I almost thought i wasn't going to finish this chapter, but then I did! Woo for that. Thank you all so far for reading. And also hope you all enjoyed the short flashback chapter, but now we get back on track!

Ch.11

Sora woke up the next morning, letting out a yawn. Last night after they came to Demyx's house, he had first shown Sora around. Then after that led him to a guest room the stay the night. All of it was still so strange for Sora to see. Every human made item and all of the other things that came with being in the human world were such a wonder. He almost didn't want to move as the bed he was sleeping in, with the covers over him, was extremely comfy. Having never slept in a human made bed, it was the start of many strange and odd experiences for him. He turned onto his side and pulled the covers tighter around him as he closed his eyes.

"Hey! Sora wake up already. It's half past nine. We gotta get moving today," Demyx said as he came into the room.

"Hmm but it's so comfortable… I gotta say humans really have nice beds. So soft…"

"Well you can sleep all you want later, but we gotta move," Demyx said before he gripped the sheet covers and ripped them off from Sora.

Sora felt the cold brisk air brush over him as the sheets left and he sat up. "Fine fine…" Sora yawned. "I'm up."

"You're such a lazy bum," Demyx joked as he placed the sheets back down on the bed.

"Me the lazy bum? You're one of the laziest mermen I ever met," Sora replied back, letting out a chuckle.

Demyx stuck out his lip as he pouted. "Aw come on, I'm not that lazy. You saw me take out those three guys yesterday. They didn't even know who hit them."

"Yeah that was pretty cool. How did you even learn stuff like that?" Sora asked as he finally got off from the bed.

"From the friend we are going to find and meet up with today! She is a total expert at that defense fighting stuff. Maybe she might even teach you something," Demyx explained as they started to exit the room and headed down the hallway to the kitchen.

"So who is she anyways? This friend of yours?"

"Her name is Kairi and she is my best human friend ever! She like… is so good at many things. Besides knowing how to fight and all. She is also super nice, just don't tick her off or annoy her or she will kick your butt."

Sora laughed. "Let me guess, because you know from experience?"

Demyx rubbed the back of his neck as he chuckled sheepishly. "Guilty as charged. But she usually eats breakfast at the cafe in town. So we gotta hurry if we wanna meet her. And don't worry we will get some nice food to eat there as well!"

Demyx then grabbed Sora by the wrist and pulled him out of the house. Once Demyx locked the door he started to lightly jog down the street with Sora trying to keep up behind him. "Wait Demyx! I can't run very well yet… ya know still new to all of this…"

"Oh! Sorry," Demyx said as he slowed down. "Got a little excited there, but you can't walk too slow. You can up the pace at least a little."

Sora nodded as he started to try and move his new legs a bit faster. At first he wasn't sure if he would even be able to understand how to do such a thing, but it just seemed to come to him naturally.

"Maybe it is apart of the magic? Getting use to it so fast?" Sora began to thinking to himself as they walked down the street. "I mean Namine has been making this potion for Demyx for years now to sneak up here. So maybe she has perfected it to make it an easy adjustment by now."

Sora shook off his thoughts, magic was far to complicated for someone like him. Instead he decided to take in the view of the town as they entered into what Demyx called 'the downtown area' as well as something else called 'main street'. There was still so many foreign human words that Sora didn't quite get, but Demyx was doing his best to explain it all.

As they entered down the street that was the 'main street' Sora started to smell different things again. Wonderful and intriguing smells that were once again foreign to his senses. He looked around, trying to find the source of one of the sweet smells, but there was far to many stores filled with items of all kinds to distinguish what was coming from where.

"How come so many things have such a nice smell to them?" Sora asked as he strode alongside Demyx.

"Cause humans know how to make really good smelling things. Like sooo many things they make can have a good smell. Not just food, like almost anything! There are things called candles, and boy! They can make some really sweet candle smells. I gotta show you sometime after all this is over."

"There's so much to show though. Would we even have enough time after we save Riku?" Sora asked.

"I don't know. But now that you've come up here and stuff, I was thinking if you ever wanted to come back, just let me or Namine know," Demyx said as he smiled to Sora. "It would be nice having another friend from back home come join me on my adventures here."

"Uh sure I guess. I'll have to think about it though…" Sora said as he trailed off, once again distracted by the wonders of the human world that laid all around him now.

"Here we are! The best cafe in all of town," Demyx said as he stopped and gestured to the building in front of them.

