N/A: Yay! I'm so pleased that so far there are two people who have favorite my story and I would like to thank you. It means so much that you are enjoying this story. So without further adu, here is chapter 6! :)
Disclaimer: I do not own kingdom hearts or fruit baskets.
Chapter 6: Friends reunite
There was a flurry of excitement on the island. The three friends ran home to pack things for their journey. This time they will be ready for what comes their way.
Sora rummaged through all his boxes in his closet, trying to find his special clothes that the three fairies made for him. When he got back home, his parents made him get rid of it. The pain of losing their son for almost two years was too much for them to handle. So everything he collected from his journey, he had to hide them on his closet. With success and a room that looked like a twister went through it, he finally found his box. He quickly ripped open the box and started to pull out different things that reminded him of his friends.
The first thing was a small bag which closed by pulling two strings. There was an intricate design on the front of blues, reds, yellows, and oranges. He slowly opened up the bag and pulled out a small glass orb. He stretched out his arm extending his hand toward the light. Instantly the blue glass orb lit up a display of a radiant blue. A small smile rose across his face. He put the glass orb down and pulled out more from the bag.
This time, it was a Popsicle stick. He remembered the first time he ate that, it first had the taste of saltiness, but smoothed out to be a blast of sweetness. Sea salt ice cream. Boy, was that good. Finally he pulled out a photo of four friends. There was one girl and three boys, all with smiles on their faces. He looked to the boy in the middle who looked exactly like Sora, only with blonde hair, which was a little shorter but still spiked a certain way. Suddenly a small tear rolled down his cheek. Sora lifted his hand to feel the tear. "You really miss them, don't you?" Sora gently let his hand move along the picture, as if it was someone else who was moving it for him. "Hayner, Pence, Ollet, hope you guys are enjoying your summer vacation."
Sora set down the picture and grabbed his clothes. He quickly put them on, grabbed a duffle bag, and threw in some extra stuff and snacks. He then wrote a note to his parents.
Mom and Dad,
I'm sorry to run off like this again, but I'm needed once again. I'm not sure what, but I'm prepared for anything. Don't worry, I'll be safe and I have friends with me to help. I'm not sure as to when I'll be home, but I'll come as soon as I'm done. The worlds may need me once more so please don't worry too much. I love you both. Take care and hope to see you soon.
Love Sora
He set the note on the counter where he knew that his parents would see it, and took off for the inlet where they said they would meet.
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Riku was the first at the inlet. He set his bag down and sat in the sand. Looking to the sky, he wondered what the King wanted. It made him worry, for fear that they, once again, needed to protect the worlds. There was an upside to all of this though; he would be able to see his friend once again. First meeting him in still darkness of the void, he helped him understand that his light was still stronger then the darkness. Then in Castle Oblivion, he helped him through when he thought he would lose to the darkness lingering shadow of Ansem. He still yet accepted him when he used the darkness to bring Roxas back to Diz while he was stuck in Ansem's form. They had been through a lot together and he was glad he would be able to see him again.
"Hey Riku!"
Riku turned his head to see Sora running toward him. When Sora finally reached him, Sora was out of breath, hunching over and putting his hands on his knees he apologized to Riku. "S-sorry. I…got distracted."
Riku stood up, brushing the sand from his jeans sighed. "You always get distracted."
"Do not!" Sora stood up protesting.
"Do too." He gave a smirk remembering a race they had not too long ago. Sora pulled into the lead. Riku was not that far behind and was catching up again. Sora heard cheering so he turned to see Kairi cheering and waving her hands in the air for both her friends from the side. He gave her a goofy grin when POW! Sora tripped over a rock and smack right to the ground. This made Riku stop, holding his stomach, laughing. Kairi of course ran to Sora helping him up, hoping he was ok. He just put his hand behind his head chuckling from embarrassment. Whenever it came to Kairi, Sora always gets distracted.
"Do not and what's with that face?" He was now crossing his arms.
"Oh nothing." He shrugged and turned around, turning his back toward him.
