This... actually takes place during Roxas's first few days in KH2...
but that holds no relevance to the chapter so you might as well just say that it's PreKH2. XP

/-/-/-/-/-/-/- Water's Return to the Ocean -/-/-/-/-/-/-/

"Kairi, you're insane."

"Tidus!" Selphie said sharply.

Kairi sighed and ran a hand through her vermillion hair. It had only been two days since she had met Demyx, and she finally had a chance to tell Selphie about it. She knew Selphie would listen, but why did Tidus have to be there? But truth be told, she really didn't blame him for denying everything.

"Think about it, Selph!" Tidus reasoned, "She's telling us that she met some guy at the beach who has a name like Demyx. How common is that? Last week she was trying to tell us that she could remember some guy who lived on the islands and was supposedly one of our best friends."

Selphie grinned. "You can't forget that Kairi said he had big shoes."

The blonde boy nodded. "See, who around here has that big feet? It -- She makes no sense."

"But I know for sure that Demyx was here! I can remember everything from his outfit to his weird hairstyle." But Kairi doubted that they would ever believe her if she did say what he had been wearing.

Tidus rolled his eyes. "Then please tell us all about him."

"Yeah, tell us Kai!" Selphie eagerly said despite Tidus's obvious sarcasm.

Kairi sighed inwardly. Well, it wasn't like they could believe her any less than they did already, right? "Well, he was wearing a long black coat that had a zipper going all the way from the top to the bottom, but for some reason the zipper starts at the top and he had from his knees down to the bottom of the coat unzipped. And his hair was pretty strange. Some of it went down to the bottom of his head but most of it was on top of his head like a… mullet I think they're called."

"So you're saying that somewhere on the islands there's a guy with a mullet running around in a black coat when it's probably higher than ninety-five degrees?"

"Ye- uh… erm…" Kairi wasn't so sure anymore. The way Tidus put it, it sounded almost as likely as mermaids or genies existing… But for some reason that didn't seem too unlikely… Hmm… "I guess you're right." The redhead ran a hand through her hair again as she told them, "I think I'll go down to the beach for the rest of the day."

"Be sure to tell us if you see anymore random people in trench coats, Kairi."

Selphie rolled her eyes at Tidus's remark. "Just have a good time, okay?" The brunette smiled and waved before grabbing Tidus's arm and dragging him away.

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Kairi softly plopped down on to the sand at the beach and stared out over the ocean to the horizon. The sun was above the ocean but enough above it so that it would probably only be a short while till sunset and the waves that washed up onto the shore went up to the bottom of her shoes. She immediately began thinking about when she met Demyx… or if she really even had. Tidus had made many good points, but she could clearly remember meeting Demyx unlike her memory of that one boy who seemed to keep slipping further and further out of her memories and had really big shoes…

She wasted a few minutes trying to remember the boy with the huge shoes, but all she got was a headache. It didn't feel like too bad of a headache, but it must have been because she was starting to hallucinate hearing some kind of music… She shook her head and watched all the small waves come up to her feet before returning to the ocean. Even though she knew it could never happen, just for fun she said out aloud, "I wish a wave could be big enough to wash over me!" She giggled at how much like a child she sounded. The girl's eyes widened in complete surprise as one wave started getting higher and higher and seemed to speed up towards her. She was too surprised to think of moving too, apparently as the wave washed over her. She was soaked!

"Any more wishes you'd like for me to grant, Kairi?" came a playful voice behind her.

Kairi jumped up to her feet and spun around, with water flying off from her clothes onto the sand. A smile brightly lit up her face as she saw who it was. "Demyx!" She cried happily. She through her arms around him and hugged him ecstatically.

"Whoa! Kai, it's only been two days! If I had known I would be missed this much I might have come sooner!" Demyx laughed.

Kairi pulled away, slightly red from embarrassment, and replied, "But two days is so long! It's forty-eight hours! And it's two thousand, eight hundred and eighty minutes! One hundred seventy two thousand, eight hundred seconds!" Oh, the wonders of being able to remember all that…

The mullet haired boy grinned. "But it's still only two days."

"And two days is a long time!"

Demyx grinned even wider as he said, "Especially if you're waiting to see someone you love."

"Yeah! Er… wait a sec! What did you say?"

"You know what I said." He was still grinning.

"Uhh…" For some reason she was starting to remember that one boy with the big shoes… He had had brown hair, hadn't he...? "I can't remember…" She whispered softly.

"Remember what? Any good ways of how to change the subject?" Demyx teased.

