Hey guys I'm back! Thanks so much if you're reading this, it means a lot! Also, thanks to Antex-The Legendary Zoroark, TPXIII and BadWolfAlchemist for reviewing/following/favoring along with all 136 readers! I'm so excited to also announce I have another Kingdom Hearts story out called The Light That Shines. It centers around an OC named Shaylee as she goes through the KH series, starting in Birth By Sleep. Please check it out! And if anyone wants to do a cover for this story, I'd love to see it! Just send me the link and I might use it! And to clarify, the heart on the back of Kairi's vest is the Kingdom Hearts logo.

Hayner: Hurry up and start!

Me: Eek! Hayner! Don't scare me!

Hayner: Yeah, yeah, go on and start!

Me: Alright...enjoy!


"Hi Kairi!"

"Your nickname will be...Kai!"

"Come on, Kai!"

"Your name's Kairi?"

"Give me a break, Kairi!"

"Kairi?"

"Kairi! Kairi! Open your eyes!"

"Kairi, remember what you said before? I'm always with you too! I'll come back to you, I promise!"

"KAIRI!"

Kairi sat up with a gasp as the dream finally ended. She held her head in her hands as the voices faded. It hurt so bad but she couldn't make them stop. And believe her, she tried. She even went to a therapist once but came out with nothing. Seeing the time, the redhead got up and quickly got dressed before leaving. She arrived at the Usual Spot within moments.

"Hey, Kairi, nice to see you on time for once." Hayner teased.

"Shut it Hayner!" Kairi yelled as she took her usual seat and her ice cream from Olette and began to eat it silently. Roxas arrived a few minutes later and took an ice cream offered to him by Pence.

"Thanks." He smiled.

"You doing better today?" Kairi asked as Roxas sat on the crate.

"Yeah, thanks." Roxas smiled.

"Do you guys think we'll always be together like this?" Pence asked.

"I sure hope so." Olette said.

"Me too." Kairi added.

"Huh?" Hayner asked, "Where did that come from?"

"Oh, well, you know." Pence said. Kairi groaned,

"What did I say about that phrase?" Pence chuckled,

"Sorry Kairi. Anyways, just thinking out loud."

"Well, I doubt we can be together forever." Hayner said.

"Wow, negative much?" Kairi asked sarcastically.

"But isn't that what growing up's all about?" Hayner continued, "What's important isn't how often we see each other, but how often we think about each other. Right?" Pence laughed,

"Get that off a fortune cookie?"

"That's it, no more ice cream for you!" Hayner cried.

"I actually liked it." Kairi smiled softly.

"That's a first." Hayner muttered only to get hit in the head with a ball Kairi found lying around.

"Shut up!" She grinned. After a small pause, Hayner said,

"Man, today's turning out to be a drag."

"Maybe because of yesterday's memory thief." Olette suggested.

"Nuh-uh." Hayner protested, "You know what it is? We don't want summer vacation to be over. That's all!" Pence shrugged at Olette.

"What're you getting at?" Kairi asked, her worry over Roxas growing again. What's going on with him? She thought.

"So, how about this?" Hayner continued, standing up, "We all go to the beach! And why do we go to the beach?"

"Because you answer your own questions?" Kairi quipped, getting a laugh out of Pence, Olette and Roxas. She sighed in relief at that. He's okay.

"No, because we haven't gone once this entire vacation!" Hayner said, "Blue seas! Blue skies! Let's just get on the train and GO!" He turned around when none of his friends answered to find them all standing in a half circle in front of him. "No?" He said, "Aw, c'mon!"

"You sound like a little kid." Kairi teased with a smirk.

"Besides, maybe you forgot, but we're broke." Roxas said.

"Maybe you forgot I'm smart!" Hayner smiled.

"Debatable." Kairi muttered. Hayner glared at his redheaded rival before he led the way out of the Usual Spot. Kairi stood beside Roxas, worried when he didn't follow. "Roxas?" She asked, "Are you okay?"

"Yeah, Kai. I'm fine." Roxas smiled and nodded when Pence came in and said,

"Hurry up, Roxas, Kairi!" The duo nodded before they made their way out of the Usual Spot.


As they entered into the streets, they saw the trio of their friends standing together. As they approached, Hayner said,

"We're going to Market Street!" The trio then ran off. Kairi and Roxas were right behind them. They found their friends staring at a Struggle board. Seeing them, Hayner waved them over. The duo ran over and Hayner said, "Just two days to go. You and I have to make the finals!" Hayner grinned, "That way, no matter what happens, the five of us split the prize!"

"Okay, you're on." Roxas agreed with a smile.

"You two are gonna clean up!" Pence grinned.

"Go get 'em!" Olette added.

"Just...be careful." Kairi said quietly. Though she trusted Roxas and Hayner to be careful, she could never start her worrying. She always worried for them, she just...never wanted them to be hurt. Hayner grinned at her.

