Sorry for the long wait guys! I've been busy the last couple of days, but nonetheless I got this one out! Still working on The Haunted; that should be out sometime tomorrow! Anyways, this entire chapter is a flashback, hence why it is italicized.
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"Hey, I have an idea on what we can do! Since you two always seem to want to be lazy bums."
Kairi was always up for an adventure; you could never get the girl to sit still for too long. She was always bad with time outs when she was little because she never wanted to sit still. The most she could do was three minutes. She loved the outdoors as well; who wouldn't if you lived on an island? She was always outside, always energetic, and always happy. Imagine what she would be like if she was ever hyper. Unfortunately, Kairi couldn't have a lot of caffeine because it affected her greatly. If she had too much at one time, it could be deadly.
Sora and Riku exchanged looks. "Yes", they said in unison. Kairi just rolled her eyes.
"C'mon, you guys never want to do anything with me!" Kairi stomped her foot.
"We always do what you want; can't we just have some peace and quiet for once?" Riku rubbed his temples.
"I love you and everything Kairi, but I have to agree with Riku on this one. It's such a nice day. What better way to spend it then just lying on the beach all day?"
"I could think of a few things." Kairi whispered to herself.
"What did you say?" Kairi shook her head.
"Nothing."
Sora sighed. "I hate when you're upset. Okay, I'll tag along."
"You're just saying that so I won't get upset." Kairi crossed her arms.
Sora sat up and rubbed her shoulder. "No, I'm doing it because I want to, not because I feel I have to."
"Are you sure? I don't want to interrupt whatever you have going on here."
"It's okay, you aren't interrupting anything. We don't mind!"
"Excuse me, WE?" Riku gave him a look.
"Yes, we. We as in, you, me, and Kairi."
"C'mon Riku! Pretty please?" Riku rolled his eyes.
"I'm going to get you for this one day, Sora; mark my words."
Sora smiled that cheesy smiles of his. "Love you too, man." Sora looked back over to Kairi. "So, what do you have planned for today?"
"Well, I know this may sound a little strange but, I want to build something."
"Build what exactly?"
"Good question." Kairi thought about it for a few minutes until it hit her. "A raft!"
"A RAFT?" Riku and Sora said at the same time and exchanged looks once more. "You can't be serious."
"Actually, I am."
Sora just shrugged his shoulders. "Why not? We don't have anything better to do."
"Sora, you're insane. Where are we going to find the things to build one?"
"It can't be that hard."
"Why a raft anyways? What do you plan on doing with it?"
"Well, I want to see what else is out there. Maybe there is another world that we haven't seen. I'm tired of only seeing this island; I want to see it all!"
"WOW. You're crazy, you know that?" Sora chuckled.
"Well heck, I want to see what else is out there, too! What are we waiting for? Let's build this thing."
A few hours later, the three friends found enough supplies to build a raft, and got right to it. It wasn't that hard actually. Kairi was pretty handy for a young girl, and Sora and Riku were beasts at putting things together. Within just a few hours they actually made a raft that looked decent, and they tested it out to make sure it could float and that it could hold all their weight. It was perfect. But it was missing something.
"A name?"
"Yeah, all rafts should have a name, silly."
"What about Highwind?"
"That's a terrible name, Riku!"
"Oh yeah, Sora? You think you could come up with something better?"
"As a matter of fact, I have the perfect name for it; Poseidon!"
"I like my name better."
"Well I like mine better than yours." Kairi rolled her eyes.
"The usual?"
Sora and Riku nodded in unison.
"Boys will be boys. Okay, on my count."
Sora and Riku got in starting positions. Whenever they had a disagreement about something, it always ended up in them racing each other. I don't know why Sora always agreed to it; he always got his ass kicked; he never went down without a fight though.
"3….2….1….GO!"
Both boys took off at the speed of light.
It was half way through that Sora realized he was going to lose; again.
"Dammit, why do I always agree to this? I always lose!" Sora thought to himself. Riku was way ahead of him, and Sora was starting to lose his breath. "Highwind is such a dumb name anyways! I don't want the raft to be called Highwind. Please, let this go my way", Sora thought to himself again. It seemed like luck was on his side, because just moments later Riku tripped over a branch, which gave Sora enough time to get to the finish line. Sora saw his opportunity and bolted past Riku and to the finish line. Sora did a fist pump. "YES! I did it; I actually beat Riku!"
"Only because I tripped!"
"Aw, let him have his moment Riku." Riku rolled his eyes.
"Fine, whatever."
"Yes! We get to name the raft Poseidon!"
Kairi secretly liked that name, and she secretly hoped Sora would win so it wouldn't have to be named Highwind. I mean, that was a little gay anyways.
After all that was settled, Kairi and the other two sat on the branch of a huge palm tree and watched the sunset. "So I wanted to ask; if we do get to another world, what would you guys do there?"
"I haven't really thought about it; so I'm not too sure yet."
Sora thought about it for a few minutes. "I would mostly want to go exploring!"
"Well obviously."
"Shut up Riku." Kairi giggled.
"Don't ever change you guys."
"Not a chance! I'm going to be me as long as I live!"
"Yeah, what Sora said."
"And we'll always be friends right, no matter what?"
"Of course", both Sora and Riku said in unison.
"We'll always have each other's backs, no matter what."
Kairi smiled. "Good, I'm glad to hear that!"
Sorry if this chapter was a little, EH. I tried my best, but I do hope you enjoyed it. The reviews I'm getting are so nice! It really does mean a lot to me that people are actually reading this!
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