A/N: From the reviews I get, I take it that my battle scenes are pretty satisfactory. So the next question I pose to you guys, is whether you want more fluff, or more action. I still have some pretty nifty attacks I would like to show off. LOL. Too much anime and manga. XD

Anyways, since there are some wonderful anonymous reviewers out there, I've decided to reply to their reviews at the start of each chapter. So let's start with:

KHfanatic: Now, I'm really impressed that you actually deduced where the attack Sora used came from. LOL. Yes, I know it's a sort of a rip-off of Cloud's all-new Omnislash in Final Fantasy VII Advent Children. But meh, great effects, don't cha think:P

Ethan: I must say I'm really flattered. Honest. Also, your ideas are pretty intriguing, but I figured that letting Sora and Roxas use the same two keyblades can be boring. I myself like all the keyblades and would like to make good use of the fact that he is THE Keyblade Master. And I must say thanks once more for your support in both my KH fic and Naruto fic. XD

So yeah, from now on, I shall reply to all the anonymous reviewers here. BUT, I wish that you guys would have the courtesy to just log in and review, makes it so much easier with the REPLY function. If I get too many anonymous, I'll just turn on the anonymous filter. Meh, live with it. :P

And seeing how I just broke the double chapter mark, I decided to do something what most people usually do, the 100th reviewer gets a oneshot attempt from yours truly. I know there's still a long way to go, but yeah, let you know that before hand. And after that, the 150th, 200th and so on……assuming that I even get that far. LOL.

And before I forget……fics I seriously recommend reading are:

"Who needs Love?" By Otoru-onii

"That's Why" By Talitha Koum (Features her very own NEVAEH!!! XD)

"A Curse or a fate" By Angel Of Sweetness

"You Don't Miss It Till It's Gone" By numina-namine

And it's sequel "Soaring on Broken Wings"

"Hoping to happen again" by KHKairiNamineFanatic

I swear all these six fics RULE TO THE CORE!!!!

They are heaps better than mine, and they are what inspired me to create this fanfic in fact (All except Hoping to Happen again. It's a new fic.) Lol, not trying to suck up to anybody, but yeah, read them. I have yet to find one that updates often and rival the content in these five fics. And I can tell you I surf more than you can EVA imagine.

And now, I know you guys think I yap too much, so on with Chapter 11!!! XD

Hehe, what a long-as Author's note. :P

And I swear that I'm sorry for the extremely late update! HONEST!

Disclaimer: Look, sue me if you want. I OWN KH!!!! Not. And er……yeah, Nevaeh er……is busy at the moment, but er……yeah, she is just temporarily leaving my care……oh, who am I kidding, Talitha Koum owns her. I'm merely borrowing her for awhile. I'm sulking, just to let you know.

Hold Me Tight, Don't Let Go

Chapter 11: Emotions

"Left!" CLANG!

"Come on! You can do better! Bottom right!" BASH!

"Up!" CLASH!

"DOWN damnit! Pay attention!" WHAM!

And again, Nevaeh went flying into the wall. Sora sighed and looked at Roxas, who merely shrugged. Kairi and Namine were training in Merlin's study, and the rest were training in the Great Maw. Well, Sora and Roxas weren't really training, they were giving tips sort of. Everything seemed peaceful, if you ignore the fact that a growling Nevaeh once again got out of the rubble, ready to kill.

"I HAD ENOUGH! I DON'T CARE ABOUT BASICS! RARGHH!!!" And once again, she charged at Riku, who merely swatted at her with Way to the Dawn as if she was a fly, and placed a single hand on her head, holding her at arms length whilst his keyblade caught hers in a deadlock.

He had a smug look on his face, "Man, Heaven, how many times do I have to tell you? NEVER let your enemy catch you in a position like this? Why? You want me to show you once more? Fine." And SMASH! She went flying……again.

Roxas shouted, "Hey! Riku! Take it easy! She's LEARNING. How can she learn anything if all you do is just smash her again and again? You gotta be patient!"

Riku shrugged, "Well, look, I was patient. I tried to be a goody-goody boy and teach her. For the first ten minutes, she actually listened, and then, two minutes later, she said that basics are pointless. Then, I tried to engage her in a mock combat and show her. What did she do? Try to kill me, that's what she was trying. And just because I retaliated, she began cursing me for half an hour, charging at me like crazy all the time. Now how do you expect me to react?"

