Confliction Hearts

Chapter 10: Feels Like Tonight

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I was waiting
For the day you'd come around.
I was chasing,
And nothing was all I found.
From the moment you came into my life,
You showed me what's right.

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Kanaria, Sora, Donald, and Goofy followed closely behind Leon. He was leading them to the bailey. Apparently he had something to show them. He stopped at a balcony and told them of the restoration committee's goal to rebuild Hollow Bastion to it's former glory. "But are two really big problem." He said. He gestured to the enormous swarm of heartless then pointed to two lone dusks walking toward the deteriorated castle.

Sora nodded knowingly. "You want us to take care of the heartless and the nobodies, right?"

Leon turned to Sora. "Will you?"

"We'll handle them!" Sora said smiling. Kanaria frowned. Was this task supposed to help them find Riku? Leon looked relieved. "That's good to hear" he said. "So Sora. Do you know what's been going on?"

Sora told him about Pete and the Heartless and how they weren't that much of a threat. "The one's we need to worry about are the Nobodies" he explained.

"And those Organization members in charge too!" Goofy added. The all stared at Kanaria who put her arms up in mock surrender.

"You called?" asked the chilly voice Kanaria was all too familiar with. Xemnas. Sora ran back inside and his keyblade appeared. "You're doing well" said the voice of Saix. "This calls for a celebration."

A group of dusks appeared and Donald and Goofy chased after them. As they were preoccupied, another large group of nobodies appeared in front of Leon. Sora was torn. He wanted to help both parties but couldn't choose.

A storm of projectile petals flew past Sora and Leon and the dusks were instantly defeated. "Cakewalk" Kanaria muttered. Sora smiled gratefully at Kanaria and ran past her to help Donald and Goofy.

"The keyblade…a truly marvelous weapon…if only it were in more…capable hands" Xemnas said tauntingly. The rest of the Order laughed. "Show yourselves!" Sora yelled angriliy. A group of people wearing long black cloaks appeared. Strange…weren't there supposed to be thirteen members?

Goofy and Donald ran next to Sora. "Organization XIII!" Goofy yelled. Sora pointed his keyblade at Xemnas. "Good. Now we can finish this!" he yelled with valor.

"What a shame…" Xemnas drawled, "And here I thought we could be friends." They all laughed again. Kanaria timidly made her way to Sora's side. She was not ready to face the Order after commiting treason. But she had to face them at some point.

"Kanaria!" Demyx yelled out. Xemnas diverted his attention to Kanaria. "Hello traitor." Xemnas pointed an accusatory finger at her and almost immediately, Saix appeared behind her. Before anyone could react, Saix pulled Kanaria through a portal of darkness and vanished.

"Kanaria!" Sora yelled. He turned back to the Organization members. "Where did you take her?!" he asked furiously.

Xemnas laughed a harsh cruel laugh. "Why are you worried about Kanaria? She's just a nobody. She's nothing to you. In fact, you should be more worried about Kairi." Xemnas smirked. He held out his arms and just as they had come, the organization was gone.

Sora scowled and headed for the stairs intending to find them again. As he approached the steps an Organization member cut them off.

Saix walked with Kanaria thrown over his shoulder like a potato sack. She screamed out some incoherent words about torturing him when he puts her down and pounded her fists into his back. Saix opened the door to the dungeon and roughly threw her into a cell. He crossed his arms. "You think we want to lock you up like this?" he asked while smiling.

Kanaria stuck her arms in between the bars to try and strangle Saix. He sighed dramatically and started walking away. "Now, be a good little girl and think about what you've done" he said grinning sadisically. Kanaria rolled her eyes. What an asshole.

She turned around and examined the rather large cell. It was very plain and had many similarities to her own room before she decorated it. But something else caught her attention. Or rather, someone. Kanaria found herself staring by a pretty girl with red hair. She was wearing a pink sundress and striking blue eyes that reminded her of Sora.

"Uh…hi…" Kanaria said awkwardly. She just made a huge scene with Saix and this girl probably thought she was a lunatic.

"Who're you?" the girl asked softly.

"Number 14. Kanaria."

"You're a member of Organization XIII?" the girl asked. Kanaria sighed. "Not any more" A pregnant silence filled the cell. Kanaria cleared her throat. "Have you ever performed an excorcism on your pillow?"

The girl's head snapped up. "Huh?" she said not thinking she heard right.

Kanaria laughed. "Sorry. I was just trying to start a conversation" she said smiling. The girl smiled back and giggled. "No, I haven't. Have you?" Kanaria shook her head.

They had spent quite a large amount of time sitting there laughing together. Kanaria had decided that she like this person. "So what's your name?" she asked curiously.

"Oh! It's Kairi."

Axel plopped down tiredly onto his bed and sighed. He must have searched around 20 different worlds in search of Kanaria but to no avail. He punched his pillow in frustration.

His door burst open. "Axel!" yelled Demyx. Axel laid on his back and closed his eyes. "Demyx, you are not my most favorite person right now, so please go away."

Ignoring Axel's bad mood, Demyx continued. "Kanaria's back!" he said happily. He probably shouldn't be so happy that she was locked up, but she was back and she was safe. Well…for now. Who knows what Saix will do to her as punishment. 'He would probably whip her or something' Demyx thought knowing Saix's sadistic nature. The word 'rape' popped up in his head.

Axel shot up from his bed immediately. "Where?!" he asked grabbing Demyx by the collar. "Saix put her in the dungeon with that Kairi girl" he explained. Without another word, Axel left for the dungeons.

"Saix, you bastard!" Kanaria yelled angrily from the cell. "Let me out of here right now!" Her grip on the bars were so tight, that her knuckles turned white and started shaking. She had to get out of there, Who knows what she would do copped up with her mortal enemy.

