Me: Hey guys! Sorry It's been so long since the last update. There was a blizzard here and I lost power for days so I couldn't do much and that made me sad :(

Riku: Stop giving excuses and go do the disclaimer.

Me: *pulls out a butcher's knife* THAT'S IT RIKU I AM SICK AND TIRED OF PUTTING UP WITH YOU

*Riku runs away screaming like a little girl with me right behind him slashing at him*

Sora: *sigh* Ghostout doesn't own Kingdom Hearts or any of the characters.

A large thud brought Sora back to his senses. He silently mumbled a curse as he stood up groggily and scanned the area around him. The first thing that grabbed his attention was the pale white chapel that stood out dramatically from the natural landscape around him. The chapel itself seemed as though it was empty, but the fact that it was so well kept meant that it was used in the near past. Around the chapel stood clumps of shrub and tiny vegetation that blanketed the floor of where he landed. A small breeze caused the leaves and grass to dance quietly.

He made his way to the door before he finally took a good look at the chapel. It was gargantuan in size, with pillars that had carvings of stories long since forgotten. Oh, that looks like Kingdom Hearts he thought as he ran his fingers over the carving. There was an intricate heart design that appeared in the center of the drawing, with swirls of different shapes around it. There was writing underneath the drawing, but it was too alien to him so he ignored it and kept looking at the heart. The shapes seemed more defined now, with the shapes of people being easily recognizable. They seem familiar somehow... he mused as he shook the brooding thoughts from him and made his way into the chapel.

The perimeter of the room was definitely professionally made, with all of the walls smooth to the touch, and patterns of dark spots swirling as if they were dancing to an invisible gust of wind. The center of the room had the same setup as any other church, with wooden seats standing upright and in formation, seemingly staring at the middle of the room. What seemed to differ from other churches was the fact that instead of all of the seats pointing straight ahead, they were split in half with the seats on the left pointing diagonally to the right and the seats to the right pointing diagonally to the left. As he followed the path of the seats vision, he came across a small glinter that caught his attention in the middle of the room.

"It seems you've finally made it here Sora" a voice from nothingness seemingly appeared from nowhere. Sora quickly held out his hand and grasped out the keyblade as it was brought into this world.

"Who are you?" he asked, to no one in particular. Footsteps faintly sounded in the dark and got louder as each step was taken.

""You're not in a situation where you can ask questions Sora" the bodiless voice answered. Sora gripped his keyblade harder and set it down in his signature diagonal position, with both his hands on it.

A slight gust of wind approached Sora from the side and he instinctively brought his keyblade straight up to block it. A clank of metal rang through the room as he successfully parried off he assailants attack and quickly went on a counter attack and slashed horizontally from where the attack came from. He hit nothing and quickly retreated back to his battle pose.

"Why don't you come out of there and face me like a man!" Sora yelled as he strained to hear any signs that an attack was coming. He got a chuckle as a response and then disappeared in the darkness. Wait... Since when was this room dark? he thought

"Since your heart revealed its true nature" the bodiless voice responded seemingly to his thoughts. He took a step forward and stopped, although Sora had no idea where he was.

"What are you talking about?" Sora retorted and gripped his keyblade harder. "And how did you know what I was thinking? Who the hell are you?!" he was yelling at the end of his questioning.

The bodiless voice broke out into a laugh, first quietly, then quickly crescendoed as Sora took a step back, cringing from the loudness of the laugh. "Do you really want to know who I am, Sora?"

Sora quietly nodded as he warily looked to see where he would come out of. Footsteps became louder as the Sora tried to pinpoint the location of the steps. Finally, the blanket of darkness parted as a man came out with trailing puffs of black gases. Sora's eyes widened and he dropped his keyblade, which earned a sneer from the man standing in front of him. Sora gasped as he saw the man fully in the light

"You're... You're me"

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Kairi was baffled at the sight that was in front of her. The Sora that just moments ago was sleeping peacefully, was now writhing and letting out an otherworldly scream with his entire body being engulfed in the tendrils of black that were slowly creeping up his skin in the shape of veins. The scream got louder and louder as he rose from the bed, his body emanating soft black tendrils, his body pitch black with the only light that shone from him is the menacing golden shade his eyes had become.

She fell back on her chair as the shadow Sora approached her, bearing an unseemingly human grin that showed pale fangs which shone dimly in the sunlight. He reached out with his hands, which had turned into slender claws, to touch her face. She flinched away and stood up with her arms stretched outward, stuttering as she asked "Who... who are you?"

The shadow Sora crouched down and gave a devilish grin before he answered in a low growl, "It's me Kairi... Don't you recognize your own friend?"

Kairi stood immobilized by fear and shock with her hands slowly returning to her side. Sora took a step forward and put his claws on her cheek and lightly scratched down her neck. Kairi flinched and then took a step back, but the claw gripped her in place as she struggled against his grip. "No... You're not Sora! Sora wouldn't give into the darkness!" she retorted as she jerked her hand out. The devilish silhouette simply chuckled before looking at Kairi.

"Of course he wouldn't. Not alone. He had help in that regard." Kairi's eyes squinted in anger.
"What are you talking about? Where's Sora?" she questioned as she grabbed the silhouette by the shirt and pinned him against the wall. The silhouette's grin was ear to ear when he answered.

"Why Kairi, it's because of you"

"What the hell are you talking about?!" yelled Kairi as she threw him on the bed. The creature just stole her gaze as he slowly sat upright on the bed.

"You made him give your heart. You made him lose what made him him. And now, he'll never be the same. And it's all because of you" said the silhouette in a matter of fact tone, before standing up and walking towards Kairi. "You made him change" he said, then he collapsed into her arms, the black swirls dissipating from his body and leaving behind a fainted Sora.

Kairi realized that although he was just trying to get into his mind, the creature was right. This was all her fault. She was the one who caused him so much pain, she caused him to give himself up for her sake.

She couldn't do it anymore.

She gently laid Sora down on the bed and sat down in the chair next to him with her hands balled into fists at her knees and sobbing softly with tears riding down her cheeks. And once again she felt useless to Sora as the day blurred away like a gust of the wind.

Awwwww Kairi is feeling down in the dumps and Sora is MIA :( What will she do? Find out in the next chapter instalment of Leaves in the Wind!