Chapter 3: Terra

All I could think about when I got home was the mysterious man who was watching us. Something didn't seem quite right about him, his presence was…dark. I thought about calling Sora about it at first, but then dropped the idea after a few minutes, it's not that important. I looked out the window as the sun went down, looking for any sign that the mystery man would show himself again…nothing.

I sighed and finally gave up when the sun had set over the horizon. I climbed up the stairs to my room and fell forward on my bed. "When did you become so obsessive compulsive Kairi?" I mumbled into my pillow. It was really quiet in my room. I closed my eyes and listened to the quiet ticking of the clock that was hanging on the wall. It was really peaceful that I fell asleep.

I was asleep for almost an hour when my phone vibrated. I reached over and grabbed it off the night stand. I looked at it and saw that I had gotten a text message from Sora. Meet us at the dock, we have a problem,it read.

I quickly jumped out of bed, ran down stairs, put my shoes on, and ran out the door. It was dark and slightly windy out when I ran outside, but it was still slightly warm. I ran as fast I could down the dirt road and made it to the docks within five minutes.

When I got there everyone was waiting for me, Sora, Riku, Roxas and Namine. I calmed down a bit knowing all my friends were safe. "There she is." Namine said as she spotted me walking down the small hill that led onto the docks.

"What's going on?" I asked as I quickly joined my friends and took in every one of their faces.

"Terra has been spotted around the islands." Riku said as he folded his arms around his chest. "Do you know anything about this?" He asked me.

"I don't know. Does he have medium length brown hair that spikes in the back with bangs that spike back and blue eyes?" I asked as I gave the description of the man I saw earlier today.

Roxas's mouth dropped open and Sora stared at me. "That's exactly what he looks like." Sora managed to say after a minute.

"When and where did you see him Kairi?" Roxas asked as he put his hand on my shoulder and looked me in the eye.

I turned my eyes away from him and looked up at the full moon and the stars that filled the night sky and turned the waves a gentle silver color. "I saw him earlier today, when we came back from our visit with the king. He was watching us when we started going our separate ways."

"So he really is here, and a lot closer than we expected." Riku said.

"This is really bad." Namine whispered as she looked down.

Roxas walked away from me and gently took her hand and squeezed it. "Don't be afraid he said to her."

Sora smiled and nodded at everyone. "Well just camp out here and take turns watching for him. He can't do anything if we're together."

This seemed to calm everyone down. We all nodded and walked off to do our own thing, but everyone stayed within twenty feet of each other. I watched as Sora and Riku went and practiced their fighting. Namine and Roxas sat on the grass and he watched as Namine sketched in her pad. I smiled at them and walked onto the dock, going all the way to the very end before I sat down. I smiled and watched as the waves gently licked at the dock. After a couple minutes, I took off my shoes and put them down next to me as I dipped my feet into the warm water. I sighed contently as I looked up at the moon and listened to my friends behind me.

After a few minutes I heard someone walking behind me. "Mind if I join you?" Sora asked.

"Sure, I thought you were training with Riku." I said as I scooted over to make room for him.

"Well, he wanted to play lookout." He said as he sat down and pointed his thumb over his shoulder. We both looked to see Riku looking around like a puppy who heard a noise he can't find and we both laughed.

"It feels safe with us all being here." I said as I looked up at the sky again.

"Mhmm." He smiled as he tilted his head up and closed his eyes.

It was quiet for a while when all of a sudden Namine screamed. We all turned to look at her and in between her and Roxas was Terra. Roxas scooted away from him since he didn't have time to stand but terra grabbed him anyway. Riku was running after him, with weapon in hand but was launched back when he was hit with a dark energy ball. Sora was already on the move when I finally got up. Terra was about to jump when Roxas finally called his keyblade and hit Terra right in the gut. He dropped Roxas and stumbled back a little.

"Kairi, Namine!" Riku called out as he threw two keyblades in the air. We both jumped at the same time and caught them, and instantly turned around and charged at Terra.

He was fighting Sora when we got there and it was neck and neck until Sora lost his footing and Terra Sent him flying in the air. Roxas quickly charged after but was given a side blow in the ribs which caused him to fly sideways. Terra then started heading in his direction which gave Riku an opening, or so we thought. Just as Riku was about to strike, something stopped him and sent him flying in the opposite direction.

As Roxas struggled to get up, Terra grabbed him and started walking away. With our last chance, I jumped in the air to get a higher shot at him as Namine aimed lower. He jumped back away from me but gave Namine a perfect clearing and she hit him dead on.

He dropped Roxas and smiled at us. "You guys are good." He said looking at each one of us. "I'll have to come back a different time then." We all watched as he jumped in the air and his shadow reflected on the moon before he fell and disappeared.

Terra laughed to himself when he returned to his friend who was sleeping. "They have some good ones this time." He told the sleeping boy. "These keyblade masters are really something. It's going to be harder than I thought to bring you back."