i opened my eyes slowly, i felt the horrible pain in my back, from my lashes that i got whenever i failed to please properly or when i refused to do something, i soon learnt to just do as i was told, wether i liked it or not, i got less pain then, my head felt heavy and i still felt incredibly weak

"sora? can you hear me?" came clouds worried voice, my vision cleared up and i could see cloud and leon crouched infront of me, looking at me worriedly and sadly, i knew i was on there sofa

"were am i?" i whispered, my voice hurt slightly

"our house...what happed to you sora?" leon asked, i sat up and whinced with my back, they noticed "what is it?" he asked

"i havent had the best 18 months ever" i whispered, leon and cloud shared a carful look, i knew then and there they had seen my memories "youve seen huh?" i asked

"we had no clue what was up with you" cloud explained "its still horrible though, humans are so vile at times" he growled, i chuckled weakly

"when did i say they were human?" i asked, cloud and leons eyes widened

"they were ablilities?" leon asked

"yes" i sighed, the pain from my lashes was killing me, i knew they were infected, i never had chance to clean them "could i asked for your help a second?" i asked

"course whats up?" cloud asked

"could you use a healing spell on me?" i asked

"why?" leon asked, i pulled my top of and turned around, i heard them gasp "how did you get such things?" he asked

"lashes for bad behaviour or failing to please fully" i explained

"i can sort this no problem, but some of them will scar im affraid" cloud explained, i smiled slightly

"fine by me" i sighed, i felt a sharp energy surge through me and then the pain was gone, i sighed happily and felt more stronger to "thanks" i said happily, slinging my top on and turned back around

"no problem" leon smiled

"weres the others?" i muttered

"we didnt know you were with them, i was just walking through the woods and you appeared infront of me, breaking down" cloud explained

"oh yeah i remember now" i muttered, the memories of my visit refilling my head, i shook my head, i dont need to remember them again

"well when they get back me and leon are talking with them" cloud explained

"why?" i asked

"cos were going to kick those abilities asses" leon smiled, i chuckled

"if thats what your going to do then let me forwarn you whats there" i smiled, leon and cloud nodded "there were only 4 masters there, the top one was a man called saix, his ability is control over anything dark, the 2nd is xaldin, he has control over wind, 3rd is alex, he has super strength and 4th is larxene, she has control over thunder and lightening" i explained

"nasty people" leon hissed

"yeah it was alex who did the lassings to" i sighed, they both whinced "yeah he didnt hold back, on some of the others he would pull skin from bone" i shivered, they did too

"nasty place" cloud sighed, i nodded and yawned, i layed back down and closed my eyes, i drifted of before knowing i had...

..."sora can you hear me?" came a familiar voice, i opened my eyes, my vision clear and saw riku looking at me sadly, he brushed some hair out my face, i saw namine and roxas werent hear, but then i felt the pain in my chest, but i knew it wasnt mine, it was theres "you ok?" he asked, i nodded, and burried my head in my arms, i hated how i probably hurt them so much, id be amazed if any of them went near me again! "how can you think that sora?" riku asked softly, i turned my head to him, he was looking at me sadly

"why would you want to? im tainted" i sighed, avoiding rikus gaze, he cupped my cheek, stopping that

"not of your own choice sora, noone can blame you for something like that" riku explained, i smiled at him

"i guess" i smiled, he nodded and gently kissed my forhead, i knew he was worried over it all

"can you read minds now?" riku smiled

"no i just know you very well" i smiled, i grabbed his chin and kissed him properly, i may have been forced to do some stuff i didnt want to but it never changed how i feel, riku pulled back

"well for that im very glad" riku beamed, i returned it and stood up

"what happened after i left?" i asked, riku sighed and gently wrapped his arms around my waist

"well namine and roxas brokedown, the parents tried to comfort them, i didnt let them cos i could hear namine thoughts, naimne and roxas disowned them and then we came back here before i killed them" he explained, i sighed and nodded "want to see them i guess?" riku asked

"yeah i can feel them, there really upset and i dont like it what so ever!" i explained, riku nodded and we teleported to there rooms, namine crushing me into a hug before i even realsied we had appeared, but it didnt stop me hugging her back tightly

"its horrible" she whispered, her voice braking, i could see roxas behind her, his knees at his chest, his head on his knees "we shouldnt of let you go!" she whispered, i chuckled slightly

"hey its ok nam, if anything it made me stronger just stop crying please" i asked, she pulled back and smiled weakly at me and nodded, wiping her eyes, i walked over to rox, who hugged me with one arm, his head on my shoulder