"Awe. Come on Riku, I know you're thinking something. Tell me." Sora was pleading now.
"Alright, you really wanna know? I'll tell you." Riku said slyly, turning back to face Sora. He put up his hand, throwing up each finger as he named off a list. "There's only one thing that distracts you. She has auburn hair, wears pink, and happens to be our best friend."
Sora was now stuttering, trying to hide his true feelings for Kairi. "D-do not. Why would I get distracted by her?"
Riku poked Sora in the shoulder taunting him. "Because you like her."
Sora was now as red as a tomato. "She's my best friend, nothing more."
Riku raised an eyebrow and pointed behind Sora. "Well then, here comes your best friend."
Sora turned around to see Kairi sprinting toward them. Smiling when she got to them, she noticed Sora's pink cheeks. "Hey guys, what are you talking about? Sora you look a little flustered."
Sora smiled nervously, scratching the back of his head. "Well…uh…you see…um…Riku?"
Riku was enjoying this. He threw his arm around Sora's shoulder patting him. "Well you see now Kairi, Sora and I here were just discussing being able to see our friends again."
Sora let out a silent sigh of relief, not realizing he had held his breath. Riku put him in a head lock and gave him a noogie.
"All right guys, that's enough." Kairi smiled to her friends. "Did you get everything you need?"
Both Sora and Riku held up their bags when Riku noticed Kairi had a bag too. "What do you think you're going to do?" Riku stood with his arms crossed in front of his chest.
"Coming with you of course." Kairi stated back with her hands on her hips.
"Sorry Kairi, but you should stay here." Now Sora joined in.
"Look. I already had to wait a year for you guys. I got tired that I even came to find you myself. There is no way your leaving me here again." Kairi was serious.
Sora looked to Riku who looked right back at them. Sure Kairi was with them and she did well in battle, but it was not the matter of her protection from the enemies. It was her father that they had to worry about. Once they came back to the island and her father found out what happened, he completely freaked. He threatened to lock Kairi up, not even letting her go out and hang with the boys. He would not even let her come back to the island ever again. Thankfully her mother talked her husband out of it and calmed him down. They were not sure what really set him off, but they would rather not find out.
"Ok guys, I know what you're thinking, but I left a note. I told them the world needs us and that we would be back soon. My Mom will help me out. She said he was just worried about me and wanted to keep me safe. They gave me this necklace as a promise to trust me to make my decisions and would tell me what this pendant means." Kairi held out her necklace to show the boys. They knew she got it, but never knew there was a reason behind it. They leaned it close to examine it better. It was a heart shape that had an emblem on it. The emblem had angel wings coming out from the sides that stretched out over the sides of the heart to connect with each other in the back. In the emblem itself was circular shaped with a tiny heart in the middle. The boys nodded looking at Kairi, Riku stepped back thinking to himself about if to really let her come along. Sora looked up and saw Kairi's face smiling. He was only a foot away from her face. He felt the heat rush to his face and jumped back to stand by Riku. "It's uh…nice. I like it."
Riku glanced over to Sora who was chuckling like an idiot. He jabbed him in the side making Sora flinch a little and he seemed to regain control of himself. Maybe Kairi coming along would be a bad idea. If Sora acts like this, then it might make things worse if we have to fight.
Kairi stared at the boys with pleading eyes. "Come on guys. I really want to see the King and I would love to be able to meet Queen Minnie!"
Sora smile lightly shrugging his shoulders. "Why not Riku. If anything we can bring her back if she makes too much trouble."
Kairi folded her arms to that remark, but stayed silent hoping not to change their minds. Riku sighed and threw his hands in the air. "Ok, ok you win. You can come."
"Thanks! So when do we get picked up?" Kairi said cheerfully, happy that she is not getting left behind.
"Well when Donald and Goofy get here in the gummie. The letter didn't say exactly when." Sora said after sitting in the sand staring up at the sky.
