Chapter 2

"Sora, Riku!" Lea raced up to the two boys. He was out of breath and shocked. Kairi's usually pretty good. What happened to make her do that?

"Yeah?" Sora asked.

"Lea, is something wrong?" Riku asked.

"Kairi took the spare gummi ship," Lea gasped, "She's gone. She told Mickey she was sick."

"Great, now we have to go find Kairi," Riku sighed, "Man."

"What if something happens to her?" Sora asked.

"She'll be fine," Riku said.

"But—"

"Sora, you worry too much," Riku interrupted, "She's not entirely helpless."

Sora sighed, "Alright. Let's go find her."

"Lea, do you know where she went?" Riku asked.

Lea shook his head, "No, unfortunately. Yensid's not entirely happy."

"I bet not," Sora said. He turned to Riku, "Let's start with Traverse Town since that's where everybody ends up unless they have a destination."

Riku nodded, "Lea, go back to Yensid in case she changes her mind."

Lea nodded and left.

Riku followed Sora to their gummi ship, "How would she know how to pilot it?"

"I don't think she does," Sora said.

"She's in for a rough landing then," Riku commented. They climbed into the gummi ship and went to Travers Town.

"Let's split up and look for her that way. We'll cover more ground like that," Sora suggested.

"No, then we'll be looking for each other," Riku shook his head, "C'mon. Let's check the first district and then move on."

"What if we miss her?" Sora asked.

"We're asking if anyone has seen her," Riku explained. He could tell Sora was worried. Last time Kairi had gone missing she had been kidnapped by Axel and then the Organization. The time before that she had lost her heart and been with the heartless the whole time.

"Let's see if Leon and his friends are here. we can ask them for help!" Sora suggested.

Riku nodded, "You know them. Lead on."

Sora led the way to the accessory shop in the center of the district.

Leon was there, talking to Cid. He turned as the door opened, "Sora? What brings you here?"

"I wanted to know if you've seen my friend," Sora explained, "She has shoulder length red hair and sea green…blue eyes. Green-blue eyes?"

"She has eyes that are the color of the sea," Riku interrupted with a glance at Sora, "She ran off and we don't want her getting hurt."

"I haven't seen her," Leon shrugged.

"Can you tell us if you do?" Sora asked.

Leon shrugged, "Sure."

Cid shook his head, "I haven't seen anybody with red hair."

Sora deflated, "Man, oh well. I guess we should check Twilight Town next."

"She was friends with Hayner Pence and Ollete, right?" Riku asked.

Sora nodded, "Yeah."

"Alright, to Twilight Town it is," Riku lifted his head suddenly, "Wait. I want to check something." He led the way to the third district. There was a letter lying on the ground. Riku picked it up and opened it, "I've found him."

"What?" Sora looked over his shoulder curiously.

"I've found him," Riku repeated with a sigh, "That's what it says."

"And it's not signed," Sora cocked his head to the side, "I've found who? Who found him?"

"I don't know but I think we should keep this," Riku folded it back up and put it in his pocket.

"Why can't I carry it?" Sora asked as he followed his friend back to the gummi ship.

"You'll lose it," Riku reminded him, "You lose everything."

"Oh yeah huh," Sora shrugged. He climbed into the gummi ship and flew to Twilight Town, "Off to Twilight Town!"

"Just shut up and drive," Riku mumbled.

"To Twilight Town we go. To Twilight Town we go! Hi Ho the Merry-o! To Twilight Town we go!" Sora started singing.

"Shut up," Riku muttered. "Your singing is terrible anyway," he pinched his nose as Sora continued relentlessly.

"Yeah!"

"Sora, I'm going to duct tape your mouth shut," Riku warned sarcastically, "Just drive the stupid thing."

"Okay, okay," Sora smiled.

Riku shook his head with a laugh, "Why? Of all people in the worlds I get to be with you and your terrible singing."

"You know you love my amazing singing!" Sora grinned evilly, "To Twiligh—"

Riku covered his mouth with his hand, "Shut up. I wasn't kidding. I will find duct tape."

Sora sighed and nodded.

Riku removed his hand, "Now drive."

Sora laughed and flew the gummi ship into the portal.