Sora

"Did I saw something wrong?" Sora asked as he watched the red-headed woman leave the room without a word. Though she did have something in her hand, a small and thin box that reminded him of the gummi phone… wait did he still have it on him? Does it work?

Note to self check it later, Sora thought, wanting to know why Wil left the room. He just explained what happened between Sephiroth and Cloud- the final part of his explanation on why he knows who Sephiroth is.

Rinoa shook her head, "she's most likely contacting others, telling them what you just told us."

"How do you guys know Sephiroth? If you don't mind me asking." Sora said.

"He actually used to be a hero we all looked up too," the woman explained, "but one day he just went crazy and attacked everyone… we were all too young to fight, and the adults… some of us lost our parents. We almost lost Wil too; she jumped in to protect a friend. When her blood has spilled both her and Sephiroth were thrown into the darkness. Sadly, she refuses to tell us what happened after that… how she survived or who saved her life."

Sora tilted her head, "and Cloud? Do you know him too?"

"Emo #1," Noct said, which caused him to be hit by Rinoa.

"Be nice," she muttered, then she smiled, "He was the quiet kid growing up… no of us really knew of his existence until Aerith got him to play with the rest of us. We always thought he was from another world, from the way he acted and that he justed showed up one day. But of course that wasn't the case, he was just too quiet. Wanted to be friends with people, but he just couldn't. Until he met the rest of our rowdy group."

"So-"

"Cloud hates Sephiroth because of what happened both Wil and his mother," she said before Sora could even ask his question, "vowed to destroy him, and then… our world feels into darkness…"

"And most of us ended up here," Noct said, "though poor Rinoa here…"

"Not important right now Noct!" Rinoa snapped, then she sighed, "let's just change the subject, please. Something happier."

"Okay," Noct said

/

Willow

She couldn't really hear what was going on downstairs, but the short red-haired woman knew what they were most likely talking about. That Noct and Rinoa were most likely pressing him for more information- the other two most likely went outside without being noticed.

But the kid-Sora- noticed her leaving the room, but she had too.

"That's really what that kid said?" a voice asked through her phone, "he wasn't making up some elaborate story?"

"I believe him," Wil answered, "though his story is unbelievable, the way he told it… well, he's a lucky kid."

"Well, since Sephiroth decided the kid wasn't a challenge he most likely let him live."

"I don't think, was it. There's something about his story that doesn't add up. So many unanswered questions but I don't think Sora knows the answer to him."

"...So what do we do now? It sounds like Cloud made it home but…"

"He disappeared, again."

"Yep."

The man on the other side of the line sighed, "time to start hunting down Cloud again? To see if he ended up here?"

"Most likely," Wil sighed, "but in case Sephiroth ended up here too be careful. I know you can take care of yourself, mostly, but you do have your moments of extreme stupidity."

The man laughed, "I'll try to be careful, but you know me sometimes my stupidity knows no bounds."

"Zack-" Wil warned, "I don't want to lose you too… please."

"Okay, I'll be careful," Zack said, though his voice was started to be drowned out by yelling from his side of the phone, "shit! I got to go… I'll see you soon, okay?"

"Yeah, bye Zack," Wil muttered.

"No I love you?" he asked with laughter in his voice.

"You're a dork."

His laughter was the last thing she heard as he ended the call.

/

Wil made her way back into the main room where everyone else was, hearing their laughter echo softly in the hall along with soft barks. Signaling to her that Rinoa let Angelo out of one of the rooms, no doubt the dog wanted to know why there was a newcomer in the house and most likely wanted to play.

Wil's own dog would do that too, but he wasn't here right now.

And speaking of dogs, Angelo must have heard Wil exit another room because the brown and black dog ran towards Wil and she jumped up in excitement.

"Hey girl," she muttered, "I see you met Sora. Are you being a good girl and not causing too much trouble for him."

Angelo barked happily, as she followed Wil back towards the group.

/

Ventus

Ventus and Kairi feel asleep reading, their heads on the table while open books were laid out in front of them. Research, things that might help them find Sora or find somewhat to connect with him. To have their gummi phones reach his- they tried to call but nothing happened, the call just dropped- or to have their hearts connect with Sora's.

But nothing except for rubbish that made both their heads hurt, and they were nowhere near to finding an answer to all their problems.

I could try and call Vanitas and try to convince that... jerk to help find Sora, Ven thought, even though part of him already knew that was futile. Vanitas hated him… he hated everyone, and he chooses Darkness and possibly faded back into it without a second thought. That he was most likely gone forever.

And Ven didn't know why that thought made him sad, but it did. Though he could chalk it up to the fact that part of him was missing, and there was no way to get it back. Granted it was his darkness, but still… he missed that little shit.

"You awake?" he heard Roxas ask- it was still weird to be around him, but Ven was slowly getting used to his doubleganger- as he sat down at the table beside him.

"Yeah," Ven replied, "but I think Kairi is still asleep… the wait is that food?"

Roxas gave him a "no duh" look at he pushed the tray towards Ven, but not before grabbing a bowl of soup off of it first, "Aerith made it a few hours ago, but no one wanted to wake you two. So when I saw you starting to stir, I figured I would reheat it for you guys. Maybe I should have waited to heat up Kairi's."

"Yeah, I think that she's going to be out for a while," Ven replied as he grabbed a bowl for himself, "we could move her… falling a sleepover a table doesn't give one any comfort."

Roxas nodded, "might as well do that now."

Both boys got up and slowly and carefully moved the young redhead over to the bed, though it was more Roxas who carried her as Ven ran over to pull back the covers. But both helped each other to lift her up and set her back down (on the bed).

Then they went back to the table and ate in silence.