Title: Love at First Syllable
Summary: Kairi is called to Disney Castle for some odd reason. During her journey, she must face the one person she hasn't seen in a year; Sora. But...he just won't talk…
Chapter X- My Small Sacrifice
Disclaimer: …Nope! Still don't own them!
Last Time on Love at First Syllable: After finding out why Kairi was skipped, Sora danced with her, his way of saying how he will never leave her. But, where will they be now now?
Kairi had fallen asleep hours ago, when they first boarded the ship. Sora and Riku entered her room, and watched as she slept peacefully.
"So, Santa skipped Kairi every Christmas since she was 5?" He whispered, not believing what was true.
Sora nodded, never taking his off of her.
Riku sighed, as he said, "I should've never told her that Santa wasn't real. No wonder whenever I said that, she'd start screaming how he was real and that 'they'd' come back."
Sora, once again, just simply nodded, and watched as Riku left the room.
He walked closer to her, and held her hand.
"Kairi…How could I've never known…?" He whispered to her.
"…Sora?" She mumbled as her eyes fluttered open. "Did…did you just talk?"
He gave a small shake of his head, signaling no.
"Oh…okay." She mumbled once more as she drifted to sleep again.
Sora watched for a few minutes as her chest moved up and down, in a steady and rhythmic beat. Finally, he allowed sleep to over take him, unknown to the truth of his dream.
"…So, if I don't open the door, so Sora can lock it, the worlds will continue to disappear to the Heartless?" She asked.
Leon nodded, as Aerith, Cloud, and Yuffie watched what her next move was.
"Well, I guess since I am the princess of each world, it is my duty to protect them." A tear slid down her cheek. "I have to protect them. For my parents and my friends." She slowly began walking towards the Door to Darkness.
Sora grabbed her hand, and looked into her eyes; his begging her not to go. She walked over to him and took out the Paopu Fruit.
"No matter what will happen, we'll stay together." She said as she put the fruit between him and herself. He nodded, and put his on it as well.
"There's no way that I'll lose you both after just finding you." Riku said as he put his hand on top of Sora's.
"Me too." King Mickey smiled as he laid his on top of Riku's.
"Gawrsh, don't forget us!" Goofy laughed as both he and Donald add their hands to the group.
"Both the King and Queen gave they're lives for us, and seeing how the princess is as well, I'm willing to follow her." Leon said, in his usual tone.
"So will I." Aerith smiled.
"Ditto!" Yuffie smiled.
Kairi looked at all the friends she had around her. "No matter what, we'll all find a way to be together." She smiled.
They all nodded, and watched as she slowly walked away…
"Kairi! No!" Sora gasped, as he noticed, Kairi was just waking up.
"Sora, I know I heard you say something that time." Kairi smiled with hope.
Sora gave a sad smile, as he shook his head no, once again.
"Oh, must've been my imagination…" She sighed with disappointment, as she stood and stretched. "So, where's our next destination?" She asked, and as if on cue, Riku came in.
"We're here." He smirked, and left, to be followed by Sora, and then Kairi.
They arrived in a beautiful oasis and in the middle of Kairi's awing, a lion jumped from the bushes, and roared.
Kairi screamed, as Sora just looked at him, and gave a smile.
"Hi Simba!" Goofy waved.
"Goofy! Sora! Donald! Hey!" Simba laughed. "Who're your friends?"
"Riku." Riku answered.
"I'm Kairi." She smiled.
Simba bowed. "Pleased to meet you, you're Highness."
"No, just Kairi, please." She blushed as she spoke.
While the breeze blew, Kairi's clothes changed once again. This time, she wore a spaghetti-strap sundress that went ended right above her knees. It was a baby-blue hue, and the bottom flew with each burst of wind.
Sora stood there, with his jaw hung down low, as Riku mumbled a "Whoa…"
Kairi tried to see how it looked on her, so gave a quick spin, only grabbing the attention of Sora further into her grasp.
She started to giggle. "I really like this outfit!"
After all the staring was over with, Kairi decided to splash around in the pond, being supported by a waterfall. She laughed with each splash her steps created. Sora and Riku watched from a distance.
"…You really do love her, don't you?" Riku asked Sora.
