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Here is Chapter 2.
Chapter 2: Heart-to-Heart with the Other Half
MEANWHILE….IN ANOTHER UNIVERSE…NOT FAR AWAY….
It was a scorching and humid summer day while in the distance two male figures were moving about on a sandy white beach that was on an archipelago-island. They had rather distinctive features about themselves. For example, one's hair was silver as a spoon that grew straight down to past his shoulders, with multiple waves of spikes at the end and bangs that reached his eyes. His outfit was a sleeveless-tannish vest down to his blue pants and his black and white shoes. The other one had somewhat pointy or as some say, spiky, honey-hinted brown hair nevertheless. He was wearing a black suit with large shoes that were yellow but covered in black and the soles gray. He was also clutching a unique-shape object that looked like it was in a form of a key.
"Hey, do you think we'll get to see the other worlds ever again?" One of them asked, sounding buoyant and curious.
"I'm not sure, I mean we already had a lot going on, what more to do you want?" the other one told him hesitantly.
"Nothing it's just that-"
Before he could response with anymore than that fragment of words, they were interrupted when a rather loud voice cried out both of their names.
"SORA! RIKU! WAIT FOR ME!"
The two boys simultaneously glanced at each other and pondered who would be calling their names. They both turned to see a red haired girl in a pink outfit running towards them, waving both her arms, elatedly.
"Hey Kairi!" Sora yelled back, waving his keyblade. Being their childhood friend, Kairi sprinted forward to catch up with the two. Her outfit accessories clinked and rang as she ran, then slow down as she halted. Kairi panted heavily from all the hard running she had done to catch up to them.
"So what are you guys up to?" she asked, her breath still weighted and a few drops of sweat glistened on her face. Kairi didn't mind though, she much rather be with her friends. She slightly cocked her head though while looking up at her two friends. They were trying not to snicker, seeing how far she had to run and how worn out she now was.
"Not much. So yeah, how come were you running so much?" Sora queried, a smirk on his face. Kairi, on the other hand, gave him an apathetic look that Sora couldn't place into words.
"What?" Sora asked, startled by the stare she was giving him.
"Because I was trying to catch up to you guys. You guys left without me, what's up with that?" Kairi had asked, yet her tone and body language revealed that she demanded an answer. She crossed her arms and her feet were tapping on the ground, as if she were counting the seconds before she obtained her answer. She looked back at forth at two of the boys. Riku remained silent, yet Sora spoke up to reply.
"Well, we just went over to your house and your mom told us you weren't home and-," he was interrupted by a whack that was sent to him on the head. A gift from Kairi. "Ow!" What'd you do that for!" Sora cried, rubbing his head while Kairi turned her head and scoffed. Riku only sighed at the immaturity of his two friends.
"Well Sora, I've been calling your and RIKU'S names," she said, averting her gaze and fixing upon Riku. His face didn't seem to be fazed, but his body jumped a bit as the stare was a little startling.
"Geez Kairi, we thought you-" Sora began yet was once again cut off as Kairi put her hand up to silence him, her vision back to him.
"Are you guys deaf or what? My mom said I was out in the back but oh no, you guys left. Thanks for waiting..." Kairi hissed out, but by the last part she uttered, her expression fell and she turned her body slightly to the side. She gripped both her arms while they were crossed together, slightly hurt.
Sora and Riku looked at each other and back at Kairi. There was a moment's silence among the trio.
"Sorry?" Riku attempted at an apology.
"You guys are hopeless..." she sighed, shaking her head. Before they could say anything else, she smirked. "It's okay, you know what? I'll take you two somewhere; it's new by the way."
'New place?' Sora thought. "Wait, what new place?" He wanted to know.
"Yeah, what place are you talking about, Kairi? There's nothing new on the island." Riku told her. Kairi simply took Sora's arm and linked it with her right and then Riku's arm onto her left. Sora blushed at this while Riku appeared rather unfazed by the action.
"Don't worry boys, you'll soon find out. Just stick with me." She chirped, grinning from ear to ear. Sora and Riku were then dragged off as Kairi led them to a strange new location that the two boys had never of. They hoped it wasn't some kind of clothing store or something else to their dismay.
