Chapter 4: In the Middle of the Night…I was Talking without Sleep…

Kupo3.0: So… now is the time to ask you guys, seeing as we are a few chapters in now, do y'all think I'm a Sora or a Riku fangirl?

Passerby: Meh… who cares… you mention the one as attractive and the other takes his shirt off. You're too cryptic for us, put your head on straight.

Kupo3.0: -tears- You're being mean for someone I don't even know.

Passerby: Hello, we have three chapters together now, I think you know me. –licks popsicle-

Kupo3.0: Oh, are you a Roxas fangi- wait! You're distracting me from the question! What's your name??

Passerby: Muahahaha, I'll never tell my fangirl or real identity! –licky lick-

Disclaimer: I don't own KH… but I do own Passerby! Passerby: -stops licking- NEVER

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Sora gave Selphie a hand to ease her down onto the edge of the pier and then sat down as well. He was trying to be a gentleman, despite the fact he was dealing with one of the most nervous ordeals of his life.

He cleared his throat and then said, "So…uh, Selph… yeah, what I have to tell you might be a little weird, and-"

She let out a little giggle and looked away.

Sora suddenly got worried and said, "What? Did I do something wrong? I didn't mean to sound strange, I dunno, I…"

He stopped once he noticed her looking at him, waiting for the rambling to stop. There was a bit of awkward silence. He uneasily chuckled and ran his fingers through his hair.

Selphie smiled and turned more towards him, with one leg hanging over into the water. "No, Sora, you're great. Relax, silly! I just like how you call me Selph… no one else does that, I think it's cute."

Sora let out his breath, sighing, "Oh… that. Okay, uh, I just do it sometimes. Well, back on topic, I, um, wanted to tell you something, and, uh, if you're okay with it, I was kinda wondering if we could, uh, keep it just between us, uh, 'kay?" He swung his legs over the end of the dock and splashed his foot into the ocean.

Selphie smiled sweetly and put her hand on Sora's. She spoke slowly, saying, "Sora…you can relax. Just talk to me. I want to hear anything you have to say, okay? Please, trust me."

Sora sheepishly slipped out a grin and said, "Okay… I'll trust you."

He leaned backwards and laid down on the pier with his friend and started talking.

"Well, I guess I should start from the beginning. We all know that something weird happened around here two years ago. None of us can remember anything clearly. Eh, I should say, none of you besides Riku, Kairi, and myself remember it clearly. It started on the night with that killer storm. I ran outside to try and save that raft I was building, when I saw these… things, Selph..."

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Together, those two stayed on the pier all night. Stars swirled and moved across the sky as Sora told Selphie the gist of everything. The night the worlds changed, meeting his new companions, traveling to different worlds. Hundreds of waves crashed on the shore, and he still wasn't done. He spoke of fighting these Heartless, trying to save Kairi and Riku, exploring the galaxy yet again after discovering the Organization XIII, fighting Nobodies, discovering the truth about Ansem and the Organization, destroying them all to finally return home to a place where no one knew of this struggle and had just been living normal lives.

The sun had just risen an hour before when Sora finished, "…and I know you're tired and that this is a lot to take in, but the King thinks there's some new danger out there called Chasers and he needs us to get off the island. And I need you to help us Selph."

Tired Selphie sat for a minute digesting what the boy had just said, and then replied, "But what could I possibly do to help you Sora. If all this is real, I mean, I can't summon a key and fight or travel the worlds. I can't battle the darkness in my heart. Hell, yesterday I thought the worst thing I had to battle was my hair. But now…this?"

Sora sat up and tried to stay as alert as possible to convince Selphie to help him.

"Selph, you can help. Really. I'm not asking you to fight, or be some big…thing that you're not. But if you distract the others and occasionally help us search for a way out of here, or gummi blocks to build a ship, that would be the biggest help in the world, Selph."

"Ha ha, maybe in this world," she chuckled, rubbing her eyes.

Sora sighed, "You know what I mean Selph. Seriously, the others and I talked about this. We picked you to ask because we believe in you… we trust you."

Selphie looked up at him and coyly smiled, "Really Sora?"

He shook her head and laughed, "Really really Selph."

They stood up and hugged. She replied, "Okay…probably… eh, I mean yes, yes Sora. I'll try and help. Just let me get this all into my brain. It just sounds so… fantastic and wild to truly exist. I'm trying to believe you… I think I really do, because almost all of it fits so perfectly into explaining all the things that happened. I just need to register and sleep."

Selphie hopped off the wooden walkway onto the sand and started to walk away. "Ah… sleep, sounds so nice… I hear it's good for you too… I'm going to use my key to unlock my door and go to bed… try and figure out if 'like is any of this is for real, or not'?", she giggled walking towards a hut.

Sora shouted across the beach, "Ha ha, you're hysterical…come find me later, 'kay? And keep this on the down low."

She nodded and waved her hand while stepping through the doorway to her house.

A yawning Riku was strolling out from a home next door, scratching his head. He approached Sora and asked, "So how'd it go? Were you really up all night talking to her?"

Sora yawned and flopped down on the sand, replying, "Yeah… I wanted to make sure she'd really understand it all, not have it come across as bogus, y'know?"

"Yeah," Riku said, sitting down as well. "So she actually didn't freak out and beat you with that old jump rope of hers… nice… thank god for someone listening with an open mind. You've got to love that."

Sora gazed across the ocean blankly.

"Yeah… love it."

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Passerby: -gasp- I see potential shipping!

Kupo3.0: Do you… do you really?

Passerby: Stop being cryptic… you know I HATE cryptic…

Kupo3.0: -laugh- You? Hate cryptic? Hello, Miss I'm-not-telling-my-name. Miss I-won't-even-reveal-my-fangirl-choice-of-preference. Pfft.

Passerby: By insulting me, you've just scared any potential posse members.

Potential Posse: 0-0 –runs away rapidly-

Kupo3.0: Wait! –chases after them- I didn't even get a chance to say please review!

Passerby: Muah ha ha ha ha! –polishes off not sea-salt popsicle-