Woo hoo! My first Kingdom Hearts story! Yeahhh! So this idea popped into my head after reading a bunch of Kingdom Hearts fanfictions, listening to a lot of Jesse McCartney, and also reading and watching The Miracle Worker in school. For those of you who don't know, The Miracle Worker is the story of Helen Keller. Surely you recognize that name, right? Well, Helen Keller was a deaf blind author. She got sick as an baby, causing her to become deaf blind. The Miracle Worker is basically the story of her childhood when her teacher first came to her home. She finally has a breakthrough with Helen in the end. But in this story it's a little different. I skip a few years with my deaf blind character where she has already learned to sign, but it was easier for her to learn because she was older when she went deaf blind. The point being, yes this is a NaminexRoxas story and yes Namine is deaf blind.

This chapter is pretty short, but I just wanted to introduce the two main characters and give a little bit of the past. They may seem a little OOC at the moment. I'm not sure. We'll just see. Anyway. Thanks!

-Ash

Disclaimer: I have a few Kingdom Hearts video games... that's the closest I come to owning it...

Namine. That was her name. She was his best friend. There was nothing he couldn't do without her. They were pirates, super heroes, and even sometimes he'd give in and be her prince when she wanted to be a princess. Those years seemed to all vanish when she got sick. Roxas, poor little Roxas, he didn't know what had happened. His best friend was suddenly sick.

"When is she going to get better?" He'd always ask her mother.

She would just shake her head and explain that she wasn't sure if Namine was going to get better at all.

Namine. They soon found out the side-effects to the sickness the young seven year old had gotten. She had gone deaf and blind. Luckily, Namine knew what objects were so she'd be easier to teach than those who were deaf and blind from birth. The doctors insisted that Namine's sight and hearing would return eventually. Did her parents believe it? Not at all. They began teaching her sign language and taught her to read Braille. But without sight or hearing, Namine couldn't speak very well anymore. She eventually just gave up on talking.

It broke Roxas' heart, knowing that his best friend had had something so horrible happen. But the young blond decided he wouldn't give up on her. The doctors said she'd be able to see and hear again someday. Roxas was going to make sure of it. He wasn't about to give up on her like her parents had.

Namine patted around the room, groping for something. Roxas sighed and smirked, "What is it?" He asked even though he knew she wouldn't hear him. They were fourteen now. Namine still had only a few friends left, Roxas, his cousin Sora, and his other friend Kairi. Kairi hadn't been as close to Namine as she used to be before the sickness. It was hard for her to handle. Roxas was fine with it though, he learned to sign so he could communicate with Namine. She even still came over to his house.

"Roxas." Namine signed in the air, still patting around.

"What? I'm right here." He grabbed her hand and she jumped letting out a yelp. Namine paused, feeling up his chest then patted at his face. Once she touched his lips, she smiled.

"Roxas." She signed again. She held out her palm, waiting for him to sign to her.

He scoffed, signing into her hand, "What is it?"

Namine merely blinked with nothingness in her eyes. She stood there as she felt for the letters and words that Roxas placed into the palm of her hand.

"Feed me." She replied with her hands.

He rolled his eyes at her, luckily she wouldn't see it. Knowing Namine she'd probably slap him. Roxas placed his hand back into the blonde girl's, "Really? Note all the sarcasm in that."

His best friend merely grinned and pointed to her mouth. He signed to her, "Yeah, yeah, I'll be right back."

"Hurry back." She signed.

He growled, "You're lucky you're blind and deaf. I wouldn't act like a slave for anyone else." At least she couldn't hear that though.

Roxas returned with two Sea-Salt ice-creams, handing one of them to the girl in front of him. Her face lightened when she figured out it was the treat and she began patting around for Roxas' bed. He grabbed her hand and guided her there, sitting down next to her.

"Aren't you starting school soon?" Namine signed to the boy next to her as she began licking her ice-cream.

He sighed, "Yeah." He replied into her hand.

"It must be nice." The blonde told him with her hands.

He took her hand, and placed it on his cheek, slowly shaking his head no. Namine cocked her head to the side and hummed, "Why not?" She signed.

"It sucks. I don't get to see you and I'm stuck with Sora." He replied to her.

Namine felt herself blush lightly. She'd never admit it, but she's always had a crush on Roxas, even before her sickness. She hoped someday her sight and hearing would return. She wanted to see those beautiful blue eyes and hear his voice once more. The girl wondered how he's look as he's matured; she had learned to recognize his new facial features over the seven years of not hearing nor seeing. The thought of seeing him all grown up from the little seven year old she had last seen made her flush even more. She wanted to be with him, that's why she hated it when he started school. Her parents never would let her attend school after what happened to her. She wanted to though, she wanted to more than anything.

Suddenly Roxas' shook her and she yelped. Namine growled and smacked his hand. Roxas signed into her hand, "Watch it, stop spacing out. I don't want your melted ice-cream on my bed."

"I find it funny you can even tell when I am spacing out." She signed in retort.

"That's the Namine I know." He replied into her hand.

Namine grinned and grunted in reply.

Roxas was the only person she could still be herself around. She hoped someday that she could be this comfortable around her parents. But, Namine didn't really see that happening, not that she could see anything anyway. Roxas made her feel normal, like there wasn't anything wrong with her.

She groped to find him, until he scooted closer to her. The spiky haired boy blew into her ear, startling her. She growled and almost smacked him. Namine the paused, remembering the entire reason she was trying to find him in the first place. As she finished up her ice-cream, the deaf blind girl snuggled into her best friend's chest. She wanted all the comfort she could get before he would start school again. He'd be a freshman in high school...

An experience she would never get. Or... maybe she would?