Chapter 3
"Kairi!" Riku screamed as he ran into the Seaside Shack, Kairi jolting awake at the sound of his voice. It seemed now that all she ever did was fall asleep while watching over Sora's sleeping body. A few days had passed, still with no signs of Sora waking up. "Donald and Goofy are here! I think they're planning on starting the mission right now!"
"What?" Kairi jumped up from her perch on the barrel and slipped past Riku. She looked out the doorway, and, sure enough, their Gummi Ship was descending onto the beach. She could see Goofy waving from the window.
"Hey Kairi! Hey Riku!" Goofy said as the pair approached. "Gwarsh, where's Sora?"
Kairi and Riku exchanged nervous glances for a moment, then Kairi managed to stammer, "He's in the Seaside Shack..."
"Thanks, Kairi!" Donald squawked as he and Goofy rushed inside.
"Wait!" Riku shouted, running to the door of the Shack with Kairi tailing behind him. "There's something wr-"
"Sora! Sora! Wake up! Stop sleeping on the job!" Donald yelped as he climbed on top of Sora and started jumping on him. Riku and Kairi just stood, stuck to the spot, as Goofy joined Donald in trying to wake Sora up by shouting into his ear.
"Gwarsh, Sora sure is a heavy sleeper," Goofy said after a moment, stopping his attempts to wake him up, Donald stopping as well.
Finally, Kairi mustered up the capacity to speak. "He's not going to wake up, guys... There's something wrong with him."
The warm smiles glued in place on the faces of the two friends fell, leaving confused frowns in their places. After a few minutes of awkward silence, the only sound being Sora's sleep-filled breathing, Donald spoke.
"So... What happened?" He said nervously, almost as if he didn't want to know the answer.
"Come sit down, we'll tell you." Riku said, motioning to the small barrels on the other side of the room. And so, Riku and Kairi began to tell the story, each with information from their own perspective, until Donald and Goofy were informed.
After the story had been told, Donald spoke up. "I may be able to help." He summoned his Mage's Staff. "We did a little bit of training while Sora was here, and I learned some new magic spells. I think I can use one of them to enter Sora's subconscious and see if anything is happening inside his head. The problem is that I can't use it on myself. Does anyone else want to travel deep into Sora's subconscious?"
"I will," Kairi softly spoke, timidly raising her hand as if not sure that anyone had heard her speak. "I want to help Sora in any way I can."
"You know, this might be dangerous," Riku looked unsure of Kairi's decision. "Are you sure you want to find what's causing this to happen to Sora? Maybe I should go instead."
"No," She said, more confidently speaking this time. "I want to do this."
"Alright then!" Donald exclaimed, clapping his hand against his staff. " I'm not exactly sure what will happen to you once you're inside Sora's head. I also can't guarantee that his subconscious will be the only part of his brain functioning, he may be fully conscious, just not awake."
"Is that possible?" Riku asked, a skeptical look on his face.
"I'm not sure," Donald replied. "Anyway, I do know what will happen to you, Kairi, in entering his mind. When I cast the spell, your body will disappear, you will physically be inside Sora's mind. Kind of like Namine and Roxas in you and Sora, but slightly different. Are you ready?"
"Yes...But how will I come back?"
"I was just going to mention that. Take this," He handed her a small silver charm bracelet. There was one charm on it, in the shape of the Mage's Staff. "Put it on your wrist. When you're ready to come back, just rip the staff charm off of the bracelet. It will let me know that you're ready. Now, stand perfectly still."
Kairi did as she was told, tightening her hands into fists. Donald pointed his staff at her while chanting repeatedly, "Senzai ishiki o nyūryoku shimasu." After about three repeats of the same words, he pointed his staff towards Sora, again repeating the words three times. There was a flash of light, then Kairi saw nothing.