Roxas opened his mouth to answer his Somebody's question, to tell him about their connection, when a red-haired girl burst into the room.
Kairi threw herself at Sora, wrapping her petite arms around his neck and giving him a rather large kiss to the cheek. "Oh Sora! I knew that was you in the hall!"
Sora panicked, this light that was close to him was too bright, it wasn't gentle and warm like Riku's or Roxas's… No, it was red hot and fierce like fire. Shutting his burning blue eyes so tightly it hurt, he let out a squeak of protest. "A-Away.."
Tilting her head off to the side, Kairi blinked her sea coloured eyes and squeezed the brunette slightly. "What was that Sora?"
"O-Ow… A-Away.." A throbbing pain came to Sora's head, tears began to fall from his semi-lifeless eyes. "Get Off!" He screamed, causing a burst of energy to knock Kairi away. Kairi was thrown into Riku, who caught her with a startled expression.
"Sora, what's wrong?" Riku looked up from the girl he had caught, towards the brunette. He noticed even Roxas looked shocked at Sora's sudden actions.
"That was rude!" Kairi pushed away from Riku and stepped up to Sora, leaning in his face. "Why'd you do that?"
Sora stiffened, stepping back, away from the red-head. "T-Too bright.." He whimpered covering his eyes with his hands next, the light seeping through his eyelids. It burned, worse than whippings from Kaizer. He used his senses to locate the door before even moving, and then dashed out of it.
"Sora!" Roxas ran to catch him but Sora had turned and gone through a door. Which door, Roxas hadn't the slightest idea. "He… Hid."
Riku, Roxas and Kairi left Roxas's room in search of Sora, scouring the entire Gummi ship. If the King, Donald and Goofy were there… They probably would have had more luck in finding the small brunette. But, it wasn't too, too long before Kairi found him.
"Sora!" She ran to him, throwing her arms around him again. "I'm sorry if I scared you! But, what's wrong?"
Sora shuddered, the pain hadn't subsided and now began to grow. "Get off! Too Bright!" He screamed, the burst of energy again, knocking Kairi away. Sora then got up quickly and dashed out the door. He was now blinded to the usual white, black and grey he always saw. All he saw now was white, bright, painful white, but he managed to get back out into the hallway, soon colliding with Roxas.
"Whoa! Sora!" Roxas blinked, catching his Somebody. "Sora, what's wrong?" He gently held the brunette as he began crying.
"Light… Too bright.. Burned.. Like the Fira spell.." Sora hiccupped, slurring some of his words as he continued to cry and cling onto his Nobody. "That really bright one, burned so bad…"
"Bright one?" Roxas frowned looking up in time to see Kairi emerge from the room Sora had just come from.
"Sora! Come back!" She called, then making her way towards them.
"That one!" Sora whimpered, clinging tightly onto Roxas.
"Oh, I see.. Come on Sora." Roxas frowned again and pulled Sora away, luckily, they weren't far from his room. Once inside he shut and locked the door behind them.
"Roxas!" Kairi called from behind the door and knocked on it loudly. "Open the door I wanna see Sora!"
Sora retreated into the embrace Roxas had him in; he was frightened, more frightened of the girl then he ever was of Kaizer. This girl, could hurt him without using physical force like Kaizer always did. She didn't have to use a fist, foot, or any blunt objects to harm him… No, she just had her light. "Please.. Keep her away.."
Roxas nodded his head, patting Sora's head before releasing the brunette and turning to the door. "You can't see him Kairi, he's hurt. Your light hurt him."
"You're such a liar Roxas! I can't hurt Sora!" Kairi fell silent for a moment as Riku's shouts came from beyond the door. Soon, the two were yelling at one another.
Sora let out a slight scream, why was that light sneaking under the door!? Why was his head hurting so much!? "Zemmie…" He whimpered backing away from Roxas, the door, everything until his back hit a solid wall.
The wall behind Sora burst into a portal of silver and grey. Zemmie stood there then, panting as if she had run a long distance. "Are you alright?" Her arms wrapped protectively around Sora's shoulders, pulling him close.
"Home now.." Sora hiccupped, his head pounding still. "Can we go home now?"
Roxas finally clued into the light and diverted his attention from the door to see Sora and the woman. "Hey! What ar—"
"Shhh, Roxas." Zemmie placed a finger to her lips. "Sora will be just fine. Trust me."
Sora opened his eyes, trying to focus on Roxas, slight shock on his face. "You.. Know him?"
"Of course I do. He, is your Nobody. Your other half." Zemmie blinked, and then smiled suddenly getting an idea. "Roxas, would you come with us?"
There was a loud bang on the door, causing Sora to jump and throw his arms out towards Roxas. He then made grabby motions with his hands, beckoning the Nobody to join them. "Please…"
"I'm only coming because Sora wants me to." Roxas threw Zemmie a look of distrust before moving into Sora's outstretched arms, the boy then clinging onto him again.
"That's the way I wanted it to be." Zemmie ruffled Roxas's hair before turning back around and stepping through the portal which still stayed open on the wall.
Sora then released Roxas and grabbed a hold of his hand, pulling him through the portal behind Zemmie. Surprisingly, the portal led to Sora's dark room. Sora knew Roxas couldn't see in the darkness so he felt around, switching on a table lamp he had never used. Zemmie had vanished, leaving them in the room by themselves.
A small shadow Heartless crawled from beneath Sora's bed and climbed up onto his shoulder. Roxas stiffened and was about to swat it away when Sora grabbed it and hugged it. "Hiya Chester."
"You named it?" Roxas blinked, watching Sora cuddle the little creature.
"Of course… He kept me company… So in return I named and protected him…" Sora gave a slight smile. He hadn't smiled in.. Well he didn't know when he last smiled, his memory was foggy.
Zemmie walked in the door, scaring the Heartless into fleeing beneath Sora's bed again. "Sorry Chester." She murmured before moving to Sora and tying a black strip of cloth around his eyes. "This is made of pure Darkness, it'll help heal your eyes. I know that light burned them pretty bad, I felt your pain."
Roxas remained cautious, he didn't trust Zemmie, no matter how much Sora did… He just couldn't. The next few days were Kaizer-less, making it safe for Roxas to venture with Sora everywhere. He kept close to the brunette, never really allowing him out of his sight.
Sora, of course, didn't mind at all. He enjoyed the warmth which radiated off of the blonde. That warmth assured him someone was there, close-by. It made Sora, 'happy'.
Zemmie finally called the two into her lab, where she removed the blindfold from Sora's eyes to check them. "Not healed yet…" She shook her head and replaced them. "That girl did a number on them.."
"It's okay. They'll heal eventually!" Sora quirked a smile, a rather large and goofy smile, like he did when he had his heart intact, inside of him. The brunette whirled around and grabbed Roxas's hand. He knew where Roxas was, even though he still couldn't see him, he could feel his warmth and judge where his hand was. "Let's go explore!"
Roxas could barely get out a word before Sora drug him off, giggling.
Zemmie stood there, shock painting her face. Did Sora just.. Smile? She, herself, then smiled as she listened to Roxas try and convince Sora not to drag him like a dog and Sora giggling. Giggling? He was giggling? "That's right…" Zemmie sighed in relief. "Roxas holds a piece of that shattered heart…" Her smile then fell immediately. "So that's why Kaizer wanted him out of the picture.. Roxas… Can fix Sora…"