Disclaimer: I don't own (though I wish I did) the characters or songs used in this fic. They all belong to they're rightful companies/artists. With the exception of the song Existence (the 'Can't you see?' lines) and the little summery (with "…Which leaves us to question…") these are both of my own creation as is the storyline/plot of this fic.
Oh yeah a BIG THANK YOU to the author-and my friend-of Broken Chains as some of the concepts belong to her.
A/N: Just so everybody knows, my chapt. titles are set in the format of a poem. well I think that's it so Sit back, Relax and Enjoy. (Oh wait one more thing; reviews and comments are most welcome but if you have nothing nice to say please keep it to yourself. Thank you.)
Roxas and Kairi: Illusion
Kairi: Can't you see?
Roxas: Don't you see?
Both: Me in your life
Do I exist?
In your life
Roxas: Can't you see me?
Kairi: Am I invisible?
Roxas: Don't you feel my hand?
Kairi: An illusion
Roxas: Am I nonexistent in your world?
Kairi: Don't you hear me calling?
Roxas: A girl from a dream
Kairi: Don't you know I'm by your side?
Roxas: A whisper of the past
Kairi: Do I exist in your world?
Kairi: Don't you see?
Roxas: Can't you see?
Both: Me in your life
Do I exist in your life?
Do I exist?
Can't you see?
Me
Faded memories
Reconstructed memories
And a dream-
A dream of you
In a world without you…
He was five, wearing a blue and white t-shirt and red shorts. His dirty-blond semi-spiked hair was fairly neat and his robins' egg blue eyes stared at a five year old auburn haired and sapphire eyed girl wearing a pink and white halter and skirt. They were in the Secret Place, sketching childlike drawings of each other on the walls. The auburn haired girl turned to him and smiled.
"No matter where I go, or what I see, I know I can always come back here." Said a soft girl's voice, as the auburn haired girl, now older, stood on a dock staring out at the water. While Roxas, unnoticed, as though invisible, sat beside her.
Roxas blacked out for a moment. Coming to, he found himself in a dimly lit room.
"There's something about this musty place. It reminds me of the Secret Place back home, where we used to scribble on the walls. Remember…?" Said the auburn haired girl, with a sweet smile. Then, as though she were an apparition or a specter, she vanished.
Roxas sat down on the edge of a dust covered table.
"It's my lucky charm, be sure to bring it back to me!" The girl said, as she dropped a star charm into his hand in front of a mural of a crescent moon in an underground cavern. "I didn't just want to forget about you…I couldn't." She said, as a blinding white light surrounded him. Roxas shielded his eyes.
Lowering his hand, Roxas saw that he was in an extremely white room. Suddenly he spotted that auburn haired girl being dragged into, or swallowed up by, the depths of something dark, seemingly endless, and black. He grabbed her hand but only held it for a moment.
"I'll…Wait!" he shouted, running at the portal. The girl slowly turned to him.
"I know you will!" she shouted back, as she disappeared.
It seemed he'd blacked out again. Opening his eyes, Roxas could see he was on a dirt road. But he had no shadow as if he were nothing more than an illusion.
"Wait up!" A brown haired girl shouted, as she tried to keep step with the mysterious auburn haired girl Roxas kept seeing. Then something happened, Roxas seemed to vanish from his own existence.
"He's far away. But I know we'll see him again." The auburn haired girl was saying.
"Riku?" The brown haired girl questioned.
She nodded. "And the other boy?"
The brown haired girl looked confused.
"What other boy?"
Then, all of a sudden, Roxas was falling, falling off the edge of the Clock Tower in Twilight Town.
"What's happening to me?" He questioned aloud.
"Who's there?" The auburn haired girl inquired in turn.
"Who are you?" Roxas asked.
The girl, still on the dirt road miles away, gave a start. "I'm Kairi." She responded.
"Kairi…I know you." Roxas said, deep in thought.
"Please, a name!" Kairi said, desperately.
Roxas smiled, no longer caring that he was falling.
"I'm Roxas." He told her calmly.
"Okay, Roxas…" Before she could continue, however, the auburn haired girl fainted. As did Roxas when he hit the ground.
"Are you okay?" Selphie inquired concerned, helping her friend to her feet.
Kairi nodded, and then she suddenly began sprinting down the road. "Maybe…waiting isn't good enough."
"Don't ever forget: wherever you go, I'm always with you."
"Kairi!" Roxas said, staring franticly around the Usual Spot for some sign of the girl. Jumping up, Roxas ran out and along the cobblestone road in a desperate search for Kairi.
"This is real." She whispered.
And Roxas woke with a start, completely out of breath as though he'd really just run along that road.