"Close your eyes!" Kairi commanded as they drew nearer to an area on island where Sora heard many distinctive voices.
"Why?" Riku asked at the same time Sora did.
"Are you positively sure that you're not taking us to the mall?" Sora demanded, shivering at the fact that he and Riku would have to see purple and pink frilly dresses, the latest "Island" styles, and women selling perfume that reeked and made both the boys sneeze and cough.
"You'll find out, trust me." Riku immediately obeyed her. Sora, seeing how Riku did without questioning, followed suit. "Now, when I tell you to open your eyes, do so right away, okay?" The two boys nodded, unaware of their gesture. Kairi then escorted them on and on. They kept their pace and Sora could hear the sand crunching beneath their shoes. It seemed to be a long walk to the impatient Keyblader.
"Okay, so how long is this going to take?" Sora seemed now to be rather appetent for any form of a straight forward answer, but at that moment, Kairi cried out.
"NOW!"
Both the Keybladers flickered open their eyes and Sora realized it was worth a surprise. They arrived at what looked like to be a bamboo stick shack with a few tables and benches scattered around it. He saw that there was a sign with a popsicle stick and a fruit smoothie cup painted on to it hanging in the air. These words were emblazoned with great bold letters: Selphie's Tutti Fruitti Café.
"No way, Selphie has her own Tutti Fruitti Shop?" Sora saw that the stands were a lot more common from the island, sitting down and drinking what looked like to be fruit smoothies or licking ice cream and popsicle sticks.
"Kairi! Is that really you?"
A familiar voice greeted them and the three turned to see a girl with light brown hair, the end of it curled up in tendrils and green eyes that matched the leaves of the coconut trees that loomed over them.
"Hey Selphie!" Kairi greeted her friend who was standing on the other side of the shack-like café. Then the two girls both squealed excitedly to each other. Sora and Riku who seem to remain forgotten, watched from aside rather awkwardly.
"Kairi! It's so good to see you again! Where were you and how did you come back and…." Selphie trailed off, noticing both Sora and Riku. "You must tell me everything!" she exclaimed. "I was so worried!" She then turned to the two boys and stride towards them. "You guys I missed you! What happened?" She inquired. Her eyes darting back and forth, awaiting their response, but laid on Riku's. The guys tried to speak but for some reason, Selphie's question had made them feel diffident to answering her.
"Selphie, how long had you had this café?" Riku blurted out, needing a change in topic to end the silence between them.
"Um, since three months ago. Tell me later about what happened, okay?" She said, scanning and seeing the café had more customers. "If you want anything, the menu's just above your head," she pointed to the a big rectangle object displaying pictures of a colorful variety and delectable-looking fruit juices, ice cream, popsicle sticks, shakes, and smoothies.
"I'm on it!" Sora said as he and Riku both headed to see the menu. Kairi was right behind them. They looked up to see many smoothies, ice cream, popsicle, and shakes with flavors such as Mango Melon, Cherry-Lime, Grape-Berry, Blueberry-Apple, and Berry-talope Popsicle. There was even a Paopu Fruit special and, to Sora's surprise, Sea-salt Ice Cream.
He was about to ask but Selphie already began elucidating for him. "It's very popular I heard, so I wanted to have it be one of the non-fruit ice cream here."
"Hey Selphie, what's the Paopu Fruit Special?" Kairi wanted to know.
"Oh that! It's a paopu fruit smoothie that's mixed with many assorted ingredients but I can't say, since they're special and one of a kind. You should try it. It's great! I'd recommend to anybody..." Selphie had been watching Riku out of the corner of her vision when she said these words. Riku, however, seemed to be more intent at the menu and unaware of the pining look that she was giving him. "So what do you guys want?" She added as she snapped out of her daze, whipping out her order pad.
Sora couldn't decide, there were so many choices. Kairi, on the other hand, had her choice already in mind. "I would love the Merry-Melon Smoothie!"
