Me: Isn't it a wonderful spring break?

Ari: Not so wonderful if you ask me -.-"

Me: Oh, hush you! You know what it's time for! Come on, let's go! :3

Ari: Yay! :D

Me: Mhmm...

Ari: Wait... IT WASN'T SPRING BREAK LIAR! Dx

Me: o.o" Oops, yeah... I kinda lied to you that last week was the week, so...

Ari: BUT I PURPOSELY SKIPPED SCHOOL THAT WEEK!

Me: O.O""""" Oh... My bad...

Ari: D:

Me: On with the chapter! o.o

Ocean Waves: Chapter 3

Doubts & Decisions~

"S-Sora?" Hayner looked at me with pleading eyes.

"Yeah, do you know him?" I looked down to avert his stare.

"Yeah, I know him," I whispered. "Why do you wanna know?" I looked back at him. We had a stare down. He broke away after a few minutes.

"Okay, that's all I needed to know." Hayner put up his hands in defense. We sat in silence; I was looking at the sky ahead of me.

"You're friends with him aren't you?" I muffled into my arm.

"Yeah... He never stops talking about you, though." What? I could feel my face heating up, no doubt I was blushing. He smirked.

"R-Really?" I squeaked.

"Of course! He would never shut up about you. It would always be 'Kairi' this and 'Kairi' that," he rolled his eyes. "But that's when we were younger... I don't know how he is now."

"Oh..." the bell rang, signaling every student to switch classes.

"But he said he had doubts..."

"What do you mean?" I looked at him skeptically. "Why would he have any doubts?" Hayner realized what he said and saved his (and Sora's) hide.

"I mean, he came to a point where he believed that it was just a foolish promise made by a stubborn child like himself. He didn't think you would actually keep that promise through and through. Unlike you, he faced reality and realized there couldn't be any hope for him."

"You're wrong..." I muttered. I also faced reality, just like Sora had. After they went away, I felt stupid for thinking Sora would come for me, and yet I still hoped anyway. Even though they made fun of me, I still went to school to get it over with 'cause when I walked home, I kept thinking that he would just walk by.

"Well, I didn't know that you-"

The second bell rang.

"Enough mysteries!" Hayner yelled, fist in the air. He regained his composure and held out his hand. "Now, m'lady, will I escort to class before Xion notices and kicks my ass?"

"Why, of course, Dr. Seuss!" I feigned enthusiasm, taking hold of his hand. We walked into the main building and everyone kept staring at us. We could hear whispering and giggles from girls and whistles from some immature guys.

"Um, Hayner?" He was looking at me clueless.

"What? Is there something wrong?" I kept staring at him. "I-Is there something on my face? Yeah, there's something on my face, isn't it?" Xion came out of the front of the crowd that was in front of us. She looked at us, looked down, and looked back up with a flustered face? What was she blushing from?

My eyes slowly look down, dawning on the realization on 3 things:

1) Hayner and I were still holding hands.

2) Everyone thinks we're an item now.

And worst of all:

3) Xion wasn't "obsessed-with-cute-couples" flustered. She was "who-the-hell-do-you-take-me-for? a-fucking-idiot?" flustered.

"Kairi... Come here." I was paralyzed until she yelled, "NOW!" She grabbed my wrists and led me to an empty classroom.

"I have every right to defend myself!" I started. "Me and Hayner are not going out! We wer-" Xion's face scrunched up in confusion.

"Who said I wanted to talk to you about that? Clearly, it was a misunderstanding, and when I heard from Selphie, I quickly dismissed the matter." Xion said matter-of-factly, waving it off with her hand.

"So then what are you really here for?" I looked at her, waiting.

"What did your mom give you on your birthday?"

Sora's POV:

If you ever thought about it, working isn't so bad. I mean, it keeps your mind occupied from thinking about certain redheads that you don't mind seeing. Whatever, I'll never make it out alive, anyway. Where was I? I was just kickin' back on my boss chair 'cause I'm boss like that. Just when I was about to sleep, someone bust down my doors like they had the effin' right. It was a sexy-fide Julie. She was hot, sure; nice, thick body and flawless skin. A total bombshell, and yet she disgusted me. She dressed so immodestly with her short tight skirt and cleavage-bearing blouse. She always annoys me.

