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Stand in the Rain

Chapter Three:

Questions

A black blur ran in front of Sora. Riku stopped in his tracks and Sora held up Oblivion and shut his eyes, ready for the attack. The claw didn't hit him and he opened his eyes to see Cloud in front of him, holding back the claw with his big sword. Cloud turned his head to look at Sora. "Hey, it's not like you to let your guard down." Cloud smiled at him and faced the creature. He pushed the nobody's claw back so much force that it took a few steps back. Riku and Leon caught up to them and readied their weapons.

"Thanks Cloud, I guess fighting all those weaker ones got me relaxed." Sora smiled. "Hey guys leave this guy to me, take a break." Sora told them and stepped forward towards the nobody. Kairi came up to the rest of them. Sora looked back at her and gave her a smile and held up Oblivion to his shoulder. She knew he wasn't smiling inside but she smiled back anyway. He turned to face the Twilight Thorn with a serious face. Kairi knew that Leon was hurt and that they would just be in the way.

"Come on, let get out of his way and I'll fix up Leon's leg." Kairi faced them while hiding her worry. They nodded and went towards the door to the mansion. Cloud and Riku helped Leon down and Kairi whipped the blood away from his wound. She wrapped it and then turned to watch the fight. Riku knew she was worried about him even though she hides it.

"Hey Kairi, don't be jealous cause you don't get to fight." Kairi looked at him and he looked at her. She knew that was his way of letting her know that Sora will be fine. She gave him a small smile to say thanks and focused her attention to Sora. Sora dodged the nobody's claw and jumped on its arm. The nobody reached for him with its other hand but Sora jumped up and came down on his hand with the keyblades. Its arm couldn't handle Oblivion and Oathkeeper and was cut off. The pain was immense causing it to roar horribly. Blood gushed out of its arm and the others covered their ears from its terrible roar. The creature was driven crazy with pain and went straight for Sora. Sora dodged all his attacks but suddenly slipped in its blood. It saw the opening and charged Sora with its claw before he even touched the ground. Sora crossed his swords and as soon as the nobody's claw touched his keyblades a bright light flashed. When the light dispersed, Sora was in his Valor form. He had a grin on his face and the others knew that the nobody was done for. The nobody stepped back and Sora ran towards him.

"This is the end nobody!" Sora yelled as he charged. The nobody stepped back once but then began to charge with a light ball forming in its hand.

"No, this is your end keybearer!" it yelled as they got closer together. When they collided Sora used brake raid to destroy the light beam and went for its head. It was in shock and didn't move to avoid his attack. Sora brought Oblivion and Oathkeeper down on its head, defeating him. As it vanished, Sora walked towards his friends. With a flash of light he was back in his jeans and sweatshirt. Oblivion and Oathkeeper disappeared in his hands since he didn't need them anymore. When he got close enough, he put on a smile and had one hand behind his head. Kairi went up to him and paused for a second. Sora looked at her and looked scared.

"W-what?" he said nervously. Kairi lifted her hand and whipped some blood spots on his face. Sora felt his face get warm and instantly held the blush down.

"Nothing. So you hurt anywhere?" she said calmly as she looked around his face. Cloud, Riku, and Leon held back their laughter as they sat behind Kairi. Sora noticed and gave them a dirty look.

"No, I'm fine. Let's get moving everyone." Sora let Kairi walk in front and as Riku passed by him, he punched his arm. Riku flinched and then just chuckled. Sora glared at him as he walked behind them. "Ok since there are three doors, let's split up and search. Cloud take the door upstairs to the right, Riku and Leon, take the door downstairs to the left, and me and Kairi will take the door upstairs to the left." Sora trusted Cloud on his own and since Leon was injured, Riku would be perfect for protection, and that left just him and Kairi. He liked the thought of it but tossed that thought aside and focused on their mission.

"Alright, don't take too long everyone." Cloud said as he walked up the stairway on the right.

"Yeah Sora." Riku told him with a smirk. Sora gave him another dirty look while Kairi was already on her way up the stairs. Riku and Leon went into the room as the heard Sora yelling at Kairi.

"Hey! Wait up!" He ran up the stairs to catch up to her.

"Well next time pay attention, lazy." She giggled and ruffled his hair. He slightly blushed and was thankful that she was already turned the other way. He shook his head, making his hair fall back to normal and caught up to her again. As they arrived at the door Sora put his hands behind his head.

"You know were not kids anymore, I'm mean come on were eighteen and officially adults." She stopped and looked at him with a smile.

"Yeah but your attitude is still only fifteen." She teased him and opened the door. Everything in the room was white except for some colored drawings tacked to the wall. Sora stepped ahead of Kairi.

"Wow… I remember this place. It's so old." He looked around the room while Kairi walked over to the old drawings. She dusted off one of them. It was a drawing that looked like Sora, Donald, and Goofy.

"Hey, come look at these." Kairi handed him the drawing. He looked at it with a smile.

"Yeah… I sure do miss those guys." Sora looked at the picture while Kairi walked around. 'It's been almost a year since King Mickey split us up…' he set the picture down. "Well, I doubt that anything's here, otherwise this place wouldn't be so dusty."

"Yeah, I guess you're right, but why was it so heavily guarded?" Kairi crossed her arms.

