File 01: Birth by Sleep » Volume 2
Title based on Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep.
This story is going to be a complete reboot than what volume one was. It is going to be like a crime drama, but with also a touch of what volume one was, while going through their personal lives.
If you are a new reader, I recommend reading the first volume, but it is your decision if you want to see what this one has to offer compare to volume one did, which was a more modern teen dramedy than action until the last set of chapters.
Genre: Adventure/Romance
Disclaimer: The following characters of Secret Agent Kairi, Vol. 2 are from the video game, Kingdom Hearts. Square Enix and Disney rightfully own them. The setting-taking place in the story is original also and does not exist anywhere in Japan. The story, plot, and maybe some original characters are under my name. There will be some references to the game. Don't attempt to copyright.
Kairi: Ernest Hemingway once said: "I love sleep. My life has the tendency to fall apart when I'm awake, you know?" The idea of us sleeping is to regain the energy we lost during the day and to use that regain energy for the next. But, the word sleep can be use as a simile or metaphor.
Kairi throws a few punches to Roxas, but he manages to dodge her every move. The two are training in a workout room in the main headquarters of Kingdom Hearts, which is in Tokyo. It has floors mats, punching bags, and a few others that the agents could beat up to a pulp. Some were even partnering up with each other like Kairi and Roxas are doing now. The two are wearing sports wear. "When did you get so good at dodging?" Kairi tells Roxas, gasping for air because he was wearing her out. She throws a punch, but he dodges it again and grabs it, twisting her into his grasp.
"Training Kairi. I have been training for quite a while," he mumbled in her ear. She scoffed.
"Yeah, well…" Kairi then uses his weight against him and flips him, sending him to groan on the ground. "Gotta train harder to bring this chick done." She sticks her tongue at him and holds out her hand, helping him up. Then Tifa, the teacher of the class, comes to the two.
"Roxas got his butt kicked by you? Again?" Tifa said to Kairi, making the red auburn hair girl turn to her. During the summer, Kairi's hair grew longer that it goes down her triceps and part of her hair was tied in a ponytail.
"Sorry, but Roxy here does not have much training like I do," she responded, walking towards him. "I was born for this." Kairi sensed something behind her, and moved out of the way and saw Roxas brush past her. He was trying to tackle her down. "See?"
"How did you know I was coming?" Roxas asked.
"Senses," Kairi replied, which made Ven raise his eyebrow. "It's just a thing I have." She smiled at him.
Elsewhere, Yuffie shots a handgun, with goggles and gun earmuffs, at a target drawing away from her so she can improve her accuracy from a distance. She fires the bullets, but he shoots only the sides and never the middle of the forehead of the human cardboard moving. "Hold still!" she gritted under her teeth. She still can't get a bullseye and groans. "That is it! Aaah!" She decided to shoot like crazy and haphazardly shoots anything in front of her while she screams in frustration. She pulls the trigger continuously when she hears it click.
"Yuffie, at least control yourself," Cloud informed her through the intercom, watching from behind as he was observing her and other trainees behind a glass window. "Aqua is very serious about these new training programs and you need to be too." Yuffie sighs.
"I can't even shoot a bullseye," she pouted. "I mean, Kairi can and she doesn't even try!"
"Beginner's luck," Cloud replied. "Just take five." Yuffie puts the gun and walks out of the shooting range.
In another part of the agency, Sora types on a computer, in a room full of others like him, as he too is in a training program by Kingdom Hearts to train young analysts. Aerith is the teacher as she specialized in a computer class back in college, but she also had Zack with her to give a hand since she did not fully knew computers like he did. "Come on guys! Time is running out and not one of you has located and made contact with your lost comrade on the battlefield. I may be an operative, but I can also be an analyst like you all," he told the students.
"Shoots," Sora whispered as he saw that only thirty seconds were left on the clock behind Zack.
"Google Earth is a cheat system and we are pushing your skills!" Zack shouted.
Sora moves the computer mouse, looking at the screen as tries to get to find the signal of his alley. He types in something and get a faint signal and the screen. "I found it!" he shouted, rising up in his seat in victory. It did however, drew in some stares at him and he sat back down.