Sora looked at it carefully and took in each detail he could see. It, like all the other buildings, was a rectangular shape. The walls on the outside were a greyish-white, and in front of the building, was a small area with tables and chairs. There was already one person sitting down at the tables and eating, but Sora was not paying attention to them. And on the large glass window next to the door, the words The Cafe That Never Was.

Sora tilted his head as he read the name. A moment later and glanced to Demyx. He was about to asked, but it seemed that Demyx expected his confusion. "Yeah I know, totally strange name right? I don't know why the owner decided on such a name, but it makes it sound all fancy and mysterious. Anyways there's Kairi!" Demyx said as he pointed to one of the people sitting at a table.

Sora looked to where he was pointing and saw a young girl close in age with him. Though maybe she was a year or so older, Sora couldn't tel of course. But the girl had strawberry-red hair that was pulled back into a ponytail, with the end of the ponytail reaching just a half way down her neck. She wore a white shirt with a lightweight pink jacket over it as well as blue-jean shorts and pink sandals.

"Hey Kairi!" Demyx said as he walked over to the table she was sitting at.

The girl turned to look over at them, revealing her simple blue eyes, and smiled. "Demyx!" Kairi got up from her seat and gave Demyx a hug as soon as he got over to him. "Great to see you back. How have you been?"

"I've been good. But I've got something super important to tell you about. And I have a friend with me this time," Demyx said as he turned to reveal Sora who was standing behind him. "This is Sora, one of my friend from back home."

"Hi Sora," Kairi said as she held out her hand. "Nice to meet you."

Sora nodded as he took her hand to shake. "Nice to meet you too Kairi."

"Come, let's take a seat and you guys can tell me what this is all about," Kairi said as she took her seat back at the table.

Sora and Demyx then took their seats before Demyx leaned over on the table and began to whisper. "So Kairi, we really, really need your help with something. Like really need help."

Kairi giggled a little. "Well you gotta tell me what is going on first otherwise I can't help."

Sora fidgeted in his seat slightly, thinking over if he could really trust Kairi. He had never actually met a human before. The only humans he ever had interacted with were all not nice and he felt uncertain what to think of her. But… if Demyx trusted her enough to be friends, Sora figured he could try to trust her as well.

"Have you ever heard of a scientist named Even Gelu?" Sora finally asked quietly.

"Hmm maybe? What brings this up though? I still need the context of all of this," Kairi replied.

"Sora's best bud Riku got captured," Demyx whispered over to her again. "They weren't hunters though. They said they were just capturing to give to his Even guy. Now Sora and I are trying to get him back, but of course we have no idea where he could even be."

"Ah I see," Kairi said with a nod before looking over to Sora, seeing a sad look in his eyes. "I'm sorry to hear that happened to your friend. But let's see… Even Gelu… the name sounds familiar. I know I have heard that name before… maybe I read some news articles about him before."

Kairi hummed as she leaned back in her chair. "Yeah yeah, I know I've read about him. He is known for his scientific discoveries."

"Do you know where he could be though? Like where his place is or anything?" Sora quickly asked.

Kairi lowered her head slightly before shaking it. "No I wouldn't know anything like that. But… I wanna still help you guys. If you are planning a rescue mission for your friend, then I wanna help out."

"But how are we going to find where Riku is being held or anything?" Sora asked as he slumped back in his chair.

"I got some friends who could help. They know pretty much everything that goes on in this town. They'll know for certain where Even could be."

"What? More hu-" Sora stopped himself from saying humans. Even though they were relatively alone on the outside of the cafe, he thought to play it safe. "More people? Is this just becoming a string of 'I know someone who knows someone' kind of thing?"

Demyx laughed. "Sounds like it."

"It may seem that way, but trust me, these guys know their stuff. They will definitely have the information we are looking for."

"Wait so you are really coming along?" Sora asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Yeah I said I wanna help. Besides this sounds like a interesting adventure," Kairi said as she clasped her hands together. "It isn't a problem is it?"

Sora quickly shook his head, realizing that he didn't want to upset her. "Oh no sorry! I just didn't expect it. But I guess you can come along. Demyx did say you were the one who taught him how to do that cool fighting stuff. So that could be helpful."

Kairi smiled at him. "Thanks! Let me just finish up my food and we'll get going then."

"Wait hold on Kairi, we haven't eaten anything yet," Demyx said as he held up a hand, finally sitting back down in his chair properly. "I was going to treat Sora to some food first before we start the day. And I thought no better place than The Cafe that Never Was."

Kairi laughed. "All right. Food first, then adventure."

Kairi is in the mix now. But who are the two friends Kairi could be talking about? Hmmm it is a big wonder. But stay tuned to find out. Thanks for reading!