Wondering.... [not a typo thank you]

[Anya™]

A boy walked up the mountain, his features giving him off as a sixteen year old. His striking blue eyes glanced toward his right, seeing a rather large lake cuddled in a nook of the cliffs. He slowed his steps, turned toward it, then slowly went toward it. He had never seen this lake before and he wished he'd known about it sooner. He knelt down by the rippling liquid, looked at his reflection. He hadn't changed all that much since then. Since he had lost Kairi. The loss had been a blow to his heart and he couldn't stop thinking about her, thinking he'd never find her. And he sure wouldn't in this place.

He sighed and stood, dusting his clothes of a little bit. They weren't the same as before, but consisted of black, red, and yellow colors with a hint of dark blue splashed in randomly. He still wore the silver chain necklace around his neck, a crown hanging at the center. His sandy brown hair hadn't changed at all and his shoes were still a bit big on him. Apparently it would stay that way since he had grown accustomed to wearing shoes like that. And it reminded him even more of Kairi. "Kairi... Where are you?" he whispered very quietly, barely audible.

[Kairi]

Kairi was a bit lower on the mountain. She was looking over the grassy hills and into the beautiful orange-redish-pinkish sky, but that's not what she was really seeing, she was seeing Sora, his beautiful blue eyes. Kairi looked at the necklace around her neck and clasped it bitting her bottom lip. "It's beautiful..." Kairi said aloud to herself mostly, but she was trying to speak to Sora who she thought was not there... Kairi shook her head and said aloud "It's no use... you're not even here... why didn't you come back? I waited for you, I still am, but I am not going to get my hopes up." Kairi sat down on a ledge of the mountain and still had visions of Sora floating through her head.

[Anya™]

Sora's head jerked up when he heard a voice in his mind. He'd heard it before, countless times, but that was before he lost her. It was Kairi, and the questions echoed in his mind. Why didn't you come back? It sounded so distinct, so close, that he thought she might actually be behind him and talking to him. He turned around, just to make sure he wasn't totally flipping the lid, then back down into the lake. He thought he saw a vision of Kairi shimmer into view, but once he blinked, it was gone. Turning away from the lake, he moved back toward the path, looking out at the sunset. He felt her near, felt her watching the same sunset, but it could be an illusion.

With a sigh, he shoved his hands into his pockets and began the decent of the mountain again. It was something he did every day. As he walked, he began to hum a tune, a tune that Kairi used to hum all the time though she never sang it aloud. He still wondered what the words were, if there were words. As he kept walking, he didn't notice that Kairi wasn't too far ahead of him, sitting on the edge of a cliff, staring at the same sunset he had just minutes ago.

[Kairi]

Kairi lifted her head, she thought the wind was humming, humming her tune.. she hummed along, the tune seemed to get closer and closer. Kairi looked down the mountain and saw nobody. She heard foot-steps, Kairi looked back. She saw a boy.. a familiar boy... Kairi's eyes widened. She saw him. She saw... him. Kairi shooked her head. Still there, still humming. Kairi rubbed her eyes and hit the side of her head firmly. Kairi also dug in her ears. She looked up once more. He was still there. Kairi's throat was dry and she whispered dryly "Sora?" No answer and stil humming. Kairi swallowed. "Sora, is it really you?"

[Anya™]

Sora abruptly stopped in his tracks, stopped humming. The voice sounded too real this time, too close and too solid. His striking blue eyes were wide, mixed with fear and doubt. His heart was beating too fast, too quick to count the beats. Sweat was beading on his forehead and he refused to look, but he had to. He had to see if it was real. Slowly, he lifted his head and his azure gaze collided with hers. "Kairi...?" he murmured. Was it really her and not an illusion? His right hand moved from his pocket, went to reach for her. "Is that you? You can't really be here..." But she was.

[Kairi]

Kairi's hand reached out for his in doubt that he was really there. Her hand had grabbed something. She realized it was his hand. "Sora!" She yanked him into a hug so quick that it all happened within a nano-second. Kairi squeezed Sora so tight he almost turned blue. () "I can't believe you're here! After so long, you are really really here!" Kairi put Sora down after he squirmed. "How'd you get here, I- I- I- mean, where'd you get in here from? What about the island and Riku? And.." Kairi went on with the questions. She was so excited to see the one she loved. It was so unreal like a dream. She couldn't believe it herself. "And you? How are you?"

[Anya™]

Sora only stood there while she asked her questions. He grinned at her when she finally stopped. "I don't know why. Maybe I'm just special or something. I'm not sure about Riku or the others... I haven't really seen him since... then..." he said. He looked down and realized that he was holding her hands. He squeezed them lightly before dropping them, then walked to the edge of the cliff. "So much has happened, Kairi. I don't know where to begin. I was actually beginning to think I'd never be able to find you again. And I still haven't seen or heard a clue about Riku."

His hands were in his pockets again, his azure gaze looking at the sunset. His heart felt light, as if some great burden was taken from him immediately, once he had locked eyes with Kairi just minutes ago. Compared to him, she hadn't changed all that much. She still loved her old style and her hair was still short. "You know... you haven't really changed much over the time we've been apart." His mind kept going back to the days when everything began, where they were on the island as kids and drawing in the cave. Of course, he knew he'd find her sooner or later, especially when he felt that Kairi was a part of him. Because of that single drawing they had worked on as children in the caves.