"Congrats Sora," Zack said with a smile.
Kairi: What that quotes means is that we use sleep to escape the dreadful reality because when we wake up, we have to live through of what reality has in store for us. Sometimes it is harsh or it is joyful, but never in between. Dreaming is what we do to build this fantasy that puts a smile on our faces. When we can't rely on the movies for it, we make up our own.
Back in Tsuki, Namine works on a painting on an easel in her room as Riku comes in with McDonalds in his hands, giving her a kiss on the lips. "Thanks for bringing me lunch Riku," she said, putting down her paintbrush by her drawing. She opens her bag to find he brought her favorite. "Yay! Angus mushroom!" She opens it and immediately takes a bite out of it, making Riku's eyes widen.
"I've seen you hungry before, but not as much as this time," he replied, putting some French fries in his mouth and talked still. "You look like a pig," he mumbled with food. Namine gave him an odd look as she shallows her food.
"Oh, I'm the pig?" she replied. "Stop talking with your mouth full you hypocrite." The couple continues to eat until Riku spoke up again.
"Hey, I know it has been like three months already, but are sure you are doing okay?" Namine stops eating and sighs.
"Yes Riku. I am fine. Hayner and I have been through therapy already. I am not going through PTSD." (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder)
"Yeah but, what happens when we return to school. I don't want you to go through pain again. They say one doesn't face the disorder unless you go through a similar situation or is brought back to the place where it started," Riku explained to her out of concern.
"Riku… can we please not talk about it? I just want to forget what happen that night." Riku did what he was told and the two continue to eat their food. "Plus, it is Hayner we should worry about more," she thought in her head.
Kairi: But in life, there is also a mirror image and the opposite of a dream is a nightmare. One would want to wake up because it portrays what we fear most. And the very minute you're in it, you want to rouse up to the occasion. Several wake up scared or in tears. They are stricken in terror feeling like they need to be saved.
The mall elevator doors open revealing Hayner in a wheelchair as Olette pushes him out with Pence and Xion following behind, eating some sea-salt ice cream. Nothing has been really the same since that day, but Hayner is pulling through. "How long do I have to be in this old geezer chair?" he complained and Olette only sighed.
"You heard the doctor Hayner," Olette replied. "You won't be walking for a while. Like till October or November while."
"Remember you had numerous cuts on your legs," Pence tells him. "Don't expect your wounds to heal miraculously."
"Hmph." Hayner crossed his arms, rolling his eyes. "But our basketball team needs me! They'll fall apart if I'm not there." He was indeed the start player of the team as he kept them together from fighting or going off track. "There is no guy like me out there!"
"Stop complaining and eat this!" Xion shoved the ice cream into his mouth. "Maybe this will ease you down."
Kairi: Then there is another reason why people sleep. For some, everyday they wait for something to change. Tired of the usual routine they follow or something terrible had happen. They sleep it off. Waiting to wake up. Waiting for a new beginning.
Kairi and Roxas walk out of the room and decide to go to the cafeteria for some dinner. They were really hungry. "Well, that certainly was a fun workout," Kairi said with a smile on her face. "Did you have a good time Roxas?" She giggles knowing he is still upset for what happen.
"Can't believe you always kick my butt. I have an unfair advantage cuz' you had years of training!"
"Courtesy of Kingdom Hearts." Kairi winked and then the two run into Yuffie and Sora. "Hey Yuffie, we're going to go eat dinner. Wanna come string along? These classes are giving me a headache."
"Anything to get me out of here!" Yuffie cheered and dashed off, leaving her friends in the dust.
"That girl can run…" Sora trailed off.
"Well I have to be somewhere," Roxas informed about to leave.
"Wait, where are you going?" Kairi asked.
"I'm going to the computer room for a quickie," he replied.
"To do what?"
"Something." Kairi raised her eyebrow and crossed her arms.
"Okay… I'm gonna… let you go and do your something. Now bye." Roxas left with only Kairi and Sora left. "Should I be worry?" Sora puts his arms around Kairi.
