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Chapter 11: Dates and Kidnappings.

The two blondes lay on a bed fast asleep as their souls and hearts adjusted to their new vessels. Riku, Kairi, and Sora were awake and talking with Yen Sid.

"They'll be asleep for quite a while." Yen Sid informed the trio. "Since you can't very well leave without them you three should head over to Twilight Town, I believe that the keyhole there still needs to be sealed."

"I thought you just said we can't leave without them" Riku said

"This tower is connected to Twilight Town by a train," Sora explained.

"Sora is correct. I'll have the train stop by shorty to take you to the town. Once you seal the keyhole please take this opportunity to relax. You never know when you'll next get the chance to do so."

"Thank you Master Yen Sid" Kairi said addressing the wizard with his full title. As the trio went to leave the two on the couch stirred to life. Luna opened her eyes and looked at the three Keybearers. She lifted her head gently off of Sol's shoulder making sure not to disturb the half slumbering male. With a smile she got up and took the book out of his hands. It was a spell book written by Yen Sid. Once she had fully gotten off the couch though Sol woke up noticing the shift of the seat.

"You guys didn't really think you'd go off to another world without us now did you?" Luna said groggily, rubbing her eyes. With a yawn Sol got up and stretched.

"You guys sure, I mean you used a lot of energy yesterday." Kairi pointed out.

"I'm fine Kairi"

A whistle sounded outside. Kairi could see a purple train adorned with moons and stars sitting by the small floating island the tower stood on.

"Well that's our cue to go" Sora said as he headed towards the door. Across the room another door burst open. Roxas and Naminé stood in the door way grins on their faces.

"You are not going to Twilight Town without me." The taller teen said.

"Alright lets go just go then before anyone else comes demanding to go" Sora whined.

"Who's left?" Sol asked

"At this point it wouldn't shock me if Yuffie appeared in a puff of smoke or something like that."

"That'd be The Great Ninja Yuffie, Sora." Kairi corrected him. The two shared a laugh at the thought of the spunky ninja. The others just looked at each other and shrugged.

The seven teenagers walked out the door and headed down the tower to the waiting train. Naminé was walking hand in hand with Roxas, Sora had his arm slung over Kairi, and Sol had his arm wrapped around Luna's waist. While Riku walked next to Sora the two friends talking about what game they were going to play once they got back to the gummi ship. Riku was giving Sora some smack talk about how his grandma could play better than the brunette. When they reached the train they piled in.

"So Roxas how does it feel to have a body and a heart?" Sora asked his former Nobody.

"Really good actually, I never knew how intense emotions really were. I mean yeah I lived in you for a year but it's way better having my own feelings."

"What do you mean by 'yeah I lived in you for a year' Roxas?"

"You're an emotional guy that's all Sora," Roxas informed him

"Just because I cry at the sad scenes doesn't mean I'm emotional, it just means your heartless."

Roxas covered his face with his hands and sighed. "No shit Sora? I was heartless at the time."

Kairi massaged her temples as the two continued their argument about how emotional Sora was exactly. Riku of course was on Roxas' side of the argument giving him examples from Sora's childhood. Luna was laying in the seat her head resting on Sol who had magically obtained yet another book. Seriously where did that man keep all his books? Kairi looked all over the ship and still hadn't found his library. She left the three boys to their fun and went over to talk to Naminé.

"So how you doing Naminé?"

"Pretty good. Like Roxas said, I never knew how strongly real emotions were. As a Nobody we only felt what our minds told us to, but it wasn't real."

"So what do you want to do when we get to Twilight Town?"

"Well Roxas offered to show me all the places he hung out at in the virtual Twilight Town."

"Aw" Kairi cooed. "Your first day in your own body and you already have a date with Roxas."

"It's not a date Kairi."

"Really? You're going alone with Roxas I assume" Naminé nodded her head yes "and he's showing you his favorite spots" again Naminé nodded "sounds a little like a date Naminé, that's something Sora would do."

"Crap. I don't think I'm ready to date just yet. I'm technically like three years old and this body is less then twenty-four hours old." The platinum blonde girl started to blush.

"What happened to the perverted Naminé that lived in my head?"

"She stayed in there. I only said those things because I never thought I'd actually have my own life. It was fun to tease you and cause you to blush so much. Actually there were a few times I was scared you'd actually do what I said."

"So now that you can make choices for yourself you're going back to the shy little girl that Riku and Sora told me about?" Naminé replies with a yes. "How about you try to find a balance between the two instead."

"That sounds good. Thanks Kairi" Kairi gave Naminé a hug.

