Kingdom Hearts; The Heartless Keeper

Chapter XXXIX; Time To Go

Yuki stood on the familiar sandy beaches of Destiny Islands. Though the beachside looked so familiar, Yuki knew this was somewhere she had never set foot on. The place that was unspokenly off limits. The main island.

Normally Yuki wouldn't find herself on the main island. She was always on the smaller island that she could see from here. She never wanted to be too close to the somebodies, at fear one might recognize her but she would be unable to recognize them. That fear was still there, but she chose to ignore it. After all, her mission was on the main island. However, she had no intention of doing her mission. Not when it endangered everyone on the island. She was done spreading the Heartless. Instead, she would take the time to think. To try and find the answer she was looking for.

"Hey! Who are you? And what are you doing on our island?" A voice called out to Yuki. Yuki turned her head to see who had yelled. Not far from her stood a group of three, two boys and one girl. One boy was blonde, while the other had orange-red hair. The girl had golden colored hair that curled up at the tips. Yuki didn't reply to their question, as she wasn't sure which one had asked. All she knew was it was one of the boys.

"You better not be here to cause trouble." The red-haired boy said. His voice was different from the one that had called out to her. That meant the blonde must have spoken first.

"If you are, we'll take you down." The blonde boy said, assuming a fighting stance that didn't look like it would do much good. Yuki turned to face them fully, mostly focusing on the boy threatening to fight her. He looked more likely to hurt himself than her. In a quick move, Yuki slipped her foot around his ankle and pulled, knocking the blonde to the ground. He glared up at her when he recovered from the shock of falling.

"You're balancing too much on one foot. Spread your weight out more, and be lower to the ground. It hurts less when you fall." Yuki advised calmly, ignoring the boy's glare. He looked up at her in shock. The other two looked surprised as well. The blonde got to his feet and brushed himself off as the girl stepped forward.

"You're not here to cause trouble?" The girl asked.

"No, just looking around," Yuki answered. The trio looked amongst themselves, having a silent conversation. Yuki smiled softly, thinking of her friends that she could hold the same type of silent conversations with. The thought gave her a strange pain in her chest.

"Where are you from?" The red-haired boy asked. He was looking at Yuki with interest more than caution now. They must have decided she was no threat.

"I don't know." Yuki answered on instinct. She winced slightly when she realized that wasn't true anymore. DiZ had practically confirmed she was from the islands. Then again, it was probably better these kids didn't know that.

"She must be like Kairi!" The girl said excitedly, mostly meant for the boys to hear. Yuki frowned. Kairi had been her younger sister when she was someone, hadn't she?

"Kairi?" Yuki asked. She was curious to hear about the princess of heart. The one of the familiar names she hadn't found yet.

"She's the mayor's daughter." The blonde boy explained. He crossed his arms behind his head. "She just washed up on the beach one day, no memory." He continued as if it was no big deal. Yuki nodded thinking.

"I suppose that's almost right." Yuki admitted. She didn't remember anything. Though she hadn't washed up on any beach as far as she was aware of.

"So you don't remember anything?" The red-haired boy asked. Yuki shook her head.

"Not anything coherent." She said. "Just bits and pieces."

"Huh," the blonde boy said. He seemed to think for a moment before speaking again. "Why don't you hang with us!" He suggested. The others nodded in agreement. Yuki looked at the three in shock. Did they always trust strangers so quickly? She rolled her eyes and smiled.