"Nah, we can trust Roxas. Now lets go eat!" he said, dragging her by her feet, which makes her turn around and grab his hand.
Terra enters into the monitor room where other fellow Kingdom Hearts workers and agents are. They keep monitoring the Tokyo and other places in Japan while keeping an eye out for Organization XIII, which by the way have been under radar as usual. He comes across his close friend Ven talking to someone. "You know Terra, while this may be an easy job, it's also the most boring job out there," his spiky blonde friend said.
"I know, but you know Aqua isn't taking any chances after what happened. Tsuki City is still under reconstruction from the damages that were made."
"By the way, where is our bluebird?" Terra chuckled.
"Going on a small shopping trip with the girls. They should be leaving soon after the classes were done."
"This is her tenth shopping trip for a wedding dress. You think the phrase 'lucky number three' would have suffice for her."
"Can I ask you a question Ven?"
"Shoots."
"Do you still have feelings for Aqua."
"No, of course not," he replied with a smile.
"Good to hear." Ven turns his seat around as Terra leaves the room and he makes a distressful look on his face.
Kairi: Their birth by sleep.
~ • Secret Agent Kairi • ~
"Okay, I think we should totally ditch this place today and have fun with our friends," Yuffie suggested while eating some chocolate pudding. The four of them were in their usual hangout, which is actually Kairi and her family's quarters/housing area. They all were in Kairi's room eating some snacks. "It is a complete snore fest here and there are better things out there for us."
"Yeah well, our other friends are back in Tsuki Yuffie," Kairi explained to her.
"So," Yuffie replied and puts takes another dip in her pudding. Who says our agency can't fly us to Tsuki in a private jet?" Kairi just rolled her eyes amused with her friend.
"There are already problems anyways," Roxas adds. "I mean, our lives have these crazy love triangles, well, I didn't think so until I had a small talk with my dad where he said he might still have feeling for my mom—"
"And my mom has two guys swooning over here."
"I thought you said Cloud got over her."
"I don't think he did. I can tell he is still harboring some feelings. Let's face it, we're stuck in a soap opera."
"But wait! There is the ever loving Roxine or Namixas," Yuffie continued, but thought about the couple name. "Nah, sounds lame to say, but better to read. Hey! Would it be terrible of us to try and break up Riku and Namine for Roxas?" There goes Yuffie again with her crazy ideas.
"Scratch that. We're stuck in a teen soap opera," Kairi fixed. "And yes Yuffie. It would be cuz' trust me, I'm borderline on doing that myself. I just have Sora here," she said, patting her boyfriend on the back. "To keep me at bay from it happening."
"They seem happy though and I don't want to see Namine sad again," Roxas complained, trying to give an excuse for his friends not to destroy the relationship.
"Oh please, you would want Riku sad instead," Sora blurted out, putting a chip in his mouth.
"So true," Roxas immediately replied. "Maybe we should devise plan to like… send Riku to Antarctica or something! This agency has that kind of power right?" All of his friends stop and look at him with food halfway through their mouths. "You're right," he said, returning to his normal self. "Maybe that is too Yuffie of a plan."
"See? Isn't it great to think like me?" Yuffie flattered herself, feeling honored.
"Not really," Roxas bluntly replied, making Yuffie gasp. This resulted in her slapping the back of his head. "Hey!" All of a sudden, a red alarm is sound, making the boys go into panic.
"What is that? Are we under attack?" Sora shouts, ducking for cover. Kairi just strangely looks at her boyfriend. She sighs and picks him up.
"No we're not under attack," she said calmly. "It's only the alarm saying there is an urgent mission. So now we head to the monitor room." Sora groans, being annoyed at the situation. "Come on. No point in whining." She then starts to push Sora behind his back as they head for the monitor room. By the time they get there, nothing seems to be going on. "Um… isn't there a problem out there?" Aqua turns towards her.
"Whoops, guess your father didn't get my message. Sound off!" A worker then turns off the red alarm as everything returns back to normal. "Sorry guys, false alarm. We sought to see if that alarm still works."
"I ran here for nothing," Sora pouted, only to get slap on the shoulder from Kairi.
