Chapter 3:
First Stop, Hollow Bastion
When they landed in the domestic area, Sora jumped out of the gummi ship and looked around, practically jumping with excitement. Riku slapped himself on the forehead when he saw this.
"Sora, do you even remember why we're here?" Riku asked.
"Yes. Sorry." Sora looked at the ground sadly.
"Woah! You came back sooner than I thought you would. you even brought your other friends. What, are Donald and Goofy missing now?" A familiar man's voice said.
"Leon!" Sora yelled happily spinning around.
"Hey Sora, hey Kairi. You must be Riku. Sora's told us A LOT about you." Leon said.
"Hi, nice to meet you." Riku said, shaking Leon's hand.
"Hi! Nice to see you again." Kairi waved.
"So, is it Donald and Goofy missing?" Leon asked.
"No, it's Naminé. She's Kairi's nobody." Sora explained.
"Well, what does she look like?" A hiper voice asked.
"Hey Yuffie! She looks like Kairi, only with blond hair." Sora answered.
"Okie dokie! i'll be on the look out! C'mon, Cid and Aerith are at Merlin's place." Yuffie said before she started running.
The three islanders followed.
"Hey Sora, is she always like this?" Riku asked.
"Yeah, she's a bit like Selphie huh?" Sora replied.
"HEY GUYS!!! I'm back! And look who came with!" Yuffie sang.
Sora ran through the door and smiled. "Hey!" He called.
"Sora! It's great to see you again." Aerith grinned.
"Hi everyone!" Kairi waved.
"Wow, so lover boy found his girlfriend again." Cid said.
With Sora and Kairi blushing, Riku walked in silently.
"Who's Mr. Silver locks over there?" Cid asked.
"This is Riku." Sora replied, making Riku wave.
"Oh, so your the famous Riku." Aerith said with fascination.
"So, anything we can help out with while we're here?" Sora asked.
"Not really, things have been pretty peaceful lately." Cid replied.
"That's good. We'll go look around." Kairi said as she walked out the door.
"See ya!" Sora yelled, waving at his friends of Hollow Bastion.
"So, where do we look first?" Riku asked.
"Hmmm. Oh! I know, how 'bout the old castle? that place is huge, and it looks like it's done being rennovated." Sora proposed.
"Ok, let's go!" Kairi said, "Wait, which way is it again?"
"Heh, over there, c'mon I'll lead." Sora said, before he took off.
When they got to the castle, Roxas came out.
"I'll go this way." He said, pointing to the west wing.
"Ok, I'll go North." Sora said.
"West." Riku said.
"So, I'll go East. Meet here in an hour." Kairi stated.
"Got it." The three boys said together.
When everyone was on their own, Roxas was thinking of what could have happened.
"What if - Roxas, stop thinking that, be more like Sora, look at the good possibilities." Roxas told himself.
He came to a big door. It had brown lines allover it.
"Fancy." He said, before stepping through the doors.
He found himself in a dark room. All the furniture was covered in sheets, probably to keep dust off until the castle was used again. Roxas sat on a big chair and put his face in his hands.
"We're probably too late, there's no one left to kidnap Naminé anyway." Roxas sighed.
He layed out sideways on the big chair. He leaned his head back and thought.
Flash Back
"Roxas! Look, I found a hermit crab shell. Isn't it pretty?" A blond girl told him.
"Yeah, where'd you find it?" Roxas asked with a smile.
"Over there, I was helping with the gummi ship, when I stepped on it!" Naminé said.
"Ah! Riku! What was that for?!?" Sora's voice yelled.
Roxas and Naminé looked up to see Sora sitting in the water, Riku standing above him laughing. Roxas and Naminé joined his laughter. Sora stood up, and pushed Riku down.
"Sora!" Riku yelled.
Sora began to run and Riku chased him.
"I'm really happy." Nami said softly.
"Why?" Roxas asked.
"Well, Sora, Riku, and Kairi were apart for so long, it's good to see them all together again." Naminé answered.
"Yeah, I just wish that I could be like that with Axel and Xion, like the good old days." Roxas frowned as he remembered his old friends.
"Hey, at least we have eachother, and you and Riku have been getting along really well lately." Naminé smiled, cheering him up.
"You're right, thanks Nami!" Roxas replied.
"Heh, you're welcome." Naminé giggled.
End of flash back
"I'll find you soon Naminé, I promise." Roxas muttered before he got up.
He continued to look around the room.
I just need a sign, or something. Roxas thought.
He heard something break under his foot. A crayon. He picked it up.
It's just like one of her's. He thought, excitement replacing some of his heartbreak.
Roxas put the crayon in his pocket for later. He continued to look around the room for her things. But it was to no avail, there were no more signs of Naminé in the room. He left the room to find Sora.
"Hey, find anything?" The brunette asked.
"Yeah, I think this is one of Nami's crayons." Roxas said taking out the coloring utensil.
"Nice! I haven't found anything else, sorry." Sora said.
"It's ok, at least we know she was here." Roxas smiled.
"We don't know that for sure. Don't get too excited." Sora said.
"I know, I know. But, there's a chance that it's her's. Can we check and see for sure." Roxas asked.
"We can go to Ansem's castle later and use his computer, it might come up with something." Sora shrugged.
"Ok, let's head outside, i think it's been an hour." Roxas said, putting the crayon back in his pocket.
"Alright."
"Hey guys! Any luck?" Kairi asked.
"Yeah, Roxas found a crayon, just like Naminé's!" Sora smiled.
"We didn't find anything." Riku said.
"Let's go to the other castle. There's a computer there that might be able to tell us if the crayon is Nami's or not." Sora said.
"Alright, let's go then!" Kairi smiled.
A/N
Yeah, chapter 3 is very long, sorry if that bothers you ^^. chapter 4 is gonna be a part 2 so, yes it gets longer.
Thank you guys soooooooooooo much for all the faves and reviews! And constructive criticism is very much appreciated!!! If any of you are NaruHina fans you should check out my other story, Babies & Problems which is currently in progress as well.
In chapter one I mentioned my theory about Xion and her connection to Kairi. Well i was talking to one of my friends earlier and she wanted me to mention her theory too so here it is: Naminé is actually one of DiZ's creations, like the virtual Twilight Town's residents, and Xion is actually Kairi's nobody and DiZ based Naminé off of them.
I don't particularlly agree with this theory since A) I'm Naminé in my group so i kind of want to excist, even if I am just a nobody B) I'm a HUGE Namixas fan C) I think Riku is really cute with Xion.
Tell me which one you like better, or tell me your own I'm all ears. (not really, i obviously have fingers and eyes or else I wouldn't be writing this fic but you probably already knew that ^^) But seriously, tell me I wanna know!
See ya in chapter 4!!!!!!!!