Chapter three: The Locket

Kairi's POV

After I met Matt and the others, Tai, the leader, asked," Hey Kairi, how about you travel with us?"

I was kinda shocked then I nodded with a small smile. We then walked back to the camp site and I sat next Matt. I became friends with Matt fairly easily.

Then T.K. came up to me and smiled big and said," Kairi your really pretty when you smile! Right Matt!?"

Matt was shocked when he asked if I was pretty and then Matt just nodded slightly and then blushed lightly. Then T.K. then pointed to my above chest and asked," What's that?"

I looked down and saw my necklace was visible. It was a small golden heart shaped locket on a plain sliver chain. I then picked it up and said to T.K.," This is my locket..."

I opened it and then showed it T.K. It had a small picture of me when I was T.K's age on the left side and on the right side was a resent picture of my little sister.

In the pictures, I had shorter hair and my hair was slightly lighter then now. My eyes shined with happiness and innocence. My sister's picture showed her covered in bandages and she had boy short hair and light green eyes that shined happiness. She was smiling in the picture even though she was banged up. That's one thing that I loved about my sister: she smiles about everything no matter what. It seems like that simplest thing could make her smile for hours.

I then said," The one on the left is me when I was 8 years old and on the right... is my little sister... Kasami..."

T.K. looked at the picture of my sister and he asked," Why is she bandaged up?" I smiled sadly and said," Well that was day that she was hit by a car... and she is still in the hospital now..."

I then looked at the ground and then I felt tears brimming my eyes but I refused to let them fall.

I then heard T.K. ask concerned," Kairi? you ok?"

I turned to him and smiled then said," Yea I'm fine... If you don't mind I'm going to go for more firewood..."

I stood up and then walked away from the fire and the gang. I then walked to the river I was at earlier and then I fell to the ground and started to cry.

Matt's POV

I watched Kairi walk away and then I looked next to me and saw a giant pile of wood and then I turned back to that path that Kairi was going down. I then said," I'll be right back..."

I then stood up and then walked down the path that Kairi was going down.

I then after a few minutes of walking, I heard someone crying. I then jogged to where the crying is coming from and then I saw Kairi and she was the one crying. I then walked to her and then she turned her head fast to face me and she stared at me. then when I was about to say something to her she stood and ran at me, wrapped her arms around my waist and began to cry into my chest.

I began to feel my cheeks burn slightly then I wrapped my arms around the weeping girl and told her quietly," It's ok... It's ok... I'm here..."

She stopped sobbing but she was still crying. I then sat down on the grass and she laid her head on my lap and closed her tear-stained eyes. I continued to pet her head and moved her hair out of her face lightly. Then after a minute or two I heard slow breathing. I looked down to see that Kairi fell asleep. I smiled softly and then looked up at the starry sky. I then pulled out my harmonica and I began to play softly so not to wake Kairi up but to sooth her so that she can dream peacefully.