"I pushed you here."
"Why are guys still here? Don't you youngsters go out and have fun in the world? Not like anything major is going to happen anytime soon." With that, she walks away to attend to other duties.
"It's hard to believe she's my mom sometimes," Roxas pointed out.
"I still can't digest the idea she is even your mom," Yuffie said, walking away and throws food over shoulder, which Sora catches and puts in the trash. "Thanks Sora! Knew you would always throw the trash."
"I'm OCD like that. But my auntie has a point. We do need to get out into the real world. Don't want to end up like Kairi here." Sora felt his skin crawled and looked to see Kairi glaring at him. "Ahehe… sorry Kai."
"I heard a summer festival is going on right now," Yuffie said.
"Summer festival? What's that?" Kairi's friends felt like dropping on the floor.
"You don't know what a summer festival is?" Sora screamed at her, but not in a fierce way. "It's a cultural tradition in this country and you don't know what a summer festival is?"
"Nope. Sorry. Haha…" Kairi replied, nervously scratching the back of her head. "I told you: I've been home schooled up until I came to Tsuki. Some things are new to me like se—"
"Ok!" Yuffie immediately covered her mouth, but she tried to talk as it came out as muffles. "I think we can establish that Kairi here is pretty naïve." The boys eyed here. "What?" Yuffie then covered her ears. "Do you want to taint her mind of—what am I saying? To the summer festival!"
Tsuki, Japan
Back in Tsuki, Namine and the others were also at a summer festival. It is being held in Radiant Garden Park. Various attractions were everywhere, such as small rides, food stands, arcades, etc. It was the whole package because "It sucks Kairi isn't here. Or Yuffie. Or Sora and Roxas. Their families just had to take them to Tokyo for the summer. I want to go to Tokyo." Namine sighs and continues walking, holding Riku's hand. "I'm in the mood for some takoyaki," she said, looking at some of the food stands. "Maybe some okonomiyaki!"
"I'll buy you some." Riku flashed a smile at her, which lit her eyes up. "Let's go." And off the two went to the okonomiyaki stand. Behind them were the others looking at the two. Namine sure has been acting normal lately after the incident. Some of them think it is a façade to cover up the pain or that she deals with when she goes to bed.
"Someone has lately become a food craver," Pence points out with a deem look. "Probably more than me." He then felt a small slap on the shoulder.
"She's is finding a way to deal with pain," Olette whispered to him, who was pushing Hayner in his wheel chair.
"By eating tons of food?" Pence asked. "For the past weeks, she's been doing that. I'm worried she'll get fat." Another hit came to him, but harder. "Hey!"
"I swear Pence, sometimes you're insensitive to us girls' feelings. No wonder you don't have a girlfriend." Olette pushes Hayner and continues to say, "Plus, blondie has high metabolism. It's why she is such a slender girl. Wished I had that."
Then he hears Hayner's voice too as it fades out. "You should listen to her Pence. She's always right." Xion comes by at his side.
"Pray. That's all we can do because I don't think two months is good enough to rid of something from what they experienced. Wanna got to the shrine to do so?" she offered. Pence nodded and the two walk off.
Riku gives the man the amount of yen he owes and is given the two packs of okonomiyaki to his hand. "Here you go Namine." The two sit down on a nearby bench and talk. "Can't believe I'm a senior now. Where did the days go by?" Namines and takes a bit of her food, chew, and shallows it.
"I know right. I'm kind of wishing to be in the same room as everyone else. Before, I was loner in my classes except in art where I had Roxas. Point is, I wonder how everything will develop in the upcoming days. All of us seem to be proud who we are and yet, how would we fully mature into adults? Well-developed people?" Namine takes another bite looking into the sky and back at Riku.
"Hmm, one step at a time I guess." There is a pause. "Must we think about this now?"
"Yes. After what happen, I've noticed how short life can be." Riku raises his eyebrow. "I know. The typical clichéd written plot after someone is put on the edge of death. Heck, it is commonly said, but also very true."
"Can I ask you something?"
"Anything."
