"It's hard to believe it's almost been a year now. I never thought it was going to happen because it seemed so far out of reach. But it did happen, didn't it? Anyways, I really can't beat around the anymore. All I'm trying to say is, I'm just really glad you're here, Roxas. I love you very much."

Only three days remained until the anniversary. Naminé scribbled away on her sketched book. She added the finally touches, then began to write the note at the bottom that she had thought out mentally. Soft foot steps approached behind her and a warm hand grabbed he shoulder. She turned around, surprised but smiled in relief. "Very funny, Kairi," She sighed, poking her arm. "You have got to stop doing that…"

Kairi smiled back. "You're simply too easy to scare," she giggled, wagging her finger. Naminé rolled her eyes and finished writing the note. Kairi quickly glanced over her friend's shoulder. She smiled in approval. "Is this for the anniversary?"

She nodded back. "Yeah, I've been work on it for the past week." She held it up to get a full view, frowning at the possible mistakes. "Do you think it looks okay?"

Kairi rubbed her friend's head. "It looks more then okay. It's great!" Naminé smiled back up at her.

"Thanks," she said quietly. There was a loud knock on the door the made both girls squeak with surprise. Naminé nodded at Kairi, grabbing her pistil. She approached the door carefully then glanced through the peaking hole. She groaned in disgust and slammed the door open. "What did you idiots do?!" She barked, lowering her weapon.

Kairi glanced over Naminé and screamed in agony. Three boys stood at the door, one with blood pouring out of his nose. The other two dragged him in and threw him on the near by couch. Kairi ran over and stroked the boy's head.

"What happened, Sora?" She asked.

Sora tried to laugh it off. "Um, Seifer's gang has been trying to take Hayner's gang's territory, right? So the three of us tried to tell him to back of, but he got mad and well…I got a nice punch to the nose," He smiled innocently up at her, "so no big deal, right?"

Kairi glared back at him. "No big…deal?" She growled through clenched teeth. She punched Sora in the head. "Yeah right! Why did you bums have to get us into more trouble?! I mean we have enough problems with the Organization, but now Seifer?! More importantly, you didn't include us in on this?! Naminé and I are apart of this gang to, you know! Plus, Hayner can take care of himself!"

She began to breath out of control, and tears formed into her eyes. "Sora, what if he pulled a weapon on you? You could be dead! What would I do if-"

Sora quickly sat up and held her tightly. He tried his best not to get blood on her. "I'm really sorry," He whispered in her ear. "And that's actually why I didn't bring you. If you got hurt…I would be hurt in the worst way possible. I'll be more careful for you." Kairi sighed disbelieve, but hugged him back tightly. Riku handed him a wet cloth for his nose, and the three began to talk about what had happened.

Naminé and Roxas stood in the corner so they could give them some privacy. She glanced at him sadly. "Are you okay?" She asked. She gently touched some dried blood on his shirt and stared at it with a heavy heart.

"Don't worry," He sighed. "It's Sora's. Sorry for making you worry."

Naminé closed her eyes and leaned against the wall. The smell of blood made her sick. She cautiously reached for Roxas's hand and gently touched it. He glanced down at her and gripped it. She began to shiver. "Are you going to be alright?" He asked.

"Yeah, I'll be fine," She groaned. She slipped to the ground, losing his hand. He sat down next her, and she rested her head against him. He smiled sheepishly and stroked her hair. "Roxas, please don't leave me out. I want to be with you no matter what may happen. The reason why you left your old gang was so you could be here with me and everybody else."

"I know," He sighed. "But it's like what the nose bleeder said, I don't want you to get hurt."

"I won't get hurt. Believe it or not, I can defend myself. I'm not hopeless."

"I know you can now, but before…"

"Yeah, blah blah blah, you saved my behind, blah blah super blah. I've heard it all before. But that was the past and this is now."

"I know that too, but…" He smiled at her. "That is how we met…" Naminé smiled back at him when there was another knock on the door. Riku answered it before she could even stand up. A smile appeared on his face.

"Hey guys," He said letting three new people in. Hayner, Pence, and Olette went quickly over to Sora.

"Sora, are you okay?" Olette asked with a frown.

Sora laughed, again. "Yeah, just a slight nose bleed. It's clearing up…some what."

Hayner just frowned at him. "Hey, man," He said, "you really didn't have to do that. We can take care of ourselves…"

"Of course we did," Roxas said, standing up. "You're our friends, and we're not going to let Seifer push you around."

"Yeah, he's just mad that you got a better place then he does," Kairi snorted, trying to get Sora to bend his head back. "It should clear up in a day or two…"

"I don't think so," Pence said bitterly, shaking his head. "He's made it pretty clear that he wants the Usual Spot. We may actually need all the help we can get."

"Then we'll fight," Riku said. "And we'll make sure we win."

Sora laughed, which was hard for him while Kairi was trying to stop the bleeding. "Ah, you just want to fight to impress-"

"Shut up, Sora, unless you want more than a bloody nose!"

"No, no! I'm good. I'm losing enough blood as it is…"

Naminé stood up and nodded. "Alright so what's the plan?" She asked. She wasn't sure why, but reached out for Roxas again and gripped his hand. She was a bit scared for what was going to happen next. She reminded herself in her head it was only three days until the anniversary, and she could through this war as long as she had Roxas at her side.

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This is no joke...

It's a new story!!! YAAAAAAaaaaaayyyyy...

Based off a freakish dream I had. It was actually kingdom hearts, which made it really weird. I was in it too, and that just puts the cherry on top. That right, dambit, Nami has a pistil. Everybody else will have their regular weapons. Sorry for any mistakes...

I'll be in it later...as a bad guy...

Characters © Square Enix

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