Kairi rolled her eyes and laughed. "No, I'm trying to remember… someone… who I think used to live here on the islands. I'm pretty sure he was one of my best friends too."

"You can't remember one of your best friends?"

"Yup."

"Brown hair and huge shoes?"

"Yeah, how did you know?" Kairi asked.

Demyx shrugged. "Just random guesses. Did you have another friend who also disappeared from the islands?"

Kairi nodded. "Riku."

"And you can remember him easily?"

"You seem to know a whole lot for some one who's just guessing." Kairi looked at him suspiciously.

Demyx shrugged again. "If one friend is gone, why wouldn't another be? It is a bit strange that you can only remember one of them though…"

"It is a bit strange, isn't it? None of my friends can remember him either… But I feel that I should be able to remember him perfectly even if no one else can."

Demyx's eyes widened as he smiled and got an idea. "I normally try to write songs whenever I try to remember something. Maybe you could write a story or a poem or something like that!"

That made Kairi smile. "I did actually win a poetry contest last year. But what should I do with the poem once I'm done with it? Just stick it in a folder or something?"

"Well… Just do whatever you think will help to remember him best."

Kairi nodded and smiled at him. "I think that might actually help some. Thanks for the idea." She looked back out over the ocean and the now setting sun. "It's starting to get late." She remarked softly.

"It is isn't it?" Demyx also looked out over the ocean. "I guess that means I'll have to go back again soon. It seems like I'll never have enough time to stay and talk."

Kairi flipped some of her auburn hair and laughed. "And what would you want to talk about?"

Demyx shrugged. "Whatever comes to mind, I guess."

"Yeah… And that would be…?"

"Whatever comes to mind, of course!" He laughed.

Kairi shook her head playfully. "There is absolutely no way to have a direct conversation with you."

"And that must be why you were so happy to get to talk to me earlier, right?"

Kairi rolled her eyes. "Of course it was."

"And of course I must be leaving soon." the blonde laughed.

"Will you come back again?" Kairi questioned.

"Well... I've been a busy lately... The most I can say is that I'll try." he replied with a nod.

"Then you had better try as hard as can!" Kairi giggled.

"So I will." Demyx grinned. "I guess I'll be seeing you... someday."

"I guess so... But it just feels like you're leaving too soon..." She thought for a moment and then grinned almost like Demyx for a second. She quickly leaned in and kissed him. Demyx's eyes widened for a second but then he kissed her back. After a few moments Kairi pulled back. "I guess I'll let you leave now." She giggled.

"Ah, so you'll let me go because your goal in life has now been fulfilled. With that being taken care of, I guess I'll get going." Demyx grinned and started walking away. After he had gotten a few feet he turned back and reminded her, "Remember to write the poem later!" Still grinning, he then walked off with Kairi waving goodbye. Kairi looked back to the sunset. She could now barely see the top of it and the sky became darker and darker.

She thought of her conversations with Demyx and realized that she still didn't really know where he lived or why he weared such a dark coat...
But... at least she had her 'goal in life' fulfilled.

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Now wasn't that fun to write? XP
That was actually a lot longer than I planned, too. XD

Disclaimer: I do not own Roxas, Demyx, Tidus, Kairi, or Selphie... Or the kid with the big shoes. -coughSoracough- XD ... And I don't own anything else I mentioned either, obviously...

Well... I have now completed one more of the requests. XP

And for what's left on the list...

Requests:
Larxel
Saix/Xemnas

Ideas:
AkuRoku (friendship)
Larxene/Roxas/Namine/Marluxia
Demyx/Larxene
Namine/Marluxia

Not much has really changed since the last chapter. I haven't really further planned too much on any of the ideas... Except for this one obviously. XP

And the Namine/Marluxia is still on a very very long hold. XP

I seem to be a bit lazy as of late so if you didn't like this chapter, there's my great excuse.
I was too lazy to make it better... or something. XP

I'm also happy to say that this is my longest chapter yet.☺

It was also lots of fun to write about how Kairi got her idea to write a poem. Somehow I just had to twist it so it could have it have something to do with Demyx. XP... And maybe that's why she sent it out into the ocean, because she first met Demyx while she was at the ocean... Or something like that. XP

Oh yeah! There's one thing I keep forgetting to mention! Someone asked about it in a review when I wrote the first chapter...
Kairi's name means ocean and Namine's name means wave. Like an ocean wave, you know? XD

Anyways, please review! And you can also sent a request. XP