"This-What is this?" Kairi yelled over the breeze. She struggled to stay still.
Then the wind suddenly stopped. Kairi opened up her eyes and looked around her.
She saw the King, Sora and the others. But there was a man at the counter.
"Well I'll be damned!" exclaimed the man, "If it ain't the king himself, King Mickey!" The man immediately bowed down low until Kairi couldn't see him under the counter.
"Cid, get up." said Mickey, "We were going to Hollow Bastion, and we need a gummi ship."
"Well, of course!'" exclaimed Cid obviously sounding eager, "Here follow me and I'll take you to my best gummi ship." Cid leaped up from behind the counter and pressed a button hidden behind on of the displays.
Suddenly a ladder came crashing down from the ceiling, oddly though, the ladder made no noise when it touched the floor.
The group climbed up with Cid first and Sora last.
As Kairi reached the she was helped up by Cid, who had helped everyone else. The man wasn't as handsome as Kairi thought he would be. Actually he looked very old. Kairi got up and brushed the dust off of her clothes.
Cid went up to her after helping Sora. "I don't think I've introduced myself," Cid said, "I'm Cid." He held out his hand.
Kairi didn't take it.
Embarrassed Cid drew back his arm. "So…" Cid said quietly, "Why would a beautiful lady like you, be with this lot?"
"Because," Kairi answered, "My dad just died and Sora was there. He said that he could let me avenge my father. And if you hadn't noticed, you're a bit too old for me." Kairi walked over to Sora and helped pack up their things into the huge gummi ship.
Left there, Cid sighed. He thought, 'I'm too old to flirt!' Cid smacked his forehead, leaving a big red mark, 'I don't know what came over me. HE must've done it.'
Cid gave the group some food and equipment. Then the group set off to the Beast's Castle.
Cid waved good-bye and climbed down the ladder. "Good luck." he muttered.
"Gwarsh!" exclaimed Goofy with his squeaky, rough sort of voice, "This ship is advanced."
"Don't worry," the king answered confidently, "I know how to drive this thing."
Mickey had set coordinates for the Beast's Castle and pressed three buttons. One was marked auto-pilot, another was marked as Camouflage, and the last one was marked as Battle-Mode.
Mickey sat back, but then got up, grabbed Goofy and Donald and dragged them to another part of the gummi ship. Once they were in the stomach of the ship he said, "Let them," he pointed at Kairi and Sora, "have time alone."
"Hey Sora?" asked Kairi.
"Ya?"
"Has Cid ever been—you know, flirty?"
Sora started laughing, but then stopped, "Ya. He has, but did you touch him?"
"Ewwww! Gross like I would ever in my life."
Sora was staring at Kairi. Kairi turned around and met his eyes. There was silence.
Sora interrupted the silence, "Umm…" he cleared his throat, "so are you okay now? You know with your dad and all."
Kairi nodded. Sora saw that she was trying so hard to hold back her tears.
Kairi got up out of her chair, Sora followed. She turned around and met his eyes again. Blue eyes sparkled back at her own blue eyes.
But then there was a low grumble in Kairi's stomach.
Kairi blushed. "Hey, umm… do you have any food? I haven't eaten since the island visit." She chuckled embarrassed.
Sora laughed. "Ya of course. Sorry, I forgot to feed you, here."
He pulled out some food out of his backpack. Mickey and the others entered the room.
Mickey grabbed Sora by the arm and pulled him to a corner. "So what happened?" asked the King excitedly.
Sora started laughing. "Heh heh…ya I was close but then her stomach grumbled."
Mickey started laughing hysterically. It took awhile before his laughs subsided. He said after his little shower of laughs, "It's alright kid. Don't worry you get that kiss from her soon."
There was a beeping sound on the control panel of the ship.
Kairi got up and asked Sora, "What's that?"
"I don't know. Let me ask. For now you just eat."
Kairi turned around and sat back down while Sora asked Mickey at the control panel, "Hey Mick, what's that sound mean?"
"It means we're here."
Sora looked up out of the windshield. He saw darkness but could see the castle a bit.
Kairi had stopped eating and even she looked up. "Hey is there supposed to be black stuff there?"
"No," said Mickey shaking his head, "It's not supposed to be."
The ship was nearing the castle when suddenly…
