"Are you okay?"

"What? What'd you say?"

Someone sighed, and another giggled. "I asked if you were okay."

Kairi lifted her head. She was on a floor that may have been stone or dirt. She couldn't tell. At first, she had no idea how she'd gotten here. But then the memories all came back. Axel, taunting her. Pluto, the portals. The bright light. "Yeah, I guess. How did I get here?" She looked up for the first time at the people who had spoken to her. There was a tall, blonde boy sitting inbetween a brunette girl and a chubby black-haired boy. The blonde was the one who had spoken to her. She turned her gaze to the chubby one. "You and that dog," he pointed to Pluto," came flying out of a hole in the wall! Nearly gave us heart attacks!" he said, laughing.

Kairi laughed too. It was pretty absurd when it was said like that. The two boys, the blonde, Hayner, the chubby one, Pence, and the girl, Olette, told about what had happened. Apparently, a black hole had just appeared in the wall, and Pluto had hurtled out of it and into the wall opposite, while Kairi had just drifted a little and fallen on the ground. Pluto was up and about instantly, while the the kids watched Kairi for about fifteen minutes before she got up.

Kairi found herself enjoying their company. She had no idea where she was, however, so she asked Olette when the boys were laughing about some joke. "Oh, you didn't know? You're in Twilight Town! How did you get here? I mean, I saw you come out of the wall, buthow did you get into the hole in the first place? You must have come from somewhere..."

So Kairi told them her story. She began with how she, Riku, and Sora had played together on the island, to her move to the mainland, and ending with her kidnapping by Axel.

As soon as she said his name, a voice came from nowhere, just like the first time. "What took you so long, Kairi?"

"No! Not here!" Kairi half-whispered.

Axel materialized out of a dark portal across the room, smiling. Hayner growled and launched himself at Axel, only to pass through him as if he were made of shadows. Hayner fell to the floor, dazed. Pence tried the same thing, with the same results.

Axel crossed the room and grabbed Kairi's arm. Olette shrieked and tried to punch him in the arm, but with no success. He started to drag Kairi forward, toward the portal. She struggled and fought, but he was too strong. Funny, it had been her first impression that he was too skinny to be a real threat. Her last thought as the portal swallowed her was that it really was a shame that Hayner, Pence and Olette hadn't gotten to tell her anything more about the town.

She won't turn around. Alone in this fight with herself
And the fears whispering, if she stands, she'll fall down.

AN: Better... V. 2.0!! Anyway, the song is Stand in the Rain by SuperChick. Review, pls!