Chapter10

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Weeks had passed. Everything was perfect. Sora, Axel, Roxas and Namine were inseparable in the time they had been re-introducing themselves. They had gone on quite a few missions, allowing Sora to hone his skills.

It was beginning to look as if things were starting to slow down when they were ordered on a special mission. They had woken up bright and early so they could prepare themselves for this "Special mission". They had no idea what made it so special but Xemnas had told them it was a very big and important mission. Although even besides this mission being more important than usual they had already increased their preparedness just in case they ran into that pair again.

"So, Roxas." Sora started. "What are we supposed to be doing out here."

Sora had a strange feeling about this place. He felt as if he had seen it before. The beach was also comforting to him. These stray emotions were confusing his senses.

"Actually." Roxas stated. "I have no idea. I imagine we will know our purpose when we see it. Just stay prepared."

Roxas wasn't going to repeat his last encounter with the two. If they were to meet up again, the two would not be as lucky.

The wait was long and boring. While waiting for something, anything to happen they simply stood around doing there own thing. Hell even if 1000 heartless appeared, it would only serve to give them something to do. At least those were Axel's thoughts, but he was always looking for a fight.

At long last they decided to get up and walk around the island. If they were going to find anything it sure as hell wasn't going to find them first, if the two hour wait hadn't proven anything otherwise.

They began their trek around the island noticing the all the little features it had. They held the same consensus that this island would be the perfect home. It was beautiful, and the perfect size for a small community of friends.

"Hey Roxas." Namine questioned. "You think Xemnas would move the organizations headquarters here?"

"Doubtful." Was Roxas' only reply.

"Aww, to bad." Namine sighed "I really do like it here."

Sora could practically hear the wind sing to him. It was distantly familiar, and seemed to calm him down even more...if that was even possible.

"Guys." Roxas spoke in a mere whisper they could hardly hear. "I heard something."

"What is it?" Axel asked in the same tone as Roxas.

"Is it a bunch of heartless?" Namine spoke keeping up with the current volume.

"No, its not heartless." Roxas replied still deep in thought.

He knew he heard this sound before. It was so familiar and yet he couldn't quite put his finger on it. Roxas went through every inch of his brain trying to remember when it finally hit him. No sooner than Roxas remembered what the sound belonged to did the unknown followers attack from their hiding positions.

"Those two again." Roxas muttered to himself.

The sneak attack had failed. The group had all doge rolled away from the would be assassins. Quickly switching roles, Sora went on the offensive. He has hoped his quick reactions would catch them off guard.

It was only after Sora had recognized the two that he had firmed his resolve to fight. He wasn't positive why but these two had tried to hurt his friends, but he had a no tolerance policy against those kinds of people. Sora ran toward the man of the two and slashed at him horizontally. The boy parried Sora's attack and spoke.

"What are you doing Sora?" The boy asked. "Its me, Riku. Kairi and I have both been trying to get you back. Why are you attacking us?"

"Why?" Sora started. "You even have to ask why? You should know the reason, its extremely obvious. You attacked my friends and tried to get them to think they were my enemy. I don't know what you were trying to accomplish but there is no way they are my enemies."

"Sora?" The girl, presumably Kairi cried "Don't you recognize us?"

"Yes, I do." Sora replied. "You are the ones that tried to hurt my friends. Now you will know what happens to those who hurt my friends."

Sora jumped to the girl and slashed downwards hitting only the sandy ground. The girl was able to dodge his first attack, but the second came from almost nowhere. She was able to evade for the most part, but had got a small cut across her hip.

Sora continued his assault on the girl as Riku advanced towards them. He slashed once more at the girl before being forced to block Riku's blade. The girl had stumbled away seemingly in shock at the events unfolding.

"Sora don't do this." Riku explained as they struggled against each other. "They are your enemies. Why don't you believe us? Look my in the eyes and tell me that I'm lying. Do it."

"No." Sora shouted as he jumped back.

"We are not his enemies." Axel shouted.

"We are his friends." Roxas finished.

"Stop trying to hurt him." Namine cried. "Why are you two so cruel? Just leave him alone. You are the only two people I see here who has even attempted to hurt Sora in any way." Namine cried.

Sora's mind flashed. He couldn't tell what was real anymore. Flashes of each individual ran threw his head. He had memories of all of them, but none of which he really remembered.

He had no idea who to believe. No matter how much he would of liked to doubt it he had looked into Riku's eyes during the struggle. That is why he chose to jump away, those eyes. They told the truth, he could see no fault in them.

The other three had been so kind to him. Over the past few weeks that he could remember they took care of him, they had protected him.

He had memories of the two though. He seemed to know them but he didn't know them. They felt so familiar to him, the whole island seemed so familiar to him...but why?

Sora was surrounded by people who claimed to be his friends while at the same time claiming the others to be his enemy. His head was spinning out of control, it was getting hard for him to think. He began breathing irregularly, it was fast and spastic. He felt like he was having a nervous breakdown, hell it was a nervous breakdown.

"Sora... please... come back... to... u.u...uu...us." Kairi spoke between sobs.

"Come back Sora." Riku protested. "It can be just like the good old times. We can spar over by that deformed palm tree over there. We can go exploring the island more, like that cave with the mysterious door... we...can be happy again."

"Sora don't believe them." Namine cried matching every tear with Kairi. "There is no reason for you to believe them. They are trying to trick you, remember everything we have been through together. How can we be enemies?"

"Yea Sora." Roxas explained further. "We have been friends for a long time. These two don't know you, they never knew you. They are just trying to use you for some sick game. I don't know what their deal is but I'm not buying it, and neither should you."

"What he said." Axel blurted out.

"STOP IT." Sora screamed placing his hands on his face and screaming into the air "just stop it. I can't take this anymore. I can't trust any of you. Why is this so hard?"

Sora shouted his last lines before running off into the nearby forest. He needed time to clear his head, time to think alone. He felt like down was blue and up was banana. Yea, it was that screwed up.

"I don't know what to do." Sora spoke to himself, his voice quivering.

Sora found a nice spot to lay down behind a bush that would ensure if anyone was looking for him they wouldn't be able to find him.

"I know them all, but I don't." Sora finished. "Damn this amnesia. Why is this happening to me?"

Sora began to cry uncontrollably. He couldn't understand why he was crying, sure he was confused...but why would he cry. He couldn't stop the tears for anything. They continued to stream down his face. In almost no time at all Sora had cried himself to sleep. Gentle sleep wrapped him in its comfortable embrace. Finally he was able to calm down, finally he was able to stop his tears.

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