They all ordered. Riku ended up getting Grape-Berry Smoothie (to Selphie's utter disappointment) and Sora got the Cherry-Lime Ice Cream. "Okay then, I'll ring up when your order's done. You can have a sit anywhere." Selphie told them. The three thanked her and went to find a spot which was nearby was facing the ocean where the waves came rushing in.
"Well aren't you guys surprised?" Kairi asked her two friends once they sat down. The people around them started to eye them curiously. Sora tried not to look when some of them pointed at him, though Riku and Kairi seemed oblivious to it. The two boys nodded.
"I still can't believe Selphie has a Tutti Frutti Shop- and she owns it too!" Sora said, genuinely surprised.
"Are you saying that she can't open a business of her own and make good profit of out of it?" Kairi interrogated, crossing her arms and a subdued look on her face. Sora waved his hands frantically around in a flurry and grinned sheepishly. "No-no! That's not what I meant!" He told her.
"I think he's just surprised just as I. I'm impressed that she managed to get so many visitors too." Riku said, cutting into the conversation. Sora nodded at this. How Riku was able to understand him when Kairi couldn't was helpful. Kairi relaxed and sighed.
"Well it's been one of her dreams." She grinned at the two boys who returned the smile.
The three sat there and took pleasure in silence as Sora looked around. His mind drifted to his other friends, Donald, Goofy, and King Mickey. He sighed as he thought about them. Donald and Goofy were two of the closest friends he had met while on his adventures to save the worlds and both Kairi and Riku. He felt morose knowing that he had not heard from them and wondered if they were alright.
"Hey guys... I'm going to be by myself. Don't worry about me..." Sora told Riku and Kairi, his voice sulked. He hadn't heard from them for two whole long years, although King Mickey before getting in the cockpit promised him. "Don't worry Sora, we'll keep in contact." Goofy had also added, "Yeah you can count on us to come and visit you."
'When though?' Sora thought to himself. When are they going to visit the Island? Four years later? Six years later? Ten years later? He'll be an old man by then. He was pondering this thought when a concerned voice piped up inside his head.
"Sora?"
He glanced up, darting his head around trying to find the origin of the voice, and saw that both Riku and Kairi were looking at him. Worry was displayed in Kairi's eyes. Riku was also looking at him inquisitively.
"Are you okay?"
Sora, not wanting his friends to worry, faked a grin. "Yeah, I'm be fine."
Sora lied but really on the inside, he was feeling more and more dejected by the second. Sora wondered if they even thought of him or still had him in their heart as he had them. He recalled the day before they left Donald had gave him a paper. "Now don't lose sight of it! It's very important, if you ever need us! This paper will help." He had instructed to Sora. Sora wondered if it was still in his bedroom but he wouldn't find out at the moment. His disordered bedroom was in such ruin that he would need to spent hours cleaning up. He'll have to check later though.
'Dang! I can't believe I misplaced that paper! It would have helped me at this point!' Sora thought, slapping himself on the head.
"Sora... are you sure you're okay?" Riku asked, giving him a funny look. Sora grinned again.
"Yeah, oh hey, I'm going to go out by the water," He pointed to the waters that were rushing into the white sand where several small children were splashing and giggling as the waves hit their feet. "Uh, come and get me when the order are ready. And don't worry, I just need some time alone." He didn't want his friends to worry. He then got up and quickly ambled away to the water. As he got there, he looked out at the azure clear skies that laid out in front of him.
'Missing your friends huh?' Sora heard the familiar voice once more. He had thought for a moment it was Riku who had followed him, but then again, Riku's voice didn't match to the one that spoke to him. Then he finally recognized whom it was.
'Roxas?'
The same familiar voice responded back.
'Yup that's me. Your other half.' Then he continued. 'So what's been happening with you lately?'
'Not much', Sora replied. 'How come I can still hear your voice?' He heard an exasperated sigh let out.
'Sora, isn't it true that I'm the other side of you, right?' Roxas had not waited for answer from Sora though. 'Well, after I merged with you, I also merged within your mind. I'm the voice in your head now.' Sora liked this, he had to admit the truth.