A bright light enveloped the train and Kairi noticed that they were now in a train station. They all got off and headed out the glass doors of the train station. Kairi gasped at the beauty of the town before her. Everything was bathed in a warm golden light. Reddish orange bricks were everywhere giving the town a unique look to it. Kairi then noticed the setting sun. Roxas told them all that the locals had some pretty heated discussions about whether the sun was setting or rising sun never moved from that spot. While Kairi stared at the town laid out below her Sora came up behind her and wrapped his arms around her waist.

"If you guys don't mind Naminé and I are going to look for the keyhole together." Roxas said already pulling the blonde girl along with him.

"Wait" Sol called to them tossing a small bag towards the two. "You two are going to need some clothes so you might as well shop around here." They thanked Sol and continued heading away from the group. "I think me and Luna will look alone also, we'll give you guys a call if we find it." The two of them took off in a different direction than Roxas and Naminé.

"I'll go and look on my own so you two can have some time together" Riku said leaving Sora and Kairi alone.

"Riku you don't have to do that" Kairi protested even though she really wanted to be alone with Sora.

"It's alright Kairi you guys haven't had a real date in a while. After watching you two chicken out for a year before getting together I got used to the idea. So go have fun, just make sure Sora doesn't spend all our money on food." He called over his shoulder.

"That was really nice of Riku." Kairi told Sora who muttered his agreement.

Roxas and Naminé's "Date"

Roxas was walking beside Naminé his spikes swaying in the wind. His cerulean eyes were taking in everything around him. Naminé couldn't help but feel happy standing next to the blonde boy. As they walked down the streets he'd stop and tell her about any memories he had about the spot. While he knew that he had lived in a virtual world created by DiZ he told her that the memories he had were real enough for him. She had smiled when he told her that a part of her had worried that he might still resent her for taking part in keeping him there. While she wasn't the one who had put him there, if it wasn't for her messing up Sora's memories he wouldn't have had to gone in there.

They reached the center of town which was filled with shops of all sorts. Taking the advice Sol had given them, and the munny, they headed over to the nearest clothing store. When they walked in a portly woman greeted them with a smile on her face and told them to ask her if they had any questions. Roxas grumbled a bit as Naminé dragged him around the store looking at the clothes. She found a pair of white shorts in the discount pile of clothes that she though was cute. She mostly stuck to white clothes as she picked through the racks and stacks of clothes. She held up a pale pink shirt to her chest and asked Roxas what he thought of it. He told her it looked good on her but she tossed it back saying that pink was Kairi's color. After Naminé had filled two baskets of clothes, all for her, they went to the men's section. Roxas was much faster than she was in picking clothes. He stuck to whites and blacks but threw in some colors from time to time.

They separated from each other to shop for undergarments which Roxas voiced his thanks that Naminé did not drag him through that awkwardness. When she was done they met up at register. Roxas took out the small bag that Sol had tossed him. Naminé wondered if there was enough money to pay for everything in the small pouch. The lady rang up all the clothes with the total coming to 12,837 munny. Roxas gapped at the total but Naminé pointed out that they were buying two full wardrobes worth of clothes and he was lucky that it was that cheap. With a sigh and murmur about the cost of simple clothes he opened the pouch. He reached in and found a stack of hundreds and counted them out and paid the woman. There three baskets of clothes changed into five bags. Roxas insisted that he carry the most so Naminé only ended up carry one. She smile and told him what a gentleman he was. This caused his to blush slightly as he smiled at her.

Next the Roxas led her over to an ice cream parlor and told her to wait at the table. She knew that Roxas was going to get her a sea-salt ice cream. She had watched him in the virtual world from time to time and he was always eating the frozen treat. Sure enough he returned holding two of the light blue treats in his hands. He handed her one and she played innocent and asked what flavor it was. He told that it was the best ice cream flavor in creation and that she had to try it. She bit into the ice cream and immediately tasted the salt which was followed by a rush of sweet.

"It's salty but sweet" she told him and he started to laugh. Naminé couldn't think of what was so funny about what she had said.

"That's exactly what I told Axel the first time he gave me one," he explained.

"So how much munny do we have left?" she asked him after he recovered from his fit. Sticking the bar into his mouth he dug into his pocket. Naminé thought he looked cute with the ice cream sticking out of his mouth. He produced the munny bag and opened it up then he dumped the contents onto the table. Much more munny then the bag should have been able to hold fell out. They stared in amazement at the pile of cash sitting on the table. Each stack of bills, moogles would exchange beads for bills, was marked telling how much was in the stack. Roxas counted it as he put each stack back into the bag. When he was done the number he arrived at was over eight hundred thousand. Whatever Sol had been doing before he wound up at Disney Castle must have paid well.

