Woo-hoo! Second Chapter!

"Gah! I hate school!" exclaimed Sora. He balled up the failed test and threw it over his shoulder. Riku and Kairi were beside him, walking home from school.

"Its okay, Sora! A 25% isn't that bad…" said Kairi, lying unconvincingly to cheer Sora up.

"Your right: It's dreadful. Especially since he's already in remedial classes," teased Riku.

"Hey! You only missed a year of school! Naminé didn't put my memories back together right, so I forgot a lot!"

"Right, cause you were such an ace before…"

Sora rolled his eyes and groaned. "Why do we have to go anyway?" he whined. "We go from saving the world twice to doing Algebra?"

"Speak for yourself, I'm in Trig!"

"Calculus," said Kairi quietly. "And besides, Naminé made everyone forget that we left. We have to blend in and be normal now."

"Yeah. Normal," said Riku snickering.

"These grades are not my fault!"

"Next time, don't walk into the mysterious castle in the middle of nowhere," suggested Riku.

"We were looking for you! Where else were we supposed to look? Next time don't lock yourself behind the door to darkness!"

Kairi suddenly stopped them. "What's that?" she said, pointing.

"Shooting star?" suggested Sora. The blazing blue star seemed far too close to them, though.

"It's coming this way…" noted Riku, backing away.

"It's headed for the island!" said Sora. "Bet you 500 munny it lands there!" he said, already racing towards the boat.

"It'll probably land in the water," said Riku. "You're on!"

Kairi frowned and stared at it. "I hope you're right Riku. That looks like a person!"

Unfortunately, Sora won the bet. The girl crash landed right on the island.

Sora was the first to reach her. The girl was very pale and had short, black hair. She was wearing a plain, short white dress that somewhat reminded her of Naminé's.

"Are you okay?" asked Sora, unsure of what else to say. The girl's eyes fluttered open, staring at him—through him—cold and hard. Then they softened as her hand touched his face. "They key of light…" she whispered. Sora gasped. How had she known about the keyblade?

Riku came running over, Kairi just behind him. The girl looked towards Kairi and her eyebrows furrowed. "Naminé"? she said questioningly. "But I thought…no, her other of course." She closed her eyes. "A revolution is coming. Something is beginning…And at the same time, something is going to end. Everything is going to change…waking up and walking the way into ruin. Warriors of the keyblade, defenders of the light, prepare yourselves."

She turned her head and focused her gaze on Sora. "It's almost time," she said quietly. "Time for what?" asked Sora. "For the memories to rise from their sleep. Everyone is waiting for you…" Her eyes closed and she fainted in his arms.

A few weeks later…

"A 75%! I can't believe it! A passing grade!" said Sora.

"Yeah, you're a t the top of the class," said Riku sarcastically.

"Hey! You try making this much progress in a few weeks!"

"That's right!" said Kairi. "Sora'll be getting A's in no time!"

"Ugh," said Hotaru. "Stop being so cute."

"A's huh?" said Riku. "Well, I bet I can still outrun you!"

"You're on!" said Sora, chasing after him. Hotaru stayed next to Kairi and sighed. "Those boys…"

"We better start trying to catch up." They two girls chased after the boys, laughing despite themselves.

In just a few short weeks, Hotaru had practically become a part of the group. Of course, there were things only Kairi, Riku and Sora could talk about. But everything else was shared with Hotaru. She couldn't remember anything from before reaching that island besides her name, and didn't recall what she had said to Sora when she landed. Sora blamed her loss of memory on the crash-landing on the island, but Riku was a bit suspicious of her. He felt like something else had brought her there—and whatever it was, it wasn't good.

Or maybe it was destiny. Or, maybe it was just chance. But out of all the worlds out there, what were the odds that she would end up on this one?

What are the odds indeed? Just what is Hotaru doing there? And why doesn't she remember anything? (Because this is kingdom hearts, and nobody ever remembers anything...)

And of course I purposely made Sora a bit like Usagi with the school thing, but I assume he wouldn't be the best student anyway. Except when it comes to physics, of course-he knows all about trajectory and the exact amount of force you need to have the greatest impact on a heartless, etc...that's how he knew Hotaru was going to land there!

...yeah that sounded funnier in my head.