CHAPTER 3

Somewhere else in the castle Sora was running amuck in his new form. It seemed as though he was searching for something. Whatever it was, it drew him deeper and lower into the castle. As he got closer to the lower levels of the castle, he began to get fidgety. He twitched if what he was looking for seemed to get farther instead of closer.

Finally he found a door covered in chains. The scent of his desire was so close now that he could barely contain himself. As he lifted his left hand, he roared and with one swipe, slashed the door apart. As he entered slowly into the bright white room something caught his big yellow eyes. There was a cell just a few yards away from him.

Sora approached it slowly. Whatever was in that cell was exactly what he was looking for. As he crawled closer and closer, his anxiety started to skyrocket. Until he finally looked into the cell and all he saw was a girl with auburn hair, wearing a pink dress and big bright purple shoes. She appeared to be asleep. Next to her was a dog that had noticed Sora. Neither of them growled to the other. In fact, they seemed quite at ease.

Suddenly the girl awoke from her sleep. She looked over at this new person that was starring at her. For a second she almost screamed, until she looked at the newcomer's big yellow eyes. "Hello," she said kindly. Though Sora had lost all sense of who he was while he was trapped in this form, a part of him felt peaceful. Probably because the girl he was so focused on, was Kairi. The very girl he was hell bent on saving was right in front of him. "Who are you?" Kairi could hardly see due to the fact her vision was still blurred from sleeping.

Sora didn't answer. He simply tilted his head to the side like a curious animal. Without a seconds hesitation, Sora grabbed ahold of the cell bars, and ripped the entire section of the wall, like it was nothing. Immediately this made Kairi jump. Sora slowly crept into the cell. He kept getting closer to the now scared Kairi, who was backing up towards the wall. Eventually she had nowhere to go.

Sora was now standing to face her at eye level. His face was only inches away from hers at this point, when out of nowhere, he he let out two small growls. It almost sounded as though he was trying to speak. Kairi's vision finally un-blurred and she could see the features of Sora's face. "Sora," she asked hopefully. "Is that really you?"

Sora said nothing. He simply put his hand gently on her face. No words, no expressions, just a simple touch. Kairi's face immediately lit up with happiness. She hugged Sora as tightly as she could with tears of joy streaming down her face. "Sora, how did you get here?" No response. "I've missed you so much!" Still no response. Kairi couldn't see the truth yet. This was Sora, but he had no consciousness, no vocabulary, not even any memory of who he was.

Within seconds, the reunion between the two had been interrupted. Nobodies had begun to swarm the dungeon. Sora immediately grabbed Kairi and flung her on his back. Along with the dog, Pluto, the two of them ran for the exit. Sora's speed was incredible. He had no problem ramming past the hundreds of Dusks in his way. When They had finally pushed past through all of them, and found a more open area, Sora put Kairi down. Within a mere matter of moments Nobodies had swarmed into that room.

Sora slashed at them with true furiosity, left and right in an onslaught of chaos. Eventually a dusk landed a lucky shot and knocked Sora back towards Kairi. When he hit the ground he used his momentum to push off the ground and continue the fight. When Sora fell however, something fell out of his pocket. It was the charm Kairi had given him. When She picked it up something happened. A bright light began to shine from it. It felt like the light she felt when she was with Sora. When the light finally died down, she realized what she was holding, Sora's Keyblade, the Kingdom Key. Afraid she might lose the charm, she attached it to the key chain, then the Keyblade changed form. It became the legendary Oathkeeper.

Sora meanwhile was beginning to look exhausted. As a dusk almost landed another shot on him, it vanished. Kairi had destroyed it. "Stay away from Sora you creeps," she yelled swinging the Keyblade like a maniac. She swung at anything that came close to them, but she had so little experience with weapons that she would more than likely cause more harm here than good.

Sora took this opportunity to do something extreme. He launched himself into the air. For a brief second Kairi almost thought she heard him telling her to get down. When Sora had reached about ten feet in the air he rose his hands and then slashed them downwards. With that move a gigantic stream of darkness spread throughout the room, eliminating every Nobody in sight. The attack seemed to have drained him completely. As soon as he reconnected with the ground, his body hit the ground.

Kairi ran over to him. "Sora! Are you alright?!" His eyes didn't open, but he was still breathing. Kairi grabbed him by the arms and dragged him into a nearby closet. "Sora," she whispered quietly, "why?" Tears started to form in her eyes. "Why does the one person I love always have to get hurt protecting me?"