"Yesterday, when we were at your house eating McDonalds, I went through some of your stuff when you was gone." The atmosphere suddenly changed as Riku's tone sounded serious and it made Namine feel weary already. She felt violated that her boyfriend went through her stuff without asking, but remains calm.
"Y-you went through my stuff? Exactly what stuff?"
"I've come across some draw—"
There was a reason why she always is secure about her drawings to Riku. She didn't know how he would react unlike her friends. She thought he had a different opinion than them. "Oh no, Riku. I was going through a rough—"
"Rough? I was gonna say you're really great cuz' you were always so secure about your art to me." Namine wanted to slap him. She almost had a heart attack. "All I can say is that you will really big one day. In fact, I think I know what to get you for Christmas now."
"Please don't let it be a sketchbook, a set of pencils, or anything to obvious for an artist like me."
"Aww, but I was thinking that," Riku pouted.
"I know, but I would actually want something I never heard of, but something I can use when I draw."
"That narrows it down," he replied, making Namine giggle.
Tokyo, Japan
Here in Tokyo, the summer festival activities going on are at the Samba Carnival along with the Obon Festival held at night for the candle light ritual. Kairi is in indulging herself into the social acts that are present, learning new things she never got to experience. She walks in the presence of other, holding onto Sora's hand with her right, and has a caramel apple in the other. "This is really good yet odd. What's it called again?"
"A caramel apple Kairi," Sora replied. "One of my favorite sweets."
"Favorite? Anything sweet is your fav. You're a sweet tooth remember?"
"I know. I was waiting for you to say that." He grinned, which made Kairi smile.
"Hello young couple," a woman shouted from one of the gaming stands. "You look like you two would be into this." Obviously the woman was trying to get them to pay, but the prizes that are hanging on the wall are appealing since they were huge stuff animals.
"We are?" Kairi was dumbfounded as Sora elbows her. "I mean, of course we are!" The two lovebirds walk to the stand to see what kind of game it is. "Soo… umm, what kind of game is it?"
"The game is called Ring TossThe goal of the game is to throw these rings onto the top of these bottles," the lady said, showing her the bottles behind her. "If you manage to win, you get these fabulous prizes," she continued in an amusing voice. Kairi looks at some of them and noticed her favorite childhood cartoon.
"Totoro!" she cheered and jumped. The big stuff Totoro was half the height of Sora so it was almost as tall as Kairi too.
"Don't worry Kairi! I will get you that toy!" he offered. He steps up to pay up and is given a few small rings for him to toss.
5 minutes later…
"Good things come to those who wait right?" Sora laughed, giving another set of money to the stand lady.
10 minutes later…
"Still trying Kairi! Gonna get you that prize!" Behind him was her, who was sipping their shared soda.
"I'm going to some more coke Sora," she said, getting up and leaves.
15 minutes later…
"It's okay," Kairi tells a gloomy Sora while holding onto her big prize, the stuff Totoro. She slowly pats him on top of his right shoulder. "Maybe another day." The day is still young and now Kairi has to carry her heavy prize. "Okay, I think we should've took it when we leave this place. No wait." Kairi takes out her cellphone and dials for someone. "Hey, can you send someone get this giant of stuffing off my hands. Mhm. Thanks!"
"You called someone for the agency to do your job?"
"Oh no." There was a small pause as Sora kept on looking at Kairi. "W-what?" He continues to stare at her. "Would you stop looking at me like that? I will tell you: I called Aqua's intern. That man would do anything to please us. Now let's go and experience new things."
"You mean you," Sora added. Soon, they fell a rough rush of air passing through them with paper and thrash flying around them. "What the heck was that?" The two move their heads in the direction it went and truly saw a boy pushing at the age of twelve. "Was that him?"
"I don't think so." They kept their eagle eyes on him and glanced to see he was stealing some food. He gets busted, but quickly rushes off at the speed of light. It made their mouths drop.
~ • Secret Agent Kairi • ~
Sora and Kairi immediately run to their friends who are at the food stands, eating at a table. "Guys! We have a problem!" Kairi tells Yuffie and Roxas in a panic. Her friends turn their heads to them with mouthfuls of food. Kairi flashes them a frightful look and says, "Alright, I'm gonna have to tell you chew and shallow your guys' food."