Sora sighed, "Well, you could always let her hack you……"

Riku raised an eyebrow, "Have you seen the power in her blade. I'll get ripped in half if I didn't block! Look, here she comes again……"

And as expected, Nevaeh rushed again……unskillfully, right in front of Riku. Sora began analyzing her posture: yes, her keyblade was finally in the right position after five hundred attacks, yes, her body is hung low, gaining momentum as she charges, and yes, energy is covering her whole body to prevent excessive damage. Good! She did learn after all……but then………er………

Riku merely aimed a blow downwards right onto her head, blasted her into the ground and kicked her, and of course, she "flew" away again……

"Don't you even pay attention? Why the heck is your head wide open like that?!"

Nevaeh jumped out of the rubble, "Didn't you say to keep your body as low as possible?! I merely did what you told me Mr. Riku! Unless you tried to cheat me! LIAR!"

It was all Roxas could do to stop his laughter. True, you should hang your body low……but no one hangs it so low that the body almost touches the ground. Sure, your speed increases, but when your opponent sees your juicy ripe head in front of him/her, they won't hesitate to slash you open. That was……the basic of the basics. And seeing how an elite warrior like Nevaeh didn't know that……it was hilarious.

And as expected, Riku's answer was, "Did I tell you to keep your body so low so that you can sniff at the ground??!!"

"You have to SPECIFY the distance then! MR. RIKU!" And of course, she charged again.

What Sora found most amusing was the fact that even though the two argued like crazy, and I mean crazy, the two clearly enjoyed each other's company. For the past week or so, Sora and Roxas actually got to rest in peace……not as in dead but argh, you get the point. Kairi and Namine were cheered up significantly due to the fact that they can now show off their moves to their boyfriends, and indeed, the attacks they came up with……wow.

Roxas especially like the elemental manipulation required for Namine's Arcana style. Hell, Namine could literally fight against Roxas and achieve a draw. Now that was impressive. Of course, that was because Roxas was fighting at half his level, but……Namine doesn't need to know that, right?

Sora found Kairi's magic attacks to be a real pain when used against him. Honestly, how the hell do you get a TSUNAMI to be sent towards you??? According to Kairi, concentrate on fire and ice and allow the light energy to strengthen the attack and whoosh! A Tsunami appears! Easy eh? YEAH RIGHT. No way Sora could ever do that. Heck, no way anybody else in the worlds could do that, not even Merlin could get that to happen.

Really, the days in Radiant Garden this week were very enjoyable, to say the least. There were so much love and laughter in the air, that no one would have thought that the worlds are on the brink of destruction due to Chasers. Well, that may be a little too harsh but yeah.

Leon, Cloud, Tifa and Aerith were having the time of their lives. Namine is now able to do kickass moves due to Tifa's training and Kairi can now cure minor injuries without using the keyblade. Cloud and Leon were like the perfect older brothers, and it was as though they were just one big family. Yuffie and Cid however, did not have a good time compared to the other four……

Well, look at it this way, Cid comes in, tired like crazy after fixing machines all over the place, and straight away, he got in the way of Kairi's Flame Whirl. Yup, his ass got cooked.

Then, after finally putting out the fire, he took the second step, icicles came out, so yeah, his ass got frozen.

After getting that to defrost, he took the third step, electricity zapped his ass.

After shaking off the voltage, he took the fourth step, a huge blackish layer surrounded him and instantly, he felt his weight increase by tenfold, making it extremely difficult to move. Curse the gravity spell.

He yelled at Kairi to remove it and took the fifth step, WHEE! A clock appeared in front of him, and stopped……stop magic. #&#&!

Sixth step proved worse as it was magnega……getting absorbed into the middle of the room along with loads of other furniture didn't prove to be very nice……seeing how the furniture ended up smashing into him……

And as he struggled to get down……guess what, reflectga. Yay. WHAM! He was sent zooming out of the room, back to where he started.

So, if he wants to enter a room, he would have to go through all the above steps and pray like crazy that the last one wouldn't happen, even though it always did. It usually took him ten tries or more to get in. And he couldn't do anything about it. Kairi wasn't doing it on purpose. It's just that the power was too hard for her to control……right?

And even if it WAS on purpose……it's not like he can do anything about it, seeing how Aerith had her staff ready in her hand, with sweet, yet murderous eyes, and Cloud unsheathing his big as blade if he did so much as step towards Kairi with anything that resembles a weapon. Damn. If only he concentrated more on fighting skills than mechanics……sigh……gone were the old days where peace actually existed………#&$#&!

With Yuffie, it was more or less the same deal. Well, depends on your opinion really. Which is more lethal, physical attacks, or magic attacks? And of course, there was the problem of which attacks are more lethal, intentional ones, or unintentional ones?