"Roxas I know Sol told us to buy clothes, but he didn't say we couldn't buy other things while we're here."

"What did you have in mind exactly Naminé?" Roxas asked still in disbelief that he was carrying around that much munny.

"Art supplies, you should know how much I love to draw."

Roxas smiled at her, it was warmer than any other smile he gave her that day. Her heart practically melted at the sight. After they finished their ice cream, neither one a winner, they looked around for an art store. After finding one called Mog's Paints they went in. Roxas followed Naminé around the store as she picked up a sketchpad, at least four boxes of colored pencils, and a box of markers. They moved away to another section where she picked up paints and a few small canvases. They paid the owner, Mog, and left the store. Roxas told her that he had one place that he really wanted to show her before they headed back to the train station. But as he went to lead her a loud explosion sounded to their right. Looking for the cause they could see a plume of black smoke in the distance.

Sora and Kairi's Date

Left alone up at the train station Kairi felt very happy standing there watching the sun, sort of, set for the day. It felt a little like a romance movie. She turned to face Sora who had a smile on had face. Not the normal what that he always wore around his friends. No this smile was more personal, it was a smile she saw on his face only when they were alone. His eyes lit up with this smile and Kairi grew weak in the knees. If only he knew what that smile did to her.

"So Sora what do you want to do now that we have some alone time?" Kairi asked

"Well I have some of Roxas' memories of this world so I know a great place to go to."

Sora grabbed her hand and led her away. She liked the way that her hand fit in Sora's it was almost like it was made to fit into his hand. Hand in hand Sora took her down streets and through alleys. They soon came out to a market place. Still leading the way Sora led her to a stall that was selling fruit. Reaching into his pocket he pulled out his wallet and paid for a watermelon and a thing of fresh strawberries. Kairi loved the red fruit, it was one of the things she could eat and eat. She loved them so much the a few years ago Sora had gotten her strawberry seeds for her birthday so that she could grow her own. She smiled at the memory. Sora was always doing sweet things for her. It was one of the reasons she liked him, he's always remember the little things that people liked. The next stall they went to they bought a wooden basket to store their purchases in. Sora continued through the stalls buying different foods. Kairi giggled to herself remembering that Riku said not to let Sora spend all their munny on food.

As Sora was haggling with a man over the price of bananas Kairi noticed a stall selling jewelry. She looked at their bracelets and noticed a cute silver charm one. It had a sun, stat, a crescent moon, and flowers dangling from it. She heard Sora grumble at the man as they came to an agreement on price. Kairi appeared next to him before he noticed that she was missing. Sora was placing the bananas into the basket when Kairi linked her arm in his. Together they walked down the street. Once they had gotten a distance away Kairi found herself standing outside of a tunnel. Sora was looking through the basket.

"Dang it I forgot to get drinks, stay here Kairi I'll be back before you know it."

"Alright just hurry up, we should at least try to look for the keyhole" she told him.

Sora was already halfway down the street by the time she got the word keyhole out. He was always rushing around. One of the things Kairi loved about Sora was his endless energy. No matter how tired he may seem and act he always found energy to do things like race Riku back on the islands. Kairi sat there thinking about all the reasons she was glad that Sora was her boyfriend. He'd had traveled through the worlds, twice, to save her. For a few months her heart had lived on in him. His boundless energy, the ability to make friends wherever he went, the devotion he had to his friends, while getting him into trouble, was definitely one of his best traits. Sora was a nice guy and he lived to help others. Sometimes Kairi had gotten jealous at the attention others had gotten, but it was all forgotten when they started going out. Kairi felt a powerful emotion deep in her heart. Kairi closed her eyes and listened to what her heart was trying to tell her. She identified the emotion, it was love. Not the love she had for her parents or the love she had for her friends. It was the love that could only be shared with a special someone. A smile came across her face. Her heart was telling her that Sora was that special someone. Kairi drew in a deep breath. She now had a choice to make, did she tell Sora how she felt, or did she keep it inside. As she waited she remembered that Yen Sid they would never know when they get another chance like this to relax. If that was true then she had to tell Sora today, before something prevented her from doing so. Not long after she had made this decision the object of her heart's desire came jogging back. He was holding a cloth in his hands.

"Put this on, I want where we're going to be a surprise," he said holding out the black strip of cloth.

"Ok Sora I'm trusting you not to run me into any walls or streetlights" she teased.