Yuffie shallows her food, wipes her mouth with a napkin, and asks away, "What is it? We were in the middle of an eating contest!"
"Haha, that explains the food," Sora commented.
"Why are you carrying a giant Totoro around here Kairi?" Yuffie asked.
"I got it in a con—wait! I can't forget what me and Sora witness," she said, trying to get everybody on the same page. "After I won the ring toss game, we saw a boy steal and quickly run off. Run off as in the speed of light!" Things got quiet and a piece of gyoza came off Roxas' fork.
"You do realize how high you just sounded?" Yuffie asked her.
"No! She's serious! We both saw him run off like a rabbit! Only a billion times faster!" The two still were clueless because it is still too hard to believe. "You know, like the rabbit talisman!" Still not working as they had a blunt look on their faces. "From Jackie Chan Adventures!"
"Aaahhh..." they both trailed off.
"It's still weird," Yuffie added. The two were getting a little irritated now.
"Hurry and get off your lazy butts off those chairs!" Sora shouted.
Kairi takes out her phone to make contact. "HQ?"
Back there, a loud beep sounds in at the large monitor room and Aqua answers to the request. "Hello?"
"Ms. Toyoguchi, um, how do I say this? A little boy has some magical powers?" she said.
"Is this a prank call Agent Gainsborough? If it is, them I'm hanging up now." Aqua is about to turn off her headset, but Kairi stopped. "I need images. Send me one of the target and we will see what we can do about it. Over and out."
"Pictures?" Kairi stares at her phone and look at her friends. "How on earth do I take a picture of a boy going at the speed of light? Is there a camera for that?" A pause came around. "I would want to call Pence, but I don't know how to send the picture from a camera."
"That's cuz you can't Kairi," Roxas told her.
"Put a cork in it!" she replied. "Guess we have to do this on our own. Forget what the Bluebird said."
"What happen to calling her the Blue Hair Monster?" Yuffie asked.
"Too much syllables to say." The four devise a plan to get the little boy, but the question is, "How would they find him?" They look around the place and asked various people in the park. No one recalled anything, which drove some mad. How could they miss a high speed running boy? Surely they must have seen him. Then they start to ask the people in the booths and they report that some of their food or inventory were reported being missing or stolen.
"Where would a derange kid be at this hour?" Sora thinks. "And where would he hide all this stuff? Is there a motive?"
"Motive? It's only a kid stealing. There isn't one."
"But that power he has… its non-human," Kairi speculated. "I smell that Organization XIII is somehow involved in this. And that I'm tired carrying this thing all over the place." She then dumps her giant Totoro in Sora's hands. "Thanks Sora! You're the best boyfriend a girl can ask!"
"My pleasure," he groaned and she flashes him a smile. "What happen to that guy you called?"
"Let's talk about this later because we have to catch this child first and interrogate him." A rush of air passed by them and they discover their target. "Time to set the trap." Kairi saw him coming and ran to the nearby smoothie stand they were by. "I'm sorry for this," she told the man, grabbing a handful of cups filled with fruity smoothies and ran off.
"Miss! You have to pay for that!"
"I'll pay you back soon!" she shouted back at him and returns to her friends. "Okay guys, hurry and grab some because we are going to create a large spill." She looks over right shoulder and saw him coming nearby. "Now!" The four of them throw the drink to the ground, creating a huge spill with a mixture of colors joined together like a rainbow.
"It's so beautiful!" Yuffie busted out her phone. "Like a mural!" She takes the photo and then they unknown child manage to slip on it, but slides down the path, trying to stop and he does. By crashing into a trashcan. Yuffie took picture of the scene too. "He never knew what hit him, but I am in the mood a for a smoothie now." She runs off to it.
Somewhere else in Tokyo…
Aerith and Tifa have lunch together at a pancake house. Originally, Aqua was suppose to come, but didn't take the offer. They settle in their seats and are given menus. "I've always wanted to check this place out," Aerith said, looking around. "I pass it most of the time and the aroma smells outstanding. I had to bring my friends here."