'That's kind of creepy but pretty cool at the same time.'
This got a laugh from his other half who somehow thought that was amusing, though Sora couldn't understand why.
'I know what you mean, Sora, but remember I'm your other side, I'm also, well…call me crazy but, your friend.'
'How are you my friend if you're my other half?'
Sora quire. Roxas' response was automatic.
'Because I'm your other half. I'm different and ever heard of opposites attract?'
Sora nodded his head but realized afterwards Roxas couldn't see. So he instead replied. 'Yeah... but that's kind of weird too.'
Roxas let out another sigh and corrected himself. 'I don't mean we attract that way, but we're both one being and that's you. And you alone as I'm not counted as a separate person. I'm only your other half.'
'That's not true! I think you're me. It's just you're inside or some other part of me, and people don't see that.' Sora tried to assure him. It was the honest truth in some ways too. There was a long silence and Sora wondered if he said something wrong.
'Yeah, well, sometimes if you have the other half though, I guess I can say I'm your 'bad' side. When I was a person alone but without a heart, I still can act like I had one and through my year of being with Organization XIII, I learned how to act if I knew what was good for me and what was bad for me. And though we're one person now and I'm just the voice in your head as the other side, I have to say you still have me to talk to.'
True, Roxas was his other half and alter-ego but how could he be a friend? Did his other side experience the loss of his pains with him throughout the whole time when he searched for Riku and Kairi though they were merged as one?
Sora was thinking this when Roxas continued. 'But that's okay if you don't need me….'
'No wait! I do, it's just that I was trying to take time to absorb this information in my head, y'know?'
Roxas laughed. 'Yeah, you sound like Rai.'
The two guffawed, though Sora's laughter came out loud as raucous snicker. He that saw that several people turned and stopped to gawk at him. "Um I wasn't laughing at you!" He tried to tell them, though it came out rather awkward.
'So Sora, you've been thinking about Donald and Goofy right?' Roxas asked, trying to continue on the conversation.
'Right!' Sora responded.
'Well then do you still have them in your heart?'
'Yeah, of course! Why wouldn't I?'
'You still think of them right?' Roxas kept inquiring.
'Yeah, I guess so. What's what's with the questions?'
The big question though is do they still have you in their hearts?
Of course! I mean why shouldn't they? We had adventures together and everything!
'Well, I can't say anything else but one simple thing.'
'What is that?'
'Think about them constantly.'
'And how is this supposed to help?' The thought of this idea seemed unreasonable to Sora.
'Just trust me on this one,' Roxas told him.
'Okay then...'
'Or you can look at the paper the one you misplaced and try to find it.' Roxas added on to his suggestion.
'Roxas, since when did you think of me?'
'When I found out I was your other half... and when Axel vanished away…'
There was another moment of silence as the two of them dared not to speak. Axel was an Organization XIII member who was one of Roxas' closest friend, but he died fighting the Nobodies with Sora in the World of Betwixt and Between. It lasted more than the first silence but Sora broke it.
'So do you miss Axel then?' Sora knew his question was stupid, but he had to ask Roxas even though the answer was painfully obvious.
'Yeah, I miss him. he was one of my best friends, like Donald and Goofy are to you. But unlike you, I can't get my best friend back like you can. So you're lucky...'
Sora was about to protest. He couldn't believe he was hearing this. 'Lucky? How am I luck-'
'Just face it Sora', Roxas cut him off. He didn't care for what Sora had to say, he wanted to make a point.
'I was never meant to exist for anything except for being your other half.'
'Who told you that?' Sora demanded, feeling a strange sorrow in his heart.
'Naminè. It's the truth.'
'Naminè?' Sora tilted his head pondering.
Sora then remembered the young blonde haired girl who had put him and his friends to sleep to repair his memories. In actuality though, she was forced to dissemble his chain of memories by orders of Marluxia. After being freed, she refused to adhere to the Lord of Castle Oblivion's commands any longer and restored Sora's memories after he had defeated him. She hadn't acknowledge him or made any contact but at least he managed a glimpse of the witch before she merged with Kairi.
'Sora, just take my advice. If you take the time to think about them, I'm sure if they have you in their hearts as well. I know this sounds, once again, "crazy" coming from me… but even I had a feeling that they might be thinking about you too...'
Sora thought for a long while. Maybe Roxas was right, he pondered, but how can Roxas sound so sure if he wasn't really friends with Donald and Goofy. Suddenly, he remembered that Roxas was his other half and Roxas may have seen them through the same eyes as his as Sora saw them. Though he may not know Goofy and Donald…he might have felt them through what Sora felt for Axel as he died. He wanted to ask Axel but didn't feel it was necessary. Maybe later he would.
'I know for a fact that I still remember Donald and Goofy, though they might not know me… oh, and one more thing? Lighten up! Besides, isn't about time you get back to Riku and,' Roxas finished with a slight teasing in his voice, 'your girlfriend?' Sora felt his face flush that moment.
'G-girlfriend? W-what are you talking about...?' Sora flustering stuttered back. He and Kairi were just friends, weren't they? But the tone of his voice gave it all away to Roxas.
'Don't fake it, Sora. I know you like her.' Roxas persisted with his teasing voice. Roxas digressed from his bullying. 'Just go and at least try to be happy again. You keep thinking about them as I would have done.'
To which Sora responded, 'Okay, I'll think about them.' Sora smiled but this time, it was an actual real smile. 'I'll think about them but if you're wrong-'
'Which I hope I'm not!' Roxas had managed to cut him off.
'Don't interrupt me while I'm talking!' Sora snapped back, sounding annoyed.
'Sorry, just had to say that.' Roxas apologized and truly meant it.
'Anyway,' Sora continued on, 'I'll just try and find that paper that Donald gave me and once I find it and if I ever see the three again, I'm going to go and tell Donald, "where were you guys? You promised you'd visit!"'
Roxas laughed at this. 'Now that's the Sora and my other half I know!' he said and, for the first time, Sora seemed to agree with him.
Sora then heard his name being called and saw Riku running towards him. "Geez Sora, you're so slow that your ice cream will melt!" he yelled to Sora.
"I'm coming! Wait for me!" Sora then ran towards him.
"Hey why don't we race back and see who will win?" Riku challenged him. "Or you still not willing to because you're a chicken?" He smirked at Sora. Sora smirked back at him.
"You kidding? I'm in!"
So the two then raced far to where Kairi was waiting for them, though Riku had managed to beat Sora on the way. They almost collided into Kairi who cried out, "Geez, you two! Slow down! This isn't the finish line for a racing marathon!"
The two boys chortled with laughter as the people around gazed at them. They took seats after the laughter had subsided and Kairi passed them their orders.
"So Sora? You feeling better now?" she asked as she sipped her Paopu Fruit special. Sora nodded and licked his Cherry-Lime popsicle.
"Of course, why wouldn't I?" Sora stuck his tongue out at her and Kairi smiled chuckling.
"Your tongue's all green!" Kairi teased.
"It is?" Sora said, with an unexpected hint of excitement.
Sora then smiled as the two of his friends grinned back. though they couldn't understand why he would seem truly excited for having a green tongue. He glanced up at the skies that were now filled with seagulls flying and hunting around for mouth-watering snacks and leftovers.
'Donald, Goofy, if you guys can hear me or at least manage to think of me, I miss the both of you and King Mickey also. I hope you guys can come and visit me someday… wouldn't that be great?' he thought, looking up at the birds that flew above into the clouds and heard children giggling, people chatting, and waves pouring onto the sandy beach shore in the distance. 'Oh, and thank you Roxas… for cheering me up although, weren't you suppose to make me the opposite? And you'll see Axel, maybe in the next life?'
There was no answer that came immediately back to him until a small voice replied. 'Anytime Sora and maybe you might be right. Just maybe.' It was a hopeful voice and Sora was glad that he had a heart-to-heart conversation with his other half.
Tell me what you think and all. Chapter 3 and 4 and 5 are still in progress......THANKS!