funny xD). "Riku" She glared up at the older boy. Thankfully he decided to 'take pity' on her, and spoke,
"We came here through a portal of some sort, in the darkness. So there's got to be another one." He said, missing out the 'I hope' that Tane was sure he should have at the end of that sentence. Even he couldn't be so positive about this. But never the less, he started walking again and she followed. She was starting to feel like a sheep.
After what she could only guess a few hours of walking, and wondering how they were ever going to find this 'portal', one appeared infront of them. Tane blinked several times, wondering if she'd imagined it. They'd been walking for god knows how long and suddenly one was there? No. Even by the standards of everything that's happened, a portal they'd waited for appearing right there was just silly. Riku seemed to think the same, as he approached it slowly, sticking his hand out and watching the tendrils of darkness snake up his fingers. It was just like the one's that had appeared on Destiny Island, only they were trying to get Riku's hand rather than his ankles. He turned back to look at Tane, a smug look covering his face. She wanted it hit him. Though she'd never hit anyone in her life and would probably cause more damage to herself than him. Instead, she took the few steps forward to meet him beside the hole, holding her own hand out to it, before taking his in her free hand. Sora had got separated from them too easily, and she wasn't about to lose Riku just yet, even if part of her wanted to. But he didn't complain or try to pull his hand out of hers. Instead it almost seemed like he'd squeezed her hand. Turning her head to look up at him, Tane gave a small smile before stepping through the portal with him, glad the smug look had vanished off his features.
A/N: Ok, another chapter up, and chapter 1 had been rewritten to a better quality. I'm not sure whether to do lots of short chapters that will be up every few days or so, or longer chapters that will take a while longer. So far I'm doing short ones, hope that's ok xD As always, reviews are welcome, and Thankyou to mezwantzygs for reviewing Z-Nugget xx