"Sora~!" Julie said in a sing-song voice. She walked slowly to my desk, sitting on top of my paperwork. Another way to agitate me.

"I'm not in the mood to Julie," I barked. Scratch that, I'm never in the mood to put up with Julie's crap.

"Aw~!" she sighed. "But I heard my bossy came in late!" she feigned astonishment.

"And I won't tell you why. Now, get out. I need to vent." She smirked. Bad mistake.

"If you need some release, I can help you with that," Julie winked, causing me to shutter in distaste.

"GO AWAY, JULIE!" She "hmph"ed and finally left me in peace. She was so unbearable! I heard my door open again.

"JULIE, I SWEAR IF YOU COME IN HERE ONE MORE TIME I-"

"CHILL YOUR NIPS MADEA SIMMONS!" I see angry cobalt eyes glaring at me.

"Oh..." I smile sheepishly. "Sorry Roxas."

"It's okay, I know how it feels to be chased after by," Roxas shudders. "Julie..." I chuckled.

"Glad I'm not alone." He closed the door behind him and locked it.

"Sora," Roxas dropped the act. "I have an offer that you simply can't refuse." I quirked a brow.

"Offer?"

Kairi's POV:

I never thought she would ask me that. Suddenly, the letters in my dress pocket felt like it gained ten pounds.

"The gift she gave me?" I said dumbly while my hand unconsciously hovered over the pocket where the notes lay. Xion caught the sudden movement.

"Of course! You told me the note that your momma gave you was important. What did she tell you?"

"I... I have a sister, who's still alive. A-And my Poppa, too..."

"Whoa... Not meaning to pry, but, can I read those letters?" I hesitated, but finally handed them over. I could see Xion's eyes moving swiftly along the paper, her eyebrows knitted in concentration. She peered over the paper when she finished.

"We have to go." She didn't give me time to ask because she grabbed my wrist (again) and dragged me out of the room. Surprisingly, there was still a crowd in front of the door, even though, but Xion couldn't care less. We were at her locker in less than a minute.

"What are you doing?" I asked as she fumbled around in her locker, exchanging items.

"There's no time to waste! We have to leave!"

"L-Leave? But it's almost forth period! We could've just talked at lunch!"

"Done," she said as if she never heard what I just said. "Now let's go to your locker." She briskly walked down the hall and stopped exactly where it was. I hesitated to exchange my stuff to leave, but I did it anyway. She grabbed my wrist (what's with the force?) and lead me outside the campus and down the sandy road.

"Where are we going!" I demanded, slowing down. She tugged on my arm.

"Our house."

Sora's POV:

"Of course an offer!" Roxas slammed his hands on my desk, smirking.

"Well, be an effin' business man and tell me!" I was getting annoyed by Roxas' attitude.

"Huh," he huffed. "Don't try to be boss when I'm actually helping you out of this hellhole." I scrambled out of my seat.

"What? You mean-"

"Yup, I can get you out of Radiant Garden for good. But there's a downside..."

Rox, you better spit it out before I strangle you. I nodded my head for him to continue.

"We're stealing Cloud's Gummi ship, we're gonna be fugitives on the run- Well, Axel and I are the fugitives, you'll be 'on the run' or 'kidnapped' (your choice), and you'll have to be incognito for this to work. I know you wanna see this Kairi girl, but it'll take a lot to keep away from your 'control-freak-of-a-mom'. Comprende?"

"You're... A FREAKING GENIUS!" My hands shot up in the air as fell back in my seat.

"Aren't I always?" he smirked, again. But I was too happy to care! I was finally gonna do something about it. I always had fights with my mom over the phone, saying, "I would run away and you'll never see me again," or, "you'll never find me by the time I'm gone." She never thought I was serious, but now I can be like "LATER BITCH!"

