Alrighty. Well, I have one review for my story so far. I wanted to get on with the second chapter, so here it is.

Please R&R!

Oh, and no complaints on the couples!!

(Kairi+Sora, Namine+Roxas, and Olette+Hayner in case you didn't figure that out yet)

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The heat was unbareable inside of Hayner's house. Kairi had managed to get in through a window; the door was blocked by fire. The entire house was overflowing with smoke and she was having a horrible time trying to breathe.

"Why do I get myself into these kinds of situations?" she was thinking to herself as she went from room to room, searching for Hayner. "I guess it must have been the look Olette had given me." If Kairi could get the least bit of oxygen into her lungs, she would have sighed. Right now, though, that seemed impossible.

She dropped to the floor and crawled to the last room she hadn't checked yet in the very far back of the his house. Sure enough, there was Hayner, crawling around on the floor, looking like a confused puppy that had lost its master.

"Hayner!" Kairi choked out over the roaring flames. "You need to get out!"

Hayner jumped to his knees. "Not yet! I need find something!" He went back to that flustered puppy act.

"But Hayner! Your house could collapse any min..."

"I said hang on!" he was furiously crawling, going through cabinets and drawers as he went. All Kairi could do was stand there. Hayner was too stubborn to go with her without whatever he was looking for. The flames were all over the room now. There was a pretty good chance that what he wanted had gone up in flames.

He came to a desk, scrambling everything all over the place until he came to a medium-sized envelope. "Got it!" he snatched it then rushed to the window. "This way!"

Kairi followed without hesitation. She was burning up like a log in a fireplace.

Hayner grabbed an antique lamp and threw it at the window like it was nothing. Glass went everywhere and Hayner flew through the window and before Kairi knew what she was doing, she was also jumping through the window after him.

She landed on the ground with the least bit of grace as everyone was making sure Hayner was ok. No one cared that she had just risked her life for him. Kairi barely made it over to a nearby bench as the firemen arrived. She could make out the faint shape of Namine walking towards her and sitting down. She thought she heard her name being called. Boy, was she dizzy. The crowd moved toward her. There were several frantic voices, then everything went dark.

Kairi woke up. There was the faint smell of disinfectant in the air, but she could see nothing. There was the sound of the soft muttering of the people around her. One voice she heard above all the rest. It belonged to Namine.

"Hey, you guys, I think she's coming to her senses!" she whispered loudly. All the other talking stopped abruptly. Kairi opened her eyes, and to her surprise, found she was in a hospital room. Namine, Olette, Roxas, and some sort of nurse were right beside her.

"What the hell... where am I?" What a stupid question. Of course she knew where she was, she just couldn't believe it.

"You're in the hospital. You suffered from carbon dioxide poisoning and were knocked out after you went in to get Hayner." Olette replied.

Hayner.

"Hayner?! Is he ok? Is he in the hospital? Where is he? Did he black out too?"

"Woah! Take it easy there, missy." The nurse chimed in. "Your friend is just fine. In fact, he didn't need to be hospitalized."

"Really?"

Everyone nodded in response.

Roxas said "Actually, he just went to get something from the cafeteria, the pig!" he laughed louder than intended. You could tell by the tone of his voice he was feeling uneasy.

"Olette, are you okay?" Kairi turned to look at her ever so slightly, but all the wires and tubes connected to her body were making it difficult.

Olette smiled. "I'm fine. I think you should be more worried about yourself right now."

"No, but the whole reason I went into the house was that I knew you would be devastated if something were to happen to Hayner." Kairi was surprised. With that short sentence she was out of breath.

Olette looked greatful. "Thank you, Kairi."

The nurse quickly went out to attend to another patient and right after she did, Hayner walked in with a Snickers and chocolate smeared his face. He looked shocked to see Kairi awake.

"Kaiwi!" he said, his mouth stuffed to its limit with his candy bar. He swallowed then said "I'm so glad you're awake! We've been meaning to tell you something..."

Namine nodded her head then said "I think you're really gonna..."

"Shhh!!" Roxas quieted her. "You're going to give it away!"

"Give what away?" Kairi was totally dumbfounded.

"This is for you. Go on, open it." Hayner handed Kairi an envelope. The exact same envelope that Hayner was so determined to find in his house.

Kairi neatly ripped it open and pulled out five train tickets. She gasped and nearly fainted again. "These are... Oh my gosh!"

Namine grinned. "Yes, tickets to Destiny Island."

Olette added "We all know how much you've wanted to go back and see Sora again..."

Roxas finished it for her "So, we all pitched in and bought tickets so all of us can go see Sora and Riku again."

"Well, Kairi, what do you say?" Hayner looked at her expectantly.

Well, what could she say? This was all she wanted ever since she first got to Twilight Town. She thought about it and then said "Well, when do we leave?"

Everyone laughed.

"Well, you still need to stay here overnight so they can keep an eye on you." Namine said "But as soon as you get out, we can pack up everything and then head out."

Kairi couldn't help hiding her disapointment. "Oh alright..." she paused. "What time is it now?"

Roxas glanced at his watch. "Almost seven at night. I suppose we better get going. You get a good night's sleep, you have a big day tomorrow."

Bigger than big, she thought.

"Goodnight, Kairi!" Namine said.

"Sleep tight!" Olette said in a sing-song voice.

"Don't let the bed bugs bite!" Hayner said jokingly in the same voice.

Olette hit him playfully. "C'mon. She needs her rest." They walked out hand in hand.

Roxas and Namine stayed for a little while longer.

"Now, if you need anything, ANYTHING at all, you can always call me, got it?"

Namine looked worried about her, which made Kairi nervous too. Never the less, she nodded her head and gave her a weak smile.

"Goodnight." Roxas said, putting his arm around Namine and leading her out.

Kairi thought about finally seeing Sora the next day. Before she knew it, she was asleep, dreaming about the island.

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I'm not sure, but I think I made this chapter the same length as the last one, if not longer.

Well, I think this one might have been better too. We'll see how the reviews turn out.