"you seriously have some bad luck" he sighed

"i know rox believe me i know" i sighed

"you gonna be ok?" he asked

"yeah ill be fine, i never have to go back so whats the problem?" i chuckled, rox smiled happily

"true true not that we would let you go back there knowing that" rox smiled, namine and roxas nodded in agreement

KNOCK KNOCK

i jumped again, it was a habbit

"chill its axel" riku whispered, i sighed happily, and i turned and smirked at roxas, who gulped

"well invite your boyfriend in" i whispered smugly, roxas nodded sharply and got up, i leaned against the farest wall whilst roxas unlocked the door, this would be fun, axel walked in, he hadnt really changed, he still had bright spiky red hair, his eyes were still that toxic green and he still had that stupid smirk on his face, which dropped when he saw me smirking smugly at him

"sora?" he asked, i nodded, riku was trying to contain his amsument, i bet i was giving the poor boy a heart attack, riku nodded and i smiled happily "wow your actually here thats a shocker" axel muttered

"yeah well i only planed to stay away aslong as i did and now im back" i smirked

"good to know" he smiled

"also i heard something about you axel" i chuckled, he gulped

"which was?" he asked

"for starters you started a group trying to get me back here" i smiled

"ahh yeah that well i felt really bad for what happened and i miss my best buddy" he explained sheepishly

"aye i know ax and luckly were ok now" i smiled, he sighed happily

"and what else did you hear?" he asked

"that you and roxas are a couple" i smirked, roxas blushed cherry, and axel looked sheepish again, was i really that scary? riku nodded slightly, i chuckled "i do hope you realise im not mad right?" i smiled, axel looked slightly shocked and roxas looked very shocked

"your not?" axel asked

"why should i be? you done something to hurt him?" i smirked, axel shook his head furiously

"course not why would i hurt roxy?" he whinned, i smiled

"see no worries is there, you only need to worry if you hurt him" i smiled, if slightly sadisticly, axel nodded, fully understanding he will be in for a world of pain if he hurts roxas, as now i really can get angry whithout worrying about bursting into flames

"so were really cool then?" axel asked, i beamed

"yeah were cool axel" i smiled, he nodded happily and sighed in relief

"sure ax feel free" riku chuckled, i tilted my head in confusion, axel smiled at riku

"not to be inappropriate or anything sora but youve became a real looker now" axel said carfully, roxas just rolled his eyes, i raised an eyebrow, course i have, pfft yeah right, riku rolled his eyes at my thoughts, one day im going to kill him for that, riku smirked slightly, quickly covering it before people asked, wise move

"thanks for that ax" i chuckled, ax nodded and wrapped his arms around roxas, i could feel his happiness, he glared at me

"think of it as payback" rox smirked, ax looked at us confussed, i nodded and walked over to riku and happily leaned against him

"fine by me" i smiled, riku chuckled and wrapped his arms around my shoulders, i leaned against him happily, he kissed the top of my head and i beamed happily

"hope me and rox can be like you two" axel smiled

"what do you mean?" i asked

"your both still madly inlove after 18 months of being seperated" axel smiled, me and riku smiled brightly at eachother

"yeah wasnt easy but if you truely love someone you can do anything and surive anything" i smiled, my stomach knotting slightly, the whole mood in the room changed as we returned to that subject

"why the sudden mood change?" axel muttered, i lowered my gaze to the floor

"let me explain ax" roxas muttered, axel nodded and roxas dragged him into the hall, well once axels knows i guess i had best go see cloud and leon and tell them were they need to go

"what you on about?" riku asked

"cloud and leon want to go beat them up" i explained

"well then im coming to" riku growled "noone does that to you and gets away with it" he added, a sharp growl in his voice, namine smiled slightly, axel and roxas walked back in, axel looked pissed!

"im hunting them down and kicking there asses cos thats fucking sick" axel said irritated

"already one step ahead of you" riku smirked sadisticly, axel nodded, riku kissed the top of my head before releasing me and walking over to axel, he put his hand on his shoulder and they teleported away, probably to cloud and leon, riku knows were it is from my memories

"they should have fun with that" namine smiled

"yeah they should" i smiled, i sat on the bed and sighed happily

"so what now then?" roxas asked

"dont know but im not sure if im ready to turn up yet" i explained

"why not?" namine asked

"i wanna get abit of my strength back first" i explained

"thats understandable" roxas muttered, i nodded

"yeah i dont wanna look weak, i hate it" i sighed

"we do know" namine giggled

"aye i know you do" i smiled, now what to do?