She took the cloth from his hand and tied it over her eyes blacking everything out. A hand grabbed hers and started to lead her away. All Kairi knew is that she was led into the tunnel because the light coming in through the blindfold dimmed. It took only a few minutes before the light of the sun once again was shining against her body. Sora warned her to be careful they were going up stairs. She thanked him and despite his warning tripped on the fourth step. Thankfully she only fell into Sora's chest as he caught her. She pleaded for him to let her take the blindfold off but he told her no they were almost there. A few minutes later Sora told her to hold still. Kairi heard the sounds of the basket opening and the sounds of someone snapping cloth.

"Alright you can take it off now" Sora told her. Kairi undid the knot and let the blindfold fall to the ground. She gasped at the sight of where Sora had taken her. They were standing on a grassy hill overlooking the ocean. The setting sun sitting on the water was beautiful. Then she looked at the hill she was standing on, they were in the middle of a ring of flowers. Sora was sitting on a blanket, which was the cause of the snapping cloth, plates of fruits and veggies scattered all over it. In Sora's hand was a small square box. Kairi sat down next to the man of her dreams and pulled him into a hug.

"I think you might want to see what's in this before you squeeze the life out of me" he said tapping the box against her back. She released her grip on him and sat back. He held the box out in front of him his hand resting on the lid. "Kairi I know we've only been going out for a few months, most of it on a gummi ship, but I realized something today as we walked around town." His hand lifted the lid of the box. Inside was the same charm bracelet that she was looking at earlier. "What I realized is that I truly love you Kairi, more than anything in the world." He took the bracelet out of the box, Kairi extended her right arm and he put it on for her. Kairi then proceeded to tackle Sora to the ground. Once she had pinned him down she kissed him full on the lips. She tried to let all of her love go through the kiss they were sharing. She felt his tongue press against her lips and she opened her mouth granting entrance. After a few seconds of bliss she broke the kiss.

"I love you to Sora," she whispered and then gave him a light peck on the lips before she got up. Sora just laid there dazed, a goofy smile of his face. After he sat up they ate the food that he had bought. Sore then made the mistake of trying to eat one of the strawberries but before he could get it to his mouth Kairi bite it and pulled it out of his hand glaring at him. He chuckled and took a slice of the watermelon instead. As they sat there eating Kairi felt like nothing could ruin her moment with Sora, everything was perfect with the world. That's when they heard the explosion.

I've said it once before and I'll say it again. Fate hates me. Kairi thought to herself as she ran next to Sora towards the rising black smoke.

Riku

Riku sighed; he had traveled all over the town twice over and still hadn't found the keyhole. He was back up at the train station looking down at the town below him. He mentally did a check list. The keyhole wasn't at the Sandlot, wasn't in the underground, it was in the little hideout where he'd met three people named Hayner, Pence, and Olette. It wasn't at Sunset Terrace, it wasn't in the market place, the stupid keyhole was NOWHERE to be found. Riku felt something tingle in the back of his mind. He turned around and on the clock tower above the train station right smack dab in the center was a small keyhole.

Of course, it was right where I started this bloody search. He thought to himself as he lifted Fenrir and shot causing the Keyblade to shoot forth a line of energy. Riku heard a click signaling that he had sealed the world's heart away. Before he had time to rejoice though the sound of an explosion caught his attention.

Why is it that our enemies can't just walk in? No they have to blow things up each time. Riku thought as he ran towards the pillar of black smoke.

Sol and Luna's Day

After they left the group the two friends walked through the town. The both of them had spotted Sora and Kairi at one point in the market both of them were too caught up in what they were doing to notice Sol and Luna though. Riku had run by with a frustrated look on his face. He had looked like he'd been running all over the town. Sol did feel a little sorrow for him since he didn't have anyone to accompany him through the town. Roxas and Naminé had been the cutest pair according to Luna. Sol didn't think so. Roxas had been carrying multiple bags while Naminé walked next to him with a single bag. Sol muttered something about how Naminé should carry her own stuff which got him a cuff on the head from Luna.

Women were one thing that Sol just would never understand. The only one he had any idea about was the girl walking next to him. This wasn't to say that he wanted to be with her like Sora and Kairi and apparently like Roxas and Naminé. He was fine going through life as he was doing things like reading books, slaying monsters, and his newest joy of traveling worlds. Luna was talking as they headed down the street to an open area. Sol realized he had no clue what she was talking about and knew that he was going to be in deep shit if he couldn't figure it out. Things like this always happened to the heroes in books and Sol had gotten himself into the same situation. If only one of the people from the books actually got out if it fine.

"Sol let's got sit on that bench over there. We've been walking for a while and I'm still a little tired from yesterday."