"Don't worry, Kairi. Your little boyfriend won't be hurt." Hayner teased. Kairi and Roxas blushed identical shades of red before Roxas turned to Kairi and reassured,

"We'll...we'll be fine, Kai. I...I promise." Kairi could tell he was nervous by his stutter but she was surprised to see him still blushing. Hesitantly, Kairi hugged him and he her. "Kai...we will get out of this safely." Roxas whispered, "I promise."

"I know, I trust you." Kairi whispered and she slowly let him go. She didn't see the disappointment in Roxas' eyes when she did so. Olette smirked at Kairi, who looked down, refusing to meet her best friend's gaze. Roxas turned to Hayner and the two held their arms in front of each other, forming an x.

"It's a promise!" Hayner grinned at his best friend, "Now, let's get down to business. One ticket to the beach is 900 munny. How much for five of us?"

"4500 munny." Kairi and Olette answered in unison, being the smarter ones in the group.

"And 300 each to spend there." Hayner said, "What's that for all of us?"

"1500 munny." Kairi answered.

"A total of 6000 munny." Olette added.

"To spend on what?" Roxas asked. Kairi smiled.

There's my Roxas. She thought when she blushed furiously. Wait...my Roxas? Where did that come from?

"Pretzels, of course!" Hayner smiled, "What else is there?"

"Well, there's always watermelon." Roxas suggested.

"Too pricey." Hayner argued, "They're, like, 2000 munny apiece."

"Pretzels it is." Roxas and Kairi said in unison. They looked up at each other in surprise before they looked away, both blushing. Olette smirked at Kairi who avoided her best friend's gaze while Roxas avoided the smirking Hayner and Pence, the only ones to know of his crush on Kairi.

"So, where were we?" Hayner asked, changing the subject.

"We need 6000 munny altogether." Olette said, "But all we have is..."

"I've got 800." Pence offered.

"...650." Olette said.

"I've got 700." Kairi said.

"150. Sorry." Roxas said.

"That's 2300 munny!" Hayner grinned, "We need another 3700." He turned away as the four looked at him. "Let's find ourselves some odd jobs and earn some dough!" He cried, "We have 'til the train leaves to earn 740 munny each!" With that, the light blonde ran off. "Meet at the station with cash in hand!" He called back.

"Didn't he say he had it covered?" Pence asked.

"That is just like Hayner." Kairi muttered, though she was smiling.

"Whatever." Roxas said, "Those pretzels are sounding pretty good." The four then split up. Kairi ended up doing two seperate jobs. First, she was delivering letters using the skateboard Roxas had gotten her for her 15th birthday. He had even taught her to actually skateboard after she had begged and pleaded with him to teach her. She had delievered letters several times, earning 400 munny after several hours. Then, she moved onto the Accessory Shop where Jessie let her earn her last 340 in making jewelry. Kairi grinned as she ran to the station when she heard, "Kai!" Turning, Kairi saw Roxas running up to her.

"Hey, how'd you do?" Kairi asked. Roxas smirked,

"You'll just have to wait and see." There was silence between them as they walked until Roxas said, "I saw you skating around earlier, delivering letters. Guess those lessons paid off, huh?"

"Thanks, again for those." Kairi smiled. Roxas smiled back,

"Your welcome." The two reached the station plaza a few minutes later. They walked up to the rest of the group as they arrived.

"All present and accounted for?" Hayner asked.

"What've we got?" Pence asked.

"Let's see..." Roxas said as he took out his munny, "Just this.

"Nice going, Roxas!" Hayner grinned.

"I knew you would do it!" Olette added.

"Wow." Was all Kairi could say as she smiled.

"Nice work, everyone." Olette smiled once she finished counting the munny, "Added to what we started with, we now have..." She paused for dramatic effect and said, "Tada! 6200 munny!" She held out the bag of munny and handed it to Roxas.

"Sweet!" Hayner cried.

"Let's get tickets!" Olette grinned. Olette and Pence ran off as Roxas pocketed the munny and Kairi smiled. Hayner suddenly said,

"We can't be together forever...so we'd better make the time we do have something to remember." Kairi and Roxas stared at Hayner curiously.

"Hayner?" Kairi asked.

"Huh?" Roxas asked. Suddenly, Hayner punched Roxas and cried,

"Gotcha!" He then ran off to join the duo on the steps. Roxas looked at Kairi, who shrugged in return. The two began to follow their friends when suddenly, Roxas fell to the ground.

"Whoa!" He cried.

"Roxas!" Kairi shouted, kneeling beside her best friend and crush. Kairi looked over as a stick landed a ways away. The trio on the steps heard the commotion and turned around. "What?" Kairi gasped as she looked back at Roxas, who was starting to stand up only for him to be picked up by a man in a black coat, his hood hiding his face. The man said something to Roxas Kairi didn't catch but she stood up as Roxas asked,

"What?"

