8I was a little annoyed with the way that the boys always have all the fun while the girls just sit out because they either don't have the personality or the skills to participate. Kairi has the personality, but she never gets the chance to do anything except be a maiden in distress.
Oh yeah, and I'm crossing over with whatever comes to mind. KH is almost a fanfiction in itself: it crosses over with a lot of different stories and it has original characters too.
Spoilers: None, although I refer to something that appears late-ish in the story. I'm changing some of the plot that concerns Sora and Kairi, and maybe some that involves Riku too.
Diaclaimer: I own nothing (this time; first OCless fanfic, tee hee) except for these dots::::::::: and a snotty hanky and some mystery goo that came out of my eye.
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Chapter 1 Destiny Islands
Kairi dangled the star shaped trinket in the sunlight, making its yellow, blue and white metallic surface glow. The boys, Sora and Riku, had collected the things they needed for the raft, and she had just finished tying the logs together and building the mast. Kairi thought she deserved the break.
A shadow fell over Kairi's face. "What else do I have to get? I lost count."
She looked up into the lightly freckled face above her, noting how the deep blue eyes seemed to always reflect the colour of the warm tropical sea, how this face always seemed to project honesty and earnestness just when Kairi needed to see it the most.
"You need three fish, a seagull egg, and some water. And don't use water from the sea," she added.
The look on the fifteen year old's face was not encouraging.
"I've looked everywhere and I can't find anything else."
"Well, you'll just have to look harder, won't you?" Kairi said teasingly.
Sora sat down on the sand next to her. "I'm not going anywhere until you help me. I've been looking for hours."
Kairi shook her head. "I already told you. Seagull eggs are in palm trees, fish are in the sea, and there are plenty of-" The look on Sora's face told her he was in a stubborn mood, and when he was in a stubborn mood, he wouldn't back down for anything.
"Okay. There's fish on the other side of the cove, in the shallows. I saw a seagull egg in one of the palm trees on the side of the bridge opposite Riku's island. And there's fresh water just over there," she said, pointing to a hole in the rock trickling water into the ankle deep sea.
"Thanks Kairi."
"You're welcome," she called after him as he ran off.
Sora could be cute at times. He was honest and loyal and good natured but stubborn enough so he was constantly trying to prove he was better at something than Riku, and constantly failing. Half an hour ago Riku challenged Sora to a race, winner names the raft and shares a paopu fruit and their destiny with her, as if she would just go along with whatever they planned for her. Riku had won, and he was kidding about the fruit, but Kairi wouldn't share her destiny with him unless Sora did too. But if Sora had won, that would be a completely different matter.
Riku was determined to be the best at everything, even if it cost him his friends. He was the cool, unfeeling type, confident to the point of being arrogant, competitive, so sure he was more impressive to her than Sora could ever be. He had wanted to get off the island since long before Kairi had come, wanted to explore the real big bad world. Sometimes she could feel the darkness in his heart, the lust for power and knowledge. He was truly his own worst enemy.
Sora was the heart, Riku had the knowledge, Kairi kept the balance even. She would tell Riku her memories from before coming to this island to keep him away from Sora, tell Sora what he was best at to keep him from getting upset when Riku beat him again. It worked, when Sora wasn't feeling useless and when Riku wasn't being a bully. But if she fell in love, she could no longer keep the peace, and the friendship they had would fall apart. That's why she wanted to help Riku make the raft, to keep him happy and occupied. Sora just wanted to explore, and not to feel left out.
Kairi put the star shaped trinket and its chain back in her pocket. She had found it in her old home, a huge labyrinthine castle she barely remembered. As a lucky charm, it served her well.
"Kairi, where's the water again?" Sora called from the other side of the beach.
"Just there," Kairi pointed.
She knew Sora was having the dreams, even though she made fun of him for falling asleep, calling him a lazy bum. Kairi had the dreams too, of dark places and drowning in shadows.
Kairi knew what the dreams meant. And she was scared.
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