Luna led him to the bench where they both sat down and looked at the surrounding area. Knight training took over as Sol regarded the small place. It was mostly open with three entrances and a few sets of benches. The big open spot had different colored tile giving the impression it was used for something special. A street sign called the place the Sandlot. Filing the information away for later Sol stopped looking around when he noticed Luna had gone silent.

"Sol do you ever wonder about what you will do after we finish helping the Keybearers?" Luna asked in an almost whisper kind of voice.

The answer was no. Despite the fact he'd plan out every mission he'd taken with the Knights didn't mean he was ready to think that far ahead with his life. He had to face the fact his home world was gone and most likely not coming back anytime soon if at all.

"Well Luna I'm not exactly sure what I'd do. If I had to choose something now I'd probably just explore worlds and see what they held." Turning his head towards the woman sitting next to him he continued. "I mean we've only seen the tip of iceberg. There are many other worlds out there. Part of me wants to see if any of the stories I've read, fiction or nonfiction, are real in some world or another. Keyblades, Heartless, Nobodies would just be a fairytale back home yet here we are living it."

Luna looked out into the openness of the Sandlot and rested her head on Sol's shoulder. Her black hair was the only part of her head the shocked bookworm could see. The closeness of her was comforting to him. He could faintly smell flowers coming from her she was that close.

"Well I have thought about what I want to do. It's quite simple really." If Sol could see his friends face he'd notice that it was turning as red as the blade of her Flamberge. "I'd follow you around Sol. Someone has to otherwise you'd be Behemoth fodder by now."

"Excuse me? In the story you told them yesterday whose bright idea helped bring down a Behemoth King?"

"That was luck. Next time I'm telling them of the time I saved your ass from the Chocobo stampede."

Damn her. It wasn't his fault the oversized birds had attacked him. It was the first time he had seen them and he desperately wanted one of the bright yellow feathers. Sol wasn't stupid enough to try taking one off of a Chocobo so he went after one of the ones on the ground. The problem was that under the pile of feathers was an egg. The birds weren't happy that he disturbed a nest and the entire flock of them chased him around the field. Only thanks to Luna using her horse and her bow to herd the birds was Sol's body not trampled into the ground.

"Anyway," Luna said "there's another reason I want to travel with you. Since I know you're too dense to figure it out I'll come out and say it. Sol I'd like to be your girlfriend."

If Sol was eating or drinking at that moment the food or drink would have choked him. In fact he choked on his spit. Luna thought of him that way?! (Un)luckily for him a Corridor of Darkness opened in the middle of the Sandlot preventing him from having to say anything back to Luna. Out of the portal stepped a person Sol knew. It was Virgo the first person he ever faced in the defense of Sora, Riku, and Kairi. She looked exactly the same as she had the first time he was her expect this time she wasn't panting as if she'd just fought. Hazel eyes met two pairs of golden eyes.

"Lucky me." Came Virgo's voice slightly muffled from the mask. "Now I can see what you are all about without interference from the Keybearers. Surely they have to be here if you two are."

Sol and Luna called their weapons and stood ready to fight their foe. The downside was that both were still horribly drained from the spell they casted with Yen Sid. Even two on one it wasn't going to be much of a fight. Without any warning though Virgo launched fireballs at the two weakened warriors. Using the power of their swords they swatted the fire away causing it to hit walls and exploding. Black smoke came from the buildings as the fires magically burned them. Launching waves of ice and fire from their respective blades the two friends attempted an assault. Virgo simply used a spell to have the magic attacks dissipate. Her staff appeared in her hands and she charged forth and in the blink of an eye Luna was sent flying into a wall. Angry at himself for not seeing it coming and angry at Virgo for hurting his friend Sol channeled his anger into energy. With a cry he sent another barrage of ice waves as he closed the distance between him and his adversary. Icebrand met metal though. Chains leapt from the end and circled around Sol. Weak as he was he couldn't even push the magic chains away. Another thing of chains went and wrapped around Luna. As if magnetically attracted the two sets of chains slammed Sol and Luna together.

"What happened to you? There was no way you should have gone down that easily." Footsteps could be heard running towards the Sandlot. "Looks like we'll have to continue this elsewhere I'm not allowed to take the Keybearers out yet." Virgo swung her hand out and the familiar darkness opened up.

As Roxas, Riku, Sora, and Kairi entered the area they saw Sol and Luna tied up on the ground behind Virgo. She had just opened a Corridor of Darkness and was walking towards it. Lifting her hand the chained pair lifted off the ground and went through the dark portal.

"I'll be sure to bring the girl back." Virgo shouted as she walked into the darkness.

(A/N): Admit it you all thought it was going to be Kairi that was kidnapped!