Just then they heard a loud rushing sound in the distance. After a few moments they saw the red and yellow coloring of something coming from the sky. Sora quickly stood up in excitement and started waving. Kairi too, also started waving, while Riku just picked up his bag, throwing it over his shoulder and stood there waiting. The gummie finally landed on the beach, the door opened slowly with stairs extending down. Sora wanted to rush up into the ship, but he held his excitement for when they would appear, then he would tackle them. After a few moments they saw a tall, black, dog like person stepping down the stairs, with a white duck fallowing behind him. When the two finally reached the ground facing the group, Sora dove right at the two tackling them to the ground.
"Hey you guys! How ya been?" Sora asked as he laughed getting back up and letting the two stand again.
"Gwarsh Sora, we missed you to. Heh-yuck" Goofy smiled rubbing the back of his head.
"Hey Sora." Donald then leaned in closer to Sora and whispered, "So, anything happen with you and Kairi yet?" he asked with an evil grin.
"Well..that…is..um…" Sora said looked away nervously, while Donald laughed, slapping his leg and falling over on the ground.
Just then Kairi walked up and smiled at the two guards. "It's nice to see you again. How have you been?"
Goofy smiled and slightly gave a bow. "It's good to see you to Miss Kairi. Things at the castle have been quiet."
Donald regained himself and crossed his arms tapping his foot on the ground. "Ya, if you don't count Daisy trying to get me to go out on dates all the time."
Goofy turned to his friend and put his hand on the ducks shoulder. "Well Donald, if you would not find excuses to not go, you might get a quiet night." Donald just looked away in a huff.
The three just laughed enjoying that their friends are around again, when Goofy brought the matter at hand about. "Well you guys, are ya ready to go? The King's a waitin. We'll tell you more on the way."
The three nodded and stepped onto the gummie ship. Goofy sat at the controls, punched a few buttons, and grabbed the steering. The gummie roared to life and the engines kicked in. Shaking a bit as it left the ground everyone strapped in and waited for blast off. Goofy motioned the gummie to point towards the sky and yelled "Hang on!" Pushed the steering forward and off they went to the sky. Once the gummie was past the atmosphere and in the starry sky Goofy punched more buttons and they went to hyper space. Now everything was a smooth ride as they headed for Disney Castle. Everyone unbuckled their chairs and stood over by Goofy.
"All right Goofy. Do you know why we're being called to the castle?" Sora asked since everyone wanted to know the answer.
Goofy shook his head, "Well Sora, it looks like there may be a new enemy that we may have to face."
"Ya." Donald now chimed in. "We also discovered new worlds that were able to go to. That's where our new enemy is."
The three looked at each other, knowing to well that this was really why they had been called back. Goofy saw their concern and tried to cheer them up. "Aw, don't worry guys. It's another adventure we get to go on."
"And I'll be with you! This time I'm not waiting." Kairi cheerfully said. She was glad that she finally gets go on an adventure, without some creepy guy trying to kidnap her. "Finally it's the adventure that the three of us always wanted to take together."
The boys sighed at her statement. Sure it would be fun, but now knowing the danger, they rather she be safe then off fighting where she could end up in danger or even worse hurt. Kairi looked at them both seeing their expression at the thought "What, what's wrong?"
Sora suddenly realizing that he was putting on a sour face quickly smiled, hoping not to worry her over his worry for her. "Oh, nothing. Ya, I'm glad that we can share this adventure together. We're going to stay together, no more what. "His goofy grin plastered on his face.
Riku just rolled his eyes. Seriously Sora. That's the best you can come up with? Hopefully this will help the two actually say their feelings for each other. "All right hands in everyone." Everyone put one hand in the middle, one on top of the other. "To an adventure of a life time." Everyone nodded with smiles and they threw their hands in the air and all shouted together "To an adventure!"
N/A: Yay chapter 7 is next!
Kairi: This is going to be exciting!
Sora: You're going to love the castle.
Riku: Who said the next chapter was going to be Disney castle?
Kyo: Ya, who said it's going to be you guys again.
N/A: Ok, guys that's enough. There's no need to fight. I'm the one who is choosing, so its going to be a surprise.
Everyone: (pouting) All right….