Starting theme: Full Moon wo sagashite: Smile Smile
Riiku felt like she was falling, falling through the sky and then she felt like she was falling through water. It became harder to breath; she thought she was going to die until 4 sets of strong hands pulled her out of the salty water and on to dry land. She started to open her eyes, squinting against the bright sun. She sat up and looked round the beach; she was wet and she hurt in many places. She started to panic, where was she, where were her friends, what happened to Maxsus…and Malixs and what happened to her home? She scrambled to her feet and just about hit a brown spiky haired boy in the head; she then saw he had blue eyes. She looked around more closely and saw a boy with long silver hair and green eyes like hers, a girl with short red hair and purple-blue eyes, a girl with purple hair and deep green eyes, a girl with reading glasses red hair and blue eyes, a girl with black hair with white streaks and green eyes and some other people too. She looked from one person to the other, her gaze stopped at the two boys at the end next to the girl with purple-blue eyes. Riiku reached into her shirt and pulled out a golden crown pendent, Sora's eyes lit up and Riku stared at her with mild surprise.
"This is yours Sora…" she said handing the pendant to him
"Thanks!" He said smiling
"I waited a long time to meet you Sora…and Riku." She said bowing her head at each boy
Sora blushed when he saw the look on Kairi's face, he looked at Riku and then at the other kids. He grabbed Riiku's hand and Riku's hand and pulled them both over to the hidden place at the base of the big tree.
"What are you doing here?" Sora asked Riiku
"….I don't really know" Riiku said
"You don't know?" Riku said with a smug smile
Riiku looked out at the sea, the waves rolled over the dry sand and onto the beach. This island is so beautiful! Riiku thought looking again to the sea. The sun was still beating down and it took her a minute to realize Sora was talking to her.
"Hmm?"
"I said where did you come from?" Sora muttered
"I-I don't really remember…" she said
"Tell me the last thing you remember Riiku." He replied
"The last thing?"
Riiku told Sora and Riku about the fight with the man and being saved by Maxsus. She stopped when she reached the part of her feeling like she was falling.
"…and that's as much as I can remember…" Riiku said looking down at her feet
She couldn't remember her friends anymore…their names and faces were gone, where she came from was a blank in her mind. She suddenly felt lost and enmity inside, she felt like crying but she didn't. How could she? She was too sad to cry.
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Over the next week or so Riiku would go to the island in Sora's boat, sometimes Riku's. She'd go to the sea next to the strange island that Riku was always on and just hang out there talking to him. She had made many new friends over that time even when she was sad and lost; but she slowly began to smile again. She smiled and laughed the most with Sora, Riku and Kairi and she played with them almost every day too, they were everything to her. But she didn't really talk to them about stuff like she did to Kami, Ayame and Dawn; these were her girls. The people she went to just to talk and they hung out together too, well sometimes. Kami, 14, tall girl and her purple hair is how you can tell who she is; Ayame, 14, her reading glasses are a dead give away and finally Dawn, 13, it's her black hair and white streaks that give her away. These girls were her friends, no they were her best friends, but something was wrong being on the islands. She felt TOO connected to Riku for some unknown reason and one day Kami questioned her about her relationship with Riku.
"Riiku we can all tell that something is going on between you and Riku!" Kami said putting her hands on her hips
"W-What?" Riiku said blushing
"Well, when you see Riku you either say hi or turn tail and run when he walks toward you" Kami replied matter-of-factly
"I do not…" Riiku said crossing her arms
"Yes you do! Doesn't she Dawn…Ayame?" Kami shot back
"…well she hasn't done it for a long time…" Ayame replied
"…" Dawn smiled
Kami looked at Dawn, smiled then shook her head. She did this a lot, mostly when Dawn didn't say a word. They were close, all of them. They were like sisters.
"Guys really there is, for the last time, nothing between me and Riku!" Riiku said getting up and walking off down the beach
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Riiku walked down to the other side of the island, she looked at the Ocean as she walked. It was so beautiful; the sun was shining, the sky was blue and the waves were calm. She stopped and looked behind her; Sora, Riku and Kairi were sitting on a raft that was on the beach. Sora and Riku were talking about the plans they had, had for many weeks now and Kairi was packing food into a sack.