"Who knows, maybe something used to be here or maybe it's just in another room." Sora put his hands behind his head as he followed her through the door. They saw Riku and Leon sitting on the floor between the stairs waiting. When they got to the bottom they heard Cloud come through the door.

"So did you guys find anything?" Kairi asked them as they stood up.

"Nothing but a lot of dust and this ripped paper." Riku said as he handed the paper to Sora. On the paper was some sort of old writing that they couldn't read. Cloud walked up and handed Sora another piece of ripped paper. Cloud crossed his arms as Sora held the papers together. It showed:

"Το κλειδί για την καρδιά του βρίσκεται μέσα σε την. Αυτή είναι μια αληθινή αδυναμία του."

"How are we supposed to read this?" Leon said what they were all thinking.

"I'll take care of it." Sora took both pieces and put them in his pocket. "Let's get back." Sora walked towards the door and the others followed.

"Oh, no! I can't believe I forgot! That injured girl is still at our place!" Kairi ran passed Sora and out the door.

"Hey wait!" Sora yelled at her and they ran after her. They finally made it back and were out of breath. Kairi was the first one in and the others followed. The girl was sound asleep right where Kairi left her. Kairi sighed of relief and went over to the girl.

"You guys better not wake her up or you're gona get it." Kairi whispered as they walked in. Sora lazily climbed into his hammock while Riku sat in the recliner next to the couches. Leon and Cloud took the small couch across from the big one. Kairi laid back in a lounge chair near the hammock. Within only a few minutes they all fell asleep accidentally. About an hour later the girl woke up. 'Where am I? What happened?' She sat up and grabbed her shoulder. 'It's wrapped up?' She was surprised and then noticed that there were people all around her. 'What should I do? If I wake them up, I won't be able to take all five of them on at once.' She saw the way out and decided it would be best for her to get out while she can. Very slowly and cautiously she made her way to the stairs. After taking one more look behind her, she gently put her foot on the first step. Slowly she added pressure to the stair and was thankful that it didn't squeak. Now she did the same thing to the next stair. Finally she made it to the top. After seeing her escape she forgot about the stairs and as soon as her foot touched that last step, it squeaked and echoed into the living room where they were all asleep. The girl stopped in her tracks and was afraid to move. 'Dammit!! I'm at the door! Damn stairs!' She heard them shift but no one got up. 'Whew, that was way to close' Inch by inch she pushed the door open. Quietly she climbed out the door and went to close it, but as soon as she turned around a gust of wind slammed the door shut.

"Dammit!" She yelled and took off running as fast as she could down the street. Kairi jumped up and accidentally hit Sora's head from under the hammock.

"Ow!" Sora sat up too fast and tried to balance on the hammock but eventually fell off right on his face. "Ow! Hey, Kairi what was that for!" The noise woke up the others.

"Oops, sorry." She smiled nervously as she stood up.

"Hey what's all the ruckus about?" Riku looked annoyed as he rubbed his eye.

"Kairi hit me and made me fall off the hammock." Sora crossed his arms.

"Hey, it's not my fault you fell out." Kairi crossed her arms as well.

"Would you guys quit arguing like little kids? We have a problem." Cloud got their attention and pointed to the empty couch.

"We have to go find her right now!" Kairi put on her sweatshirt and ran out the door.

"Well, it looks like now we've got to search for both of them." Sora annoyingly mumbled as he walked outside. "Alright let's split up but keep your cell phones on you." With that said, they took off in different directions. Sora caught a glimpse of Kairi from the corner of his eye and turned to follow. After he turned the corner, he found her running. "Hey! Kairi! Wait up!" She didn't look back but turned another corner. Around the corner he saw the injured girl running ahead of Kairi. Sora turned down an ally and wait on the other side. Sure enough, there was the girl and Kairi not too far behind her. The girl stopped after seeing Sora and went to turn around but found Kairi blocking her. Sora flipped open his phone and told the others where they were.

"Don't move we have some questions for you." Kairi tried to calm the girl down. The girl was breathing hard and the pain from her injury caught up with her. She flinched and put her hand over it. "Now look what you did. It's probably bleeding again." Cloud arrived first with Riku and Leon behind him.

"So why don't you tell us your name and we head back so the heartless and nobodys don't begin to show themselves." Sora crossed his arms and waited for an answer. The girl looked at them but was still unsure.

"How can I trust you?" She took a step back.

"We're against the heartless and the nobodys." Cloud said plainly as he crossed his arms.

"…My names Tori."

"I'm Sora and this is Kairi, Riku, Leon, and Cloud." He pointed at everyone as he called their names. "Now how about you come back with us and we'll talk."

"…ok" She followed them but stopped and turned around causing them to stop too.

"Hey why are you stopping?" Sora asked.

"Three Assault Riders are about to show themselves." Tori looked at them. Her eyes changed from ice blue to green. The green in her eyes glowed.

"How do you know that?" Sora summoned Fenrir, Riku summoned Way to the Dawn, and then the Assault Riders appeared from darkness. "We'll take care of them, you guys get back and we'll meet you there." Kairi nodded and they ran back to the hideout.

"Let's finish them off quickly, I'm hungry." Riku smiled and Sora smiled back. They both charged at one of the heartless with their keyblades.