"Whatever. When are we leaving?" His eyes flickered with excitement and insanity.

"Tonight."

Kairi's POV:

We were at the front steps of the house and Xion pulled out the keys from under the door mat. She hastily unlocked and flung open the door, running up the stairs before my mind could comprehend everything that was happening. After five minutes of thought processing, Xion came down out of the house with a duffel bag and bumped into me. Her eyes went wide.

"You were here? THE WHOLE TIME?" She said incredulously.

"Wh-What are we doing?"

"We..." she sighed. "We're gonna look for Naminé. Now, just come with me and we'll get your bag ready."

Sora's POV:

With another business day done, it was time for everyone to leave Hollow Bastion. And it was time for me to leave Radiant Garden for good. I did as usual when I arrived home. I ate dinner in a cold silence with Cloud, Aerith, and Roxas. I took a much-needed shower, and then went to bed. Well, that's what Cloud and Aerith thought. I slipped out of bed with regular clothes on and removed my duffel bag from under my bed. I gingerly and stealthily made my way up another set of stairs to the garage/attic. I could see the dark outline of Cloud's Gummi ship in the darkness until it magically came to live, headlights so bright that I had to shield my eyes.

"Damn thing..." I muttered under my breath. I saw Roxas and Axel behind the glare.

"Well, you ready to leave?" Axel said, excitement clear in his voice and vibrant emerald eyes. I smirked.

"More than I'll ever be." Roxas pressed the panel on the wall and the enormous shuddered door revealed the night sky.

"You wouldn't believe how much I went through to get these." Rox grinned, dangling a pair of keys with a remote on it before my eyes. He then pressed a button on the remote that made the headlights flicker while the doors opened. I felt like I was about to burst with excitement as I entered the Gummi ship and sat down on one of the leather seats. Axel and Roxas came in, Roxas taking the seat next to me while Axel occupied the driver's seat, which worried me to no end.

"Axel's driving this thing?" I said incredulously. Roxas just shrugged in reply.

"He's the only one who knows how to handle a Gummi ship. Actually he's an expert." I looked at Axel sticking the key in the ignition and making it roar to life. He flicked a bunch of knobs and pressed buttons that were the same size and shape. He looked back on us gave us a thumbs up.

"Put on your seatbelts, kiddies!" Axel said in a girly voice. We both groaned in unison as we fumbled with the straps.

Then, Axel pulled back the steering panel, and we zoomed into the atmosphere with lightning speed. Next thing I know, I look out the windshield and I see weird creatures being shot with lasers.

"What the h-"

"Don't worry," Axel slurred. "We're just in the rift between space and existence, and-"

"Or in other words," Roxas interrupted. "We're in another dimension that leads us to a different world."

"Thanks for dumbing it down, Roxy!" Axel snorted. "Anyways, we'll in Destiny Islands in a couple of hours."

Well, a couple of hours is too much...

Kairi's POV:

Was she serious? We're gonna look for Naminé? My sister?

"Isn't too soon? I mean, what about Ms. Oshiro? And Yuna? Yuna hasn't seen me yet!" Xion had filled a black duffel bag with the new clothes from her closet.

"Yeah, and Naminé hasn't seen you in how long?" I looked down, taking out my Wayfinder and turned it over.

Naminé...

"O-Okay... Let's go."

"Good, now let's leave before momma comes home." She handed me the duffel bag and we walked out of the house, locking it. As we walked down the street, Xion pulled out a piece of paper (it looked like a map), her cellphone, and her wallet.

"Kairi, your sister lives on the other side of the island, right?" I nodded. She began dialing numbers on the phone, and after the first ring, Xion talked into the receiver.

"Yes, I would like a cab... To Island's Ville Hotel, please..."

Me: I am so~ sorry for the late notice! This took longer than I thought it would! I also thought I wasn't going to have any work during break, but I do...

Ari: Shame! :(

Me: I'm sorry for disappointing you, but the other stories have to wait, I'm afraid. :(

Me/Ari: See ya D: