Yayyyyyy! Happiness! Mid-Terms are over. Half-way through the semester now! Which means more writing time for me, which means more story for you. :D happy day.
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"Sora," someone called, softly. Sora sat up, rubbed his head and wondered, "Where am I?" He stood up and looked about; it was pitch black darkness all around him. He spun, calling out. "Hey! Is anyone here? Please, where am I?" There was no answer. All of the sudden, there was a faint light emanating from somewhere behind him. He turned around to find a TV screen, playing a video of him when he was younger. It flashed to the scene of the beach, where he saw he and Kairi playing. He watched as the younger him handed the little Kairi a pearly pink shell. He slowly pulled out his necklace. It was the same one that was at the center of the necklace she had made him. He hung his head low as his spiky brown hair fell over his face and tears filled his eyes. The words that resonated out of her mouth only made him cry harder.
"Are we gonna be friends forever, Sora?"
"Forever."
"I'll always be here with you, Kairi."
"Kairi," he sobbed, "I'm so sorry I broke my promise." His hand slid up to press his palm against her smiling cheek on the screen. An electric current ran through his entire body as he gasp, and then, was sucked in.
"Sora! Don't eat all the sea-salt ice-cream. Riku will kill you!" Kairi laughed pulling Sora's third ice-cream bar out of his hands. She giggled when Sora made a face. Man, could that 12 year old boy eat his weight in ice-cream or what?
"Kai!" Sora complained. Just then Riku walked down the beach, blue hair bobbing with his walk and holding himself as any 15 year old who thought so highly of himself would. He stopped before the feuding pair and laughed. Kairi handed Riku an ice-cream bar and they all sat laughing and playing for the entire afternoon.
As the sun began to set, Riku set off for home. Sora and Kairi sat next to each other, talking about what they wanted to do when they grew up while watching the sun set over a perfect day. When, out of nowhere, a man dressed in all black came out of the shadows down by the dock they were next to and scooped up Sora so fast, it sent Kairi tumbling over to the side. "Kairi!" Sora called out, scared.
Kairi stumbled to her feet as she saw the man running back towards the dock with Sora. She ran after them, screaming his name, but as she reached the dock, the man had disappeared taking Sora with him.
"Sora?" Kairi called, desperately as she sank to her knees in the sand. "Sora!" She buried her face in her hands and began to cry uncontrollably. And then, the sky went dark, and Kairi was left alone.
"Kairi!" a boy's voice called her name, frantically. She rubbed her eyes, not sure when she had fallen asleep, only to find sand, everywhere. Her eyes flew open to see sand flying and Riku leaping over to her. "R-riku?" She stuttered, only half awake. "Kai, honey, are you alright? You had been gone a while, so I was coming to check on you I had just reached the top of that sand dune, when I saw you pass out."
'Oh', she thought, 'I fainted. No wonder I'm so groggy. Wait, then that was…'
Riku gingerly picked her up out of the sand, "let's get you home, sweetheart." Kairi smiled up at Riku as she nuzzled her face into his chest. Just after Sora had been kidnapped, Riku's parents died, so he moved in with Kairi and her parents. Just last year, Kairi's parents had died in a fatal car accident. They were all the other had and Kairi had to admit, it was kind of nice to have a big brother around.
Suddenly, Kairi started crying. She buried her face farther into Riku's chest and grabbed a fist-full of his shirt as the sobbing wracked her body. Riku pulled her away from him a little to see her face, deep concern and a little fear filling his eyes and even voice as he spoke, "What's wrong, Kai?"
"Riku," She tried to speak as she fought the tears, "I saw it, Riku, I remembered it, dreamed about it. The night Sora was kidnapped." Riku's body tensed, but he held her close and comforted her, "Shhh, honey, it'll be alright, you'll see." He wished this were indeed the truth, but the truth was far from what she imagined it to be. Sora and Riku had been best-friends, ever since they were little, too, but Riku knew the truth. Kairi couldn't. Ever. The truth, Riku shook his head and chuckled darkly. The truth, Sora was kidnapped, but, years later, he would have the choice, but he chose to stay with them. He chose to leave his other friends, his family, Riku-his best friend, and even Kairi. He knew that the memory of Sora still haunted her. She loved him, he chose to stay. She waited for him, even now, he threw her aside. Sora broke her heart, and that, Riku would never forgive him of. Best-friend, or not.
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