"Yeah…I always have." He replied.
"Y-You talked! HEY! KAI-mpph!" His sentence was cut short by Sora's hand over his mouth.
"No! Don't tell her yet! I want to tell her that I love her, but only when the time is right! Those have to be the first words I tell her. Why waste your first words on anything else?" Sora inquired.
"Hmm…good point." Riku replied.
They both stopped talking, and listened to Kairi sing, as she sat on the edge of a grassy cliff. "I would hold the hand of the one who could lead me places.
"And kiss the lips of the one who could sing so sweet.
And I would fly on the wings of a bird I knew could take me highest."
Breathe in, breathe out. You keep me alive. You are the fire burning inside. Breathe in, breathe out. You keep me alive. You are the fire, my passion for life.
"I would dance with the feet I knew could always follow.
"And take the role that had the straightest lines.
"You do all of these things for me. You are that and some.
"Breathe in, breathe out. You keep me alive. You are the fire burning inside. Breathe in, breathe out, you keep me alive. You are the fire burning inside of me; you are my passion for life."
"Wow…" They both gasped at the same time.
"She's…amazing." Sora whispered.
"Yup. Lucky you." Riku smiled.
"Trust me. I'm more than lucky." Sora laughed.
"Sora!" Simba yelled running to the group.
Kairi quickly spun around while starting to stand, but her left ankle gave out, and she slipped off the cliff.
Riku and Sora's heads turned, as their eyes widened in shock as they heard her screaming.
"Kairi!" Riku yelled, but she was already out of sight.
Riku turned to see Sora holding his keyblade, so he drew his.
"Come on." Sora ordered. "We have no time to waste. Maleficent could have her any moment now."
And with that, everyone exited the Oasis, and made their way to Pride Rock.
Kairi groaned as she sat up. Both her legs ached, yet she remained one piece. None of her body parts were broken. She looked at her surroundings. She was in a cage, made from nothing but rocks.
"Sora!" She called out. "Riku! Donald! Goofy! King Mickey!"
"No one will come for you dear, except Maleficent, of course. She asked this favor of me." Someone said from the shadows.
"Who are you?" Kairi asked.
"Though my name is not important, you might as well know. I'm Scar, King of Pride Rock, and the Pride Lands." A brown lion, with a scar on his left eye said, walking out of the shadows.
"Scar!" Roared a second lion.
"Simba!" Kairi smiled. Right behind him was Sora, Riku, and the others. "Sora! Riku!" Tears began streaming down her cheeks.
While Simba and Scar growled and talked, Riku and Sora made there way to Kairi. She moved as far back as she could while the two boys began hacking away rock to free her. When space was created for to escape, she crawled out, and when she tried to stand, her ankles gave away, again, and she was caught by Sora, her head lying on his chest.
She blushed as she turned her head to hide it. "I, uh…can't walk. Mind if you carry me…?" she asked.
He smiled and nodded, as he lifted her off the ground.
As they attempted to walk past Scar and Simba, Scar swiped and injured Sora. He winced in pain, as he quickly left the cave in fear that Kairi might get hurt.
When they were on the Gummi Ship, Kairi sat on her bed with Sora next to her. She wrapped bandages, carefully, around his torso, where he was severally wounded.
"Sora, I'm so sorry! I never meant for you to get hurt." Kairi cried with tears at the edge of her eyes.
Riku entered the room.
"All that matters is that you're okay." Riku smiled.
Sora nodded in agreement, and got up to the head of the Gummi Ship.
"So, where are we heading now?" Riku asked Sora.
"Let's go to Hollow Bastion. Something is telling me to go there." Sora replied.
Something will happen when we get there…I just know it…
Author's Note: Well, there's chapter 10! Sorry it took so long to post! Just to let you know, this will be the last chapter posted for a small amount of time. This Friday, May 19th, we are having new floors installed, and the computer will be disconnected. So Thursday is the day that we will disconnect the computer. I would appreciate it if everyone who reads this story reviews immediately so I can send you a reply letting you know that I got it. I will be copying all my stories incase they get deleted from during the disconnection. Not to mention, when you have a total of 3129 hits for one story, you want to know what the readers think. Please review and I'll see you after my computer is back up!
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