Author's Note: There's a random character in here I just had to throw in, because I got permission to use him. He's from TLSoulDude's fanfic, Prince of Heart, and he has the ability to fly, but only when there's sunlight, and he knows about other worlds. Enjoy : ) !

Chapter 8

Awakened and Seperated

Kairi rolled slightly in her hospital bed - the sun was shinning, and flowers were on her night stand. She opened her eyes and blinked several times, a frown on her face.

"What the-?" Kairi rolled onto her back and sat up, looking around in confusion. "The hospital…?" She tried her best to remember how she had managed to get here, but nothing came to mind. The door opened, and her father, The Mayor, came in. He looked tired and frazzled, and his moustache looked like it hadn't been combed in days.

"Kairi - your awake!: He seemed shocked.

"What am I doing here…?" Kairi asked blankly.

"You were in a coma, Kairi." Her dad said gently, sitting on the chair beside her. "And a very short one a that!" He gave a light chuckle and grinned. "It's only Tuesday afternoon, and you fell into the coma very early Monday morning. It's a miracle your awake so soon!"

Kairi knew it wasn't a normal coma she had been in - her heart was aching, and she knew the Heartless was trying to give her a super hard time.

I have to take the potion… She remembered.

"Where are Sora and Riku?"

The Mayor's face fell slightly at that.

"I'm sorry dear, but they've been missing since yesterday morning…They didn't show up at school, and no one has seen them since."

Kairi had to quickly rearrange her facial expression from bad to a pretend upset - she knew immediately they must have left Destiny Islands, thinking she was really sick. Hadn't she told them a million times never to leave her alone again - that she wanted to come on the adventures with them? Shaking it off, Kairi suddenly grabbed her head in pain, a memory flashing through her brain.

"I'm so sorry, Kairi…" Sora's voice said, echoing through the darkness of her sleep.

Kairi opened her eyes to see her father looking at her with concern.

"I'm okay, really." Kairi smiled. "I think I'm good to go home, actually."

Of course her father disagreed, and went off to find the nurse. When he left, Kairi tried to figure out what that weird flash was. Closing her eyes, she felt she could almost remember a full conversation: "But maybe Hades could save Kairi-" "Only we can save Kairi."

"No matter what, Kairi, we'll get you out of this. I promise."

She knew it must have been a conversation between Sora and Riku before they left. She glanced around the room to look for note, but saw nothing. Sighing, she laid back against her pillows, already thinking about how she could find them. King Mickey wouldn't want to help her leave the islands, and neither would Leon…

"Darn you, Sora…Riku…why'd you have to go again?"


Kairi stood on the docks later in the evening. They had released her from the hospital, she had snuck to the islands and taken her potion, and convinced her dad to let her stay out longer for 'fresh air'. Starring over the ocean to their special island. She knew there had to be a way she could get to where Sora and Riku were. A boy's voice came from behind her, though it didn't scare her.

"Hey, Kairi!"

Kairi turned to see Ryan Syrus standing there. The blond haired, blue eye kid was almost always on her nerves - mostly because he was always trying to go out with her. Kairi shut him up before he could ask:

"Ryan, your two years younger then me. How many times do I have to reject you before you get the hint?" Kairi sighed, putting her hand to her head. "Almost wish I was back in that coma…" She added sarcastically.

"Aw, c'mon Kairi, pleaasee?" Ryan asked, looking at her hopefully with a happy grin. She eyed him for a minute before pushing his chest, causing him to fall into the ocean.

"How 'bout no?"

Kairi gave a sigh and continued to look out over the ocean, ignoring Ryan as he splashed around, trying to get out of the water. A frown came on Kairi's face as she thought about how she was going to find Sora and Riku.

"You could have said no in a nicer way, Princess!" Ryan called sarcastically. She rolled her eyes, but then it hit her: she was a Princess of Heart, why shouldn't she be able to transport to other worlds?

Closing her eyes, Kairi put a hand over her heart, thinking with all her might at the place she knew Sora and Riku probably were - Radiant Garden. Taking deep breaths, she felt something in her mind shift, as if she had suddenly bridged the barrier between her and her magic.

"Radiant Garden…" She whispered, every part of her focused on it. And before Ryan's eyes, she disappeared in a sea of shimmering lights.

"Rather risk her life teleporting to Radiant Garden then go out with me." Ryan huffed and hit the water with his hand. He attempted to fly out of the water, and hovered a few inches above it, only to fall back in again. Looking at the sky, he realized the sun had just gone down behind the horizon. Muttering curses, Ryan started swimming back to shore.


Kairi opened her eyes to see she was at Radiant Garden - and halfway to the sky in front of her was Sora and Riku's Gummi Ship.

"No! Wait!" Kairi yelled hopelessly, watching as they disappeared from the world. "Sora, Riku…!" Kairi gave a yell of frustration -she had been so close! She kicked the ground and sat down, hugging her knees and glaring at the sky.

"…Kairi?"

Kairi turned her head to see Leon walking towards her.

"What are you doing here? Sora and Riku said you were in a coma - wait, how did you even get here?" He eyed her suspiciously, as if thinking she might be some sort of impostor.

"I woke up." Kairi grumbled simply. "And knew Sora and Riku must have come here, so I thought that if I have Princess of Heart powers, why not use them?"

"You shouldn't have." Leon said sharply. "It's dangerous - you didn't know what you were doing."

Kairi gave him a slight glare. "Could I use my powers to get rid of this Heartless?"