Kairi backed up to the wall in fear. What just happened? She was sure she didn't do anything to make Kanaria mad like this. 'Was it something I said?' she wondered. "Kanaria-" she started.

Kanaria rounded on Kairi. "Shut up! Don't talk to me!" she shouted. They bothed glared at each other.

"What did I do?" Kairi asked heatedly.

"Kanaria!" Axel yelled as he burst through the door.

"Axel…" Oh. Great. Stuck between two people she really didn't like.

"We need to talk!" Axel said seriously.

"Having a party, are we?" said Saix. Axel, Kanaria, and Kairi jumped. No one heard him enter the room. "Saix, let her out" Axel demanded impatiently.

"I don't think so, Axel. You see, Kanaria has been locked up for commiting treason" Saix said grinning deviously. He turned his attention to Kanaria. "But…I'll let her out…if she can behave like a good little girl" he said tauntingly. "So are you ready to come out, dear Kanaria?"

Kanaria bit her lip. She was going to get whipped and she knew it. It was Saix's favorite form of punishment. But still…it was better than being stuck in this hell hole with Kairi. She nodded.

"Good" Saix said smiling vicoriously. He unlocked the cell door and grabbed Kanaria's arm. While Kanaria was being dragged away, she took one more look at Axel. His eyes showed anger, sadness, and regret.

"Blossom…"

Kanaria screamed out in pain as she felt the whip make contact with her back. She pulled against the chains in a futile attempt to get away from the source of her pain. "I…really hate you…" she muttered coughing out blood.

Saix let the whip crack again. "What was that, sweetheart?" He wipped her a couple more times before she fainted from blood loss. Saix lifted her chin gently and examined her face. "Hmm…I think you've learned your lesson" he said nonchalantly.

Saix released the chains that held Kanaria up and let her fall to the ground. That was when Axel burst in the torture chamber. He had been watching the whole time and couldn't take it anymore. Saix walked past Axel and exited the room. "Make sure she doesn't die" he said lightly.

Axel glared at Saix's retreating form having the sudden urge to throw something at him.

Kanaria groaned in pain as she regained consciousness. Axel knelt down next to her. "You ok blossom?" he asked worriedly. She opened her eyes slowly and stared at Axel. His eyes were all puffy and filled with concern.

"You've been crying, haven't you?" she asked smiling weakly. She lifted her arm and rubbed her thumb over the dry tear stains on his cheeks. Using that bit of energy had cost her though, and her eyes were met with darkness once again.

Axel picked Kanaria up bridal style and carried her back to his room to tend to her wounds.

Riku and Namine quickly ran and hid in an alleyway to hide from the nobodies that were chasing them. He glanced over at Namine and saw that she was getting tired. Her breathing became harder and it has become harder and harder for her to keep up. "Let's rest here" he suggested. Namine nodded smiling gratefully.

Riku had recently found Namine snopping around Twilight Town and she had told him that Kanaria was currently looking for him. It was still a mystery to him of how Namine even knew Kanaria since it seemed as if both girls hadn't met before but Riku agreed to letting Namine travel with him.

What he didn't know, was that Namine had a secret motive. Her real goal was to save Kairi and to meet Roxas again. She had a feeling that taggin along with Riku would make that possible.

"So where is Kanaria again?" he asked for the hundreth time.

"Hm…last time I checked, she was kept in the dungeon with Kairi" she said watching for Riku's reaction. Riku jumped. "Kairi's here?!" he asked bewildered. He had thought Kairi was safe on the islands. 'Damnit Sora! I said to take care of her!" he thought angrily. He quickly devised a way to get Kairi out of the castle and completely forgot about Kanaria.

"Riku?" Namine called carefully.

"Yeah?"

"You should go get Kanaria" she suggested. Riku narrowed his eyes. "What?"

"Yeah…Kanaria has the chance to actually exist and that chance slips father and farther away with every moment she spends in that castle" she explained, "Besides, I'm more than capable of freeing Kairi by myself."

Riku thought this plan over. It really just might work. As long as Namine and Kairi could avoid the nobodies, everything should go smoothly.

"Fine. I'll get Kanaria, then catch up to you two later" he decided. He stood and ran off toward the direction of the castle.

Kanaria's eyes fluttered open as she finally regained consciousness. She tried sitting up but quickly laid back down as she felt pain sting her back. She closed her eyes, took a breath, and tried again.

"You really shouldn't move right now" said a very familiar voice. Kanaria froze. It was Axel's voice and judging from the sound of it, he was approximately three feet away from her.

She opened her eyes again and this tie she saw Axel hovering over her. "Get away" she croaked. She squirmed trying to get off the bed and ended up falling on her back. She felt the tears in her eyes start to leak out and she creid out in pain.

Axel quickly rushed to her side and placed her back on the bed.

"Seeing as you're clearly not going anywhere, let's talk" he said sternly. Kanaria rolled her eyes and tried again. This time, she was able to get on her feet. Getting frustrated Axel grabbed Kanaria's shoulders and turned her around. "I didn't do anything with Kairi!" he said desperately trying to find a way to make her understand.

Kanaria broke off Axel's hold and tried walking to the door. "Leave me alone" she said softly.

Those three words really stung Axel. He glared at her back. "Fine. Leave! See if I care."

As Kanaria made it to the door, she reached toward the knob when Axel stopped her. "Wait" he said.

"Why?" Kanaria snapped. Axel's indecisiveness was really getting on her nerves.

Axel was at a loss of words. "Because…because…because I love you, you idiot!" he shouted.

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And it feels like tonight.
I can't believe I'm broken inside.
Can't you see that there's nothing that I wanna do,
But try to make it up to you?
And it feels like tonight,
Tonight.

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Sorry it took so long guys! Thanks for the reviews! 

-Hina Ichigo