"Too bad the future wife couldn't come. For a pancake house to have its own menu instead going to a counter, they must have excellent chefs," Tifa added.
"So what are you getting?"
"Whoa, slow down girl. We just got here and you're already ordering?"
"I'm hungry. I had to teach a class about medicine and compounds early morning. As much as I love that subject, the trainees make me want to fail them all."
"Don't worry. This summer program will end soon and we will all be heading back to Tsuki. I heard the repairs on the city are almost the done, the school is looking new, and the extension of our house is looking awesome!" While looking at their menus, Tifa couldn't help but ask Aerith something. "Hey Aeris…"
"Heh, you barely call me by nickname Tif Tif."
"I hate that name you gave me," she pouted.
"I do that to annoy you," Aerith giggled.
"So the big day is coming up in…"
"October."
"Have you made up your mind?"
"Hm?"
"Are you sure you want to be with Zack?"
"Please don't put doubts in my head Tifa. I've already my decision. Not gonna let of a bunch of Zack and Aerith fans mad."
"Fans?"
"Never mind that, let's order now!"
~ • Secret Agent Kairi • ~
Kingdom Hearts HQ
The operative musketeers had taken the kid back to KH inside an interrogation room. Everything is plain dark grey walls, ceiling and floor with one lamplight hanging above, and a table. "Um, hello, is anybody there? It's kind of scary actually," the kid confessed. There is no response until a familiar music start to play and lights start to flash on someone.
"Prepare for trouble!" Kairi shouts.
"And make it double, double!" Sora shouts. The kid got a dumbfounded look on his face from the scene he is watching.
"To protect the world from devastation!" Yuffie shouts.
"To unite all people within our nation!" Roxas shouts.
"To announce the evils of truth and love!" Kairi continued
"To extend our reach to the stars above!" Sora adds.
"Kairi!"
"Sora!"
"And Yuffie!"
"Roxas!
"Team Rocket blasts to the speed of light!" Yuffie adds.
"Surrender now or prepare to fight all of us!" Roxas finished. The boy stared at them strangely while they were talking how fun it was to do their imitation from Pokemon. They were only missing the outfits. "All right boy, time to get to business," Roxas suddenly said, getting serious. "Where did you get those powers? I mean power."
"You mean this?" He swiftly runs across the table, knocking Roxas off his feet, making his fellow friends giggle a little, and he returns to his seat being calm. "To be honest with you, I don't recall any memory on how I did."
"What's you name kid?" Sora asked.
"Luneth, but my friends call me the Onion Knight!" Luneth cheered.
"H-huh? Say what now?" Yuffie commented.
"I play these medieval type games with my three other friends that's why."
"And why are you stealing?" Kairi nicely asked him. "A kid your age should have some parents keeping an eye on you." The boy looked away from her, crosses his arms as she kept closing in, putting on a cute face for him to talk. "Come on, please talk to us." Luneth took a quick peek and knew he couldn't resist.
"Fine, I will, for you," he smirked, which made Sora raise an eyebrow. "And maybe a date."
"Sorry. I have a boyfriend who happens to be right behind me."
Luneth tilts his head and says, "Who cares. He's a scrawny guy."
Sora snaps and goes after him saying, "Why I outta—!" Roxas goes after him and locks Sora from behind. "Let me go! It will only be a second to beat him!" Roxas lets him and go, which probably was a mistake. He grabs him again by the time his cousin lands on the table about to strangle the guy. "I said a second!"
"Which did happen! Now control yourself! He's only a kid!"
"Yeah! A pain the ass kid!" Sora growled, trying to get out of Roxas' grasp. The door slides opens, revealing Aqua as she comes inside the room.
"Let's stop now. Watching this is dreadful enough," she announces. "You four need to work on your interrogation skills because this is going nowhere." The four start to leave the room, but Aqua shouts, "Except you Kairi. You stay." Kairi turned around and hesitantly walks to her side. Sora, Roxas, and Yuffie walk out and go to the window to watch the scene.