Yuffie always liked a good challenge, yes, but not this kind. Just because she had opened her big fat mouth and bragged about how she could waste Namine, she got herself into a somewhat similar situation as Cid. Namine would walk up to her, sweetly and ask her for a match. She being her insane self, was never one to disagree no matter how strong the opponent was……

And she got wasted. Slash, slice, bam. It was over. Each and every time. And if Namine was in a bad mood or something, and she just so happened to use her very own nickname for her, "weak blondie", oh boy. Arcana wasn't proving that interesting at all.

But she was the Great Ninja Yuffie right?! So of course, she couldn't give up that easily! No way! So she challenged Namine again and again, and because she lost every time, she soon began to wonder whether she should use ninja techniques such as assassination.

Er hehe……but er……well, one night she tried it. But then, being her careless self, she 'accidentally' tripped over her own foot and created a hell of a chaos right in front of Namine's room. Namine happened to open the door at the exact same moment and SMASH! She got hit by the damn door. &#&! Oops, No swearing! Don't wanna be like Cid now.

Anyways, Namine apparently did not notice her, and proceeded to get a glass of water in the kitchen. Fufufu, now it was time for the actual assassination! Haha! I shall knock her unconscious and tie her up and when she wakes up, she'll force her to admit defeat! That's right! However, things didn't go according to plan. Leon and Tifa were apparently out there waiting for Namine and of course, they saw her. And well, deciding that gunblades and fists were not a good combination on her body, she used her brilliant ninja skills and escaped! Ah ha!

But er……it wasn't good enough, for Namine was right there already, charging up her darkness attack and BLAST!

Let's just……not go there. So in conclusion, Yuffie and Cid hated this week with a passion. Oh yeah. What's worse, they couldn't go beat up the boyfriends of their enemies because……well, the boyfriends are even stronger than them. So er……you get the picture.

Three hours later……

"This is stupid." Roxas mused.

"I totally agree." Sora nodded.

What else can they say after looking at the scene in front of them? Way to the Dawn and Dragon Fang were both tossed aside, and right in the middle of the clearing, stood our famous warriors, Riku and Nevaeh.

Just then, two girls could be seen walking towards them, "Everyone! Dinner Time! Hurry up!" Kairi shouted as she walked into the area. She always loved the way that the sound echoes off the walls and bounce back. Fun.

Namine ran to Roxas and gave him a bear hug, "Aw, I missed you sooooo much. You should have seen me when I used insert your own attack on Yuffie! God, it was hilarious!"

Roxas merely listened half-heartedly as his little angel yapped on. He gently brushed his fingers through her soft silky hair, which glistened in the sunlight like thin strands of diamonds. She looked so beautiful, so sweet…… He grabbed her hands and began to inspect them. Namine winced and began to pull away, blushing all the time.

Roxas insisted and as he expected, saw the numerous blisters on her small hands, she must've been training very hard. He sighed, "Namine. You promised." And then proceeded to plant tiny kisses on every single one of her bruises, over and over, hoping to shield her from these irritating pains. Namine blushed again and rested in his arms enjoying the hug he gave her and whispered, "I know……but every time I see you running off to battle, I'm afraid……and the only way to help you is if I get stronger……"

Roxas cut her off by giving her a passionate kiss, his hands caressing her cheeks, and adjusted his angle to deepen the kiss. And as he pulled away, he stared at her gorgeous lips, and couldn't resist the temptation. He kissed her again. Namine didn't mind. She loved Roxas' kisses, every time it was as though she were eating a different type of ice-cream.

As soon as that duck, Mr. Scrooge or something, discovered the flavour of sea-salt ice-cream, he began adding fruits and other flavours to it. Chocolate sea-salt icecream, vanilla sea-salt icecream, Strawberry sea-salt icecream were just a few of the more famous ones. And since, well, Roxas loved icecreams………hehehehe……

Kairi, on the other hand, walked towards Sora and looking at Sora's annoyed face, she wondered what happened. All she needed to do was raise an eyebrow, and Sora immediately replied by pointing a finger towards the two wielders in the middle of the area. Kairi was shocked, were they making out? And as she followed his finger, and looked towards that direction, she burst out laughing.

Nevaeh was pulling Riku's cheeks, while Riku was pulling hers. It was like a fight between two seven-year-olds. Both using all their strength refusing to give up, what's more amusing is the fact that they continued to yell insults at one another in very peculiar voices……

"Shay itsh! Shay zat zis zupid training ish over! Shay itsh!"

"Hell no. You neva even got hold of hav (half) of the basicz……"

"I don't carez! Shay itsh!!!"

"No!"

"Shay itsh!"