"Let him go!" Kairi demanded. The man turned to her and said something. A second later, Hayner cried,

"Roxas! Kairi! Three minutes!"

"Okay!" Roxas answered as the two turned to their friends. When they looked back, the man in black was gone.

"Where'd he go?" Kairi asked. Roxas didn't have an answer. The two began to follow their friends and Kairi asked, "Did he hurt you?"

"A little but I'll be fine." Roxas reassured. Kairi shook her head. Roxas was so stubborn sometimes.

"You're coming over later so I can fix you up." She said, leaving no room for argument. It was the traditional healing Roxas got whenever he was injured. Kairi wanted to be a nurse someday and was very prepared for any injuries her friends received. Roxas chuckled and agreed as they entered the station.


"Five students!" Hayner requested once they were inside.

"Roxas, the money." Pence said.

"Wait-" Roxas said as he searched his pockets only to see the money was gone. "No!" He cried.

"Huh?" Hayner asked as Roxas and Kairi turned back and remembered what happened only a few seconds ago.


The man in black picked Roxas up roughly.


"He took it!" Roxas cried in realization.

"Where are you going?" Olette asked as Roxas made a move to leave. Roxas turned back and explained,

"Remember when I fell? I had the money before that. I bet that guy took it!"

"Roxas, calm down!" Kairi cried.

"Guy?" Hayner asked.

"He couldn't have gotten too far..." Roxas insisted.

"What're you talking about?" Hayner asked, "There was no guy."

"Huh?" Roxas gasped as the bell went off.

"What?" Kairi added.

"But he..." Roxas fumbled before saying, "There wasn't...really?"

"I...don't even know anymore." Kairi whispered, looking down and crossing her arms. The whistle went off.

"Oh boy..." Pence huffed.

"There wasn't anyone...there?" Roxas asked himself.


Later that day, the five sat on the clock tower eating their Sea Salt ice cream. They sat from left to right, Hayner, Pence, Olette, Kairi and Roxas. Everyone was eating their ice cream but Roxas, who's ice cream was dripping, while Kairi only took small bites at a time.

"It's melting." Olette noted.

"Sorry." Roxas said.

"Me too." Kairi said, looking down.

"Cheer up already, you two!" Hayner said.

"That was definitely weird, though." Pence noted.

"Strange." Olette added.

"You said it." Hayner agreed.

"Can you feel Sora?" Roxas whispered to himself. Kairi gasped at the name as the full memory of Roxas' fall came back.


The man in black picked Roxas up roughly.

"Can you feel Sora?" He asked.

"What?" Roxas asked.

"Let him go!" Kairi demanded. The man turned to her.

"Kairi..." He whispered.


Once they finished their ice cream, Kairi and Roxas went back to Kairi's home.

"I'm fine, Kai." Roxas insisted.

"Roxas, shut up." Kairi said, "I'm helping you and that's that." Roxas sighed as he sat on Kairi's bed as Kairi took out her first aid kit. She began to apply antibacteria ointment to Roxas' face. He winced but didn't cry out like he used to. Slowly, as Kairi finished, the two found themselves staring into each other's eyes, neither breaking the other's gaze. Slowly, Roxas leaned in but before anything could happen, everything went black.


Restoration at 28% "Namine, hurry." DiZ urged.


"Is it really that hard to make a beach?" Riku asked as he tossed the munny he took from Roxas in the air lazily.

"We'd be giving the enemy another entry point." DiZ explained his reasoning.

"And this?" Riku asked, holding out the munny bag.

"We can always buy some Sea Salt ice cream." DiZ said before he laughed and continued, "Objects from that town must be kept out of the real world. You can delete that." Riku was silent for a moment before he asked,

"Why didn't you tell me about Kairi?"

"I didn't think it would be a big deal." DiZ said.

"It wouldn't be a big deal?" Riku cried, "She's my best friend!" He was silent for a moment before he asked, "How did she get there?"

"When Roxas collapsed after your battle, his heart called out to Kairi and she felt it. Her heart accepted his call and joined him in the digital town." DiZ explained, "She isn't really there. Her heart formed a manifistation of her body and changed her memories so she would blend in. Her body is safely on the Destiny Islands, asleep."

"How do we get her out?" Riku asked.

"I am working on a program that will activate on the 6th day." DiZ said, "Trust me, it will work."


There's the chapter! I hope you guys enjoyed and liked the small, almost Roxiri moment I gave you! Did you really think I'd let them get together that easily? Sorry but I had to do that! And I hope Riku's reaction to Kairi being in the digital Twilight Town. I figured he'd be overprotective of Kairi, as he's like an older brother to her and Sora. Again if you want to do a cover, please send me the link! And please check out my other story The Light That Shines!

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