Leon sighed and shook his head no. "Sorry, Kairi. That was the first thing we though of, but we did some research and it wouldn't have worked."

Kairi changed topic's at lightning speed. "Where have Riku and Sora gone?"

"Not telling." Leon said, offering her his hand. "One, if I tell you, you'll use your powers to teleport there, which is dangerous. Two, where they are is extremely dangerous."

Kairi took his hand and stood up.

"If it's so dangerous why are they there?"

"Extremely dangerous for you." Leon corrected himself. "Kairi, your friends are trying to save your life. Don't jeopardize it."

"Fine." Kairi said simply. "Then I guess I'm staying here. Wouldn't want to jeopardize it by going back home, right?" Kairi smiled and started walking in the direction of Merlin's house. She knew she was being a bit rude, but she hated being away from her two best friends.


Sora and Riku had landed on their world - The World that Never Was. After doing some research in Ansem the Wise's computer, Leon and the gang asked Sora and Riku to go to their current world - apparently, there were some extremely important papers regarding the Heartless in this world.

"Where are we going to start?" Sora asked, looking around curiously.

"The castle?" Riku suggested, pointing towards the looming castle ahead.

"You honestly think we can find a couple of papers in such a big place?" Sora asked as they walked through the town like place.

"Only one way to find out."


After a few minutes, Sora and Riku were in the castle. Sora looked around the huge place uncertainly, while Riku crossed his arms, obviously deep in thought.

Sora watched his friend and didn't speak until Riku gave a nod and opened his eyes.

"I have an idea where they might be." Riku said. "Follow me. We have to go higher."


They reached the level where Sora had fought Xigbar not so long ago.

"I don't see any papers, Riku." Sora said, putting his hands behind his head.

"Not yet, but let's go through there." Riku pointed towards a door, hardly visible because the room was so big, even though the door was a normal size.

Sora raised an eyebrow at the silver haired teen, but followed anyway. When he opened the door cautiously, an office like place was revealed - papers were scattered around, files, notes, computers - they had hit the jackpot.

Sora's jaw dropped. "How on Destiny Islands did you know this was here??"

"Lucky guess." Riku grunted, though Sora knew he was hiding something.

"Wait, this place doesn't look deserted…these look like they were put here recently." Sora said, picking up a folder.

Riku suddenly looked at his friend sudden surprise on his face.

"What?"

"Sora, Maleficent lives here now!" Riku said quickly. "Remember? She wanted the place for herself? These are probably her files." Riku spat the word 'her' out.

"Your kidding!" Sora groaned. "What if she's here, right now?"

"We better hurry and find what we're looking for, then." Riku immediately turned and started searching through folders. "Ew…Maleficent's shopping list…#47 Plum lipstick…" Riku shuddered slightly and pushed it aside.

Sora found a lot more files on Kairi then he thought would be there - most were from a year and a half ago, when Maleficent was trying to get all the Princesses of Hearts together. The first piece he came across that was about Kairi's condition now was just a log entry, saying what they already knew. Getting slightly anxious, he heard a sudden gasp from Riku and spun around.

"What??"

"Nothing." Riku said quickly, pushing a black folder behind his back.

"What's that?" Sora frowned and made to reach for it. Riku hesitated before handing it to him.

"Why were you hiding this?" Sora frowned, starting to open it.

"Read it and you'll see why." Riku sighed, shaking his head.

Sora's sea blue eyes scanned back and forth as he read, a frown appearing on his face. One he finished reading, his eyes widened.

"Riku-!" He gasped. "This tells us everything we need to know about Kairi's Heartless, even where it is in her heart - the exact location!" Sora's face went back to worry as he glanced at the papers. "…How did she get this information…?"

"Read the next page, Sora." Riku sighed. Sora, just noticing there was a second page, flipped it over and read it:

The Heatless located in the Princess's heart is in a very delicate location - the part of her heart that connects her to someone. Though the person she is connected to is unknown, if that person were to die, the Heartless would go with it, but the Princess would stay alive. I must get my hands on her and test this theory, so -

Sora stopped reading suddenly and stared at the paper. "I'm connected to Kairi…" He said softly.

Sora looked hopefully up at Riku. "This means it is possible to get rid of the Heartless! We know how!"

Riku's face changed from calm to angry in half a second. "Sora are you nuts?? How stupid can you get?"

Sora glared and took the offence. "Thanks a ton, Riku."

"I'm just saying - isn't it obvious Maleficent planted this information? She knows you'd try and save Kairi - if you sacrificed yourself, you'd be out of her way! It's what she wants!"

"Or maybe this is actual information and we can actually save Kairi!" Sora glared, a slight pout on his lips. "I'd do anything to save Kairi, I've already sacrificed myself once before for her."

"But this time, you won't come back!" Riku said through clenched teeth. "The Heartless probably isn't even on that part of her heart - you die, Maleficent has Kairi, and the Key-brat is out of the way."

"So now I'm a Key-brat?" Sora shouted angrily.

"No, You're a Key-Idiot for falling for her plan like this!"

The two glared at each other, both wanting to spit insults. Sora threw the folder down at Riku's feet, the papers still in his hand. He stormed out of the room, sticking the papers in his pocket, while Riku kicked the chair, causing it to slide across the room and topple over.


Author's Note: Dun dun dun…is it really Maleficent's plan, or is that really the way to defeat the Heartles…? And thank-you, TLSoulDude, for letting me use your OC's :D

Might take a little over a week to update...Exams are coming, and so is a dance competition :S Please Review :)