"No!" And so on. This was way too funny. Kairi almost rolled on the floor laughing at this sight. Riku, losing to a pouting fourteen-year old. God. She wonders if she should record all these……

"Yawn……" She turned around, and there was Sora, with his mouth opened so wide, sucking in enough oxygen to revive two suffocating mice. She giggled and walked towards him, grinning playfully, "What's the matter? Bored?"

Sora rubbed his eyes, "Hn." Apparently, he's lazy as well.

Kairi motioned for him to sit down and sat beside him, then slowly, she guided his head onto her laps and she began to caress his whole face. Think of it as a sort of massage. Sora sighed in bliss under her touch. God, she knew him so well. It's as if they don't even need words to communicate, one simple action and the other knew straight away what he/she was thinking.

Kairi gently rubbed his temples, and gave him a short massage. She loved how his skin felt. It was sooo smooth. And his hair……she slowly began to run her fingers through his hair, and Sora grinned in pleasure. That always felt good, and she knew that. She giggled again, awww……he looks so cute. Hehe.

Sora decided that it wasn't fair that she was the one doing all the work and therefore, his hands reached up and stroked her face, his touch as light as a feather, causing her to blush a shade of crimson. Wow, she looked more like an angel now, ha, a red-head angel………hahahaha……

And with no specific reason, both of them started laughing, it felt so right! They were meant for each other and they knew it. Every moment together shall become a precious memory.

And this time, both nobody and somebody looked at each other at the same time, and their eyes all shone with glee and happiness, not only for themselves, but for each other as well, because all of them finally found love. Namine and Roxas came to realize that you don't have to feel whether you're in love or not. No, there was absolutely no need for that.

If you were truly in love, you would know it. You don't need to have a heart to feel it's rapid beats. It's all in your soul. Roxas is the nobody of Sora, Namine is the nobody of Kairi, and with such pure souls, emotions can occur. They actually proved that if one believes something, it can actually happen. The heart is merely something that transfers the emotions from our souls to our outer layers.

Why can heartless feel rage and emotion? Rage is an emotion. Jealousy is an emotion. So what? The heart doesn't control what you feel! YOU control what you feel. If your soul is lost to the darkness, you would think along the lines of revenge and hate, and therefore, feel jealousy and rage.

Nobodies can't feel? Wrong. If they can't feel, they wouldn't feel greed and wouldn't want to have a heart. Organization XIII consists mainly of scientists, and as Xehanort is a scientist, he refuses to believe something as impractical as souls. So he chose to believe in hearts. Yes, hearts are essential. They are the basics of living beings, however, souls are what control our emotions, minds are what control our actions, hearts act as the organ that connects the two to life, and therefore, a somebody is created.

Heartless have corrupted hearts, and therefore, they only care about hate and rage. Nobodies have no hearts, so the link between actions and emotions are severed. That's the reason why they think they can't feel. It's because their emotions are hidden so deep within their soul that they have no means of extracting it. No, it's not that they can only remember emotions; it's that they TELL their minds to acknowledge that fact, instead of actually daring to explore their souls, and reclaiming their lost emotions.

If they can't feel, if nobodies can't feel……why do they so clearly experience the pain, the regret, the agony that flows through them when they fade? Simple, because they have no hearts, when they reach their limits, their physical body breaks down, causing the soul and mind to once again be linked for a short moment, and at that particular moment, emotions flow through their minds, allowing them to feel the full impact of their guilt, their sadness etc.

Roxas and Namine can feel. It's in their soul. Their mind tells them that they can. So, they can feel. It's as simple as that. If you tell yourself you can't, you can't, if you tell yourself you can, then you can. Simple. Yet, people refuse to believe.

Roxas and Namine are bonded, just like Sora and Kairi, by love. Only the most purest of love could awaken their true potential, which is why Roxas and Namine are able to feel all sorts of emotions now. It wasn't because they had hearts. It was because they love each other, they were willing to make the sacrifices. And what they found, was a whole new world.

Roxas looked at Riku and Nevaeh, still engaged in the "cheek-stretching" contest, Sora and Kairi, blissfully admiring each other's presence, and finally stared at Namine, his one and only love. She blushed ever so slightly under his longing gaze, and gave a small smile, and as if on cue, both tongues met again, and engaged once more in a passionate kiss.

Who ever knew, that nobodies can feel?

Haha! How was that? I just HAD to add in some fluff and humour after the action scenes. Lol, you might think I'm just going to continue the battle scenes and stuff, but no. If I pack it up too much, it'll be so boring you guys won't give a crap. I'm serious.

And now of course, the bingo question, more fluff? Or more action? You decide. XD And I swear that I'm really sorry for the late update! To apologize, I'm shall start on the next chap rite away! Maybe……… x3