[Kairi]

Kairi crouched down next to Sora, not really sitting, still on her feet hugging her knee's like she was about to draw something in the rock. She just played with the built up dirt remembering that day where they had been drawing in the cave. Kairi had drawn herself giving Sora half the paopu fruit and Sora drew himself giving Kairi the other half. They were so.. inlove. I wonder if he still feels the same way about me as he did then. 'Cause I know I still feel the same about him. After all these years. Kairi looked over "Hey Sora... do you remember when we were younger.. we drew that picture of us in the cave?" Kairi's eyes trailed from his to the ground where she was sketching in the dirt.

[Anya™]

"Sure do, Kairi. How can I forget?" he said, his eyes wandering down to her. He eventually sat next to her, elbow propped on his knee and his chin in his hand. Sora examined the picture she was drawing, noticed that it was starting to resemble the one they had drawn in the hidden cave. He smiled, picking up a small, sharp stone. He moved closer, beginning to draw with her. "Seems like old times. Too bad Riku isn't here. I wonder if he'll get caught, too..." Hopefully not. It was bad enough that Kairi was here in this weird place, he didn't want Riku here. But it'd be a fun reunion.

[Kairi]

Kairi's hair fell over her face so there was no way to see what she was feeling. A tear rolled down her cheek and landed on the drawing. "Woops.." she said dryly as the tears flowed down her cheek. Kairi dropped the stone that was in her hand and she sat back propped up on an elbow. She wipped the tears from her cheeks. "I don't know how you could forget... all these years, i guess, i figured you'd of forgotten by now. Do you still feel the same Sora? Or is it gone?" Her blue eyes filled with tears once more afraid of the answer he may give her. She looked away from Sora, ashamed that she let her emotions and memories get to her.

[Anya™]

Sora stopped drawing, his eyes moving over toward her. He set the stone down, looked at his feet. His black clothes were already lightly matted with light dirt, but he didn't care. "How could you say that, Kairi? I'd never forget. Not for one moment did I forget about what I promised nor what happens between us. I'll always feel the same about you, Kairi," he said quietly. He reached over, placed his hand on top of hers, willed her to look at him. "You don't have to worry about me forgetting a single detail. If I hadn't found you here, I would have fought my way out and searched for you all over the place, just like before."

[Kairi]

Kairi removed her hand from under his, she grabbed his hand inlacing her fingers with his and smiled. "I don't know why I would have said that... it's just a whole year, you started to fade, your face, i was starting to forget it.." She stopped crying, she loved the feeling of his warm palm in hers. "I heard you, it was like you were right next to me. You said I'll come back to you... I promise... It was so real.. I thought you were actually there ,i turned around... nothing.. i just hoped you could hear me when i said ...I know you will... Did you hear me? Or... did you even say that? My minds played so many tricks I just don't even know if i'm really speaking to you.. or holding your hand."

[Anya™]

Sora thought it was hard to believe too, but ever since his first journey to save Kairi, he had become a believer in nearly everything. He moved, one leg stretched out and the other folded in, his free arm going around Kairi to hug her to him. It was an abrupt and quick movement. The right side of his face rested on top of her head and his eyes were closed tight, tears threatening to escape. He was just happy that Kairi was there, one hand holding hers and the other wrapped around her in a hug. "Kairi, I want you to know I'm really here. I had said that, Kairi. And more, I think I even heard what you said. I felt like you were trying to guide me, but I couldn't find you, no matter where I went. I think maybe I was even beginning to lose faith, but I never did stop. Not for one second. Because... even though I felt as if we were together, I don't think I could be the same without you..."

[Kairi]

Kairi smiled lowering head and resting it on Soras chest. "I was trying to guide you. I wanted you to find me, so we could be together again, i missed you so much. The pain was almost killing me." Kairi smiled to herself God can make love to amazing things.. "Don't leave again.. please.. not again..." Kairi was almost certain he wouldn't, but she couldn't be totally sure. "I don't care how clingy i may get, I am going to follow you every where, i am not going to leave your side. Never, i can't handle the killing pain i went through when i lost you... not again."

[Anya™]

"I don't want to either, Kairi..." he said quietly, almost a whisper. His hand moved from hers, went around her back to complete the hug, holding her closer, hugging her tightly. But he made sure he didn't hurt her, hold her too tight to where she couldn't breath, though thats exactly what he wanted to do. He had felt lost, felt like he had when he became a heartless that one time, but never around her. He felt like himself, a whole being with someone he cared for. Someone I love... The thought came absently and he blinked. Not because it was an odd thought, but because it was true.

Sora relaxed a little, his shoulders lowering a bit. He didn't mind one bit that she followed him. He wouldn't have it any other way. In fact, he would have done something to keep them together, no matter her thoughts or how much she might have refused. Just hold on tight and don't let go, Kairi. Never let, go okay...? "I'll never leave you alone like that again. I'd never let harm get to you."