"I should totally install this window in my room!" Yuffie examined it. "I mean, we can see them from here, but on the other side, they can't see us." Soon, they watch the scene with Kairi sitting on a chair in front of Luneth and Aqua watching over her like a hawk.
"So, um, can you recall any memory before you had these strange abilities?"
"I already told you. I can't."
"Good enough for me," Aqua blurted out, walking out the room.
"W-wait! What?"
"Don't worry, I'm going to prep the memory system so we can tap into his brain and have images appear onto the screen. His eyes will help project that, but he will have to undergo a slumber for it to work," Aqua explained to her. This frightens the kid and he ran to hug Kairi. "No worries youngster, Kairi will be there by your side."
Sora looked down on the ground with his eye twitching. "The little brat gets to spend time with her? He only hugs her because he knew Kairi would have to come with."
"While this may be one of our best equipment, it takes a while for it to even fully turn on. I will beep you in when it's ready," Aqua tells Kairi and leaves the room while her friends comes in. Sora and Luneth glare at each other and everyone inside could feel it.
"Wimp," Sora blurted out.
"Scrawny!" Sora made an angry rush for him, but Roxas and Yuffie grabs him while Luneth uses Kairi for cover. "You are so gonna get it one day!"
Kairi: Are you wishing for someone to save you? A simple wake you up from your birth by sleep? What happens when you wake up? You might just forget about everything. Or maybe you are tiring to remember to what you did wrong so you can finally awaken to this new day you wait for.
Riku is running while flying a kite, and Namine sits there watching him. "Who would've of thought you would get a boyfriend?" Olette blurted out from behind. "Hey." She took a seat next to her and watch the other boys playfully tackle Riku, and see Xion simply softly patting his head saying a sentence they could not hear.
"Believe me, I'm still that girl when we first met at that diner," Namine replied, forcing a smile.
"Hey yeah, why were you there? It didn't occur to me till now."
"That was the day when my parents had to leave for America again. We had dinner plans, but it was cancelled. Heh, what a shocker," she rolled her eyes. "Even after everything that has happen, they still didn't bother to buy a plane ticket straight here to check up on their daughter. It was over the phone."
"Don't talk like that. Every parent loves their child. They just can't find a way to balance it out."
"Yeah, we all need to balance things out, but life isn't fair."
Kairi: To atone for what was done. Nobody can go back to the past. Things happen for a reason you know. Can't find it? Go look for it. Plain and simple.
Cloud looks at the computer screen types a specific name: Sephiroth into the search box of the agent's criminal biographies.
Kairi: Or you can simply ask yourself or another for the answer. You may get a different response from both sides, but it's your decision to know which one sounds true to you.
Kairi and Luneth were the only ones left in the room seeing that her friends had to guide Sora out to get some air. Silence stands between the two with them staring at each from across the table. "So tell me, what is a boy like you doing over here alone stealing things that don't belong to you?" Kairi asked, breaking the silence.
"My parents are getting a divorce." Kairi was surprised of how straightforward he was.
"What? Why?"
"I don't know. They fight constantly and I just sit in my room with that door closed, but that can't stop their voices. I'm only a little kid who barely understands adults because I never wanted to get involved with that. But…"
"But what?"
"I never saw this coming. It just… happened." Kairi suddenly felt dreadful, thinking how she would react to this situation.
Kairi: And with these new beginnings
Roxas is on the computer lab chatting with someone. There is no one in the room because he did this in secret and never told anybody about it. He types: "So what's going on over there?"
"I don't know, but there will be an important meeting tomorrow. I will give you details," it says on the screen.
Roxas replies with: "Are you sure you want to do this? I don't want you to get caught."
"Don't worry Roxy. I've got this whole thing under wraps. Got it memorized?" Roxas smirks and just stares at the screen.
Kairi: You can always expect the unexpected.
Hmm… the main plot of this volume will start to reveal itself more in the next two chapters, and that is where this story will finally get a start. The first three chapters are to jump start this for the whole story like how I did last time.
Thank you to those who have read the first and just read the sequel. If you're new, you can check out the first story on my page where it is simply called, Secret Agent Kairi.
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