"But how far will a raft take us?" Sora asked
"Who knows?" Riku said "If we have to, we'll think of something else."
Riiku walked up behind Riku and through her arms around his neck; Riku looked behind him and then toppled off the raft in shock. Riiku looked down at him and smiled a big smile. Sora laughed and Kairi giggled.
"Nice one Riiku!" Sora cried
"Thanks!" Riiku said laughing herself "So what'cha doing?"
"We were just talking about our raft…" Kairi said smiling
"Oh--" Riiku trailed off because just then Dawn and Ayame came running down the beach calling her name
"R-Riiku thank god we found you!" Dawn cried "We have a problem!"
"What?" Riiku, Riku, Sora and Kairi asked at the same time
"I-It's Kami!" Dawn cried
"What about her!?" Riiku shouted
"She went under the water! She just sort of looked at us and then 'SPLUSH'" Dawn cried "We tried to find her but we couldn't!"
"WHAT!?" Riiku shouted running off down the beach fallowed by Riku, Sora, Kairi, Dawn and Ayame
Riiku and the others reached where Dawn, Ayame and Kami had been playing. She jumped into the water as soon as she reached the beaches edged. Riiku swam right to the deepest part and then dove under the surface. She kept pushing through the cold water. I've gotta keep going! She thought to herself I gotta find her!
She plunged deeper and deeper into the water; she pushed herself farther down until her lungs burned.
Oh! Feel dizzy! She thought to her-self again can't go too much farther!
She started to see spots when she saw her, Kami lying there at the bottom of the ocean; held down by some sort of rope or rock. She pushed herself just a bit more and reached Kami just as she blacked out from lack of air.
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Sora stared out at the ocean where Riiku had gone under 2 min ago. He looked over at the others still standing on the beach; they all looked so worried about her. Sora took another step closer to where Riiku went under; the water was calm and cold where he was, but he still wanted to go after her.
"Riku can't we go after her?"
"…maybe it would be a good idea!" Kairi called to Sora
Sora turned around and looked at Riku, nodding his head to tell Riku to join him. Riku nodded and walked up beside him. Then together Riku and Sora dove under the water and after Riiku and Kami. Sora and Riku pushed farther under the surface of the water.
About half way down Riku stabbed Sora in the ribs with his elbow, to tell him that he could see them. Sora turned and saw them too, then nodding to each other they swam down to them. Each boy took a girl, Riku took Riiku and Sora took Kami. Then swam to the surface and lifting the girls to safety. Kairi looked down at the girls as the others crowded around.
"Riiku…Kami?" Kairi whispered
Sora pushed Kairi out of the way and began pushing down on Riiku's chest; Dawn did the same to Kami.
"Common Riiku!" Sora cried
"Kami! Please wake up!" Dawn whispered wiping tears from her eyes
Dawn backed away and looked at her two friends lying motionless on the beach. Sora still pushed with all he had, wiping away tears here and there. And just when Sora started to give up hope on both girls, they coughed and then turned over hacking up water.
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Riiku looked over at Kami and then at Sora; she blinked a few times and then stared out at the ocean.
"Are you alright Riiku?" Sora asked putting a hand on her shoulder
"…….I don't know" she replied turning her eyes from his gaze
Sora looked her up and down to make sure she was alright and then let go of her, he turned calling Riku and Kairi to fallow him. Kairi turned to look at Riiku before fallowing her friends off down the beach, leaving the four girls alone.
"…what was that all about Riiku?" Kami asked coming over to her
"…"
"Are you feeling alright Riiku?" Dawn asked
"…"
"Riiku?" Ayame muttered
"…"
"Riiku what's wrong? What was with you back there?" Kami asked
"…I…I don't know, I just felt so… so strange" She said "…like I was looking at someone else"
The three girls looked at each other with worried looks, as they watched Riiku retreat to the little Island Riku could always be found on.
"…what's…wrong with Riiku?" Kami asked more to herself then the others
"I…don't know" Ayame said shaking her head
"…I wonder what Riiku's past was like" Dawn said "If we knew that we might be able to help…"
To be continued…
Ending theme: Full Moon wo sagashite: Eternal Snow